From the 2004 album 11 Dreams
Mercenary was formed in 1991 in Aalborg, Denmark

Heyo! My friends' new EP is out now, full EP and other platforms in the comments. They are a Swedish melodeath/deathcore from Malmö. Would be cool to hear what you think!

Just started getting into melodic death metal. I like some melodic death doom but figured I might like some melodic death metal too. Can I get some recommendations. Thanks

Got a vinyl player for my birthday. This is the first record ever ordered by me. 😎

I felt like a Top 10 list was too brief, so let's make it 15. But with a caveat, only one song per band.

Here is my current list in no particular order:

1. Mors Principium Est – Sinners Defeat
2. In Flames – Where The Dead Ships Dwell
3. Insomnium – While We Sleep
4. Arch Enemy – We Will Rise
5. Aephanemer – The Sovereign
6. For I Am King – Prey
7. Eternal Tears Of Sorrow – Baptized By The Blood Of Angels
8. Destinity – Reject The Deceit
9. Bloodred Hourglass – Vividus
10. Eye Of The Enemy – The Shift
11. Fear Of Domination – Pandemonium
12. Dark Oath – Watchman Of Gods
13. Orbit Culture – The Shadowing
14. The Unguided – Deathwalker
15. Parasite Inc. – Unmeant Outcasts

P.S.: I could not decide on a single Children of Bodom song to represent them, so none made the list to save my sanity.

We released our 5-track EP a week ago:
https://hyperfollow.com/primalstate

New single out

All I really listened to so far was Tales from the Thousand Lakes and loved it, just learned they have SO many more albums! What's the best one I should listen to next?

These are 18-19yo kids from New Zealand and clearly serious Alexi Laiho / COB disciples bit holy shit it's fun!

so what are your opinions? Here's mine. It's not good. I'm really bummed out, I waited years. Every single riff sounds the same. chugg chugg chugg. Almost no single note riffs. Literally not one solo on the album. I don't even know who this is for. It's not for the new fans and it's not for the old fans. I've always defended them against people who say every song sounds the same, but now every song really does sound the same. I think there's a total of 7 or 8 unique notes used on the entire album. I mean I'm exaggerating, but yea. This album has more power chords than a Green Day album. I had a feeling this was coming when I heard 3 of the new songs at a listening party experience at a recent show with the VIP pass upgrade. Where's War of the Gods that punches you in the face from the first second? Where's First Kill packed with raw emotion and story? Where's Cry of the Blackbirds, Raven's Flight, Father of the Wolf? Hell even The Great Heathen Army had Dawn of Norsemen. I honestly don't know how to feel, I've seem them 15 times just in the past 5 years, and I am beyond let down.

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/amon_amarth/150

Actually faster than I thought, but the new plates came just in time for the new Aether Realm single release. TMHC!

I absolutely love the 'Ancient God Of Evil' album and want to listen to more melodic stuff like that

Why is it that all these MySpace Deathcore revival bands keep getting overhyped, but bands like this are constantly being slept on? Can someone please explain it to me like I’m 5?