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Shylmagoghnar is a Dutch atmospheric black and melodic death metal duo from Zuid-Limburg, formed in 2004 as a high school project between Kevin Bertrand (Nimblkorg) and Coen van der Weerden (Skirge). The band's name was chosen for its otherworldly sound, and the project has always been fully home-produced and studio-only, with the members declining live performance. Their trilogy of albums—Emergence (2014), Transience (2018) on Napalm Records, and Convergence (2023)—forms a cohesive body of introspective, expansive music that has earned the duo a cult following in atmospheric and progressive metal circles.
Cincinnati melodic death metal act formed in 2015, balancing hook-driven melody and harsh aggression in the tradition of Scandinavian melodeath with an unmistakably American edge.
Buffalo melodic death metal band active since 2012, blending the snarl and weight of death metal with melodic sensibility from a Great Lakes city with a fierce and underappreciated metal underground.
Calcinelli's Sight of Eternity blend death and melodic death metal from the Marche region since 2024. Their name's infinite scope mirrors compositional ambitions that balance brutality with sweeping melody.
Sigir deliver melodic death metal from the tiny central Finnish village of Vesanto, combining Scandinavian melodeath with small-town Finnish authenticity. Formed in 2023, they bring lakeland intensity to the Finnish melodeath scene.
Sigyn deliver melodic death metal from Vantaa, drawing their name from the Norse goddess who stood faithful by Loki's side. Active since 2016, they bring mythological devotion to the Helsinki metropolitan melodeath scene.
Ocean Beach, California's Silence the Prince work within melodic death metal's characteristic blend of harsh extremity and melodic guitar leads, bringing San Diego's coastal scene sensibility to a genre rooted in Scandinavian influences since 2018.
St. Louis-based Silence the Witness blend the hook-driven intensity of metalcore with the heavier, more technically demanding elements of melodic death metal, drawing on both traditions to craft a dynamic and aggressive sound since 2015.
Silence the Yearning blend melodic death metal with gothic metal from the Spanish underground, combining aggressive extremity with dark romantic longing. Active since 2015, they bring emotional depth to their Iberian melodic extreme sound.
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