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Eschatology of War (2021)
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Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
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Gothic melodic death metal band from Urbach, Germany, formed in 2020. They weave dark gothic atmospheres into melodic death metal from the Swabian Rems Valley.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Kokkola, Finland, formed in 2021. They blend melodic sensibilities with metalcore dynamics from the Ostrobothnian coast.
Melodic death metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, active since 2013. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from Scotland's largest city.
Melodic death-gothic metal band from Esbjerg, Denmark, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, Compos Mentis blend melodic death metal with gothic atmospheres from Denmark's fifth-largest city.
Genre-spanning act from Mineralnye Vody in the North Caucasus, active since 2012. Concrete Age blends death, folk, power, and thrash metal into an ambitious whole from the Caucasus mineral springs region.
Melodic death metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2014. They craft melodic yet intense death metal from the Hanseatic port city.
Melodic death metal band from Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal built on harmonized guitar work and dynamic songwriting.
Melodic death metal act from L'Aquila in Abruzzo, active since 2013. Congiura — Italian for 'conspiracy' — delivers melodic extremity from central Italy's mountain city.
Melodic death metal band from Zurich, Switzerland, active since 2010. They fuse melodic guitar harmonies and structured songwriting with the intensity and power of death metal.
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