The Blessing Way is a melodic death/gothic metal band from Galway, Ireland, formed in 2018. They weave gothic atmospheres and dark romanticism into melodic death metal structures with emotional depth.

The Burning Dogma from Bologna blend gothic metal with melodic death metal since 2010. Over fifteen years of heresy-consuming compositions from the Emilian university city — where the oldest university in the Western world resides.

The Course Is Black is a melodic death metal band from Heufeld/Rosenheim, Germany, formed in 2011. They play melodic death metal from the Bavarian Alpine foothills.

The Crestfallen is a melodic death metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2020. They deliver melodic death metal from the Franconian capital.

The Cyon Project from Turin evolved from melodic death metal into heavy and stoner metal, reflecting a stylistic transformation since 2015. A decade of canine-themed compositions from the Piedmontese capital.

The Deathisodes is a melodic death metal band from Portsmouth, active since 2012. Their music channels the Gothenburg-influenced melodic death metal tradition through a British lens, delivering melodic guitar harmonies alongside aggressive vocals from England's historic naval port.

The Declawed is a melodic death metal band from Kotka, Finland, formed in 2012. They play melodic death metal from the southeastern Finnish coast.

The Elysian Fields is a melodic death/black metal band from Athens, active since 1998. Named after the paradise of Greek mythology, their nearly three decades of activity make them one of the more enduring melodic extreme metal acts in the Greek scene.

The Enchanted is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Bradford, West Yorkshire, formed in 2019. Their music combines melodic guitar work with the aggressive tempos of thrash, delivering a potent hybrid from the north of England.