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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Venice's Storm Cry blend death and melodic death metal from the lagoon city since 2014. Their tempestuous name and Adriatic origins channel maritime fury into compositions that balance brutality with melody.
Cremona's Storm of Particles deliver death and melodic death metal from the Lombard plains since 2016. Their scientific name suggests a bombardment at atomic scale, fitting for music of precise, technical aggression.
Storm Particle is a Chicago, Illinois band formed in 2021 that merges melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with thrash metal's kinetic aggression.
Storm Unleashed deliver melodic death metal from the Sauerland towns of Olpe and Finnentrop, combining Scandinavian melodeath influences with the rugged energy of their forested, mountainous home region. Active since 2016, they bring stormy intensity to South Westphalia.
Melodic death metal band from Rio de Janeiro, heavily influenced by In Flames, led by guitarist Gustavo Sazes. Between 2003 and 2004 they released a series of self-distributed demo CDs: Inner Fusion (June 2003), Two Made of One (September 2003), and Fade My Existence (March 2004), followed by the 23-track boxed set Creations and Oblivion in June 2004.
Melodic death metal band from Goiânia, Goiás, formed by vocalist/guitarist Kahlil Souto alongside lead guitarist Vicente Luiz, bassist Yuri Passos, and drummer Arthur Albuquerque. Their debut album The Blood Red Horizon was released on December 10, 2025, recorded and mixed by Vicente Luiz at Verita Sounds in Goiânia between April 2024 and October 2025; the band describes it as the first installment of a planned trilogy.
Strained craft melodic death metal from the Oulu suburb of Kempele, combining Scandinavian melodeath's harmonic sophistication with tensile intensity. Formed in 2019, they bring taut aggression to the Ostrobothnia scene.
String Theory blend symphonic and melodic death metal from Lahti, building complex compositions that draw parallels between theoretical physics and musical architecture. Active since 2014, they bring quantum-level sophistication to the Paijat-Hame extreme scene.
Gothenburg's Stripebound deliver melodic death metal from the birthplace of the genre since 2008. Nearly two decades from the city that defined melodic death metal, their constraint-themed name has produced compositions of sustained melodic intensity.
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