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Carlsbad, California's Mysidia have been crafting melodic death metal since 2013, combining technically precise guitar work with melodic hooks and the kind of song-oriented songwriting that distinguishes the Gothenburg tradition from more brutalizing strains of the genre.
Mysore is a melodic death and groove metal band from the Salo-Turku area of Finland, formed in 2018. They fuse melodic death metal with groove metal's rhythmic drive.
Mysteria Mortis is a pagan/folk metal (early); melodic death metal/metalcore (later) band from Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia, formed in 2014. They deliver powerful melodic death metal with harmonic sweep and emotive songwriting.
Mysterium is a melodic death, gothic, and doom metal band from Friedrichsthal, Germany, formed in 2000, fascinated by myths, mysteries, and the unexplainable. Their releases Soulwards and The Glowering Facades Of Night shift between dreamy and aggressive extremes, blending bleak atmospheres with dramatic intensity.
A progressive metal act from the northwestern Greek city of Ioannina, Brain Scorcher has been crafting technically ambitious compositions since 2015. The band channels the dramatic landscape of Epirus into complex, layered metal.
A melodic death metal act from Sheffield, Myth of a Life has been blending Scandinavian-style harmonies with British metal grit since 2014. The band channels the Steel City's industrial legacy into emotionally charged melodic death metal.
A groove/melodic death metal act from Dordrecht in South Holland, Mythlorian has been delivering rhythmically charged compositions since 2020. The band blends the hooky aggression of groove metal with melodic death metal harmonies.
Los Angeles melodic death metal act Mythoclast launched in 2023, pursuing the melodically charged but brutally grounded sound that defines the genre's modern California practitioners. Their music blends hook-driven lead work with the punishing rhythmic weight of straight death metal.
Punishing Thrash / Melodic Death Metal from San Antonio.
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