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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Death metal and melodic death metal act from London, England launched in 2024. They bring fresh melodic extremity to the capital's metal scene.
A Salt Lake City act that has quietly developed a blend of melodic death and black metal since 2008, Eallic leans into the melodic side of both genres to craft something darker and more atmospheric than either alone.
Death metal and melodic death metal project from Greece launched in 2024. They bring fresh melodic extremity to the Greek metal scene.
Death metal, folk metal, and melodic death metal band from Larissa, Greece active since 2016. They fuse Hellenic folk elements with melodic death metal from the Thessalian plain.
A product of Portugal's atmospheric and doom-laden metal tradition, this Évora-based death metal, folk metal, and melodic death metal act channels punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Active since 2022, primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
Kansas City's Ecdysis takes its name from the molting process, and the band's melodic death metal reflects that sense of transformation — technically grounded, melodically ambitious, and active since 2017.
Melodic death metal act from Mol, Belgium, formed in 2022, with releases "Before the Fall" and "Tribulation" showcasing their approach to the genre. Their sound carries the melodic sensibility and aggressive edge that defines the European melodic death metal tradition.
Death, melodic death, metalcore, and progressive metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland that emerged in 2025. They bring a technically ambitious multi-genre approach to the central Finnish metal scene.
Minneapolis melodic death metallers Echoes of the Fallen have been sharpening their Scandinavian-influenced sound since 2015, threading melody through heavy, purposeful riffing in the heart of the Midwest.
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