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Melodic death-gothic metal band from Esbjerg, Denmark, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, Compos Mentis blend melodic death metal with gothic atmospheres from Denmark's fifth-largest city.
Genre-spanning act from Mineralnye Vody in the North Caucasus, active since 2012. Concrete Age blends death, folk, power, and thrash metal into an ambitious whole from the Caucasus mineral springs region.
Phoenix melodic death metal band blending sweeping lead guitar work with brutal death metal brutality under the Arizona desert heat. Their sound bridges Scandinavian melodeath influences with American heaviness.
Denver outfit fusing melodic death metal hooks with thrash metal drive and old-school death metal punishment. They pull from multiple extremes to build a sound as volatile as their name suggests.
Cherry Hill, New Jersey progressive death/melodeath band weaving technical complexity and melodic depth into punishing extreme metal. Their compositions balance intellectual ambition with visceral heaviness.
Melodic death metal outfit drawing on European melodeath tradition with a polished, hook-driven attack. Layered guitar harmonies and dynamic songwriting anchor their aggressive sound.
Sacramento melodic deathcore band known for technically demanding guitar work and a sound that straddles the line between melodic death metal and the heavier end of deathcore. They built a devoted following in the mid-2000s West Coast extreme metal underground.
Melodic death metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2014. They craft melodic yet intense death metal from the Hanseatic port city.
Melodic death metal band from Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal built on harmonized guitar work and dynamic songwriting.
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