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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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Genre-spanning extreme metal band from Oulu, Finland, active since 2009. Catamenia weave black metal, death metal, gothic metal, and melodic elements into an expansive, multi-faceted sound from northern Finland.
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Melodic death metal band from St. Andrews, Scotland, active since 2013. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the historic university town.
Melodic death-black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2017. They weave melodic elements through blackened death metal from the Finnish capital.
Melodic death metal band from Espoo, Finland, active since 2012. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Minneapolis melodic death metal band combining hook-driven Scandinavian-school melodicism with crushing death metal heaviness.
Melodic death metal band from Naestved, Denmark, emerging in 2025. They blend melodic sensibilities with death metal aggression from the southern Zealand city.
Reading, Pennsylvania's Cavum pursue straightforward, grimly melodic black metal drawing on the European second-wave tradition — tremolo-driven riffs, blasting drums, and vocals smeared in reverb.
Melodic death metal band from Alexandroupoli in Thrace, Greece, formed in 2014. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the northeastern Greek coast.
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