Melodic death metal
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Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, many melodic death metal bands emerged, including Children of Bodom, Arch Enemy, Amon Amarth, The Black Dahlia Murder, Insomnium, and Soilwork. In the 2000s decade, melodic death metal achieved popularity among heavy metal fans, starting with the release of In Flames' 2002 album Reroute to Remain, which showed a change to a more eclectic sound while retaining the band's melodic death metal sound. Many other melodic death metal bands quickly had chart success.
In the mid-2000s, melodic metalcore, a subgenre of metalcore that combines the genre with melodic death metal, achieved popularity with the chart success and sales success of bands like Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, and As I Lay Dying. Deathcore bands during this time period like Bring Me the Horizon and Through the Eyes of the Dead also were influenced by melodic death metal and achieved popularity.
Musical characteristics
Melodic death metal combines
History
Origins (early–mid 1990s)
Much of the origin and popularity of melodic death metal can be attributed to the bands
In Flames' The Jester Race combined death metal with guitar riffs heavily influenced by bands like
Expansion (Late 1990s and early 2000s)
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, melodic death metal quickly expanded with many bands emerging, including Amon Amarth, The Black Dahlia Murder, Arch Enemy, Soilwork, Insomnium, and Children of Bodom.[13] Additionally, other genres would begin using melodic death metal as an influence, including melodic metalcore[14] and melodic black/death.[15][16] Stewart Mason claims that melodic metalcore has become very popular in the United States, using the term "Swedecore" to describe Scandinavian-style metal as played by non-Nordic bands.[17] Many melodic death metal and metalcore bands (especially after melodic metalcore band Killswitch Engage rose in popularity) were heavily influenced by Slaughter of the Soul by At the Gates and had an influence of them in their music.[13] Many heavy metal bands in the mid-2000s, in turn, were labeled "At the Gates worship".[18]
Popularity and emergence of melodic metalcore (2000s)
In the 2000s, melodic death metal became popular among heavy metal fans. In 2002, In Flames' album
Subgenres
Many melodic death metal bands began being inspired by
Melodic metalcore is a fusion genre, incorporating elements of metalcore and melodic death metal, with a heavy emphasis on melodic instrumentation, blast beats, metalcore-stylized breakdowns and clean singing.[14] These bands often take influence from the guitar riffs and writing styles of Swedish melodic death metal bands, especially At the Gates, In Flames, Arch Enemy and Soilwork.[14]
See also
- List of melodic death metal bands
- New Wave of British Heavy Metal
- Swedish death metal
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'Symbolic" saw a massive shift towards melody and a bit of a departure from the death metal that most bands were playing at the time. Along with Carcass and At the Gates, Death helped pave the way for infectious melodies and hooks to enter the genre.
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