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Thamand is a melodic death/black metal band from Szeged, Hungary, formed in 2019. They weave together melodic death metal harmonies with black metal intensity and atmospheric depth.
Formed in Montreal, Quebec, in 2004 under the name The Tempest, The Agonist built their reputation on a volatile blend of melodic death metal and metalcore distinguished by the contrast between screamed aggression and soaring clean vocals. The band rose to prominence with founding vocalist Alissa White-Gluz, releasing standout albums including Lullabies for the Dormant Mind (2009) and Prisoners (2012) before White-Gluz departed in 2014 to join Arch Enemy. Vocalist Vicky Psarakis fronted the band through three further records, culminating in Orphans (2019), before the group disbanded in May 2023.
Formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2000, The Agony Scene emerged from the Christian metalcore underground, initially drawing comparisons to Zao and Overcome before signing with Solid State Records. Their Roadrunner Records debut The Darkest Red (2005) broadened their audience with a punishing metalcore sound threaded with melodic death metal riffing and vocalist Mike Williams' raw delivery. The band released Get Damned on Century Media in 2007, went dormant for years, and returned with Tormentor in 2018 before announcing a fifth album in 2025.
The Ancient Dark is a melodic death metal band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2022. They combine death metal aggression with melodic guitar harmonies and atmospheric depth.
New Hampshire's The Antioch Antioxidant Accident are as unwieldy in sound as in name — an experimental melodic death/thrash metal act formed in 2015 that subjects the genre's mechanics to deliberate derangement, bending melodeath hooks and thrash riffs through strange structural angles. Their irreverent approach treats metal's conventions as raw material to be reassembled in improbable configurations.
The Aphotic Strain is a melodic death metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2022. They combine the aggression of death metal with intricate melodic guitar work and atmospheric layering.
Los Angeles' The Approach and the Execution blend melodic death metal's sweeping aggression with the soaring ambition of power metal, a combination that yields something operatic in scale and technically demanding in execution. Since 2010, they've navigated the tension between heaviness and melody with the polished craft befitting a band forged in LA's competitive metal scene.
Founded in September 2013 in Krems an der Donau, The Art of Fading play modern melodic death metal and deathcore, combining driving riffs and heavy breakdowns with melodic passages. They released their debut EP "Principles" in October 2014 and have performed alongside Evergreen Terrace and I Declare War, building their name in the Central European extreme metal circuit.
The Article is a melodic death metal band from Frankfurt, Germany, formed in 2012. They deliver melodic death metal with harmonic guitar work from the Hessian capital.
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