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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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Darkrite plays melodic death metal from Sovetsky in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of western Siberia, active since 2013. Their music brings Gothenburg-influenced melody to one of the most remote, oil-rich regions on earth.
Out of Independence, Missouri, Darkside have been threading progressive ambition through traditional heavy metal since 2013, building songs that trade in shifting time signatures and melodic grandeur without losing the punch of the genre's roots.
Darkvoid is a melodic death metal and deathcore act from the Sicilian resort town of Taormina, founded in 2024 and blending crushing breakdowns with melodic guitar leads. Their sound sits at the modern intersection of extreme metal's heaviest and most accessible impulses.
DarkWinter is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Hollola, Finland, active since 2014. They blend Finnish melodic death metal with metalcore's modern edge.
Das Letzte is a melodic death/gothic metal band from the Cambs/Schwerin area of Germany, formed in 2022. They fuse the melodic hooks of Gothenburg-style death metal with gothic metal's dark romanticism.
Chattanooga's Dastardly Heel approach melodic death metal with a pugnacious edge, pairing melodic Gothenburg-style leads with downright mean rhythmic attack in a sound that's been sharpened since 2020.
New York melodic death metal act Daughter Chaos balance harmonic elegance against a gnashing rhythmic core, crafting songs since 2020 that treat dissonance and melody as equal partners in the same violent conversation.
Hailing from Roy, Utah, Davidian tear through the thrash and speed metal playbook with relentless aggression and tightly wound riffs. Formed in 2017, they keep the raw, unpolished energy of classic speed metal alive in an era that rarely demands it.
Frigid Melodic Death / Black Metal from Houston.
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