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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Death metal band from Maaseik, Belgium, active since 2017, whose sound evolved from straightforward death metal in their early work toward a more melodic death metal direction. They represent the extreme metal scene from Belgium's easternmost reaches near the Dutch border.
Melodic black-death metal band from Murcia, Spain, formed in 2014. They weave melodic elements through blackened death metal from southeastern Spain.
Richmond, Indiana melodic death metal band that pairs hook-driven, harmonized guitars with the direct aggression of straightforward death metal.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Oldenburg, Germany, formed in 2016. They combine the melodic guitar harmonies of Scandinavian death metal with modern metalcore breakdowns and dynamics.
Melodic death-power metal act from Saint Petersburg, active since 2011. Cascabel delivers versatile, melody-driven metal from Russia's cultural capital.
Melodic death-thrash band from Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary, near the Austrian border, active since 2006. Casketgarden fuses sweeping melodic hooks with death metal aggression and thrash precision.
Cast Adrift from Dallas, NC merge melodic death metal's hook-forward songwriting with metalcore's rhythmic punch, leaning hard into dual-guitar melody over breakdowns.
Connecticut's Cast in Blood occupy the cross-section of melodic death and metalcore, favoring driving tempos and clean-to-harsh vocal contrast over the more abrasive end of the death metal spectrum.
Lakeland, FL's Castaway draw on both straightforward death metal and its melodic Scandinavian derivatives, building songs around tightly wound riff progressions and moments of atmospheric lead work.
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