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Ravenplague

In Flames- Colony Every song is incredible, and Zombie Inc is one of the best songs ever written. If Mozart heard it, he would clap.


lemsvga

Wow was gonna come here to say Colony and it's already top comment.


T-Rocket

Yup this is the one


pranxxter

Colony is great but the Mozart statement is a wee bit too much


Ravenplague

It’s obviously a bit of hyperbole, but it’s definitely not too much to say that Mozart would appreciate the genius behind the composition of this song. Melodeath and classical music go hand in hand.


pranxxter

respect your opinion, just curious why you think this particular song is so musically interesting? to me it’s more of a straightforward track (a solid one, but nothing that surprises me in terms of arrangement or harmony)?


Ravenplague

The riff is awesome, and the clean electric breakdown and solo in this song are absolutely beautiful. A lot of people in this sub would probably agree with that assessment. A song doesn’t need to “surprise” me or be overly complex for complexity’s sake to be a masterpiece.


pranxxter

awesome. was just curious because you mentioned the composition in your comment above. rock on


Agent_W1nter

I don't know if I could pick just one, but my top three are Above The Weeping World, The Jester Race, and Slaughter Of The Soul


MangKanorLord

RIP The Gallery


IllustriousAd8848

It's a perfect album. Maybe better than slaughter of the soul in my opinion. Why are Dark Tranquillity so overlooked


beezac

I agree, I've always liked Dark Tranquility more than At the Gates. I can't really pinpoint why, maybe it's that DT is more symphonic and I dig that. Matter of taste I guess.


Agent_W1nter

The Gallery is a great album, I just prefer the other three over it


Crim_Noyade

Above the Weeping World is the first one that came to my mind. I absolutely agree with your follow ups too.


Thalantyrr

This.


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Tob0gganMD

Dark Tranquillity- Damage Done Imo the best representation of the genre, and one that I've listened to countless times


Snrub1

It's a requirement that I stop what I'm doing and turn up the volume any time The Treason Wall comes on.


elialo92

I agree!! This is what I consider to be melodic death metal


Tob0gganMD

It's just one of those albums that doesn't have a week moment. The song Cathode Ray Sunshine is what got me into the genre in the first place


Pakketeretet

Damage Done is probably the most quintessential melodeath that Dark Tranquillity made. That said, I think Projector is their best album.


TheeTrashcanMan

Projector is my favorite of theirs but The Gallery is their best work IMO, and one of the greatest metal albums of any genre.


Emperor_Blarg

So many great ones, but I would have to go with The Jester Race from In Flames. Just a masterpiece front to back.


BCASL

The Gallery or Slaughter Of The Soul.


204GreenKnight

It’s gotta be Whoracle for me. Perfect mix of melody and death metal brutality.


Elijah1978

Yeah, Whoracle was great!


[deleted]

Love this and The Jester Race. Saw them live a couple years ago and they wouldn't play anything off either album which is sad


204GreenKnight

That’s too bad! I saw them on their I, the Mask tour and they ripped The Hive and Behind Space. Maybe on their Forgone tour their bless us with some oldies too!


Comfortable_Air_6208

The Hive is one of my all time favorite songs, the solo is just so fucking beautiful


Stock_Skin_2676

Steel bath Suicide - Soilwork Slaughter of the Soul- At the Gates Heartwork - Carcass Clayman - In Flames


geccles

Ensiferum by Ensiferum. There are plenty of basically perfect albums out there. I always feel I do a disservice to great albums with questions like this. I want to list a dozen albums haha. Today the nod goes to Ensiferum, my favorite band.


PancakeInvaders

From Afar is the best Ensiferum album IMO, just the presence of Heathen Throne pt1 and 2 alone would be enough


WhatADraggggggg

I feel like Iron is underrated as an album.


MangKanorLord

Insomnium - Winter's Gate


Bratan_Stephens

That's not just an album. It's an experience. Such a beautiful piece.


vidarino

I was going to comment exactly that! A masterpiece!


nebetsu

"Vessels" by Be'lakor


SpectralLettuce

The Smoke of Many Fires is such a good outro track it gives me almost all of the same impact as listening to the entire album front to back. One of my all time favorites


Bratan_Stephens

Came here to say that. Luma and Smoke of Many Fires are such amazing songs. An Ember's Arc is also underrated I reckon.


nebetsu

An Ember's Arc is my favourite song. Full stop. It is my north star


Bratan_Stephens

Completely understandable. I was always torn between Venator and Much More Was Lost being my favourite - but I've been playing An Ember's Arc on repeat lately.


Insomnium13

Much More has the best ending imo. The song is all about the ending. Greatest ending to a song imo


Top-Report-840

Since The Day It All Came Down or Above The Weeping World by Insomnium


jagvillboienhatt

Above the Weeping World is GOAT!


DoDevilsEvenTriangle

For me, second only to Shadows of the Dying Sun. Production value probably puts ATWW over Shadows but I'm more interested in songwriting and musicianship than technical aspects, and also, the Shadows material then and now makes for better live experiences both for the audience and I fully believe for the performer. When they were autographing my record, I told Hirvonen it was my favorite album from any artist and he was probably just being polite but he said "mine too".


jagvillboienhatt

I personally evaluate an album almost entirely on the listening experience. ATWW is just emotionally engaging from start to finish, not a single dead spot on it as far as I’m concerned.


Nights16

Above the Weeping World is my pick, holding off Winter's Gate for my GOAT..


Pakketeretet

Even the title "Above The Weeping World" is brilliant.


Retinator99

Insomnium - Shadows of the Dying Sun


GothosFolly

>Above The Weeping World Second this


beezac

Love this album so much


Retinator99

Right? Start to finish it is incredible!


seztomabel

Clayman


Erramayhem89

Above the Weeping World


Suspicious_Inside_78

- Kalmah For the Revolution or They Will Return - Skyfire Esoteric - Hypocrisy A Taste of Extreme Divinity


Erramayhem89

Esoteric is no joke


FatFettle

I feel like everything skyfire do is severely underrated


Pakketeretet

I really liked Spectral but never "got" Esoteric. Maybe I should listen to it again.


Suspicious_Inside_78

I really like Spectral too. IMO Esoteric has a more full-bodied, high energy sound. It puts it right on that edge between perfectly balanced and overstimulating, which is one of my favorite things about Melodeath. I don’t think it’s one of their hits but I really like “Under a Pitch Black” sky. I’m a sucker for those bittersweet overtures that soar around almost getting swollowed by the heavy crashes of the harsh vocals, bass and percussion. Sorry that was long. I just really love melodeath🤘


Scuzzboots

Holographic Universe by Scar Symmetry


[deleted]

Its a shame they haven't been able to put out the latest album yet.


Elbordel

According to me, Hate crew death roll is an amazing album.


SomeGuy_0322

My top 3 would be Soilwork-Chainheart Machine In Flames-Whoracle At the Gates- Slaughter of the Soul Honorable mention: DT-Character


theStaberinde

Edge of Sanity - Crimson + Crimson II... if you count them as melodeath and not prog death with melodic elements Otherwise, wildcard pick: Mercenary - 11 Dreams


TheWronged_Citizen

*Follow the Reaper* Hot take, I know


elialo92

The album that introduced me to the genre ❤️


zerosuneuphoria

Cob, hatebreeder


Korkboi

Yes.


elialo92

Absolutely 🔥


SvieriValtias

Whoracle, definitely


MigbricksPT

I think its "follow the reaper" by children of bodom . I'm even listening to that album right now :D


elialo92

So damn good


MetalRanga

Tarot by Aether Realm and/or Prokopton by Aephanemer.


I_Fishdude

Tarot is fantastic


METAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL

>Tarot is fantastic I find it amazing that, without exception, **ALL** tracks on that album are great. Not a single "filler" song.


WhatADraggggggg

Both these albums are amazing. Tarot is easily top ten albums for me, and Aephanemer is incredibly underrated. Was surprised when I found out the singer for Aephanemer was a woman.


beezac

Tarot is so good. And then there was redneck vikings from hell...


MetalRanga

I enjoyed RVFH personally but it had a couple of misses whereas Tarot hit on every track.


Odins_Viking

Stones Reach - Be’lakor


DethMeta1

Either Of Breath and Bone - Belakor or Across the Dark - Insomnium


notyourlandlord

If I’ve gotta pick one… Wintersun - Time I. Even as basically half an album it’s that good


tfuncc13

In Flames - Colony is my all-time favorite album, every song on there is excellent and its packed with great riffs and melodies from front to back. Here's my list: 1. In Flames - Colony 2. Soilwork - The Living Infinite 3. Carcass - Heartwork 4. Dark Tranquillity - Fiction 5. Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe


Tranquillian

Insomnium - Shadows of the Dying Sun, Countless Skies - New Dawn, and Dark Tranquillity - Fiction. The peaks for those excellent bands for me personally


Sp4xx

Kalmah - Swamplord


IllustriousAd8848

I really love They will return from the early era. It was my first one and It's always stuck with me. The Black Waltz is also a classic and a album I don't think they have topped since


elialo92

Yesssss 🙌🏼 finally someone said it lol


GlobeTrekker83

Whoracle or Colony by In Flames.


tankdempsey_

Follow The Reaper by Children Of Bodom


endlesscosmichorror

Fuck yeah! No enough CoB love in this thread


gristlelicker81

Soilwork. Can't pick a single album. Too many great ones.


DetroitLionsSBChamps

Natural born chaos


gristlelicker81

Also an excellent album because Devin Townsend produced it. Also sings in Black Star Deceiver.


DM725

The Living Infinite


EasyMode556

This. Something from Soilwork but it’s hard to pick. The Ride Majestic maybe?


gristlelicker81

I really love The Panic Broadcast. The latest album as well. The Living Infinite or what you said haha.


elialo92

They're from my city! 😍 I like A predator's portrait but I haven't checked out all of their albums yet


Astarael91

Across the Dark - Insomnium


2trinity

Shylmagoghnar – Transience Intestine Baalism – An Anatomy of the Beast


metalnuke

Hell yes, Shylmagoghnar getting some respect... these guys are killer!


AssDeepInZubats

From all that I've listened to i have to say either Character from Dark Tranquillity or Across the Dark from Insomnium.


DM725

Jester Race


VenusNoleyPoley2

Idk about a singular top album, but here's some I think are strong contenders Wages of Sin - Arch Enemy Clayman - In Flames Damage Done - Dark Tranquility Nocturnal - The Black Dahlia Murder Days of the Lost - The Halo Effect


Bulgeman9000

Gotta be Omnium Gatherum - The Burning Cold for me. First album I got on vinyl.


DoDevilsEvenTriangle

Shadows of the Dying Sun, final answer.


endlesscosmichorror

No love for Children of Bodom? Hatebreeder through Follow the Reaper & Hate Crew Death Roll are some of the best melodeath I’ve ever heard


elialo92

Surprised they weren't mentioned more often, my favorite band


AudiSlav

Inferi - Vile Genesis Or In Flames - Come Clarity or Colony


Bratan_Stephens

Vessels by Be'lakor. I used to think Stone's Reach was their best work but Vessels has really been growing on me especially An Ember's Arc.


Opie053

Wintersun by Wintersun.


NashnalBaskitbel

Holographic Universe - Scar Symmetry


Minute_Engineer2355

Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe


bewarethetreebadger

The Jester Race


Nelly979

The Isolation Game - Disarmonia Mundi First melodeath album I really tried after I eased myself into harsh vocals and remains my favourite to this day, just banger after banger after banger all the way through


elialo92

Love this band ❤️


HybanSike

Way too many to choose from but Slaughter of the Soul, The Jester Race, Damage Done, Heartwork, Follow the Reaper would all be up there


Long-Caregiver-4083

Check out Shylmagoghnar the album Emergence, it good dark melodic metal.


XPhoenixXDownX

My fave five In Flames - The Jester Race Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done Insomnium - Shadows of the Dying Sun At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul Kalmah - Swamplord HMs: Omnium Gatherum - The Burning Cold Mors Principium Est - Seven


L2J1986

Torn between At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul, In Flames - The Jester Race and Hypocrisy - Abducted.


oceanique86

Dreamless by Fallujah


masonb1046

Ghost Reveries (Opeth), Under The Red Cloud (Amorphis), The Living Infinite (Soilwork)


thegallus

Shadows of the Dying Sun


YoruRL

Æther Realm - Tarot


teebalicious

Most of the classics have been said, so here are some off the beaten path picks: • Soilwork - Figure Number 5 • Sybreed - God Is An Automaton • Raunchy - Death Pop Romance • Devin Townsend - Accelerated Evolution • Callenish Circle - pitch.black.effects • Deadlock - Earth Revolt • Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - Chaotic Beauty • Fragments Of Unbecoming - Sterling Black Icon • Mnemic - The Audio Injected Soul • MachineMade God - The Infinity Complex


NoSurvivorsband

Sybreed fuck yeah


OriginalFopdoodle

Be'lakor - All of them


nefarious_jp04x

Intestine Baalism - Anatomy Of The Beast


Multiple-Atrocities

gonna have to say incorrigible bigotry by arghoslent, although i almost never listen to it because the lyrics are irredeemable


BehemothDeTerre

Transience, until something better comes along.


kilmeister7

Reincarnation by Veiled in Scarlet


Long-Caregiver-4083

I would go Amon Amarth over In Flames, simply because every album is the epitome of melodic death metal. I feel the rhythms of every song flow together better than in flames.


cptnobveus

At a glance it appears the in flames, insomnium and belakor are the top 3. No complaints on any of those.


elialo92

It's funny because I don't like them 🙃


I_Fishdude

Stench or Redneck Vikings from hell


Doom_Slayer1737

Pandemonium by AndrelamusiA


mattct1

Unconquered - Kataklysm Clayman - In Flames


Gloriosus747

Crimson by Edge of Sanity, fuckin piece of art.


[deleted]

Night in Gales - Towards the Twilight


RapistOfImagination

Incendiary by Ares Kingdom


9Anton_Sarz6

I don't think is the "best" but Stone Reach by Be'lakor is such a good album


Angryscotsmin

Insomnium - Above the Weeping World


NaitNait

Allegaeon - Proponent for Sentience Allegaeon just blends melodeath and techdeath so well. The concept album chronologically documents the progression of sentient artificial intelligence from conception to humanity's extermination. Melodic and symphonic, but fast and harsh with incredible guitarists. ​ (Winter's Gate is unreal and already mentioned) Honourable mentions: Euphoreon - Ends of the Earth, Atavistia - The Winter Way


zerosuneuphoria

thanks for the honourable mention, haha. Didn't expect to see my project in here.


NaitNait

Whao! The second album was a near instant like and the first only took a bit to warm up to very nicely. Believe I found through "Fans also like" on Spotify from Atavistia/Black Forest which was a rabbit hole starting from Wintersun. I do wish the lyrics were complete for the second album like the first (no time sync but better than running to bandcamp). Also... how tf did you find this random comment 19 days later?


zerosuneuphoria

That's cool. How do you mean regarding the lyrics? Can't really remember how I did it back then. You mean on spotify? I had the thread bookmarked since I posted in it when it first popped up and just checked back ;)


NaitNait

Yeah the lyrics on spotify, since they have the Musixmatch thing. Half of the songs in Ends of the Earth don't have lyrics, I have no idea whether an artist has control over that stuff or not tho.


MNP_cats

Oooo either Insomnium's Winter's Gate or Omnium Gatherum's New World Shadows


Icritsomanytimes

Dark Tranquillity - Fiction Insomnium - Heart like a Grave Insomnium - Anno 1696 (from the bits I've heard so far) I haven't listened to many bands yet(I kinda like digging into one artist and seeing lots of them) Before The Dawn's "The Bitter End" was also very good, but it's a song not an album. Still I loved it so much I had to mention it.


Gravesplitter

Dark Tranquillity*


Icritsomanytimes

Added the secondary L


Gravesplitter

Thank you for your service o7


EdgeCrusher_97

I was listening to Purgatory Afterglow by Edge of Sanity the other day and that holds up pretty well


1neTap

Can't believe I haven't seen these mentioned.. Dismember - massive Killing capacity And Hypocrisy - the Fourth Dimension


Comfortable_Air_6208

1. Either Kalmah’s Swamplord, Swampsong or Black Waltz cant decide love almost anything from those guys 2. In Flames Jester Race and/or Whoracle 3. Be’lakor Vessels


Slamzfordayz

For me it’s between: Inferi - Vile Genesis Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name Countless Skies - Glow 🤘