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Electronic and melodic death metal hybrid from Toulouse, France, fusing synthesized textures with melodic death metal since 2015. Their innovative blend of electronic production with extreme metal creates a distinctive sound within the French metal scene.
Melodic death metal band from Brescia in Lombardy, Italy, active since 2018. Their sound channels the Scandinavian melodeath tradition through Italian craftsmanship and melodic sensibility.
Unperfectum is a melodic death metal band from Chelyabinsk, Russia, founded in 2006 in the industrial Ural city. Their 2017 album Neomenia spans nine tracks across 40 minutes, addressing social commentary and existential themes through atmospheric melodic death metal.
Brutal groove and death metal band from Barcelona, Spain, whose 2019 EP Mors in Victoria explores themes of technology's impact on society and obsessive devotion. Their earlier 2013 album A Subtle Taste For Tragedy established their punishing blend of groove and death metal.
Fort Worth's Unraveler pull from melodic death metal's emotional sweep and groove metal's pummeling mid-tempo stomp, a combination that's become their signature since forming in 2012. They're one of the more textured acts in the DFW heavy music scene.
Melodic death metal band from Espoo, Finland, active since 2023 and forging their sound in the Helsinki metropolitan area's vibrant metal community. Their approach to melodic death metal reflects Finland's deep tradition of blending melody with extreme metal.
Melodic death metal project from the Baden town of Bretten, Germany, active since 2017. Their sound channels the melodic death metal tradition through an unapologetic, unrepentant lens of aggressive songwriting.
Unseelight is a melodic death metal project from Bryansk, Russia, active since 2022 and rooted in the melodeath tradition. The project delivers melody-driven death metal from western Russia.
Melodic death metal and deathcore band from Turku, Finland, active since 2021 and bridging the aggressive textures of deathcore with Scandinavian melodeath tradition. Their sound draws from both the Finnish melodic death metal heritage and modern deathcore's breakdown-driven intensity.
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