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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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Progressive melodic death metal act from Smolensk, western Russia, active since 2012. Cardinal Points blends technical ambition with melodic death metal from the historic border city.
Chicago-based act fusing melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the brutality of deathcore breakdowns, delivering technically precise riffwork alongside moments of punishing heaviness.
Melodic death metal act from Stockholm, active since 2011. Carmilla — named after the classic vampire novella — delivers dark, hook-driven death metal from the Swedish capital.
Melodic death metal act from Rome, formed in 2021. Carna — named after the Roman goddess of vital organs — delivers melody-driven death metal from the Italian capital.
Melodic death metal band from Nynäshamn south of Stockholm, active since 2013. Carnage Cafe serves up melodeath in the classic Swedish tradition.
Melodic death metal band from Oettingen in Bayern, Germany, formed in 2015. They blend the technical precision of death metal with melodic guitar harmonies and dynamic songwriting.
Carnal Forge formed in Sala, Sweden in 1997, founded as a side project by Jari Kuusisto and Stefan Westerberg from the band In Thy Dreams, and named after a track on Carcass's Heartwork. Their debut Who's Gonna Burn appeared in 1998, and the band went on to sign with Century Media Records, releasing Firedemon in 2000. Their sound fused Swedish melodic death metal structures with the blunt force of American thrash.
San Leandro death metal band incorporating melodic death metal sensibilities into a framework of technical aggression, active since 2017 balancing hooks and harmonic depth against straightforward brutality.
Melodic death-thrash band from Örebro, active since 2012. Carnosus delivers aggressive, hook-driven extreme metal from central Sweden.
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