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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Dead Ember is a melodic death metal band from the Detmold/Bielefeld area of Germany, formed in 2018. They craft emotive melodic death metal with strong hooks and heavy atmospheres.
Dead End Finland is a Helsinki-based melodic death metal act active since 2011, delivering polished, emotionally charged compositions that balance Finnish melancholy with aggressive riffing. Their geographically specific name roots them firmly in the Finnish tradition of melodeath excellence.
Dead Episode is a melodic death metal band from the Dortmund/Witten area of Germany, formed in 2017. They deliver driving melodic death metal with Scandinavian-influenced riffing and intense energy.
Out of Webster Springs, West Virginia, Dead Eternity bring melodic heavy metal and hard rock to one of the state's most remote corners, formed in 2025 with the kind of anthemic conviction that feels shaped by isolation. Their sound looks outward even when the hills close in.
Springfield, Virginia's Dead Eternity blend melodic death metal aggression with metalcore's rhythmic punch, carving out a modern extreme sound from the DC metro fringe since 2025. Their approach favors sharp hooks over pure brutality.
Dead Man Down is a melodic death metal band from Izmir, Turkey, formed in 2014. The project delivers emotionally charged melodic death metal from the Aegean coast.
Dead Man Square is a melodic death/groove metal band from Strasbourg, France, formed in 2015. They deliver heavy melodic grooves from the Alsatian capital.
Dead Man's Path is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Dalarna, Sweden, formed in 2020. The project blends melodic death metal with metalcore intensity.
Orlando's Dead Nervous System have been carving out melodic death metal with surgical precision since 1994, blending crushing riff work with moments of haunting melody. Few Florida acts in their lane have lasted as long or stayed as sharp.
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