Best Melodic Death Metal Bands?

Belgar · June 14th, 2003, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by SWEET NIGHTMARE

HAIL GUYS, WHO DO YOU THINK R THE BEST MELODIC DEATH METAL BANDS?

Mortician is good, i mean if you like horror movies....... all hails to Mortician , Will and Roger for some piece of horror metal.
What qualifies a death metal band to be melodid anyways? the word death in itself is total opposit to melodic.

SWEET NIGHTMARE · June 14th, 2003, 04:18 AM

HAIL GUYS, WHO DO YOU THINK R THE BEST MELODIC DEATH METAL BANDS?

Patric · June 14th, 2003, 06:21 AM

Most melodic death metal tend to suck, but I'll tell you the most underrated bands are definately Without Grief and Guidance of Sin.

Tomasz · June 14th, 2003, 08:24 AM

This UM forum is getting better each day or trickier or maybe it was Belgar that messed it all up. Why is the first, initial message not at the beginning but in the middle?

dreamsevil · June 14th, 2003, 08:51 AM

There are a lot of bands who mix up both styles in the past and it is hard to say, if all bands are exactly this genre...
Ok, but in this direction, my faves are AA, In Flames and maybe Soilwork and Arch Enemy...

Patric · June 14th, 2003, 09:25 AM

Yeah, Soilwork! I can't see why people diss them so much, in my opinion they've got ten times more class than N*Flamez..

Nocturnal Emperor · June 14th, 2003, 09:49 AM

at the gates, in flames (except R2R), dark tranquillity are the bets ones other good bands are arch enemy and soilwork

AxeOfDarkness · June 14th, 2003, 11:34 AM

yeah!! AT THE GATES!!! \m/
i like the old amorphis before they got all loose in the ass...
heartwork was a realy good melodic album....
amon amarth af corse....
death
kataklysm
other stuff...

Brainkisser · June 14th, 2003, 01:35 PM

Why, Amon Amarth of course. Also In Flames, Arch Enemy, At The Gates, maybe Children of Bodom and Soilwork.

Patric · June 14th, 2003, 01:42 PM

I personally think Guidance of Sin had some of the most beautiful music written (songs like Soul Disparity go check 'em out) but that's just me...I even had a dream where the music was playing and due to the content it was very very fitting.

BigFakeSmile · June 14th, 2003, 02:52 PM

Sacrilege! (the band, not yelling at anyone) they dont exist anymore, but they are worth listening to if you like the melodic death.

PaganBlood · June 14th, 2003, 07:25 PM

|---Killer MD bands---|
Amon Amarth
A Canorous Quintet
Callenish Circle
Enter My Silence
Guidance of Sin
Construcdead
Kataklysm
Soul Demise
THorium
At The Gates
Solar Dawn
Taetre
Eternal Lies
Sickening
The Black Dahlia Murder
Infernal Method (FUCKING AMAZING!!!)
Deadspawn
Vehemance
Old Soilwork
Old In Flames
Old Dark Tranquility
Ablaze My Sorrow
The Crown
Dimension Zero
Prophanity
Withered Beauty
Cardinal Sin
Ceremonial Oath
Duskfall
Impious
Eucharist
Gates of Ishtar
Hypocrisy
In Thy Dreams
The Forsaken
Sins of Omission

hehe that should be enough!

grottekvarnen · June 15th, 2003, 09:50 PM

i really like old in flames - used to be my favorite band before this last album and i got into amon amarth. also marduk, albeit not all theirs is melodic, but if you like amon amarth im sure youd like them.

PaganBlood · June 16th, 2003, 03:53 AM

i personally hate Marduk not in anyway melodic i think! if you want Melodic black metal try naglfar or Astriaal! btw its spelt Favourite....

Iron-Flames · June 16th, 2003, 05:46 AM

Vehemence!

Xeon · June 16th, 2003, 08:05 AM

hm, kalmah is nice as well
and in flames for sure

Belgar · June 16th, 2003, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by grottekvarnen

i really like old in flames - used to be my favorite band before this last album and i got into amon amarth. also marduk, albeit not all theirs is melodic, but if you like amon amarth im sure youd like them.

Marduk is in a totally different genre and I have yet to find melodies in Marduk's music. Although they have released slower songs in their last 2 albums, Marduk is all about letting the 502 Panzer Divison crush the feeble minds. Bloodletting blackmetal assault.

Patric · June 16th, 2003, 09:17 AM

Marduk is in no way related to the Gothenburg hype and not melodic either. Umm Naglfar or Dissection are quite melodic BM though.

but hey if you wanna hear REAL Swedish death metal then check out Spawn of Possession, Insision or Visceral Bleeding. I'm damn thrilled that true DM is on its way back in SE now that we were drowning in melodic copycats, total mediocrity some of them.

grottekvarnen · June 16th, 2003, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by PaganBlood

btw its spelt Favourite....

not in the US. we spell everything wrong over here... favorite, color, tv, ...balloon?

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Originally Posted by belgar

Marduk is in a totally different genre and I have yet to find melodies in Marduk's music. Although they have released slower songs in their last 2 albums, Marduk is all about letting the 502 Panzer Divison crush the feeble minds. Bloodletting blackmetal assault.

not all of theirs is melodic, and its not their main thing, but there are some in there... "to the death's head true", "castrum doloris", "dreams of blood and iron", "anno domini 1476", "Ars Moriendi", "Pompa Funebris 1660", "la grande danse macabre", and "summer end" ...etc. la grande... was their most melodic one, even if they aint from gothenburg. if you consider amon amarth melodic, then you should consider at least some of these the same.

Belgar · June 16th, 2003, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by grottekvarnen

not in the US. we spell everything wrong over here... favorite, color, tv, ...balloon?

not all of theirs is melodic, and its not their main thing, but there are some in there... "to the death's head true", "castrum doloris", "dreams of blood and iron", "anno domini 1476", "Ars Moriendi", "Pompa Funebris 1660", "la grande danse macabre", and "summer end" ...etc. la grande... was their most melodic one, even if they aint from gothenburg. if you consider amon amarth melodic, then you should consider at least some of these the same.

OK, we must have a different conception of melodic. Marduk's slower songs sound nowhere near melodic, they are raw, in your face blasphemy the way Marduk's music has been played for the last 10 years.
In my opinion, melodic, is e.a Dark Tranquility's "Punish my Heaven" that to me sound melodic. Just my 2cents. I don't really consider AA melodic, the thread is about melodic death metal, Marduk being BM didn't fit in the category to begin with.

Patric · June 16th, 2003, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Belgar

OK, we must have a different conception of melodic. Marduk's slower songs sound nowhere near melodic, they are raw, in your face blasphemy the way Marduk's music has been played for the last 10 years.
In my opinion, melodic, is e.a Dark Tranquility's "Punish my Heaven" that to me sound melodic. Just my 2cents. I don't really consider AA melodic, the thread is about melodic death metal, Marduk being BM didn't fit in the category to begin with.

I do think of AA as melodic, but I agree 100% that they shouldn't be put in the Gothenburg scene.

Oh and also, it IS spellt favorite hehe

OJ287 · June 16th, 2003, 02:05 PM

I've been listening to Sons of Northern Darkness by Immortal - f*ckin' amazing. This sounds more DM than BM to me. If you like Amon Amarth you must get this.

June 16th, 2003, 02:16 PM

later era Carcass
later era Death
Amon Amarth
In Flames
At the Gates
Soilwork
Opeth
Dark Tranquility
Anata
God Dethroned
Vehemence
Dissection
Arch Enemy , etc...

Loki · June 16th, 2003, 04:11 PM

1. in flames
2. children of bodom
3. dark tranquillity
4. soilwork (without figure number five)
5. norther
6. arch enemy

Nocturnal Emperor · June 16th, 2003, 06:54 PM

oh yeah i cant forget children of bodom and detonation

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Nocturnal Emperor Why so serious ? Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Manchester United Kingdom Posts: 674	at the gates, in flames (except R2R), dark tranquillity are the bets ones other good bands are arch enemy and soilwork __________________

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AxeOfDarkness Demons And Lies Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Orlando Florida Posts: 647	yeah!! AT THE GATES!!! \m/ i like the old amorphis before they got all loose in the ass... heartwork was a realy good melodic album.... amon amarth af corse.... death kataklysm other stuff... __________________ as the gray sky falls the icy air cools his rage the bloody mist upon his face stains his sword with death and mistrust forever stood in eternal sorrow, off the shores of misery for the lives lost in the battle in which he killed a man of his own who turned to him filled with fear of the enemy. who served one cause to destroy ever life... everything... in there path he slain the soul who came to him seeking his aid upon his death he gazed to him, looked in his eyes... father...

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BigFakeSmile toe much love! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: brooklyn, ny Posts: 2,511	Sacrilege! (the band, not yelling at anyone) they dont exist anymore, but they are worth listening to if you like the melodic death. __________________ ------[][][]---------[]------[][]---[][]---- ----[]-----[]-------[][]------[]----[]----- ---[]--------------[]--[]------[]--[]------ ---[]-------------[][][][]------[][]------- ----[]---[][]----[]------[]------[]-------- -----[]----[]---[]------- []-----[]-------- ------[][][]---[][]-------[][]--[][][]------

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PaganBlood Congicate Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Geelong, Victoria, New Holland Posts: 937	\|---Killer MD bands---\| Amon Amarth A Canorous Quintet Callenish Circle Enter My Silence Guidance of Sin Construcdead Kataklysm Soul Demise THorium At The Gates Solar Dawn Taetre Eternal Lies Sickening The Black Dahlia Murder Infernal Method (FUCKING AMAZING!!!) Deadspawn Vehemance Old Soilwork Old In Flames Old Dark Tranquility Ablaze My Sorrow The Crown Dimension Zero Prophanity Withered Beauty Cardinal Sin Ceremonial Oath Duskfall Impious Eucharist Gates of Ishtar Hypocrisy In Thy Dreams The Forsaken Sins of Omission hehe that should be enough! __________________ Save us oh lord! From the Wrath of the NORSEMEN!!!

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Patric Phil For President Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Disneyland Posts: 2,630	Most melodic death metal tend to suck, but I'll tell you the most underrated bands are definately Without Grief and Guidance of Sin.

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Tomasz outdoor type Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: in a van down by the fuckin' river Posts: 1,939	This UM forum is getting better each day or trickier or maybe it was Belgar that messed it all up. Why is the first, initial message not at the beginning but in the middle?

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dreamsevil Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hessen, Germany Posts: 13	There are a lot of bands who mix up both styles in the past and it is hard to say, if all bands are exactly this genre... Ok, but in this direction, my faves are AA, In Flames and maybe Soilwork and Arch Enemy...

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Patric Phil For President Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Disneyland Posts: 2,630	Yeah, Soilwork! I can't see why people diss them so much, in my opinion they've got ten times more class than N*Flamez..

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Brainkisser Master of War Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 383	Why, Amon Amarth of course. Also In Flames, Arch Enemy, At The Gates, maybe Children of Bodom and Soilwork.

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Patric Phil For President Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Disneyland Posts: 2,630	I personally think Guidance of Sin had some of the most beautiful music written (songs like Soul Disparity go check 'em out) but that's just me...I even had a dream where the music was playing and due to the content it was very very fitting.

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grottekvarnen the lost viking Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: south texas Posts: 6	i really like old in flames - used to be my favorite band before this last album and i got into amon amarth. also marduk, albeit not all theirs is melodic, but if you like amon amarth im sure youd like them.

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PaganBlood Congicate Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Geelong, Victoria, New Holland Posts: 937	i personally hate Marduk not in anyway melodic i think! if you want Melodic black metal try naglfar or Astriaal! btw its spelt Favourite.... __________________ Save us oh lord! From the Wrath of the NORSEMEN!!!

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Iron-Flames Banned Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Arkansas Posts: 1,381	Vehemence!

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Xeon Reitermaniac Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 56	hm, kalmah is nice as well and in flames for sure

June 16th, 2003, 09:17 AM	#18 (permalink)
Patric Phil For President Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Disneyland Posts: 2,630	Marduk is in no way related to the Gothenburg hype and not melodic either. Umm Naglfar or Dissection are quite melodic BM though. but hey if you wanna hear REAL Swedish death metal then check out Spawn of Possession, Insision or Visceral Bleeding. I'm damn thrilled that true DM is on its way back in SE now that we were drowning in melodic copycats, total mediocrity some of them.

June 16th, 2003, 02:05 PM	#22 (permalink)
OJ287 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8	I've been listening to Sons of Northern Darkness by Immortal - f*ckin' amazing. This sounds more DM than BM to me. If you like Amon Amarth you must get this.

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Eternal_Decadent Posts: n/a	later era Carcass later era Death Amon Amarth In Flames At the Gates Soilwork Opeth Dark Tranquility Anata God Dethroned Vehemence Dissection Arch Enemy , etc...

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Loki Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 17	1. in flames 2. children of bodom 3. dark tranquillity 4. soilwork (without figure number five) 5. norther 6. arch enemy __________________ Kein Mann bleibt verschont Kein Haus kein Hof verblieb Keine Christin ungeschändet Ihre Kirche von Flammen verzehrt

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Nocturnal Emperor Why so serious ? Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Manchester United Kingdom Posts: 674	oh yeah i cant forget children of bodom and detonation __________________