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Melodic Death Metal genre — history, bands and artists
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Melodic Death Metal concerts in United Kingdom
Upcoming Melodic Death Metal concerts: one card per artist, the rest of their dates on the artist page
Geography of Melodic Death Metal
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of Melodic Death Metal
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
1995Slaughter of the SoulAt the Gates
1996The Jester RaceIn Flames
2004Fate of NornsAmon Amarth
2006With Oden on Our SideAmon Amarth
2000Follow the ReaperChildren of Bodom
1999Burning BridgesArch Enemy
2005Doomsday MachineArch Enemy
2019Heart Like a GraveInsomnium
1999HatebreederChildren of Bodom
New in Melodic Death Metal
Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months
2026Lamentations of the ShadowkingdomsDungeon Serpent
2026MonumentalIgnea
2026NetherworldsInsomnium
2026The Light That Keeps UsMother of Graves
2026GuillotineHateSphere
Melodic Death Metal by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
Melodic Death Metal by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade
Artists of Melodic Death Metal
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
- All That Remains
Allegaeon- Amon Amarth
Amorphis- Arch Enemy
Armageddon- At the Gates
- Aura
Avatar
Battlelore- Be’lakor
Becoming the Archetype- Before the Dawn
- Bleed From Within
Carcass- Children of Bodom
ChthoniC- Dark Tranquillity
Dawn- Deadlock
Destinity
Dethklok- Dismember
Dissection- Edge of Sanity
Eluveitie
Evil Scarecrow- Exmortus
- Fires in the Distance
God Dethroned- God Forbid
- Heaven Shall Burn
- HXTXD
Hypocrisy- In Flames
- In Mourning
- Insomnium
- Iotunn
Kalmah
Kataklysm
Mercenary- Nightfall
Nightrage
Omnium Gatherum- Orbit Culture
Parasite Inc.- Pressure Points
Revocation
Scar Symmetry
Sentenced
Soilwork
Sonic Syndicate
SuidAkrA- The Agonist
The Black Dahlia Murder
The Crown- The Halo Effect
Times of Grace- Varg
- Wintersun
Overview
Genre relations
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Subgenres
Subgenres or what Melodic Death Metal is divided into
Origins
Genres from which Melodic Death Metal originated
Parent genre
Melodic Death Metal is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from Melodic Death Metal