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Acedia is a melodic death metal band from St. Louis, Missouri. Their catalog includes the 2017 full-length "Speculum Humanae Salvationis" and 2020 EP "Selfhatred.Addiction," blending melodic death metal's twin-guitar harmonies with introspective lyrical themes.
Acephalia is a slam and brutal death metal band from the Connecticut and Ohio area. Their 2026 EP "Visceral Atrophy" delivers three tracks of guttural, bone-crushing slam brutality.
Death metal project that migrated from Tampa to Pittsburgh to Columbus — three cities, each with deep metal roots. Named after the river of woe in Greek mythology.
Garden City, Long Island melodic death metal project. The biological term for a needle-like structure fits the precision of their Scandinavian-influenced approach.
Philadelphia melodic death metal project. The name — meaning devoted followers — signals allegiance to the melodeath tradition.
Act of Destruction is a melodic death and thrash metal band from the Downers Grove and Chicago area of Illinois. The band blends the melodic sensibilities of Scandinavian death metal with the raw aggression of American thrash.
Act of War is a melodic death metal band from West Lafayette, Indiana. The band blends the twin-guitar harmonies of melodic death metal with the raw energy of the Midwest metal scene.
Adam Eytan is a progressive and melodic death metal solo artist from Hartford, Connecticut. The project blends technical precision with melodic sensibility within a framework of modern progressive death metal.
Aduanten is a melodic death metal band from Austin, Texas. With two EPs — 2021's "Sullen Cadence" and 2025's "Apocryphal Verse" — the band delivers tightly constructed melodic death metal that adds to Austin's growing extreme metal presence.
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