melodic death metal
melodic death metal is a genre. melodic death metal grew out of Death metal, doom-death, Swedish death metal, Scandinavian death metal and atmospheric death metal. It sits close to symphonic death metal, Scandinavian death metal, deathgrind, atmospheric death metal and Christian death metal, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into folk metal, blackened death metal, Metalcore, viking metal and deathcore, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 23 connections around melodic death metal. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where melodic death metal came from and where it led.
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melodic death metal connections
melodic death metal grew out of Death metal, doom-death, Swedish death metal and Scandinavian death metal, shares an orbit with symphonic death metal, Scandinavian death metal, deathgrind and atmospheric death metal, went on to shape folk metal, blackened death metal, Metalcore and viking metal. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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