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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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Melodic death metal and deathcore band from Parma, Italy, emerging in 2025. Their sound blends Scandinavian melodic death metal influences with modern deathcore's breakdown-heavy approach.
Melodic death metal and deathcore band from Southampton, England, active since 2022 and blending Scandinavian melodeath influences with modern deathcore breakdowns. Their south coast origins place them within the UK's growing extreme metal community.
Melodic death and thrash metal band from Poznan, Poland, active since 2021. Their sound bridges the melodic richness of Swedish-style death metal with thrash metal's relentless energy.
Melodic death metal and metalcore hybrid from the Mannheim-Weinheim region of Germany, fusing Scandinavian-influenced melodeath with the breakdowns and energy of metalcore since 2018. Their dual-genre approach delivers both the harmonic depth of melodic death metal and metalcore's visceral punch.
Undone is a melodic death metal band from Izmir, Turkey, active since 2011 and contributing to the growing Turkish metal scene. The band delivers melody-infused death metal from Turkey's third-largest city on the Aegean coast.
Melodic doom metal band from Eberswalde, Germany, delivering sorrowful yet heavy compositions featuring vocalist Birgit's rich vocal performances. Their 2026 album Universe, mixed by Patrick Vesper at Neisse Rauschen Studio, spans nine tracks of introspective, fully matured melodic doom.
Unearth formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1998 and developed into one of the most consistent American metalcore acts of the 2000s, combining European melodic death metal guitar work with hardcore-driven breakdowns and rhythms. Their breakthrough The Oncoming Storm (2004) on Metal Blade Records debuted on the Billboard 200 and established the template they would build on across eight studio albums, including Darkness in the Light (2011) and The Wretched; the Ruinous (2023). The band's twin-guitar interplay between Trevor Phipps and Buz McGrath has been a defining element of their sound for over two decades.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Oviedo in the Asturias region of northern Spain, active since 2014. Their sound bridges the melodic sensibilities of Scandinavian death metal with the energetic breakdowns and hooks of metalcore.
Industrial, melodic death metal, and metalcore band from Piacenza, Italy, active since 2010 and blending electronic industrial elements with extreme metal. Their multi-genre approach creates a layered, mechanized take on heavy music.
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