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Melodic death metal act from Geneva, Switzerland, delivering dual-guitar harmonics and aggressive precision since 2012. Their approach brings Gothenburg-influenced melodic death metal to the shores of Lake Geneva.
Bydgoszcz-based death metal, melodic death metal, and thrash metal act, active since 2010 delivering HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most formidable metal communities, their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Death metal, groove metal, and melodic death metal band from Loimaa, Finland formed in 2019. They bring a diverse blend of death metal styles from southwestern Finland.
Ex Deo is a melodic and symphonic death metal project formed in Montreal, Canada in 2008 by Kataklysm frontman Maurizio Iacono, dedicated entirely to concept albums about the history of the Roman Empire. Their debut Romulus (2009) on Nuclear Blast introduced the project's approach of marrying aggressive death metal riffing with orchestral arrangements and choral elements, a formula deepened on Caligvla (2012), The Immortal Wars (2017, covering the Punic Wars), and The Thirteen Years of Nero (2021). Band members perform in modified Roman legion uniforms, reinforcing the project's immersive historical theatrics.
Saint Petersburg-based death metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore act, active since 2014 delivering HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most extreme metal communities, their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Death, melodic death, and metalcore band from Paris, France active since 2007. They deliver aggressive, modern extreme metal from the French capital.
Orange County's Excised play melodic death metal with a heavier, more visceral edge than the Gothenburg tradition that inspired them, active since 2015. Their Southern California roots push them toward a sunnier sense of melody even as the riffs stay caustic and the drumming punishing — melodic death metal for a scene that likes its music both catchy and brutal.
Part of the Gothenburg school's homeland, this act channels death metal and melodic death metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2014, based in Salem, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.
Long Beach, New York's Execute Order 66 have been merging melodic death metal's twin-guitar melodicism with metalcore's breakdown-driven structure since 2011. Their name announces a certain irreverence, but their music is earnest in its hybridization of European melodeath aesthetics with the American metalcore tradition that shaped the Long Island scene.
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