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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Melodic death metal band from Villach, Austria, active since 2016. They craft melodic yet aggressive compositions drawing on the Scandinavian melodeath tradition while bringing their own Central European perspective.
Speed-obsessed, blasphemous death metal inspired by Angelcorpse, Krisiun, and Hate Eternal. Releases on Lavadome Productions and Iron Blood and Death Corporation.
California solo project by Agravain that evolved from power/melodic death metal into black, pagan, and folk metal territory, drawing on themes of despair, fantasy, and ancient legend before disbanding around 2010.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Manchester, England, formed in 2016. They blend melodic death metal with metalcore dynamics from the heart of northern England.
Melodic death metal band from Erftstadt, Germany, formed in 2018. They blend the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian death metal with the aggression of the genre's heavier side.
Melodic death metal act from Västerås, formed in 2023. Candleblack brings the Gothenburg melodeath tradition to the Mälaren Valley.
Atlanta instrumental sludge/post-metal duo formed in 2023, contributing to the growing Southern underground with crushing, wordless heaviness.
Melodic death metal act from Kyiv, active since 2014. Cantabile Wind delivers hook-driven extreme metal from the Ukrainian capital.
Longmont, Colorado symphonic/melodic death metal act blending orchestral grandeur with aggressive death metal attack.
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