What are some melodic heavy metal bands?

Any band that falls under the “melodic death metal genre” counts. It's pretty harsh music with melodic guitar leads. The classic melodeath bands are In Flames, Dark Tranquility, and At the Gates. The classic melodeath bands were heavily influenced by Iron Maiden. read more

Any band that falls under the “melodic death metal genre” counts. It’s pretty harsh music with melodic guitar leads. The classic melodeath bands are In Flames, Dark Tranquility, and At the Gates. read more

Carcass, shown here performing at Gods of Metal festival in Bologna, Italy (2008), helped define the melodic death metal genre with their 1993 album Heartwork. This is a list of melodic death metal bands. read more