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Slaughter & Apparatus - A Methodical Overture (2023)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Turku melodic death metal/metalcore act active since 2014, blending Finnish melodeath traditions with modern metalcore energy. Over a decade they have developed a style that honors Finland's melodic death metal legacy while embracing contemporary heaviness.
Melodic death metal act from Kubschutz near Bautzen in rural Saxony, active since 2019. Their output brings Gothenburg-influenced melodeath to an area of eastern Germany rarely associated with the style.
Czech melodic death metal band from Prague, formed in 2023 and channeling harmonic extremity. Their Latin name, meaning 'kingdom of oblivion,' captures the forgotten, lost character of their melodeath.
Melodic death metal act from Tuscania in the province of Viterbo, active since 2017. Their Etruscan-country origins in rural Lazio give their Gothenburg-influenced melodeath a distinctly Italian sense of drama.
Pietarsaari melodic death metal act active since 2020, hailing from Finland's Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnia coast. Their melodeath draws equally from the Finnish and Swedish traditions of the genre, befitting their bilingual coastal origins.
Melodic death metal outfit from Chur in the Swiss Alps, honing their craft since 2017. Their Graubunden origins make them one of the few melodeath acts emerging from Switzerland's mountainous eastern cantons.
Burgos-based melodic death/black metal act active since 2014, blending harmonic melodeath with blackened intensity. Operating from the historic Castilian city, their work carries a weight befitting a place steeped in medieval history.
German melodic death/thrash metal band from Horneburg with rock elements, blending harmonic sophistication with aggressive precision since 2011. Their all-seeing-eye name signals the watchful, perceptive character of their versatile metal.
Kotka melodic death metal act active since 2014, representing Finland's southeastern port city in the national melodeath tradition. A decade of steady output has produced a catalog rooted in the Scandinavian melodic death metal school.
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