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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Finnish melodic death metal band from Jyvaskyla, active since 2019 and channeling the Scandinavian melodeath tradition. Their sound blends harmonic precision with aggressive intensity in the classic Finnish mold.
Russian melodic death metal band from Yelabuga, active since 2008 and named after the In Flames album. Their approach channels Scandinavian melodeath traditions from the heart of Tatarstan.
German melodic death metal band from Nienburg/Weser, formed in 2023 and channeling Scandinavian-influenced melodeath. Their sound blends twin-guitar harmonies with aggressive rhythms and powerful vocals.
Hayward's Lychdom craft melodic death metal anchored in traditional heavy metal songcraft, keeping hooks within reach even as the tempos accelerate and the riffs grow more complex. Active since 2016, they're one of the Bay Area underground's better-kept secrets.
French melodic death metal band from Clermont-Ferrand, crafting harmonic precision since 2014. Their approach channels Scandinavian-influenced melodeath through a distinctly Auvergnat sensibility.
Cleveland's M.e.V. blends melodic death metal hooks with the city's gritty industrial undercurrent, weaving clean and harsh vocal dynamics over technically driven riffwork. They've been carving out their corner of the Ohio extreme metal scene since 2012.
M.H.X's Chronicles is a melodic death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, founded by guitarist and vocalist Murillo Henrique Xavier, whose initials give the band its name. The project expanded into a full quartet with Raphael Carvalho on drums, Michel Oliveira on guitars, and Wallace Ribeiro on bass, releasing the EP "The Preface" (2013) and the fifty-six-minute debut album "Infinite Ocean" in 2015, recorded at Sputnik Home Studio.
M:D:A is a melodic death/thrash metal band from the Bünde/Bielefeld area of Germany, formed in 2020. Their sound merges the harmonic sophistication of melodic death metal with the aggressive urgency of thrash, emerging from the North Rhine-Westphalia underground.
Maahlas is a progressive melodic death/black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 2014. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
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