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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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Melodic death metal act from war-torn Donetsk formed in 2021, creating music amidst some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable. Their melodic approach channels the emotional weight of their surroundings through the Scandinavian-influenced death metal tradition.
Baltimore's Galactic Skyfather have been refining a hybrid of melodic death and power metal since 2017, wielding soaring melodies with enough aggression to keep things from ever getting comfortable.
Galiryon is a melodic death metal band from Lugo in Galicia, Spain, formed in 2016, channeling Scandinavian-style melodeath from the Celtic-influenced northwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. The band bridges Galician identity with Swedish melodeath traditions.
Minneapolis's Gallowglass Scourge traffic in the murky territory between melodic death and doom, piling on dirge-like weight while keeping the riffs precise and cutting. A young act formed in 2022, they've already staked out a sound that feels both crushing and purposeful.
Brutal Melodic Death Metal from College Station.
Providence, Rhode Island's Gamohra splice melodic death metal's harmonic intelligence into a thrash metal framework built for velocity and brutality. Since 2015, they've been one of the more technically ambitious acts working out of the New England underground.
Garden of Bones is a progressive and melodic death metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2018 and blending progressive ambition with the melodeath tradition that made Sweden famous. The project channels Stockholm's rich extreme metal heritage.
Garden of Gods is a melodic death/doom metal band from Athens, formed in 2016. They blend melodic death metal sensibility with doom's crushing weight from the Greek capital.
One of the more enduring acts in the American melodic death metal underground, Gaithersburg, Maryland's Garden of Shadows has been weaving atmospheric grandeur into aggressive death metal since the early 2000s. Their sound leans cinematic without ever losing its teeth.
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