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German melodic death metal band from Grevenbroich, formed in 2016. They craft sharp, fire-forged melodic death metal from the Rhineland.
Blakk Market is a thrash/melodic death metal band from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed by former members of Despotic alongside vocalist Fernando Melleu. The band released a demo, "Hateful Affection," followed by their debut full-length "Self-Improvement: Suicide" in 2011, a ten-track record dealing with themes of personal integrity and nihilism. They were active within the southern Brazilian metal circuit before going on hold around 2017.
Czech melodic death metal and metalcore band from Karviná, formed in 2019. Their releases including Pieta and Nákaza combine melodic death metal's twin-guitar harmonies with metalcore's rhythmic punch and breakdowns.
Spanish melodic death metal band from Morales del Rey in Zamora, formed in 2016. They craft melodic death metal from the rural depths of Castile and León.
Seregno (Monza)-based melodic death metal/metalcore act active since 2013, blending Gothenburg-inspired guitar harmonies with metalcore's dynamic structures and breakdown-driven intensity. Their sound bridges the melodic death metal tradition with modern extreme metal's visceral energy.
Danish band from Copenhagen, active since 2000, whose sound spans melodic death, gothic, and doom metal with a gothic rock phase in between. Their genre-shifting journey reflects a restless creative evolution over two-and-a-half decades.
Melodic death metal outfit from Bollnäs, formed in 2001. Twin-guitar harmonies and soaring lead work temper the brutality of blast beats and growled vocals, creating compositions that are both punishing and anthemic.
Melodic death/doom metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria, active since 2013 with six releases spanning demos to full-lengths. Their sound ranges from classic gothic rock to crushing old school death doom, drawing comparisons to Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, and Anathema.
German melodic death metal band from the Recklinghausen-Dortmund area, formed in 2013, whose sound evolved from melodic death metal and metalcore toward brutal death metal. Their increasingly extreme trajectory reflects a deepening commitment to heaviness.
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