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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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Winona, Minnesota's Harbinger blend groove and thrash metal into a mid-sized town sound with outsized bite, active since 2015 in a state with a fierce and underappreciated metal pedigree.
Brentwood, California's Hard Fail push melodic death metal with enough melodic sensibility to hook you and enough pure death metal weight to follow through since forming in 2018.
Emerging from Padua's underground, this melodic death/black metal act has been forging thunderous sonic fury since 2015. Icy melodies interwoven with blast-beaten fury characterize their output.
Bel Air, Maryland's Harlequin Ichthyosis arrived in 2023 wielding melodic death metal that sharpens Scandinavian melodicism against American brutality. Their unsettling name hints at a willingness to push into uncomfortable sonic territory.
Harmony Breaks is a melodic death/groove metal band from Zelenograd, Russia, active since 2016 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Death metal, grindcore, and goregrind act from Coventry in the West Midlands, active since 2018. Their provocatively grotesque name matches visceral compositions exploring the most extreme corners of underground metal.
Melodic death metal band from Vienna, Austria, featuring the interplay of harsh male vocals and clean female vocals from frontwoman Chiara Francesca Dezi. Their debut album Collapse, produced by guitarist Marco Cudan, showcases intricate songwriting across ten tracks of thrash-tinged melodic death metal.
Melodic death metal/metalcore band from Krefeld, Germany, active since 2008. Their polished sound merges Gothenburg-influenced melodic death metal with the dynamic energy of metalcore.
San Francisco's Hatchets for Hands have threaded melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility through a more caustic death metal frame since 2016. There's melodic ambition here balanced against genuine aggression — hooks that cut rather than console.
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