Swedish band Eyes Wide Open carry the torch of their country's melodic death metal scene and infuse it with modern metalcore influences and engaging melodies.
Introducing: USQUAM
French collective USQUAM offer up intoxicating, vicious blackened death metal melodies that will penetrate your soul in a sound that they describe as "dark, melodic and powerful."
Introducing: Wolftopia
Finnish band Wolftopia offer up a thrillingly dark melodic death metal sound that perfectly marries aggression with emotion.
Introducing: Invisible Control
Brazilian band Invisible Control came kicking and screaming out of the pandemic in 2020 with an electrifying technical death metal sound that they describe as "heavy, technical and versatile."
Introducing: Voidfallen
Finnish melodic death metal band Voidfallen have honed an epic sound that will "slap your socks off" and is equally dark and crushing as it is engaging and melodic.
Introducing: Nest of Plagues
Some of the most exciting discoveries we've made during the last five years of running GigRadar have been from the Hungarian metal and hardcore scene. And we've got another monster of a heavy Hungarian band to add to the list in Nest of Plagues.
Introducing: Every Hour Kills
Canadian group Every Hour Kills aims to challenge the notion of what we consider to define a "band." Instead of your standard band format, the musical collective features various members and guest appearances that constantly reshapes the group's intense progressive sound and futuristic approach.
Introducing: Hurakan
Prepare to taken on a journey through the murky waters of deathcore brutality with intense French band Hurakan.
Introducing: Wasted Land
When you think of Saudi Arabia, we're fairly sure that crushing metal music probably isn't one of the first things that comes to mind. But melodic death metal act Wasted Land are hoping to change all of that.
Introducing: Beleth
Australian duo Beleth have crafted a concoction of absolutely filthy riffs, guttural vocals and powerful rythyms in an intense death meets groove metal sound they describe as "dark, catchy and brutal."