Genre

Melodic Death Metal

Melodic Death Metal on LoudQuietLoud: more than 100 artists, including Passenger, In Flames and Children of Bodom. It runs alongside folk metal, melodic metalcore and death metal.

Passenger

folk · alternative metal · melodic death metal

In Flames

melodic death metal · death metal · metal

Cover of Hexed by Children of Bodom

Children of Bodom

melodic death metal · death metal · power metal

Opeth

progressive metal · progressive death metal · death metal

All That Remains

metalcore · melodic death metal · metal

As I Lay Dying

metalcore · melodic death metal · hardcore

Cover of Blood Dynasty by Arch Enemy

Arch Enemy

melodic death metal · death metal · female fronted metal

Cover of The Allfather Awakens by Amon Amarth

Amon Amarth

melodic death metal · viking metal · death metal

Soilwork

melodic death metal · death metal · metal

Carcass

death metal · grindcore · melodic death metal

Dark Tranquillity

melodic death metal · death metal · swedish

Amorphis

progressive metal · melodic death metal · death metal

Eluveitie

folk metal · melodic death metal · pagan metal

At the Gates

melodic death metal · death metal · swedish

Caliban

metalcore · hardcore · german

Unearth

metalcore · melodic death metal · metal

Dissection

black metal · melodic black metal · melodic death metal

Bleeding Through

metalcore · hardcore · death metal

Amaranthe

melodic death metal · power metal · modern metal

Bloodbath

death metal · brutal death metal · swedish

Hypocrisy

death metal · melodic death metal · swedish

The Haunted

thrash metal · melodic death metal · death metal

All Shall Perish

deathcore · death metal · metalcore

As Blood Runs Black

deathcore · metalcore · melodic death metal

Darkest Hour

metalcore · melodic death metal · metal

Kataklysm

death metal · melodic death metal · brutal death metal

Crematory

gothic metal · death metal · doom metal

Dismember

death metal · old school death metal · swedish death metal

The Wake

post-punk · new wave · gothic rock

Betraying the Martyrs

deathcore · metalcore · christian

Before the Dawn

melodic death metal · gothic metal · finnish

Septicflesh

death metal · symphonic death metal · atmospheric death metal

Naglfar

black metal · melodic black metal · swedish

Ghost Brigade

progressive metal · melodic death metal · doom metal

Dagoba

industrial metal · groove metal · death metal

Neptune

melodic death metal · noise rock · experimental

Darkseed

gothic metal · doom metal · german

Daylight Dies

doom metal · melodic death metal · death doom metal

Atrocity

death metal · gothic metal · melodic death metal

Gatecreeper

death metal · hardcore · metal

Darkane

melodic death metal · thrash metal · death metal

Illdisposed

death metal · melodic death metal · danish

Engel

melodic death metal · industrial metal · modern metal

Sea of Treachery

deathcore · metalcore · melodic metalcore

Meridian

trance · gothic rock · black metal

Bloodred Hourglass

melodic death metal · thrash metal · metalcore

Destrage

melodic death metal · metalcore · progressive metal

The Old Dead Tree

gothic metal · doom metal · progressive metal

Anata

technical death metal · death metal · progressive death metal

One Man Army

punk rock · punk · melodic death metal

Vanity

hardcore · 80s · punk

Feared

death metal · melodic death metal · metal

Frequency

melodic death metal · heavy metal · power metal

Frequency

melodic death metal · heavy metal · power metal

Dawn of Solace

doom metal · melodic death metal · gothic metal

dEMOTIONAL

melodic death metal · modern metal · modern melodic death metal

Dan Swanö

progressive metal · progressive death metal · death metal

Brymir

folk metal · melodic death metal · viking metal

Aephanemer

melodic death metal · symphonic metal · french

Blackguard

folk metal · melodic death metal · melodic black metal

The Project Hate MCMXCIX

death metal · industrial death metal · melodic death metal

Arkan

melodic death metal · oriental metal · death metal

Antares

goa · goa trance · eurodance

At the Throne of Judgment

deathcore · melodic death metal · metalcore

Night in Gales

melodic death metal · death metal · thrash metal

Bodom After Midnight

melodic death metal · finnish · metal

Ictus

neocrust · crust · dark hardcore

Uninvited

melodic death metal · metal · deathcore

Carcariass

technical death metal · progressive death metal · death metal

Dead Shape Figure

thrash metal · finnish · death metal

Acroma

alternative rock · rock · progressive rock

Black Comedy

industrial metal · cyber metal · modern metal

Enfold Darkness

blackened death metal · melodic death metal · death metal

Dawn of Relic

melodic death metal · black metal · dark metal

Crestfallen

screamo · hardcore · emo violence

Rimfrost

black metal · melodic black metal · swedish

Sarcasm

death metal · thrash metal · speed metal

Axolotl

noise · drone · experimental

Flying

melodic death metal · ukrainian · death metal

No Return

thrash metal · death metal · melodic death metal

Face Down

thrash metal · death metal · groove metal

The Great Deceiver

melodic death metal · hardcore · metalcore

Scorched

death metal · black metal · swedish

Alexi Laiho

guitar virtuoso · finnish · guitar hero

Soul Demise

melodic death metal · death metal · metal

Disintegration

metalcore · death metal · ukrainian

Eyeless

metalcore · hardcore · progressive death metal

Chuck Schuldiner

death metal · technical death metal · progressive death metal

HDK

melodic death metal · progressive metal · death metal

Agonize

melodic death metal · death metal · danish

A Fall Farewell

post-hardcore · metalcore · emocore

Bleak Flesh

technical death metal · progressive death metal · melodic death metal

Ancient Settlers

metalcore · melodic death metal · death metal

Iluvatar

progressive rock · neo-prog · neo progressive

Roope Latvala

guitar virtuoso · finnish · guitar hero

Great Divide

melodic death metal · country rock · chicago

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Labels

Labels in this genre

Nuclear Blast

Home to In Flames, Children of Bodom & Amorphis

Season of Mist

Home to Eluveitie, Ghost Brigade & Engel

Relapse Records

Home to Amorphis, Hypocrisy & Daylight Dies

Sumerian Records

Home to Darkest Hour, Blackguard & Enfold Darkness

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