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| Melodeath with BALLS
melodeath you would trust to have your back in a fight | | 1 |  | Anata
The Conductor's Departure
Nice balance of technicality and melody on offer here; compared to later bands like Son of Aurelius who tried a similar format, the riffs feels a bit more grounded in conventional death metal and the melody is structure into the songs a lot more sensibly. Also quite subtly hooky. Imagine Spawn of Possession but a bit toned down and catchier. | | 2 |  | Arsis
A Celebration of Guilt
I've always mentally associated this band with Anata and whilst both are a fair bit chunkier and more intense than most melodeath, Arsis definitely takes more from the Slaughter of the Soul template. Essentially a heavier and denser version of the At the Gates derivatives common around the early 2000s, Arsis still managed to make a great album here with some catchy riffs and driving technicality. | | 3 |  | Carcass
Heartwork
Despite being probably the first really big melodeath album, Heartwork's formula is definitely a lot more intense and wild than a lot of the other albums that formed the first wave of major melodeath releases like those of In Flames and Dark Tranquility. There's some real meat in the rhythm guitar playing on this one and songs like Carnal Forge aren't afraid to bring some savagery back into the equation. | | 4 |  | The Chasm
Procession to the Infraworld
Most of The Chasm's discog is great. I personally heard this one first, and the core positive was the mix of progressive melodies with some old school death metal feel and intensity. The production aids this a lot, with a very crispy, tight drum performance being given plenty of space in the mix and helping drive the rhythms more than most melodeath. | | 5 |  | God Dethroned
Passiondale
A pretty rapid, dense and heavy effort that basically sounds like if Krisiun were interesting and had melodic tinges thrown in. The production has a lot of grit in the rhythm guitars, which are nice and overpowering in spite of the fairly significant degree of melody thrown in. | | 6 |  | Intestine Baalism
An Anatomy of the Beast
This is probably the album most people think of when imagining a balance between traditional death metal heaviness and melody, and for good reason. A mixture of pretty standard death metal riffing with melodic leads works wonders on this one, and in spite of the relative simplicity of its formula it's still one of the most accomplished melodeath albums of this type. | | 7 |  | The Black Dahlia Murder
Nightbringers
This band has slowly evolved from being a highly skilled At the Gates derivative to something a lot more unique and menacing over time. The combination of more common melodeath riffing with some much punchier and aggressive rhythm work help power this along, whilst the amazing lead guitar work present catapults it to greater heights still. | | 8 |  | Torchbearer
Death Meditations
In spite of an at times overwhelming melodic density, this album is importantly heavy and fast as hell at times. The symphonic elements are a little trite, but the rest of this affair is pretty relentlessly fun and heavy. The leads are great, and the slower tracks like At Takao River are fantastic. | | 9 |  | Hypocrisy
The Final Chapter
The Final Chapter feels like the exact balance of the early Gothemburg sound with the kind of death/thrash that prevailed around the early 90s. The HM-2 crunch definitely adds a visceral edge that most melodeath fails to capture, and the clearer split between melodic lead sections and thrashier riffs works really well here. | | 10 |  | Vital Remains
Dechristianize
This album might not be considered melodeath by some but most of the tracks end up having really long stretches with a focus on extremely melodic lead guitar parts. Somewhat overlong as albums go, but satisfyingly intense and pretty amazing on a technical level. | | 11 |  | Uncanny
Splenium For Nyktophobia
Similar to God Dethroned, in that the album is essentially the swedish death metal sound with more melody injected, not dissimilar to the more melodic Dismember tracks. Very good album. | |
TheSpirit
03.05.18 | sweet list! i love 3, 6, and 10 | Shoegazefan9789
03.05.18 | 3 and 7 rule | Casavir
03.05.18 | 1990-1992 At the Gates needs to be on here. [2] | Grimlin
03.05.18 | Needs Arghoslent | Madbutcher3
03.05.18 | i'm jewish so not keen on em on those grounds | Spec
03.05.18 | Nice list my dude. | Grimlin
03.05.18 | "i'm jewish so not keen on em on those grounds"
Unless you're black as well, shouldn't be an issue. GBK on the other hand... | Deathconscious
03.05.18 | Soilwork and Bloodshot Dawn belong here. | ShadowRemains
03.05.18 | garden of shadows
hypocrite
gates of ishtar
apophis
a canorous quintet
sarcasm
the moaning
eucharist | Madbutcher3
03.05.18 | Nah Arghoslent are also Holocaust apologists
garden of shadows, eucharist and hypocrite are good shouts but I wouldn't really associate the former 2 with what i mean
will check the rest
Soilwork and Bloodshot Dawn are good but not really "death metally" enough to have a place here imo
| SCREAM!
03.05.18 | "Unless you're black as well, shouldn't be an issue. GBK on the other hand..."
Don't they share a bunch of band members? | brainmelter
03.05.18 | 1, 2, 4, and 6 rule hard | GUNGFUHAMMERFIST
03.05.18 | 10 m/ | Royl123
03.05.18 | Great list! | Doctuses
03.05.18 | 7 is awesome | combustion07
03.06.18 | They indeed do share band members. Music slays though. Good list | Deathconscious
03.06.18 | ^ oh my fucking god, thats the band whose name i couldnt remember for years and any search for them failed. | Madbutcher3
03.06.18 | yeh it's pretty good. coulda been on here if i heard of them in time | Deathconscious
03.06.18 | I saw the name and something clicked, i thought "no fucking way." Had to google them and look at the album covers cause i had one of them stuck in my head all these years. my search is finally over...i never thought id discover them again.
Now hopefully theyre as good as i remember. | InFlamesWeThrash666
03.06.18 | Skydancer came out before Heartwork | DungeonBoy
03.06.18 | Have you ever jammed Vehemence - God was Created? It's melodeath with actual death metal vocals. Really good stuff. It's a concept album with some very... interesting... lyrics
| Madbutcher3
03.06.18 | yeh should clarify that one since the earlier At the Gates albums came out before Heartwork as well |
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