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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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Electronic metalcore and melodic death metal band from Milan, Italy, active since 2016. Their sound integrates electronic production with the aggressive dynamics of metalcore and melodic death metal.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Nice on the French Riviera, active since 2014. Their sound fuses Scandinavian-influenced melodeath with the breakdowns and energy of metalcore against the unlikely backdrop of the Mediterranean coast.
Four-piece Brussels metal act blending metalcore with melodic death metal, self-described as four horsemen of chaos delivering harsh realities through music. Their 2023 debut album Sent To Die features eight tracks of intense, layered aggression praised for its production quality and dynamic guitar and bass interplay.
Solo melodic deathcore project from Vienna created by Niko 'Abyss' Apostolakis, blending deathcore intensity with melodic death metal depth and technical precision. Influenced by classical composers and Dark Souls soundtracks, their releases include the debut album Before the Decay of Time and the EP A World in Flames.
Melodic death metal band from Amiens in northern France, active since 2008 with nearly two decades of experience. Their long tenure has allowed them to refine their approach to melodic death metal within the French metal landscape.
Los Angeles's Upon Stone have built their sound on the melodic death metal tradition since forming in 2021, bringing a gothic sensibility and emotional weight to a genre often dominated by pure aggression. Atmospheric and dark, they stand apart from the coastal city's more straightforward heavy acts.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Southampton, England, active since 2012 with over a decade of experience. Their sound bridges the melodic richness of Scandinavian death metal with the energetic hooks of metalcore.
Melodic death metal band from Svendborg on the Danish island of Funen, active since 2020. Their sound channels the Gothenburg-influenced melodic death metal tradition through a Danish lens, balancing melodic guitar harmonies with death metal's guttural intensity.
Melodic death metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland, emerging in 2025 with a sound that embraces the genre's signature blend of melodic guitar harmonies and aggressive death metal vocals. Their name evokes a journey between existence and oblivion through melodic extremity.
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