Some people hate them, some people love them. Amaranthe is a strange beast, a mixture of melodic death metal, power metal, and pop. They then got renowned death metal vocalist Björn “Speed” Strid (of Soilwork) to do some singing for them, and the result was a truly masterful album.Ī choice that is sure to draw ire. “Apeiron”, off of their 2007 album Flies & Lies, melds the best elements of both genres and is a fun sonic blast from start to finish.Īnother Italian Band, Disarmonia Mundi is basically comprised of two dudes, Ettore Rigotti and Claudio Ravinale, one of whom (Rigotti) pretty much plays all the instruments in the entire band. They’re not particularly well-known, but they should be. Italian band Raintime fuses melodic death metal with power metal in spectacular fashion. I guarantee you have never heard anything quite like them. Blood Stain Child is a Japanese outfit that blends melodic death metal with electronica and J-pop. The album as a whole is just odd, but it does feature arguably their best song in “The Sun Fired Blanks”.īelieve it or not, not all of the best melodic death metal bands come out of Europe, just 90+ percent of them. Take 1999’s Projector which blends melodeth and goth rock, two very disparate musical genres. Like many other bands on this list, they’ve incorporated progressive elements into their music over the years, but it never really fully worked. While they are legendary in the genre, I’ve always found that their music just didn’t have quite the same impact as that of other latecomers. #9 – Dark Tranquility – The Sun Fired Blanksĭark Tranquility is one of the three godfathers of melodic death metal and the only band of the three to have released nothing but true melodeth music since their inception. Short, sweet, with a primary focus on the trademark melodic death metal wailing guitars. That said, however, the instrumental track “Stigmata” is a classic melodeth tune. Their music was always a touch heavier and more aggressive than most of the other melodic death metal bands, and Angela Gossow’s voice just grates on me. Better to feature each artist’s (arguably) best work.Īlso, given that I’m only presenting the top ten, there’s some notable bands that got left out of my list, including but not limited to Amon Amarth, At the Gates, and Solution. If I were to be of the opinion that the top 10 best songs in the genre were all from In Flames or Children of Bodom (which I’m not), the list would be rather boring. I also decided that I would only feature one song per band. – I get to decide what qualifies as melodic death metal, and – I can only judge those songs that I have heard, So what better way to celebrate my love of the genre than to compile a list of the ten best melodic death metal songs of all time?įirst of all, all the usual caveats to these sorts of lists apply, namely: Don’t ask me why, but it’s always appealed to me ever since I first heard In Flames’ Colony back at the tail end of the 90’s.
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