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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Breathe on Me
Single - Released May 23, 2025

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Adrenal
Aeon
Aeons of Silence
Agiel
Akiavel
Allegaeon
Alzhagoth
Ancient Death
Antologi
Arch Enemy
Argorok
As The World Dies
Bloodguilt
Bloodred Hourglass
Brimstone
Buried Realm
Burn Down Eden
Chrastigel
Crown of Madness
Crownshift
Cynical Order
Dark Lunacy
Dawn of Ouroboros
Defiled Serenity
Deimocracy
Demential
Deserted Fear
Despite Exile
Dessiderium
Destinity
Echoes of the Fallen
Eigenstate Zero
Eluveitie
Eonian
Eternal Fear
Exterminatus
For I Am King
Fractal Universe
Give My Remains to Broadway
Gravecloud
Heathen Heretic
Heaven Shall Burn
Heretique
Horizon Ignited
Hypermass
Immurge
Imperishable
Infernus Novas
Inhuman 666
Kania
Kanonenfieber
Khepra
Light Dweller
Losna
MIDGARD
Maceration
Malphas
Mjølnir
Monumentum Damnati
Muh-Kron
Necroterio
Neperia
Nephylim
Nightfall
Omega Purge
Ominous Ruin
Orbit Culture
Pagefire
Pandemia
REJECT THE SICKNESS
Rise of Tyrants
Ryoji Shinomoto
Scalblood
Scheitan
Sculforge
Septicflesh
Serenity In Murder
Shores Of Null
Shotgun Divine
Sight of Emptiness
Slow Fall
Soul Demise
Suodeth
Superdeathflame
Swallow The Sun
Sybreed
The Burning Dogma
The Haunted
The Man-Eating Tree
The Very End
Tschernophil
Tyrmfar
Unearth
Unreal Overflows
Vanda Restye
Vinegar Hill
Vortex
Warfarer
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
Carcass
Heaven Shall Burn
Equilibrium
Amorphis
Kanonenfieber
At The Gates
Insomnium
Will Ramos
Sylosis
The Halo Effect
Ensiferum
Unearth
Heldom
Kataklysm
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Sentenced
Scar Symmetry
Eye of the Enemy
Septicflesh
Wintersun
Parasite Inc.
Harakiri for the Sky
Hypocrisy
Swallow The Sun
Sonic Syndicate
Mors Principium Est
Ne Obliviscaris
Finntroll
Horizon Ignited
Bloodred Hourglass
Chrastigel
Kalmah
Disarmonia Mundi
Shadows Fall
Wolfheart
Rivers of Nihil
Obscura
Imperial Circus Dead Decadence
Be'lakor
Revocation
The Unguided
The Agonist
Æther Realm
Matthew K. Heafy
The Haunted
Persefone
Sybreed
Allegaeon
Nightrage
Kania
Deserted Fear
Eihwar
Ihsahn
The Curse Within
sepulcher.
Borknagar
Bjorn "Speed" Strid
Omnium Gatherum
Carach Angren
Ex Deo
Before The Dawn
Beyond Creation
Dååth
Words Of Farewell
Illdisposed
Slow Fall
Give My Remains to Broadway
The Man-Eating Tree
Aeon
Diablo
Varg
Brymir
Nailed to Obscurity
Eternal Tears Of Sorrow
Aephanemer
Anders Friden
Eyes Wide Open
Aethyrien
Fractal Gates
INVICTA
Fate DeStroyed
Mercenary
Dark Lunacy
Graveworm
Imperanon
Semblant
Gorod
Starkill
I Am Your God