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Melodic Death Metal Style Overview

  • Melodic Death Metal
    Overview
  • Melodic Death Metal
    Releases 13,170
  • Melodic Death Metal
    Music For Sale 48,688

Melodic Death Metal Music Description

Melodic death metal is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal.


Most Collected Melodic Death Metal Music

Explore More Popular Melodic Death Metal Music
  • Opeth - Still Life
    Still Life
    Opeth
  • Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
    Follow The Reaper
    Children Of Bodom
  • Carcass - Heartwork
    Heartwork
    Carcass
  • In Flames - Clayman
    Clayman
    In Flames
  • Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
    Twilight Of The Thunder God
    Amon Amarth
  • Carcass - Surgical Steel
    Surgical Steel
    Carcass
  • Amon Amarth - Jomsviking
    Jomsviking
    Amon Amarth

Melodic Death Metal Artists

  • In Flames
    In Flames
  • Arch Enemy
    Arch Enemy
  • Amon Amarth
    Amon Amarth
  • Dark Tranquillity
    Dark Tranquillity
  • Children Of Bodom
    Children Of Bodom
  • Norther
    Norther
  • Paul Wardingham
    Paul Wardingham

Early Melodic Death Metal Releases

Explore More Early Melodic Death Metal Music
  • Thanatos (4) - Official Live Tape 1987
    Official Live Tape 1987
    Thanatos (4)
  • Tiamat - A Winter Shadow
    A Winter Shadow
    Tiamat
  • Phlebotomized - -Live-
    -Live-
    Phlebotomized
  • Hypocrite - Ruler Of The Dark
    Ruler Of The Dark
    Hypocrite
  • Cauteror - To Atonement I Am Avowed
    To Atonement I Am Avowed
    Cauteror
  • Various - Released Psychos Vol. 2
    Released Psychos Vol. 2
    Various
  • Defunctis - Dark Infinity
    Dark Infinity
    Defunctis

Melodic Death Metal Music Releases by Decade

Top Submitters of Melodic Death Metal Music

Most Sold Melodic Death Metal Releases This Month

Explore More Trending Melodic Death Metal Music
  • Disharmonic Orchestra - Pleasuredome
    Pleasuredome
    Disharmonic Orchestra
  • Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns
    Fate Of Norns
    Amon Amarth
  • Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?
    Are You Dead Yet?
    Children Of Bodom
  • Carcass - Heartwork
    Heartwork
    Carcass
  • Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendor
    Back To Times Of Splendor
    Disillusion
  • Edge Of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow
    Purgatory Afterglow
    Edge Of Sanity
  • In Flames - Foregone
    Foregone
    In Flames

Related Styles of Music

  • Death Metal
  • Black Metal
  • Progressive Metal
  • Thrash
  • Metalcore
  • Heavy Metal
  • Doom Metal
  • Folk Metal
  • Technical Death Metal
  • Gothic Metal
  • Symphonic Metal
  • Power Metal
  • Deathcore
  • Viking Metal
  • Hardcore
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