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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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Dark Graves is a melodic death/doom metal band from Sønderborg, Denmark, formed in 2018. They explore melodic heaviness through the lens of death and doom metal.
San Diego's Dark Haven blend melodic death metal's soaring guitar harmonies with punishing aggression, a project nearly two decades in the making that refuses to choose between brutality and melody.
Wilmington, Delaware's Dark Horse bring a melodic death metal edge sharpened by over a decade of crafting riffs that balance technical precision with visceral punch.
Dark Hunt plays melodic death metal from Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East, active since 2016 and bringing Gothenburg-influenced melody to the Pacific rim. Their predatory name suits music that stalks its prey through twin-guitar harmonies before striking with guttural force.
Dark Memories is a thrash/melodic death metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2019. They forge dark, melodic metal from the Catalan capital.
Dark Oceans We Cry is a melodic death metal band from Galicia, Spain, active since 2013. They deliver emotive melodic death metal inspired by the vast Atlantic.
Dark Prayer is a melodic death metal band from Naantali, Finland, formed in 2015. They deliver emotive melodic death metal from the southwestern Finnish coast.
Dark Revenge started as a melodic death metal act in the Siberian university city of Tomsk before evolving toward progressive metal and metalcore. Active since 2011, their stylistic journey traces an arc from Scandinavian melodeath influence toward more complex, contemporary territory.
Dark Ride is a melodic death metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2020. The project channels emotionally charged melodic death metal from the Polish capital.
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