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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Burgos-based melodic death/black metal act active since 2014, blending harmonic melodeath with blackened intensity. Operating from the historic Castilian city, their work carries a weight befitting a place steeped in medieval history.
German melodic death/thrash metal band from Horneburg with rock elements, blending harmonic sophistication with aggressive precision since 2011. Their all-seeing-eye name signals the watchful, perceptive character of their versatile metal.
Kotka melodic death metal act active since 2014, representing Finland's southeastern port city in the national melodeath tradition. A decade of steady output has produced a catalog rooted in the Scandinavian melodic death metal school.
Dessau-Rosslau melodic death metal/metalcore act active since 2021, combining Gothenburg-style melodies with hardcore breakdowns. Their Saxony-Anhalt base places them in a region where extreme metal scenes are small but dedicated.
Swiss melodic death/thrash/heavy metal band from Olten, formed in 2023 and blending three metal traditions. Their versatile approach spans melodic sophistication, thrash aggression, and heavy metal power.
Dresden melodic death metal act active since 2020, applying Scandinavian-influenced melodeath to a Saxon context. Their approach pairs harmonic guitar work with aggressive vocals in the established Gothenburg tradition.
One of Finland's most prominent melodic death metal bands, Omnium Gatherum have been active from Kotka since 2011, releasing through multiple labels and performing at festivals across Europe. Their extensive catalog includes New World Shadows, Beyond, Grey Heavens, and the 2025 album May The Bridges We Burn Light The Way, with festival dates booked through 2026.
Marseille's On the Edge throws together death, groove, thrash, and melodic death metal into a high-energy crossover that keeps one foot in old-school aggression and the other in modern heaviness. Their tight, riff-centric songwriting owes as much to Lamb of God and Gojira as it does to classic thrash.
Once upon the End frames their Parisian metal in a post-apocalyptic narrative, describing themselves as survivors blasting music amid civilization's ruins. Drawing from death metal ferocity, melodic death hooks, and power metal grandeur, their albums like "Ensevelis" and "Archive 200" build a conceptual world of decay and resilience.
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