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Melodic death metal contains more melodic guitar riffs, melodic solos, and acoustic guitar work than death metal. It also contains more comprehensible lyrics with traditional death growl and screaming vocals. The pioneers of melodic death metal include Dark Tranquillity, Carcass, At the Gates and In Flames. Sentenced is also sometimes credited as one of the first melodic death metal bands with their release of North from Here. Some melodic death metal bands from the Scandinavian region combine the genre with other metal genres such as viking metal (e.g. Amon Amarth), progressive metal (e.g. Into Eternity), power metal (e.g. Children of Bodom), symphonic metal (e.g. Eternal Tears of Sorrow), thrash metal (e.g. Arch Enemy), doom metal (e.g. Swallow the Sun) and folk metal (e.g.Eluveitie).
In the late 1990s, many melodic death metal bands changed their style of playing by adding more melodic elements; more melodic choruses and riffs and making more prominent use of keyboards. Also many melodic death metal bands moved away from the lyrical themes of death, gore, and murder common in other death metal groups.
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melodic death metal gigs around Los Angeles, United States • view all
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| Thursday 18 September 2008 | ||
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Carcass
Suffocation, 1349, Aborted, Rotten Sound |
House Of Blues (Sunset Strip) Los Angeles, United States |
22 people attending |
| Friday 19 September 2008 | ||
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Blooddrunk Tour at The Wiltern
Children of Bodom, The Black Dahlia Murder, Between the Buried and Me |
The Wiltern Los Angeles, United States |
16 people attending |
| Wednesday 24 September 2008 | ||
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Hammer Battalion Tour at House Of Blues (Sunset Strip)
Obituary, Unleashed, Carnifex |
House Of Blues (Sunset Strip) Los Angeles, United States |
14 people attending |
| October 2008 | ||
| Wednesday 1 October 2008 | ||
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Amon Amarth
Ensiferum, Belphegor, The Absence |
House of Blues Los Angeles, United States |
13 people attending |
| Amon Amarth |
House of Blues Los Angeles, United States |
2 people attending |
| Thursday 2 October 2008 | ||
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Amon Amarth
Ensiferum, Belphegor, The Absence |
Avalon Los Angeles, United States |
17 people attending |
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H__NDR_K wrote:
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Aussie_Ash wrote:
Chain Collector's a very good, very unknown, Melodic Death band people should check out.
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XxwutxX wrote:
yes a bunch of assholes who don't know how to use ears think Melodeath and Metalcore is so interchangeable, so fucking wrong
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SuoD wrote:
ARE WE SERIOUS?? METALLICA, SONATA ARCTICA AND OTHER BANDS TAGGED AS MELODIC DEATH?? Thanks for breaking up last.fm's taggin system.. Congratulations kids..
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Aussie_Ash wrote:
Yes, good point. I see Melodic Death like bands such as Disamornia Mundi. Now they're Melodic Death.
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TheEFAF wrote:
Probably because people tag bands with everything they are and everything they have been. Much like Metallica still has plenty of "thrash metal" tags assigned to it.
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Aussie_Ash wrote:
Why the fuck does Bodom continually get dragged into this genre? I don't get it. They haven't been Melodic Death for years.
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sawworm wrote:
i luv butt
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TheJester666 wrote:
best music genre!
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Comfort_Eagle wrote:
so many metalcore bands in here >.<
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Zizu_LeadG wrote:
soilwork ?? death metal??
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XxwutxX wrote:
yes Metalcore was based off on gotherburg sound
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LANjackal wrote:
@ XxwutzxX: That's because the entire point of deathcore is reduced melody in favor of heavier guitars, bass and growling. It's not a copycat of melodeath at all (the same cannot be said for metalcore).
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XxwutxX wrote:
The genre that deathcore seems to fail to copy at..
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GKRAUS wrote:
best music genre and of course best metal genre
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Hail To All Meloheads!!!
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KrizzPL wrote:
Melodic Death Metal ftw. : ) Check this one out http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=rObSwvfQcjg imho quite nice cover. ; ) Hail.
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I like my melodeath... hmm... melodic? Anyway, good taste you guys have =)
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Loppermann wrote:
Anti Emo Death Squid
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Mystile wrote:
I agree.
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