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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Melodic death metal band from Manchester, England active since 2011. Wolfcrusher blends the melodic traditions of Scandinavian death metal with the energy of the Manchester underground.
Heavy and melodic death metal band from the island of Rügen, Germany formed in 2017. Wolfskommando blends the power of heavy metal with melodic death metal's harmonic aggression from the Baltic coast.
Melodic death metal band from Vaasa, Finland formed in 2019. Wolftopia channels the melodic tradition of Finnish death metal from the bilingual coastal city on the Gulf of Bothnia.
Phoenix's Wolves of Nihil work the intersection of death metal brutality and melodic death metal craft, threading hooks through the carnage without softening the blow. Formed in 2018 in the desert Southwest, they bring a sun-scorched intensity to a style that rewards both aggression and songwriting ambition. Their music hits with the directness of pure death metal while leaving room for the kind of melodic memorability that keeps you coming back.
Melodic death metal band from Hamburg, Germany formed in 2021. World of Sickness blends Scandinavian-style melodic death metal with modern intensity from the port city of northern Germany.
Melodic death metal band from Turku, Finland formed in 2020. Worldburn delivers the melodic death metal that Finland is renowned for, blending aggressive extremity with harmonic sophistication.
Technical and melodic death metal band with grindcore elements from the Krkonoše Mountains of the Czech Republic. Their self-titled 2025 debut packs seven tracks into nineteen minutes of aggressive, forest-themed metal described as spores that "will infest your ears."
Melodic death and power metal band from Barcelona, Spain active since 2012. Worth combines the harmonic richness of power metal with melodic death metal's aggressive edge from the Catalonian capital.
Melodic death metal band from Oulu, Finland emerging in 2025. Wounded in Forest brings fresh melodic death metal from the subarctic forests of northern Finland.
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