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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Melodic death metal and deathcore band from Terrassa near Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2016. They blend melodic guitar harmonies with crushing deathcore breakdowns.
Melodic death metal band from Heinola, Finland, active since 2013. They craft melodic yet punishing death metal from the Finnish lake town.
Melodic death metal act from Płock, central Poland, active since 2013. Cranthorpe delivers hook-driven death metal from the Vistula River city.
Folk-infused melodic death metal band from Oldenburg, Germany, active since 2012. They weave folk elements and dark melodies through a black and death metal foundation.
Melodic death metal band from Munich, Germany, active since 2010. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Bavarian capital with over a decade of experience.
Melodic death metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2022. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Swabian capital.
Progressive melodic death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2014. They merge progressive complexity with melodic death metal harmonies.
Redwood City's Crepuscle blend melodic death metal's harmonic sophistication with symphonic orchestration and an underlying death metal brutality. The Bay Area band crafts expansive, dramatic metal that balances heaviness with melody.
Progressive melodic death metal band from the Hanover/Gottingen area, Germany, formed in 2023. They merge progressive complexity with melodic death metal's harmonies and aggression.
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