Melodic Death Metal Albums - Page 2

The Haunted's eighth album, released on 25 August 2014, fourteen tracks running 44:08.

The Nexus sends clean vocals, harsh vocals, electronic texture and heavy guitars across one another at high speed.

Circle naturally weaves together heavy riffs, Nordic shadow, folk-shaped melody and progressive movement.

Halo of Blood puts Children of Bodom’s slicing riffs, high-speed keyboard exchanges and rough vocals in the foreground.

Construct uses cool keyboard texture, detailed riffs and restrained melody to create melodic death metal that turns inward.

Through Our Darkest Days combines Mercenary’s sharp melodic-death-metal riffing with power-metal-sized vocal melody.

The Living Infinite uses the scale of a double album to explore Soilwork’s sharp melodic death metal, modern groove and clean-vocal songfulness in wide detail.

Everblack packs high-speed blast beats, slicing riffs and dark melody into a concentrated Black Dahlia Murder attack.

Amaranthe's self-titled debut defined the band's sound, crossing female clean, male clean and harsh vocals over metal with an electronic edge.

Beneath lets Amoral move between heavy-metal riffs, hard-rock songcraft and progressive turns.

The Beginning of Times wraps Amorphis’ mythology-rooted atmosphere in melancholy melody, weighty guitar and soft keyboard color.

Khaos Legions is built around the Amott brothers’ sharp twin guitars, Angela Gossow’s ferocious vocals and heavy, precise rhythm.

Relentless Reckless Forever sends Children of Bodom’s fast guitar riffs, neoclassical keyboards and rough vocals forward at full speed.

Sounds of a Playground Fading retains melodic-death guitar language while moving In Flames toward a more direct, modern sound.

Metamorphosis layers Mercenary’s heavyweight guitar, melodic leads and clean-to-harsh vocal contrast to show the band’s strength amid change.

Ritual layers The Black Dahlia Murder’s cutting riffs, icy melodies and feral vocals into extreme metal with high tension.

The Haunted's seventh album, released on 16 March 2011, twelve tracks running 42:21.

We Are the Void layers Dark Tranquillity’s cold-toned guitar melodies, precise rhythm and harsh vocals to create a beauty shaped by shadow.

The Panic Broadcast combines Soilwork’s cutting melodic-death riffs, modern groove and vocals that move between clean and harsh approaches.

Show Your Colors is a turning point for Amoral, retaining heaviness while bringing clean vocals and strong melodies to the front.

Skyforger blends Amorphis’s heavy guitars with a distinctly northern sense of melancholy.

The Root of All Evil revisits familiar material through the voice, production weight and arrangement sense of its recording period.

Skeletons in the Closet gathers covers CHILDREN OF BODOM recorded over a long career, each translated into the band's own sound.

Deflorate sharpens The Black Dahlia Murder’s mix of melodic-death-metal speed and dark beauty.

Blooddrunk connects Alexi Laiho’s sharp guitar and Janne Wirman’s keyboards to heavier, more aggressive songs.

A Sense of Purpose combines In Flames’ cutting guitars and heavy rhythm with electronic texture to push melodic death metal into a more contemporary sound.

Architect of Lies uses Mercenary’s contrast between clean vocal and death growl to join heavy riffs with broad melody.

The Haunted's sixth album, from September 2008, eleven tracks running 39:03.

Reptile Ride brings complex rhythm, including odd-meter motion, together with sharp guitar riffs in an aggressive setting.

Silent Waters joins folk-shaped melody, heavy guitar, and Tomi Joutsen’s rich voice in a deeply atmospheric record.

Rise of the Tyrant explodes cutting twin guitar and Angela Gossow’s fierce growl over precise rhythm.

Fiction layers urgent riffs, electronic texture, and Mikael Stanne’s emotional voice into a cold but deeply human sound.

He Who Shall Not Bleed compresses Dimension Zero’s cutting riffs and explosive speed into a stripped-down attack.

Sworn to a Great Divide combines low, chugging riffs, electronic treatment, and Björn “Speed” Strid’s varied vocals.

Nocturnal fires terrifyingly fast riffs, cutting melody, and Trevor Strnad’s roar in one concentrated burst.

Amon Amarth's sixth album, released in Europe on 22 September 2006. It was their first to enter the Billboard charts.

Eclipse opens a new Amorphis chapter with Tomi Joutsen, balancing Nordic shadow, folk-shaped melody, and heavy metal riffs.

Come Clarity connects In Flames’ cutting twin guitars and mechanical rhythmic drive to Anders Fridén’s mix of harsh and clean expression.

The Hours That Remain keeps Mercenary’s sharp riffs and double-kick propulsion while bringing more clean vocal and memorable melody to the front.

The Haunted's fifth album, released on 30 October 2006: thirteen tracks whose titles all begin with The.