Melodic Death Metal

Melodic death metal is a subgenre characterized by its harmonious blend of aggression and melody. Emerging in the mid-1990s, primarily in Sweden, this style combines the fast-paced, intricate rhythms and growling vocals of death metal with the soaring, harmonized guitar leads and catchy choruses of traditional heavy metal. Notable for its emphasis on melody and atmospheric texture, melodic death metal often incorporates folk and symphonic elements, adding a layer of depth and complexity to its sound. The genre's popularity peaked in the early 2000s, with bands pushing the boundaries of heaviness and melody. As a fusion of opposing styles, melodic death metal has had a significant impact on the metal scene, influencing a new wave of bands and earning a loyal fan base. Its unique blend of brutality and beauty sets it apart from other metal subgenres, making it a staple of modern extreme music.

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My Last Goodbye
Single - Released August 22, 2025

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Achsar
Aethyrien
Amorphis
Ancient Death
Angerot
Asenblut
Astray Valley
Avatar
Before The Dawn
Bent By Sorrow
Beyond the Agony
Black Obelisk
Bloodguilt
Burn the Adversary
Carach Angren
Casus Belli
Celestial Wizard
Chrastigel
Concrete Age
Craving
Crimson Shadows
Cytotoxin
Darkest Hour
Dehuman Reign
Deserted Fear
Dying Oath
Elliot Vernon
Eluveitie
Entoria
Exterminatus
Fire from Heaven
Foresaga
Fragments Of Unbecoming
Ghosts Of Atlantis
Grand Cadaver
HAVAMAL
Heaven Shall Burn
Helldrifter
Herkunft
Imperial Crystalline Entombment I.C.E
Imperishable
In Mourning
Inhuman 666
Kanonenfieber
Kataklysm
Lunarsea
MIDGARD
Malphas
Margantha
Matthew K. Heafy
Memories of a Lost Soul
Metal Error
Mjølnir
Mors Principium Est
Mutilator
Nawabs of Destruction
Neperia
Nightbearer
Nightfall
Ominous Ruin
Omnium Gatherum
Onheil
Orbit Culture
Pandemia
Primalfrost
Promised Downfall
Prophets Of The Rising Dead
REJECT THE SICKNESS
Ravenblood
Red Moon Architect
Revocation
Rise to Fall
Rivers of Nihil
Ryoji Shinomoto
Sapiency
Scalblood
Scherbenwald
Shadows Fall
Shores Of Null
Soul Debt
Suodeth
Suotana
Superdeathflame
Swallow The Sun
Sybreed
The Haunted
The Man-Eating Tree
Unearth
VARUS
Valkenrag
Valtari
Volfgang Twins
Warmen
Will Ramos
Winter's Wail
Wolfheart
XAAR
Your Grave
Zgripsorum
swano
In Flames
Amon Amarth
Children Of Bodom
Arch Enemy
Bleed The Wicked Menace
Eluveitie
Dark Tranquillity
Mutilator
Soilwork
Dimmu Borgir
Orbit Culture
Heaven Shall Burn
Carcass
Equilibrium
Amorphis
Kanonenfieber
At The Gates
Insomnium
Will Ramos
The Halo Effect
Sylosis
Ensiferum
Unearth
Heldom
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Kataklysm
Sentenced
Scar Symmetry
Darkest Hour
Eye of the Enemy
Septicflesh
Wintersun
Harakiri for the Sky
Parasite Inc.
Hypocrisy
Swallow The Sun
Mors Principium Est
Sonic Syndicate
Ne Obliviscaris
Horizon Ignited
Finntroll
Bloodred Hourglass
VARUS
Chrastigel
Shadows Fall
Kalmah
Wolfheart
Disarmonia Mundi
Rivers of Nihil
Obscura
Imperial Circus Dead Decadence
Revocation
Be'lakor
The Unguided
Æther Realm
The Agonist
The Haunted
Matthew K. Heafy
Persefone
Sybreed
Allegaeon
Nightrage
Warmen
Deserted Fear
Kania
Ihsahn
The Curse Within
Eihwar
Borknagar
sepulcher.
Bjorn "Speed" Strid
Omnium Gatherum
Carach Angren
Ex Deo
SuidAkrA
Before The Dawn
Beyond Creation
Words Of Farewell
Dååth
Cytotoxin
Illdisposed
Slow Fall
Aeon
The Man-Eating Tree
Give My Remains to Broadway
Diablo
Varg
Aephanemer
Eyes Wide Open
Brymir
Nailed to Obscurity
Anders Friden
Eternal Tears Of Sorrow
INVICTA
Fate DeStroyed
Fractal Gates
Aethyrien
Dark Lunacy
Mercenary
Imperanon