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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I'm Ready to Die
Single - Released August 1, 2025

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Aeon
Aethyrien
Agiel
Allegaeon
Alzhagoth
Amorphis
Ancient Death
Angerot
Antologi
Arch Enemy
Argorok
As The World Dies
Astray Valley
Avatar
Before The Dawn
Bent By Sorrow
Beyond the Agony
Bleed The Wicked Menace
Bloodguilt
Bloodred Hourglass
Buried Realm
Burn the Adversary
Celestial Wizard
Craving
Crimson Shadows
Darkest Hour
Dawn of Ouroboros
Dehuman Reign
Deserted Fear
Despite Exile
Dessiderium
Echoes of the Fallen
Eluveitie
Entoria
Eonian
Exterminatus
Fire from Heaven
For I Am King
Fractal Gates
Fractal Universe
Fragments Of Unbecoming
Heathen Heretic
Heaven Shall Burn
Heldom
Helldrifter
Heretique
Hypermass
Immurge
Imperial Crystalline Entombment I.C.E
Imperishable
In Mourning
Inhuman 666
Kanonenfieber
Lasskahl
MIDGARD
Malphas
Matthew K. Heafy
Memories of a Lost Soul
Metal Error
Mjølnir
Mutilator
Nawabs of Destruction
Necroterio
Nightbearer
Nightfall
Ominous Ruin
Omnium Gatherum
Onheil
Orbit Culture
Pandemia
Promised Downfall
Prophets Of The Rising Dead
REJECT THE SICKNESS
Rivers of Nihil
Ryoji Shinomoto
Sapiency
Scalblood
Scheitan
Scherbenwald
Sculforge
Shores Of Null
Shotgun Divine
Slow Fall
Soul Demise
Suodeth
Superdeathflame
Swallow The Sun
Sybreed
The Fading
The Haunted
The Man-Eating Tree
Tschernophil
Tyrmfar
Unearth
VARUS
Vanda Restye
Will Ramos
XAAR
Your Grave
tibia
In Flames
Amon Amarth
Arch Enemy
Bleed The Wicked Menace
Children Of Bodom
Eluveitie
Dark Tranquillity
Mutilator
Orbit Culture
Soilwork
Dimmu Borgir
Heaven Shall Burn
Carcass
Equilibrium
Amorphis
Kanonenfieber
At The Gates
Insomnium
Will Ramos
Sylosis
The Halo Effect
Ensiferum
Unearth
Heldom
Kataklysm
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Sentenced
Scar Symmetry
Darkest Hour
Eye of the Enemy
Harakiri for the Sky
Septicflesh
Wintersun
Parasite Inc.
Hypocrisy
Swallow The Sun
Sonic Syndicate
Mors Principium Est
Finntroll
Ne Obliviscaris
Horizon Ignited
Bloodred Hourglass
VARUS
Chrastigel
Kalmah
Wolfheart
Disarmonia Mundi
Shadows Fall
Rivers of Nihil
Imperial Circus Dead Decadence
Obscura
Revocation
Be'lakor
The Unguided
The Agonist
Æther Realm
Matthew K. Heafy
The Haunted
Persefone
Allegaeon
Sybreed
Nightrage
Kania
Deserted Fear
Borknagar
Eihwar
sepulcher.
Ihsahn
The Curse Within
Bjorn "Speed" Strid
Omnium Gatherum
Carach Angren
SuidAkrA
Before The Dawn
Ex Deo
Beyond Creation
Dååth
Words Of Farewell
Illdisposed
Slow Fall
Diablo
Aeon
Varg
Give My Remains to Broadway
The Man-Eating Tree
Brymir
Nailed to Obscurity
Eternal Tears Of Sorrow
Eyes Wide Open
Anders Friden
Aephanemer
Fate DeStroyed
Aethyrien
INVICTA
Fractal Gates
Dark Lunacy
Imperanon
Mercenary
Graveworm
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