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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Melodic death/groove metal band from Arlon in the Luxembourg province of Wallonia, formed in 2025. Their dual-genre approach bridges melodic death metal's hook-laden aggression with the rhythmic weight of groove metal.
Founded in Jyväskylä, Finland in 2000 by guitarist Juha Raivio, Swallow the Sun are among the most prominent practitioners of melodic death-doom metal, blending gothic atmosphere, black metal passages, and funeral doom weight across nine studio albums. Key releases include Ghosts of Loss (2005), the triple album Songs from the North I, II & III (2015), and Moonflowers (2021), accumulating over 50 million Spotify streams and a 900-show touring history across four continents. The band's name draws from Finnish mythology and the region's long, sunless winters.
Swallowed by Apathy is a progressive/melodic death metal band from Newark, Ohio, formed in 2011, merging technically ambitious arrangements with melodic hooks drawn from the Scandinavian death metal tradition.
Swansong deliver melodic death metal from the eastern Finnish city of Kuopio, combining the Scandinavian melodeath tradition with the finality their name suggests. Active since 2015, they bring Savo-region melody to the Finnish extreme scene.
Swarmageddon delivers melodic death metal from Besancon in the Jura mountains, active since 2017. Their portmanteau name fuses 'swarm' with 'armageddon,' and their compositions match that apocalyptic imagery with sweeping melodic guitar harmonies.
Sweet Heart of a Berzerk blend melodic death, gothic, and industrial metal from Munich, creating a complex hybrid that balances beauty with berserker fury. Active since 2005, they bring a unique, romantically unhinged energy to the Bavarian metal scene.
Ljubljana's Sweet Sorrow have evolved from heavy metal to melodic death metal since 2024. Their Shakespearean name referencing Romeo and Juliet's parting channels the bittersweet pain of farewell into freshly-minted compositions of capital-city intensity.
Swelling Repulsion is a progressive melodic death metal band from Fort Collins, Colorado, formed in 2024, blending technical riffing and complex song structures with melodic death metal aggression.
Gothenburg's Swordmaster have evolved from black metal to melodic death/thrash metal since their early years. Their weapon-wielder name and origins in the melodic death metal capital have produced compositions spanning the aggressive spectrum of Swedish extreme metal.
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