Some of my current listenings in order are
Ulver: Bergtatt
Agalloch: The Mantle
Drudkh: Autumn Aurora
The Ruins Of Beverast: Rain Upon The Impure
In The Woods: Heart Of The Ages
Hi fellas.
So this is the third part of a little series I've been doing to share more Melodeath with the sub, hoping to introduce some of my favorites, and some lesser known bands. I'll leave links to parts 1 and 2 in the comments if you haven't seen those posts
The first three albums in this list will be in a style that mixes melodic death metal and melodic black metal. Pioneered by the mighty Dissection and adopted by many of their swedish contemporaries.
Unanimated (Ancient God Of Evil): In my opinion, other than Dissection themselves. This album is the pinnacle of the Melo-black/death style. This album's pacing generally is not quite as fast as something like Dissection or Decameron which lets the melodies take the space they want to truly shine. Production on this album is genuinely steller, mostly done by the band with the engineering touch of the legendary Dan Swano, everything sounds as clear and crisp as you want it. The finishing touch in my opinion that make this album the masterpiece that it is, is the keyboards. They're subtle enough that they will never get in the way of the riffs but they add so much to the atmosphere of this record. I'd say that overall, this is my 3rd favorite melodeath album after Stone's Reach and An Anatomy Of The Beast.
Decameron (My Shadow....): The rawest, least atmospheric and most aggressive of the meloblack/death albums I'll talk about today. Sadly a one and done band but their one sole effort is phenomenal. There's a lot of Bathory influence in the riffing here which this album standout among a lot of Melodeath.
Gates Of Ishtar (The Dawn Of Flames): One of the most underappreciated bands in melodeath. With three perfect albums under their belt, it was hard to choose which one to talk about. But I've always chosen The Dawn Of Flames as my favorite. This album perfectly balances the elements of the traditional Gothenburg melodeath sound with the blackened, atmospheric influence which results in an album that never masters any one specific thing, but delivers wonderfully on everything you want out of a melodeath release.
Without Grief (Deflower): I've been going back to this album quite a bit recently and every time I revisit it, I grow to love it more and more. This album technically doesn't do anything new from the typical Gothenburg sound but it executes all the components of that sound perfectly. I've made it known occasionally that I'm not the biggest fan of Slaughter Of The Soul by At The Gates, but I mean this in the best possible way. This album took everything good about Slaughter Of The Soul, turned it up to 11 and added a few tricks of it's own to make it stand out. To me, this album is THE blueprint for what good, straight to the point melodeath should be.
Infernal Gates (From The Mist Of Dark Waters): Absolutely phenomenal Melodic Death/Doom. The melodies on this release are incredibly heartfelt, sorrowful yet still evoke a feeling of hope. There's a lot of keyboards used in this album that amplify the somber mood even further. I really like the song progression on this album, where by the end of each song you feel like you've completed a journey. There's a lot of influence here from Septicflesh and Horrified but this album feels merely inspired by them rather than derivative.
Majesties (Vast Reaches Unclaimed): my favorite melodeath album of the 2020s. At it's core, it's very clear this album takes a lot of it's songwriting from The Jester Race, however what makes this album truly stand out is it's other influence. This project is headed by Tanner Anderson. who is also behind the incredible medieval melodic black metal band, Obsequiae and you absolutely can hear the influence here. You get the heartfelt sincerity of The Jester Race but also the triumphant and magical atmosphere of Obsequiae and it's magnificent.
Inanna (Converging Ages): I genuinely don't know what to compare this album to. I've never heard anything that sounds even close. This album rides the line between melodic death metal and progressive death metal but the combination of those two styles is interwoven in a way that is all about creating a cosmic, transcendent atmosphere. I suspect that certain cosmic death metal releases like Worm's "Bluenothing" took a lot of influence from this album because in my opinion, nothing in death metal creates an experience of floating in the vast unknown like this album.
Cyanotic (The Chasm Within): While only a 12 minute demo, this has so much replay value. OSDM fans will find this very satisfying as it has that demo quality, brutal vocals and a much more aggressive approach to the songwriting but it is still absolutely packed with some insane melodies. Phenomenal recommendation.
Nightfall (Macabre Sunsets): much like many of the Greek melodeath scene in the 90's, this album more than takes a few ques from the early works of Septicflesh. Synths are used very prominently and the overall pacing gives a lot of space for the atmosphere to come through. However this album also features elements of Black metal and death/doom as well. Very unique album. There's a lot of songwriting variety on this album when it comes to the pacing. As you'll get some songs that are more of the mid tempo, slow burn and others that are more aggressive. Same thing with the keyboards, some songs will focus far more on the atmospheric approach and lean more on the keyboards while others will have those taken away to focus more on the riffs.
Catafalque (Awakening): a short 21 minute EP recced to me by that manages to pack so much entertainment in such a short run time. It's a technical take on melodeath so there's a lot of complexity in the songwriting and riffs, however it never goes overboard with the technicality as to feel disjointed or directionless like a lot tech death that I tend to dislike. Extremely fun record.
The Elysian Fields (We The Enlightened): some more Greek melodeath goodness. This album is, in it's purest essence, the melodeath sibling of Rotting Christ's "Thy Mighty Contract". The riffs are mostly mid tempo but with the occasional faster, more aggressive riffs to balance out the listening experience. Keyboards are very prevalent throughout the whole record and I think they add quite a strong, mystical vibe to the album. Very worth checking out!
Hi fellas.
So this is the third part of a little series I've been doing to share more Melodeath with the sub, hoping to introduce some of my favorites, and some lesser known bands. I'll leave links to parts 1 and 2 in the comments if you haven't seen those posts
The first three albums in this list will be in a style that mixes melodic death metal and melodic black metal. Pioneered by the mighty Dissection and adopted by many of their swedish contemporaries.
Unanimated (Ancient God Of Evil): In my opinion, other than Dissection themselves. This album is the pinnacle of the Melo-black/death style. This album's pacing generally is not quite as fast as something like Dissection or Decameron which lets the melodies take the space they want to truly shine. Production on this album is genuinely steller, mostly done by the band with the engineering touch of the legendary Dan Swano, everything sounds as clear and crisp as you want it. The finishing touch in my opinion that make this album the masterpiece that it is, is the keyboards. They're subtle enough that they will never get in the way of the riffs but they add so much to the atmosphere of this record. I'd say that overall, this is my 3rd favorite melodeath album after Stone's Reach and An Anatomy Of The Beast.
Decameron (My Shadow....): The rawest, least atmospheric and most aggressive of the meloblack/death albums I'll talk about today. Sadly a one and done band but their one sole effort is phenomenal. There's a lot of Bathory influence in the riffing here which this album standout among a lot of Melodeath.
Gates Of Ishtar (The Dawn Of Flames): One of the most underappreciated bands in melodeath. With three perfect albums under their belt, it was hard to choose which one to talk about. But I've always chosen The Dawn Of Flames as my favorite. This album perfectly balances the elements of the traditional Gothenburg melodeath sound with the blackened, atmospheric influence which results in an album that never masters any one specific thing, but delivers wonderfully on everything you want out of a melodeath release.
Without Grief (Deflower): I've been going back to this album quite a bit recently and every time I revisit it, I grow to love it more and more. This album technically doesn't do anything new from the typical Gothenburg sound but it executes all the components of that sound perfectly. I've made it known occasionally that I'm not the biggest fan of Slaughter Of The Soul by At The Gates, but I mean this in the best possible way. This album took everything good about Slaughter Of The Soul, turned it up to 11 and added a few tricks of it's own to make it stand out. To me, this album is THE blueprint for what good, straight to the point melodeath should be.
Infernal Gates (From The Mist Of Dark Waters): Absolutely phenomenal Melodic Death/Doom. The melodies on this release are incredibly heartfelt, sorrowful yet still evoke a feeling of hope. There's a lot of keyboards used in this album that amplify the somber mood even further. I really like the song progression on this album, where by the end of each song you feel like you've completed a journey. There's a lot of influence here from Septicflesh and Horrified but this album feels merely inspired by them rather than derivative.
Majesties (Vast Reaches Unclaimed): my favorite melodeath album of the 2020s so far. At it's core, it's very clear this album takes a lot of it's songwriting from The Jester Race, however what makes this album truly stand out is it's other influence. This project is headed by Tanner Anderson. who is also behind the incredible medieval melodic black metal band, Obsequiae and you absolutely can hear the influence here. You get the heartfelt sincerity of The Jester Race but also the triumphant and magical atmosphere of Obsequiae and it's magnificent.
Inanna (Converging Ages): I genuinely don't know what to compare this album to. I've never heard anything that sounds even close. This album rides the line between melodic death metal and progressive death metal but the combination of those two styles is interwoven in a way that is all about creating a cosmic, transcendent atmosphere. I suspect that certain cosmic death metal releases like Worm's "Bluenothing" took a lot of influence from this album because in my opinion, nothing in death metal creates an experience of floating in the vast unknown like this album.
Cyanotic (The Chasm Within): a phenomenal recommendation by u/SKULL_KRUSHER. While only a 12 minute demo, this has so much replay value. OSDM fans will find this very satisfying as it has that demo quality, brutal vocals and a much more aggressive approach to the songwriting but it is still absolutely packed with some insane melodies. Phenomenal recommendation.
Nightfall (Macabre Sunsets): a recommendation by u/Mad04Gaming, much like many of the Greek melodeath scene in the 90's, this album more than takes a few ques from the early works of Septicflesh. Synths are used very prominently and the overall pacing gives a lot of space for the atmosphere to come through. However this album also features elements of Black metal and death/doom as well. Very unique album. There's a lot of songwriting variety on this album when it comes to the pacing. As you'll get some songs that are more of the mid tempo, slow burn and others that are more aggressive. Same thing with the keyboards, some songs will focus far more on the atmospheric approach and lean more on the keyboards while others will have those taken away to focus more on the riffs.
Catafalque (Awakening): a short 21 minute EP recced to me by u/larsalo that manages to pack so much entertainment in such a short run time. It's a technical take on melodeath so there's a lot of complexity in the songwriting and riffs, however it never goes overboard with the technicality as to feel disjointed or directionless like a lot tech death that I tend to dislike. Extremely fun record.
The Elysian Fields (We The Enlightened): some more Greek melodeath goodness. This album is, in it's purest essence, the melodeath sibling of Rotting Christ's "Thy Mighty Contract". The riffs are mostly mid tempo but with the occasional faster, more aggressive riffs to balance out the listening experience. Keyboards are very prevalent throughout the whole record and I think they add quite a strong, mystical vibe to the album. Very worth checking out!
Albums listed are:
Refugium (Monuments To Degradation)
Ecstatic Fear (Somnium Obmutum)
Be'lakor (Stone's Reach)
Paramecium (Exhumed Of The Earth)
So Saidan is a "Black Metal" band from Nashville, TN. Which in of itself is not what I was expecting considering all the whole japanese aesthetic of the band. Since they just released "Fangdriller" this year I decided to check that out as my first introduction to the band and....I am perplexed.
So the reason I put Black Metal in quotations above is because Saidan really isn't your typical Bathory or Darkthrone worship Black Metal band. You do still maintain the screechy harsh vocals of black metal, and the production is just as fuzzy as you expect a black metal band to sound. However, the actual riffs and guitar work is much more akin to Japanese Melodeath, lots of comparisons can be made to Zemeth, Imperial Circus Dead Decadence, etc. the usage of keyboards here is also very upbeat and energetic, unlike a lot of Black Metal where the keyboards are meant to add a lot more atmosphere and make the music darker.
You add all those elements together and you end up with something that I can only really call "happy black metal" which is NOT at all what I think of when I think of black metal, but after listening to this record that's what I was left with.
I think I'll be relistening to this album a few more times to let it settle a bit more but I figured I'd talk about this record here since this was such a wild album for me to listen to.
So in a previous post I talked about how I've been diving back into melodeath, finding new discoveries as well as revisiting old favorites. And I wanted to do a follow up post, listing all the albums I forgot to mention last time, as well as posting new discoveries I made as well as mentioning some albums I forgot to mention last time.
Amorphis (Tales from a thousand lakes): with all the doomy melodeath I mentioned last post, I don't know how I missed this album. Tales From A Thousand Lakes incorporates elements melodeath, doom and folk to create an absolute masterpiece and an album unlike any other.
Broken Torso (The Ultimate Abhorrance): shout-out to u/ larsalo for this suggestion because holy shit. I'm kind cheating here because this album is not really a melodeath album, but rather it's a very melodic take on Brutal Death Metal and it FUCKS. I wish these guys hadn't been a one and done band and we'd gotten more material out of them.
Nomenmortis (How I Learn To Bleed....For The Things I Wished To Forget): shoutouts to u/ BurialAtOrnans for this suggestion. This immediately caught my attention when they mentioned that this is on the more brutal end of melodeath and they weren't kidding. If you're a fan of the more bludgeoning approach to melodic death metal, this is for you.
Septic Flesh (Mystic Places Of Dawn): shoutouts to u/ Mad04Gaming for recommending this to me. I was only really familiar with Septicflesh's later, symphonic material. but after checking it out, Mystic Places Of Dawn is fantastic. Production definitely needed some getting used to but I love everything else, the keyboards on this album are not as over the top as the later material by this band so the guitars get more time to shine here which is always a plus.
Night In Gales (Towards The Twilight): I never hear anyone mention this band. A German Melodeath band that very clearly takes inspiration from the Gothenburg sound and in my opinion, executes it very well. This is up there with The Jester Race and The Gallery imo as one of the best 90's melodeath albums.
Internal Decay (A Forgotten Dream): randomly stumbled on this and after doing some research, apparently this is the first melodic death metal full length as far as I know? It released in may 1993 so it predates Carcass' Heartwork and Sentenced's North From Here. Regardless this is some really good early melodeath.
Followbane: (Dead Fantasia): Ok, so usually I'm not the biggest fan of the power metal esque melodeath sound that CoB do. But holy hell is Followbane an exception. The riffs on this album are incredibly infectious, the vocals are great and have a black metal edge to them, the keyboards add so much more grandeur to the music. And even though the drums are programmed, you definitely can overlook that with everything else being top shelf.
October Tide (Rain Without End): more melodic death doom perfection. Originally founded by Katatonia vocalist Jonas Renske and you can absolutely feel the similarities between the early Katatonia albums to this project. This is somber, meloncholy and downright gorgeous.
Autumn (On The Verge Of Existence): look at that, more melodic death doom! This is a one and done band that released just this album. Which is a damn shame. This album excells in creating an incredible atmosphere. Mystical and ethereal is how I'd describe it. Production isn't that great but otherwise this album is fantastic
Fall Of The Leafe (Evanescent, Ever fading): Finnish melodeath masterpiece. This is a generally mid tempo, heavy metal riff focused melodeath album but don't let that make you think this album is gonna be generic. The songwriting, vocals, melodies and atmosphere on this album is all top notch.
So in a previous post I talked about how I've been diving back into melodeath, finding new discoveries as well as revisiting old favorites. And I wanted to do a follow up post, listing all the albums I forgot to mention last time, as well as posting new discoveries I made as well as mentioning some albums I forgot to mention last time.
Amorphis (Tales from a thousand lakes): with all the doomy melodeath I mentioned last post, I don't know how I missed this album. Tales From A Thousand Lakes incorporates elements melodeath, doom and folk to create an absolute masterpiece and an album unlike any other.
Broken Torso (The Ultimate Abhorrance): shout-out to u/ larsalo for this suggestion because holy shit. I'm kind cheating here because this album is not really a melodeath album, but rather it's a very melodic take on Brutal Death Metal and it FUCKS. I wish these guys hadn't been a one and done band and we'd gotten more material out of them.
Nomenmortis (How I Learn To Bleed....For The Things I Wished To Forget): shoutouts to u/ BurialAtOrnans for this suggestion. This immediately caught my attention when they mentioned that this is on the more brutal end of melodeath and they weren't kidding. If you're a fan of the more bludgeoning approach to melodic death metal, this is for you.
Septic Flesh (Mystic Places Of Dawn): shoutouts to u/ Mad04Gaming for recommending this to me. I was only really familiar with Septicflesh's later, symphonic material. but after checking it out, Mystic Places Of Dawn is fantastic. Production definitely needed some getting used to but I love everything else, the keyboards on this album are not as over the top as the later material by this band so the guitars get more time to shine here which is always a plus.
Night In Gales (Towards The Twilight): I never hear anyone mention this band. A German Melodeath band that very clearly takes inspiration from the Gothenburg sound and in my opinion, executes it very well. This is up there with The Jester Race and The Gallery imo as one of the best 90's melodeath albums.
Internal Decay (A Forgotten Dream): randomly stumbled on this and after doing some research, apparently this is the first melodic death metal full length as far as I know? It released in may 1993 so it predates Carcass' Heartwork and Sentenced's North From Here. Regardless this is some really good early melodeath.
Followbane: (Dead Fantasia): Ok, so usually I'm not the biggest fan of the power metal esque melodeath sound that CoB do. But holy hell is Followbane an exception. The riffs on this album are incredibly infectious, the vocals are great and have a black metal edge to them, the keyboards add so much more grandeur to the music. And even though the drums are programmed, you definitely can overlook that with everything else being top shelf.
October Tide (Rain Without End): more melodic death doom perfection. Originally founded by Katatonia vocalist Jonas Renske and you can absolutely feel the similarities between the early Katatonia albums to this project. This is somber, meloncholy and downright gorgeous.
Autumn (On The Verge Of Existence): look at that, more melodic death doom! This is a one and done band that released just this album. Which is a damn shame. This album excells in creating an incredible atmosphere. Mystical and ethereal is how I'd describe it. Production isn't that great but otherwise this album is fantastic
Fall Of The Leafe (Evanescent, Ever fading): Finnish melodeath masterpiece. This is a generally mid tempo, heavy metal riff focused melodeath album but don't let that make you think this album is gonna be generic. The songwriting, vocals, melodies and atmosphere on this album is all top notch.
It may be the fact that I got into Black Metal first and then later on started to get into death metal. But I always admired and adored when Death Metal has this filthy and gritty approach to it's production that always makes it hit extra hard. So please recommend me the filthiest sounding Death Metal albums you know. A few of the ones I've been enjoying a ton recently.
Incantation: Onward To Golgotha
Infester: To The Depths In Degradation
Sadistic Intent: Resurrection
Molested: Blod Draum
Nedgravd: Ascension
Dragged Into Sunlight: Hatred For Mankind
Triumvir Foul: Spiritual Bloodshed
When it comes to my country, Egypt. Usually you think of history, monuments, cuisine (Koshary is the best Egyptian food, fight me). But usually not extreme metal. But despite having very little in the ways of bands, shows and an active scene. Egypt still offers a lot of FANTASTIC music for you to check out. So I wanted to make this post to introduce you to some of my favorite extreme metal releases from Egypt.
Crescent (Blackened Death): arguably the most well known Egyptian Extreme Metal band as they even played in Wacken 2014. Their sound is very unique as it takes Blackened Death Metal and plays the guitar melodies in a style that'll instantly remind you of ancient egypt. Best album to check out is "The Order Of Amenti"
Lycopolis (Raw Black Metal): showing my personal bias here but this band is easily my favorite on this list (and my favorite black metal band in the last 15 years). It's a very raw, harsh, vicious sounding black metal band that uses A LOT of the Egyptian melodies. They've been very active since establishing in 2018. Highly recommend checking out "The Procession"
Seth E (Black Metal): So this is a band that only ever released their one album "Reincarnation" then dipped. And to be frank, this isn't an album that's gonna bring anything new to the table. It's just straightforward, no fuss no muss, Black Metal. There's traces of melody and some acoustics here and there. That being said, I do love the atmosphere on this so it was worth mentioning.
Sinprophecy (Melodic Death): so there's really not much I can tell you about Sinoprophecy as they basically just released "Through Sacrifice And Redemption" then immediately split up. But what I can tell you is that this one release is utterly fantastic. Everything from the songwriting, keyboards, vocals. It's super good and an album I'll keep coming back to for sure.
Dashiem (Black Metal): So this a new band that started out in 2023 and only released one EP "Invocation Of Maylfayosh". You can't find this on streaming services but it is on YouTube and Bancamp. And I do recommend this highly. This EP is genuinely haunting, sinister and incredibly malevolent in it's sound. Really looking forward to seeing what these guys release next.
If you are interested in listening to more Egyptian Extreme Metal. I made a playlist of all the bands I could find on streaming and put it in the comments. Enjoy!
Endless Dismal Moan is one of the few musical projects that can consistently terrify me. Impenetrable, psychotic and genuinely disturbing. R.I.P Choas9
Was just relistening to Worm's "Bluenothing" and being blown away by it and I kinda just thought about how, even though it's not a common niche. I absolutely adore it when Death/Doom go for this astral, cosmic atmosphere that feels like a journey through the stars. If you know any other albums like this, please recommend them. Releases in questions are:
Worm: Bluenothing
Spectral Voice: Eroded Corridors of Unbeing
Timeghoul: Both demos.
At one point, MDM was my favorite genre of metal but I've been into more OSDM recently so I have not been listening to MDM as much. But recently I've been falling back in love with MDM and have really been enjoying it. Here's a few of my favorites and feel free to recommend some more!
Be'Lakor (Stone's Reach): my goodness, if the word elegance came to life as a form of sound, it would sound like this album. Melodic with progressive tendencies and sounds utterly gorgeous. Probably my favorite MDM album of all time
Depresy (A Grand Magnificence): a recent discovery for me but a genuinely breathe taking one at that. Melodeath with lots of Doom metal influences, genuinely gorgeous in every way
Garden Of Shadows (Oracle Moon): this band was very much inspired by Depresy and the similarity is very clear. The distinguishing factor on this release in my opinion is the keyboards being used are utterly ethereal and the use of female vocals on the last track. Genuine masterpiece
A Canorous Quintet (Silence Of The World Beyond): my most recent discovery of this genre and a wonderful album. This album to me is melancholic but also somewhat triumphant at points. Kind of hard to describe but I love it regardless!
Fires In The Distance (Air Not Meant For Us): I think it's becoming apparent at this point that I REALLY love Doomy Melodeath and this album is genuinely one of the best examples. The song writing, production, vocals. Everything here is beautiful. There's a symphonic element of this album's sound as well and it makes this album all the more beautiful.
Intestine Baalism (An Anatomy Of The Beast): I'm sure if you're at all into MDM, you've heard this album before. But regardless, this album is absolutely crushing, heavy as all hell while being perfectly written and not sacrificing on melody whatsoever. If "Melodic Brutal Death Metal" was an actual genre, this album would perfectly fit that description.
Grenadier (Trumpets Blare In Blazing Glory): while this band is not really doing anything new as they're very clearly coping the sound of Arghoslent (but you know, without the racism), this band still rips. Another melodeath band that still has bite to it and is no less crushing than any OSDM band.
At one point, MDM was my favorite genre of metal but I've been into more OSDM recently so I have not been listening to MDM as much. But recently I've been falling back in love with MDM and have really been enjoying it. Here's a few of my favorites and feel free to recommend some more!
Be'Lakor (Stone's Reach): my goodness, if the word elegance came to life as a form of sound, it would sound like this album. Melodic with progressive tendencies and sounds utterly gorgeous. Probably my favorite MDM album of all time
Depresy (A Grand Magnificence): a recent discovery for me but a genuinely breathe taking one at that. Melodeath with lots of Doom metal influences, genuinely gorgeous in every way
Garden Of Shadows (Oracle Moon): this band was very much inspired by Depresy and the similarity is very clear. The distinguishing factor on this release in my opinion is the keyboards being used are utterly ethereal and the use of female vocals on the last track. Genuine masterpiece
A Canorous Quintet (Silence Of The World Beyond): my most recent discovery of this genre and a wonderful album. This album to me is melancholic but also somewhat triumphant at points. Kind of hard to describe but I love it regardless!
Fires In The Distance (Air Not Meant For Us): I think it's becoming apparent at this point that I REALLY love Doomy Melodeath and this album is genuinely one of the best examples. The song writing, production, vocals. Everything here is beautiful. There's a symphonic element of this album's sound as well and it makes this album all the more beautiful.
Intestine Baalism (An Anatomy Of The Beast): I'm sure if you're at all into MDM, you've heard this album before. But regardless, this album is absolutely crushing, heavy as all hell while being perfectly written and not sacrificing on melody whatsoever. If "Melodic Brutal Death Metal" was an actual genre, this album would perfectly fit that description.
Grenadier (Trumpets Blare In Blazing Glory): while this band is not really doing anything new as they're very clearly coping the sound of Arghoslent (but you know, without the racism), this band still rips. Another melodeath band that still has bite to it and is no less crushing than any OSDM band.
I haven't been listening to melodeath as much as I used to but "A Grand Magnificence" by Depresy is genuinely mind-blowing. Doomy and heartfelt but still crushing when it needs to be. 10/10 album imo.
Favourite tracks are:
Unpure Romanticism Pt. 1
Heresy, Shadownight
Desire
Feardimension
I've been absolutely falling in love with this band ever since Wyattxhim's video on them. I've loved all of their material but "For I, The Misanthropist" is definitely my favorite. Favourite songs are:
Seven Billion Slaves
For I the Misanthropist
The Scars Of Millions
Devotion to Denial
And it's not even just the animation quality. It's everything. The choreography, the creativity of Eve using her powers. Genuinely a 10 out of 10 fight scene.