Rediscovering my love for Melodic Death Metal
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.