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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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Swansong deliver melodic death metal from the eastern Finnish city of Kuopio, combining the Scandinavian melodeath tradition with the finality their name suggests. Active since 2015, they bring Savo-region melody to the Finnish extreme scene.
Swarmageddon delivers melodic death metal from Besancon in the Jura mountains, active since 2017. Their portmanteau name fuses 'swarm' with 'armageddon,' and their compositions match that apocalyptic imagery with sweeping melodic guitar harmonies.
Sweet Heart of a Berzerk blend melodic death, gothic, and industrial metal from Munich, creating a complex hybrid that balances beauty with berserker fury. Active since 2005, they bring a unique, romantically unhinged energy to the Bavarian metal scene.
Ljubljana's Sweet Sorrow have evolved from heavy metal to melodic death metal since 2024. Their Shakespearean name referencing Romeo and Juliet's parting channels the bittersweet pain of farewell into freshly-minted compositions of capital-city intensity.
Swelling Repulsion is a progressive melodic death metal band from Fort Collins, Colorado, formed in 2024, blending technical riffing and complex song structures with melodic death metal aggression.
Gothenburg's Swordmaster have evolved from black metal to melodic death/thrash metal since their early years. Their weapon-wielder name and origins in the melodic death metal capital have produced compositions spanning the aggressive spectrum of Swedish extreme metal.
Melodic deathcore band from Ocala, Florida, formed in 2022, combining the hook-driven melody of melodic death metal with the breakdowns and vocal extremity characteristic of modern deathcore.
Dallas folk/melodic death metal band formed in 2014, merging Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal with folk elements to craft an adventurous and epic-leaning sound rooted in the Texas metal underground.
Skovde's Syconaut pair melodic death and groove metal from the Vastergotland city since 2014. Their sycophant-astronaut portmanteau channels the fawning exploration of cosmic space into over a decade of rhythmically driven compositions.
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