Best 100 melodic death metal releases

Melodic death metal is a subgenre of death metal that combines the aggressive and intense sound of death metal with melodic and harmonized guitar lines, often influenced by traditional heavy metal and classical music. It emerged in the early 1990s and is characterized by the use of complex guitar riffs, dual guitar harmonies, and often clean singing vocals contrasted with growled or screamed vocals. Some notable melodic death metal bands include In Flames, At The Gates, Dark Tranquillity, and Children of Bodom.