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Out of Columbia, South Carolina since 2014, This Above All combine melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the punishing breakdowns of metalcore, crafting a sound that's both emotionally charged and physically heavy.
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From Prestonsburg, a small town in Eastern Kentucky's coal country, This Town Has Ghosts channel melodic death metal hooks and metalcore heft into music that feels rooted in both regional identity and broader extremity.
Charlottesville, Virginia's ThisMeansYou bring an unusual combination of melodic death metal intensity and power metal's anthemic drive to their music, resulting in a sound that's technically demanding and emotionally broad.
Burbank, California's Thomas Warner is a solo melodic death metal project that has been active since 2013, channeling the genre's Scandinavian influences through a Southern California lens with carefully crafted arrangements.
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Thornado is a melodic death metal band from the Rusko/Turku area of Finland, formed in 2012. They play melodic death metal from southwestern Finland.
Thornwhipped is a melodic death metal band from Eisenberg, Germany, formed in 2024. They play melodic death metal with dynamic guitar harmonies.
Buffalo, New York's Thortoise have been crafting melodic death metal since 2017, blending Scandinavian melodic influence with the blunt-force energy of American death metal. The band's name cheekily suggests a slow-and-steady philosophy, but their music moves with real purpose and melodic clarity.
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