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Carcass, shown here performing at Gods of Metal festival in Bologna, Italy (2008), helped define the melodic death metal genre with their 1994 album Heartwork.[1]

This list of melodic death metal bands includes notable bands known for this music, a subgenre of death metal which combines the melody of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) with the intensity of death metal. The genre is additionally known as melodeath as well as Gothenburg metal, a reference to the city in Sweden where it originated. Originally the genre combined the harmony style and groove melodies of heavy metal with the harsh thrashing sound and vocals of death metal. Later the genre evolved due to many different influences, a notable evolution in the genre being the addition of keyboards. Melodic death metal contains more melodic guitar riffs, melodic solos, and acoustic guitar work than death metal.[citation needed]

List of bands

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Band Country Formed Notes
Amon Amarth Sweden 1988 [2][3]
Amorphis Finland 1990 [4]
Anvil of Doom Spain 1998 [5]
Arch Enemy Sweden 1996 [6][7]
Archeon Poland 2001 [8]
Armageddon Sweden 1997 [9]
Arsis USA 2000 [10] Atrophia Red Sun Poland 1995 [11]
At the Gates Sweden 1990 [12][13]
At the Throne of Judgment USA 2005 [14]
Be'lakor Australia 2004 [15]
Beyond the Embrace USA 2000 [16]
Beyond the Sixth Seal USA 1998 [17]
The Black Dahlia Murder USA 2000 [18]
Blinded Colony Sweden 2000 [19]
Blood Stain Child Japan 2000 [20]
Callenish Circle Netherlands 1992 [21][22][23]
Carcass UK 1985 [24][25]
Carnal Forge Sweden 1997 [26]
Centinex Sweden 1990 [27]
Ceremonial Oath Sweden 1989 [28][29]
Chain Collector Norway 2003 [30][31]
Children of Bodom Finland 1993 [32]
Crematory Germany 1991 [33]
Dark Age Germany 1994 [34]
Dark Tranquillity Sweden 1989 [35][36][37]
Darkane Sweden 1998 [38][39]
Darkest Hour USA 1995 [40][41]
Deadlock Germany 1997 [42][43]
Decadence Sweden 2003 [44]
Despite Sweden 1998 [45]
Destroy Destroy Destroy USA 2003 [46]
Dethklok USA 2006 [47]
Devildriver USA 2002 [48]
Detonation Netherlands/USA 1997 [49]
Deus Ex Machina Singapore 2004 [50]
Disarmonia Mundi Italy 2000 [51]
Disillusion Germany 1994 [52]
Dissection Sweden 1989 [53]
Divine Heresy USA 2005 [54]
The Duskfall Sweden 1999 [55][56][57]
Ebony Tears Sweden 1996 [58]
Edge of Sanity Sweden 1989 [59]
Eluveitie Switzerland 2002 [60]
Ensiferum Finland 1995 [61][62][63]
Eternal Tears of Sorrow Finland 1994 [64]
Eucharist Sweden 1989 [65]
Falchion Finland 2002 [66]
Fear My Thoughts Germany 1998 [67]
Fragments of Unbecoming Germany 2000 [68][69]
The Funeral Pyre USA 2001 [70]
Gardenian Sweden 1996 [71]
Ghost Brigade Finland 2005 [72]
God Forbid USA 1996 [73]
Heaven Shall Burn Germany 1996 [74][75]
Hypocrisy Sweden 1990 [76]
Immortal Souls Finland 1991 [77]
In Flames Sweden 1990 [78][79][80]
In Mourning Sweden 2000 [81]
Insomnium Finland 1997 [82][83]
Kalmah Finland 1998 [84]
Kataklysm Canada 1991
Light This City USA 2002 [85]
Mendeed UK 2000 [86]
Mercenary Denmark 1991 [87]
Mors Principium Est Finland 1999 [88]
Mygrain Finland 2004 [89][90]
Naildown Finland 2003 [91]
Neuraxis Canada 1994 [92]
Nightfall Greece 1991 [93]
Nightrage Greece/Sweden 2000 [94][95]
Noumena Finland 1998 [96]
Omnium Gatherum Finland 1996 [97][98][99]
Pantokrator Sweden 1996 [100]
Paths of Possession USA 1999 [101]
Persefone Andorra 2001 [102]
Salt the Wound USA 2001 [103]
Scar Symmetry Sweden 2004 [104]
The Showdown USA 2004 [105]
Skyfire Sweden 1995 [106]
Soilwork Sweden 1996 [107][108]
Sonic Syndicate Sweden 2002 [109][110][111]
Switchblade Australia 2001 [112]
Thirdmoon Austria 1994 [113]
Threat Signal Canada 2003 [114]
Unanimated Sweden 1989 [115]
Vehemence USA 1997 [116]
Wintersun Finland 2004 [117]
With Passion USA 2001 [118]
Yyrkoon France 1996 [119]
Zonaria Sweden 2002 [120]

See also

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