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9.0
WIZARDTHRONEHypercube Necrodimensions
A dazzling, absurdly ambitious collision of symphonic grandeur, melodic death metal and cosmic excess.
8.0
AT THE GATESSlaughter Of The Soul
At the Gates deliver a brutally concise melodic death metal blueprint whose precision, urgency and riff economy remain formidable.
8.0
TURISASTurisas2013
A triumphant return! Turisas2013 is a glorious, galloping folk metal feast that reasserts the band's unique and brutal vision.
7.0
DARK TRANQUILLITYMoment
Moment balances melodic clarity with controlled aggression, delivering a dependable Dark Tranquillity record that rarely risks instability.
6.0
DARK TRANQUILLITYThe Gallery
Dark Tranquillity’s melodic death metal landmark is rich in ideas and atmosphere, though its restless complexity sometimes obscures its hooks.
7.0
AMORPHISTales From The Thousand Lakes
Amorphis transform death metal through Finnish folk melody and mournful keyboards on a landmark album that remains strange and absorbing.
10.0
CHILDREN OF BODOMHate Crew Deathroll
Children of Bodom at full velocity: vicious, melodic, absurdly catchy and nearly flawless in its balance of hooks and aggression.
5.0
ELUVEITIEAtegnatos
Ategnatos contains flashes of Eluveitie’s old force, but its crowded arrangement and uneven pacing blunt the impact.
6.0
ARSISWe Are the Nightmare
Technically dazzling melodic death metal that impresses immediately, though its relentless density eventually becomes exhausting.
8.0
WINTERSUNWintersun
Wintersun’s debut fuses melodic death metal speed, folk-inflected melody and grand ambition into a technically dazzling, emotionally uneven whole.
8.0
EDGE OF SANITYUnorthodox
On Unorthodox, Edge of Sanity break beyond Swedish death metal’s standard frame without losing its weight or hostility.
6.0
AMORPHISQueen of Time
Queen of Time carries Amorphis through rich melodic terrain, though its long journey sometimes mistakes ornament for forward motion.
4.0
IN FLAMESThe Jester Race
The Jester Race has influential guitar work and several excellent songs, but its thin production and uneven pacing blunt the impact.
5.0
ARCH ENEMYWill To Power
Arch Enemy’s polished attack still lands, but rigid structures and overworked hooks leave Will to Power feeling engineered rather than alive.
3.0
ELUVEITIEEvocation II - Pantheon
Evocation II has texture and atmosphere, but too little dramatic movement to support its long ceremonial journey.
6.0
ELUVEITIESlania
Eluveitie’s breakthrough balances melodic death metal force with memorable folk instrumentation, though the formula can feel overly calculated.
8.0
AT THE GATESThe Red In The Sky Is Ours
At the Gates’ debut is chaotic, mournful and adventurous, capturing melodic death metal before its language became standardized.
6.0
EDGE OF SANITYNothing But Death Remains
Edge of Sanity’s debut is raw, compact Swedish death metal with flashes of the ambition that would later define the band.
10.0
DISSECTIONStorm Of The Light's Bane
Dissection fuse black-metal hostility with melodic precision on a landmark record whose atmosphere remains as lethal as its riffs.
7.0
NEKROGOBLIKONHeavy Meta
Heavy Meta turns goblin absurdity into sharp, hook-driven melodic death metal, though its frantic attack occasionally blurs into clutter.