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Phoenix-based melodic death metal act founded in 2020, blending the hook-driven melodies of the Gothenburg school with the blunt force of American death metal. The Arizona desert heat seems to fuel a sound that oscillates between atmospheric guitar harmonies and full-throttle brutality.
Pompano Beach, Florida's Written in Blood have been fusing power metal's melodic ambitions with the speed and aggression of thrash since 2018, landing on a sound that's as likely to soar as it is to tear through a riff. South Florida's metal scene has produced stranger combinations, but few that work as cleanly.
An Indianapolis melodic death metal band formed in 2023, Wrought with Plague arrived with the dual-guitar melody and aggressive attack that defines the genre's most enduring works. Still establishing themselves in Indiana's underground, they've planted themselves firmly in the European-influenced wing of American melodeath.
Melodic death metal/metalcore band from Saint Petersburg, Russia formed in 2020. Wrymind blends Scandinavian-style melodic death metal with modern metalcore from Russia's northern capital.
Melodic death/doom metal band from Clermont-Ferrand, France emerging in 2025. Wurmian channels the volcanic landscape of the Auvergne into melancholic, crushing melodic death/doom.
Tucson, Arizona's Wyrmhaven blend melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the breakdown-heavy architecture of deathcore, shaping a sound that carries equal measures of melody and brutality. Formed in 2020, they represent the evolving heavy music scene coming out of the Arizona desert.
X.Kernel is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Kyiv, Ukraine, formed in 2013 and heavily influenced by the Gothenburg MDM scene. Their 2017 debut album "Face the Truth" on Cimmerian Shade Recordings was praised for its techy, grooving melodic death metal that explores themes at the intersection of physical and virtual realities.
Xelas is a melodic death/thrash metal band from London, England, formed in 2011. They combine the melodic sensibilities of Scandinavian death metal with thrash metal ferocity, delivering technically proficient yet accessible extreme metal from one of Europe's largest music capitals.
Xenith is a melodic death/thrash metal band from the United Kingdom, formed in 2011. They combine melodic death metal hooks with thrash metal intensity, creating aggressive yet accessible compositions that bridge the gap between extreme metal subgenres.
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