(-MELODIC DEATH METAL-) Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal which combines the melody of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) with the intensity of death metal. The genre is also known as Gothenburg metal,[3] a reference to the city in Sweden where it originated. Originally the genre combined the harmony style and groove melodies of heavy metal with the harsh thrashing sound and vocals of death metal. Later the genre evolved due to many different influences, a notable evolution in the genre being the addition of keyboards[4]. Melodic death metal contains more melodic guitar riffs, melodic solos, and acoustic guitar work than death metal. It also contains more comprehensible lyrics with traditional death growl and screaming vocals.------------------------------------------{BANDS}- The Absence, Amon Amarth, Amorphis, Arch Enemy, Armageddon, Arsis, At the Gates, Before the Dawn, Beyond the Embrace, Blackstar, Blinded Colony, Blo.Torch, Blood Stain Child, Cadacross, Callenish Circle, Carcass, Carnal Forge, Centinex, Ceremonial Oath, Children of Bodom, Compos Mentis, Crimson Death, Dark Age, Dark Lunacy, Dark Tranquillity, Darkest Hour, Daysend, Deadlock, Demenzia, Dethklok, Detonation, Diablo, Dimension Zero, Disarmonia Mundi, Disillusion, Dismember, Dispatched, Dissection, Divine Heresy, Dominia, The Duskfall, Ebony Tears, Edge of Sanity, Eternal Oath, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Eucharist, Extol, Falchion, Fear My Thoughts, Fission, Fleshcrawl, Fragments of Unbecoming, The Funeral Pyre, Gandalf, Gardenian, Gates of Ishtar, Ghost Brigade, God Dethroned, God Forbid, The Haunted, Himsa, Hollenthon, Hypocrisy, Immortal Souls, In Flames, In Mourning, Inactive Messiah, Insomnium, Into Eternity, Kalmah, Mercenary, Misanthrope, Moonlyght, Mors Principium Est, MyGRAIN, Nail Within, Naildown, Neaera, Neptune, Neuraxis, Nightfall, Nightrage, Norther, Noumena, Omnium Gatherum, Pantera, Paths of Possession, Raunchy, Sacramentum, Satariel, Scar Symmetry, Sentenced, Septic Flesh, Skyfire, Soilwork, Sonic Syndicate, Soul Demise, Soul Embraced, Suidakra, Switchblade, Terror 2000, The Project Hate MCMXCIX, Thine Eyes Bleed, Thirdmoon, Threat Signal, Unanimated, Universum, Verbal Deception, Verjnuarmu, Wintersun, World Under Blood, and Zonaria