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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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Turku melodic death metal/metalcore act active since 2014, blending Finnish melodeath traditions with modern metalcore energy. Over a decade they have developed a style that honors Finland's melodic death metal legacy while embracing contemporary heaviness.
Melodic death metal act from Kubschutz near Bautzen in rural Saxony, active since 2019. Their output brings Gothenburg-influenced melodeath to an area of eastern Germany rarely associated with the style.
Czech melodic death metal band from Prague, formed in 2023 and channeling harmonic extremity. Their Latin name, meaning 'kingdom of oblivion,' captures the forgotten, lost character of their melodeath.
Melodic death metal act from Tuscania in the province of Viterbo, active since 2017. Their Etruscan-country origins in rural Lazio give their Gothenburg-influenced melodeath a distinctly Italian sense of drama.
Pietarsaari melodic death metal act active since 2020, hailing from Finland's Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnia coast. Their melodeath draws equally from the Finnish and Swedish traditions of the genre, befitting their bilingual coastal origins.
Melodic death metal outfit from Chur in the Swiss Alps, honing their craft since 2017. Their Graubunden origins make them one of the few melodeath acts emerging from Switzerland's mountainous eastern cantons.
Founded in 1989 in Fortaleza by brothers Amaudson and Jolson Ximenes, Obskure are among the longest-running extreme metal bands in the Brazilian northeast, fusing melodic death metal with doom and black metal undertones across a discography stretching from the demo Uterus and Grave (1990) to the full-length Dense Shades of Mankind (2012). Their 2001 EP The Emptiness Spectable featured a guest vocal appearance by Alex Camargo of Krisiun, and the band's 2017 release Sacrifice of the Wicked showed no signs of the grim relentlessness fading after nearly three decades.
Burgos-based melodic death/black metal act active since 2014, blending harmonic melodeath with blackened intensity. Operating from the historic Castilian city, their work carries a weight befitting a place steeped in medieval history.
German melodic death/thrash metal band from Horneburg with rock elements, blending harmonic sophistication with aggressive precision since 2011. Their all-seeing-eye name signals the watchful, perceptive character of their versatile metal.
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