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Offline BanksD

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Melodic Death Metal
« on: August 20, 2011, 05:23:08 PM »
I know there is already a Death Metal thread but I felt that this could use a thread of it's own (considering that it's my favorite type of metal)

So yeah post some of your favorite Melodeath.

my top 10 Melodeath bands

10.Mnemic
9. Soilwork
8. MyGrain
7. Heaven Shall Burn
6. Neaera
5. Before The Dawn
4. Raunchy
3. Mercenary
2. Disarmonia Mundi
1. Scar Symmetry/Solution. 45 (I consider them one in the same)

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2011, 05:27:06 PM »
Gojira?

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2011, 05:28:57 PM »
Never actually listened to them, so I wouldn't have much of a clue

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2011, 05:30:15 PM »
They're not really melodeath at all, but they're also one of the best metal bands ever so you should definitely listen to them.
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2011, 05:33:00 PM »
Great band. I don't really know how to qualify them though..

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2011, 05:36:40 PM »
They're more along the lines of technical/groove metal.
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2011, 06:05:46 PM »
No love for In Flames? I am disappoint.
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2011, 06:06:54 PM »
I was never really able to get into In Flames

but Reroute To Remain is one of my favorite melodeath songs.

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if you like In Flames you might like Disarmonia Mundi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7cxPeBo8CI

When I first heard them I immediately thought of In Flames

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2011, 06:19:09 PM »
Gojira is da shit

Big Dark Tranquillity fan here, almost every one of their albums are excellent imo, right up there with Dream Theater as far as my favorite bands go. Also into other bigger acts like In Flames and Arch Enemy. And while more of a folk metal band, Eluveitie's Slania is pretty great melodeath album, I played that like crazy for a few months. Blackguard is another band along similar stylings.

Also into Kalmah, Wintersun, Skyfire (at least their last couple of albums) and I just got into Insomnium recently, very good stuff. :tup I'll have to check out a couple of those bands OP.
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2011, 02:09:17 PM »
Decided to check out more Soilwork (since The Panic Broadcast was the only album by them i knew)


Loving what I'm hearing  :metal :metal :metal

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2011, 03:56:13 PM »
world under blood

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2011, 04:14:33 PM »
Can't get into this genre at all. It's not heavy enough, and it's not melodic enough either. If I want something heavy, I'll go with full-on death metal. If I want something melodic, I'll listen to prog.

Then again, it's not like any of the bands I've heard (Bodom, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Scar Symmetry, to name a few) are bad, it's just bland to me.
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2011, 02:23:00 AM »
Swallow the Sun is very good at times.
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2011, 06:21:01 AM »
Can't get into this genre at all. It's not heavy enough, and it's not melodic enough either. If I want something heavy, I'll go with full-on death metal. If I want something melodic, I'll listen to prog.

Then again, it's not like any of the bands I've heard (Bodom, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Scar Symmetry, to name a few) are bad, it's just bland to me.

Which Scar Symmetry album did you check out?

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2011, 09:29:04 AM »
Can't get into this genre at all. It's not heavy enough, and it's not melodic enough either. If I want something heavy, I'll go with full-on death metal. If I want something melodic, I'll listen to prog.

Then again, it's not like any of the bands I've heard (Bodom, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Scar Symmetry, to name a few) are bad, it's just bland to me.

Which Scar Symmetry album did you check out?
Holographic Universe
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #16 on: September 04, 2011, 09:30:56 AM »
Can't get into this genre at all. It's not heavy enough, and it's not melodic enough either. If I want something heavy, I'll go with full-on death metal. If I want something melodic, I'll listen to prog.

Then again, it's not like any of the bands I've heard (Bodom, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Scar Symmetry, to name a few) are bad, it's just bland to me.

Which Scar Symmetry album did you check out?
Holographic Universe

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #17 on: September 04, 2011, 10:08:56 AM »
How can you not like Holographic Universe D:

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #18 on: September 04, 2011, 03:55:39 PM »
Great genre.  I love;

Soilwork
In Flames
Scar Symmetry
Solution .45
Disarmonia Mundi
Mercenary
Dark Tranquility


Oh and yes, Holographic Universe is simply one of the greatest albums ever.
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #19 on: September 04, 2011, 04:00:37 PM »
Imo:

Holographic Universe > The Unseen Empire > Pitch Black Progress > Symmetric In Design >>>>>>>>>>>> loldarkmatterdimensions

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #20 on: September 04, 2011, 04:03:48 PM »
Dark Matter Dimensions has actually grown on me a lot since its release.  When it came out I was so disappointed but listening to it before Unseen Empire came out, I could get into it, there's really a lot of great tracks.  Doesn't hold a candle to the rest of their work, but it's decent.  Glad they redeemed themselves with Empire.

Holographic is easily their best.  For Aeons Past is just as good, those two are probably in teh top 5 melodeath albums of all time.
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #21 on: September 04, 2011, 04:05:50 PM »
Christian Alvestam is quite possibly my favorite vocalist ever

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #22 on: September 04, 2011, 05:02:43 PM »
My favorite melodeath/technical death metal band is Anata:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbC50C_J7ws

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #23 on: September 04, 2011, 05:20:43 PM »
Christian Alvestam is quite possibly my favorite vocalist ever

Yeah, he's amazing and so damn underrated.
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #24 on: October 11, 2011, 05:58:22 PM »
So i listened to the new Threat Signal album.



I did not like it AT ALL.


It sounded like a bunch of generic deathcore/metalcore to me, and i really was not impressed

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #25 on: October 11, 2011, 07:47:00 PM »
Is this TS's first album since Kyle McKnight left? If so, then I fully understand. I'm only familiar with Under Reprisal but that album is the only thing that could be classified as metalcore that I've ever liked in its entirety and I fucking love it. His leads, solos, and melodic outros are head and shoulders better than anything else I've ever heard in that genre.
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #26 on: October 11, 2011, 07:50:10 PM »
This is actually the second since he left.


Vigilance was actually very good (imo) and I have no idea how they went from this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioVZpUwe4HA

to this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vat7-HyPtH4


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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #27 on: October 11, 2011, 07:58:02 PM »
SOILWORK!!!!!

I have a theory that eventually Dirk Verbreun's bass drums will kill us every one.
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #28 on: October 11, 2011, 08:15:07 PM »
Nah. I've been in the same building as Gene Hoglan and lived to tell about it :P I also saw a bill that included Unearth, Chimaira, Soilwork, and In Flames one night but they may have had a different drummer at that time so I can't guarantee having withstood his Dirkin' off.

Also BanksD, I just listened to the two TS links you posted and liked 'em both. I'd just say that the first one may sound better with a solo added since the 6/8 feel really makes me wanna here some cool shredding over the "marching" feel of it. Cool song regardless. The second one was exhibiting the blandness of metal bands that seemed to transition from "being able to be mistaken for nu-metal in their early days" to "well, we kinda learned to shred but still can't write an interesting song" like Machinehead and Chimaira and sometimes Devildriver (whom I like overall any way.)

The second track still had a very fresh, evil sounding lead tone with some thrillingly evil melodies and shreds however. Force it on yourself if you have to but you may end up liking it.
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #29 on: October 11, 2011, 08:20:27 PM »
Machine Head is awesome, you just suck.

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #30 on: October 11, 2011, 10:54:07 PM »
I've known about them since you were literally shitting your diapers (yes even before 2007) and they've got their moments but just have too much of their material comprised of stuff that's fast and heavy without actually being compelling to my ears. Kinda like a better Slayer imo.
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #31 on: October 12, 2011, 04:43:57 AM »
[quote author=black_floyd link=topic=26645.msg1099860#msg1099860

The second track still had a very fresh, evil sounding lead tone with some thrillingly evil melodies and shreds however. Force it on yourself if you have to but you may end up liking it.
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I didnt mind it on my frst listen, but what i didn't like was the fact that ths rest of the album sounded n no different than it, which bored me very fast

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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #32 on: October 12, 2011, 11:12:21 AM »
Oh, another victim of samey-ness?
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #33 on: October 12, 2011, 11:19:18 AM »
I've known about them since you were literally shitting your diapers (yes even before 2007) and they've got their moments but just have too much of their material comprised of stuff that's fast and heavy without actually being compelling to my ears. Kinda like a better Slayer imo.
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Re: Melodic Death Metal
« Reply #34 on: October 12, 2011, 12:07:05 PM »
No love for In Flames? I am disappoint.

the new In Flames is excellent.

Im not sure what qualifies as melodeath....but I like alot of these bands and I know of many more that sound like them.
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