List of melodic death metal bands

This is a list of melodic death metal bands. Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the new wave of British heavy metal with elements of death metal. The term "Gothenburg metal" is often used to describe bands associated with or stylistically similar to the melodic death metal scene that originated around Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Band	Year formed	Origin	Notes
Act of Denial	2020	International (Croatia, Sweden, Austria, United States)	[2]
The Absence	2002	United States	[3]
Æther Realm	2010	United States	[4]
The Agonist	2004	Canada	[5]
Amaranthe	2008	Sweden	[6]
Amon Amarth	1992	Sweden	[7]
Amorphis	1990	Finland	[8]
Anterior	2003	United Kingdom	[9]
Arch Enemy	1996	Sweden	[10][11]
Arghoslent	1990	United States	[12]
Armageddon	1997	Sweden	[13]
Arsis	2000	United States	[14]
As I Lay Dying	2000	United States	[15][16]
At the Gates	1990	Sweden	[17][18]
At the Throne of Judgment	2005	United States	[19]
Atrophia Red Sun	1994	Poland	[20]
Avatar	2001	Sweden	[21]
Battlecross	2003	United States	[22]
Be'lakor	2004	Australia	[23]
Before the Dawn	1999	Finland	[24]
Beyond the Embrace	2000	United States	[25]
Beyond the Sixth Seal	1998	United States	[26]
The Black Dahlia Murder	2001	United States	[27]
The Blinded	2000	Sweden	[28]
Blood Stain Child	1999	Japan	[29]
Callenish Circle	1992	Netherlands	[30]
Carcass	1986	United Kingdom	[31]
Carnal Forge	1997	Sweden	[32]
Centinex	1990	Sweden	[33]
Ceremonial Oath	1989	Sweden	[34][35]
Chain Collector	2003	Norway	[36][37]
Children of Bodom	1993	Finland	[38]
Cipher System	1995	Sweden	[39]
Crematory	1991	Germany	[40]
Cypecore	2008	Germany	[41]
Dark Age	1995	Germany	[42]
Dark Tranquillity	1989	Sweden	[43][44]
Darkane	1991	Sweden	[45][46]
Darkest Hour	1995	United States	[47][48]
Deadlock	1997	Germany	[49][50]
Death	1984	United States	[51][52]
Decadence	2003	Sweden	[53]
Despite	1998	Sweden	[54]
Destroy Destroy Destroy	2003	United States	[55]
Dethklok	2006	United States	[56]
Detonation	1997	Netherlands	[57]
Deus Ex Machina	2004	Singapore	[58]
DevilDriver	2002	United States	[59]
Diablo	1995	Finland	[60]
Dimension Zero	1995	Sweden	[61]
Disarmonia Mundi	2000	Italy	[62]
Disillusion	1994	Germany	[63]
Dissection	1989	Sweden	[64]
Divine Heresy	2005	United States	[65]
The Duskfall	1999	Sweden	[66][67]
Ebony Tears	1996	Sweden	[68]
Edge of Sanity	1989	Sweden	[69]
Engel	2005	Sweden	[70]
Eternal Tears of Sorrow	1994	Finland	[71]
Eucharist	1989	Sweden	[72]
Eye of the Enemy	2006	Australia	[73]
The Eyes of a Traitor	2006	United Kingdom	[74]
Falchion	2002	Finland	[75]
Fear My Thoughts	1998	Germany	[76]
Fragments of Unbecoming	2000	Germany	[77][78]
The Funeral Pyre	2001	United States	[79]
Gardenian	1996	Sweden	[80]
Gates of Ishtar	1992	Sweden	[81]
Ghost Brigade	2005	Finland	[82]
Glass Casket	2001	United States	[83]
The Halo Effect	2021	Sweden	[84]
Hatesphere	2000	Denmark	[85]
The Haunted	1996	Sweden	[86]
Heaven Shall Burn	1996	Germany	[87][88]
Hypocrisy	1990	Sweden	[89]
Immortal Souls	1991	Finland	[90]
In Flames	1990	Sweden	[91][92]
In Mourning	2000	Sweden	[93]
Insomnium	1997	Finland	[94][95]
Into Eternity	1997	Canada	[96]
Kalmah	1998	Finland	[97]
Kataklysm	1991	Canada	[98]
Light This City	2002	United States	[99]
Luna Mortis	2004	United States	[100]
Mendeed	2000	United Kingdom	[101]
Mercenary	1991	Denmark	[102]
Mors Principium Est	1999	Finland	[103]
Mygrain	2004	Finland	[104][105]
Neptune	1999	Italy	[106]
Neuraxis	1994	Canada	[107]
Nightfall	1991	Greece	[108]
Nightrage	2000	Greece	[109][110]
Noumena	1998	Finland	[111]
Norther	1996	Finland	[112][113][114]
Omnium Gatherum	1996	Finland	[112][114]
Orbit Culture	2013	Sweden	[115]
Pain Confessor	2002	Finland	[116]
Parasite Inc.	2007	Germany	[117]
Persefone	2001	Andorra	[118]
Raintime	1999	Italy	[119]
Rifftera	2010	Finland	[120]
Scar Symmetry	2004	Sweden	[121]
Shadows Fall	1995	United States	[122]
The Showdown	1999	United States	[123]
Skyfire	1995	Sweden	[124]
Soilwork	1995	Sweden	[125][126]
Solution .45	2008	Sweden	[127][128]
Sonic Syndicate	2002	Sweden	[129][130]
Switchblade	2001	Australia	[131]
Sylosis	2000	United Kingdom	[132]
Thirdmoon	1994	Austria	[133]
Threat Signal	2003	Canada	[134]
Through the Eyes of the Dead	2003	United States	[135]
Unanimated	1988	Sweden	[136]
The Unguided	2010	Sweden	[137]
Vardøger	1994	Norway	[138]
Wintersun	2003	Finland	[139][140]
With Passion	2002	United States	[141]
Within Y	2002	Sweden	[142]
Yyrkoon	1995	France	[143]
Zonaria	2002	Sweden	[144]

The British band Carcass helped define the melodic death metal genre with their 1993 album Heartwork.^[1]

See also

• Melodic death metal
• List of heavy metal bands
• Heavy metal genres