/r/melodicdeathmetal is a place for news, song sharing, and discussions on all things related to melodic death metal.

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New to Melodic Death Metal? Check out our Essential Albums list to get you started!

RESTRICTED LIST:

The following bands may only be posted once per month. Before you post them, search the subreddit to see if they have been posted recently.

• AMON AMARTH
• BE'LAKOR
• CHILDREN OF BODOM
• DARK TRANQUILLITY
• IN FLAMES
• INSOMNIUM

See this post for more details

General Rules:

1. When posting a song, have the title in the form Artist - Song Name, followed by any relevant comment in parentheses (optional) or it will be removed.

2. Make sure that songs posted are melodic death metal, or at the very least, incorporate melodeath elements.

3. No reposting of songs/albums that have already been posted in the past 6 months. Also avoid posting songs of a band that was posted a lot recently, especially if it was just a few hours ago.

4. Bands on the restricted list are only allowed to be posted once every 30 days independent of song/album, so check whether they have been posted within the last month before posting. Exceptions are new releases, and to circumvent your restricted band post being autoremoved write "[new]" at the end of your title.

5. Please refrain from posting full Albums/EPs, but instead choose one song and submit that.

6. No memes, shitposting or reaction videos. Post this to r/MetalMemes instead.

7. Avoid low effort posts, such as blurry photos, live shows recorded with your smartphone or lazy text posts that we already had plenty of. For recommendations for newbies check our wiki, for raving yet again about how awesome Insomnium is visit our Weekly Discussion Thread.

8. Keep self promotion to a minimum.

9. No partial or low-quality covers.

10. No AI generated content.

11. No direct uploads. If you are posting a song/album, link directly to it on Youtube, Bandcamp etc.

12. Do not link to illegal download services.

13. No hate speech, racism, misogyny, ableism, homophobic or transphobic slurs etc. Also, do not promote bands that fall into one of these categories.