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    Melodic death metal, occasionally called "Melodeath", is a notable subgenre of Death Metal that is characterised by Iron Maiden-styled guitar melodies and a generally higher-pitched growl, though low-pitched ones are occasionally used.

    Depending on your perspective, melodeath was created by the British band Carcass; however, it's unclear whether they were truly the first. Whatever your stance, everyone can agree that the style was popularised by three bands from Gothenburg, Sweden: In Flames, At the Gates, and Dark Tranquillity. The success of these three bands resulted in a number of mainly Scandinavian bands that took on the style.

    Melodeath is seen as a less underground style than standard Death Metal; its lyrics generally do not focus on gore, although there are exceptions. Melodeath was also a huge influence on many Metalcore bands. When fused together, they become Melodic Metalcore

    Bands classified as melodic death metal include:
    • The Absence
    • The Agonist (A female-fronted example like Arch Enemy, though they tend to mix it up with clean vocals. Crosses over with metalcore.)
    • All That Remains ( Originally; they later mixed this with Metalcore)
    • Amon Amarth
    • Amorphis (They have gradually morphed into some form of "Progressive Folk Metal", although melodeath elements can still be heard from time to time)
    • Arch Enemy (Notable for - eventually - having a female singer doing growling vocals.)
    • Arsis (Also qualifies as Tech Death)
    • At the Gates (Trope Codifier)
    • Barren Earth (Formed from members of several other Melodeath bands. Fuses Melodeath with Progressive Metal.)
      • The first track off of their first full-length release includes a flute solo.
    • Before the Dawn
    • The Black Dahlia Murder (They are often considered a Deathcore band due to their fanbase, but have little in common music-wise with the genre and are a lot closer to At the Gates than they are to Suicide Silence.)
    • Blood Stain Child (Fused melodeath with Trance.)
    • Carcass (Later; possibly the Trope Maker.)
    • Children of Bodom (Fused melodeath with Power Metal.)
    • Dark Lunacy
    • Dark Tranquillity (Trope Codifier)
    • Deadlock
    • Dethklok
    • Disarmonia Mundi
    • Dismember
    • Dissection (On Reinkaos.)
    • Eluveitie (Fused melodeath with Celtic metal.)
    • Ensiferum (Mixed with Power Metal, Folk Metal and Viking Metal.)
    • Eternal Tears of Sorrow
    • Eucharist
    • Ex Deo (mixed with Symphonic Black Metal)
    • Exist Trace (mostly their earlier releases)
    • Falchion
    • God Dethroned (later/latest albums)
    • God Forbid (A melodeath/metalcore crossover, with a strong thrash influence to boot.)
    • The Haunted (With a strong influence from both Thrash Metal and Groove Metal.)
    • Hypocrisy (Since 1994; arguably the weirdest and heaviest of the lot.)
    • In Flames (Trope Codifier) (they leaned toward Alternative Metal in their later albums, but still kept many elements of this genre)
    • Insomnium (Also contains strong influence from Progressive Death Metal and Doom Metal.)
    • Kalmah
    • Kataklysm (their latest stuff)
    • Mercenary (Mixed with Power Metal and, to a certain degree, Progressive Metal.)
    • myGRAIN
    • Norther
    • Paths Of Possession (notable for featuring George Corpsegrinder Fisher from Cannibal Corpse.)
    • Quo Vadis
    • Raintime (Mixes Melodeath with Power Metal.)
    • Scar Symmetry (Another melodeath/power metal fusion. There's a bit of Progressive Metal, too)
    • Shadows Fall (only their first two albums (if you count their actual first album as an album); they have since shifted to a fusion of Thrash Metal and Metalcore.)
    • The Showdown (Mixes with Metalcore, Groove Metal, and Southern Rock)
    • Silent Descent (Another trance-fusion melodeath band alongside Blood Stain Child.)
    • Soilwork (mixed with Alternative Metal)
    • Sonic Syndicate (Though it's sometimes debated whether SS is melodic death metal or metalcore. Or both.)
    • Solution .45 (Another group formed by members of other bands, includes Ex-Scar Symmetry vocalist Christian Älvestam.)
    • Suidakra (Originally Black Metal; Mixed with Celtic Metal)
    • Swallow the Sun (Mixed with Doom Metal.)
    • Wings In Motion