r/melodicdeathmetal • u/AvengedTenfold • 6h ago
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/L_Flavour • Feb 12 '26
AOTY Results [Results] Melodic Death Metal Album of the Year 2025
Greetings everyone! Now that we are back, we decided to also make a more elaborated presentation of the voting results for the melodeath aoty 2025.
The results were evaluated via a ranked choice system, i.e. the best kind of vote :3 ....but we have also evaluated how the ranking would've looked like if we did vote differently: (A) the system we used the past years with everyone voting for 3 albums, (B) a weighed system similar to the ESC using all your 10 choices, and (C) a simple strawpoll where everyone would just vote for 1 album.
The voting was held across different platforms: reddit, discord and lemmy, but the results presented here on the first picture are the results from the reddit votes only. You can scroll through the pictures to find also information how the other platform users voted though.
Cheers
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/Hinayana_Official • 4h ago
Hinayana joins Insomnium and Amorphis on their 2026 North American Co-Headlining Tour ⚔️
We’re absolutely honored to be joining Finnish legends Insomnium and Amorphis on their 2026 North American co-headlining tour this November/December 🔥⚔️ This is definitely going to be one for the books 🤘🏻
11/17 - Boston, MA // Paradise Rock Club
11/18 - Montreal, QC // Theatre Beanfield
11/19 - Toronto, ON // The Concert Hall
11/20 - Columbus, OH // The King Of Clubs
11/21 - Detroit, MI // Magic Stick
11/23 - Chicago, IL // House Of Blues
11/24 - Minneapolis, MN // Varsity Theater
11/25 - Lincoln, NE // Bourbon Theatre
11/27 - Denver, CO // The Gothic Theater
11/28 - Salt Lake City, UT // Metro Music Hall
11/30 - Vancouver, BC // Rickshaw Theatre
12/01 - Portland, OR // Hawthorne Theatre
12/02 - Seattle, WA // The Showbox Market
12/04 - Berkeley, CA // The UC Theatre
12/05 - Los Angeles, CA // The Regent Theater
12/06 - Mesa, AZ // The Nile Theater
12/08 - Austin, TX // Come And Take It Live
12/09 - Dallas, TX // Granada Theater
12/11 - Orlando, FL // The Abbey
12/12 - Jacksonville, FL // The Albatross
12/13 - Atlanta, GA // The Masquerade
12/15 - Richmond, VA // The Canal Club
12/16 - Baltimore, MD // Baltimore Soundstage
12/18 - Reading, PA // Reverb
12/19 - New York, NY // Irving Plaza
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/Dark_Matter_Nebula • 1h ago
News/Article AMORPHIS & INSOMNIUM JOIN FORCES FOR MASSIVE NORTH AMERICAN CO-HEADLINE TOUR THIS WINTER
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/PrismaticSolid411 • 20h ago
Discussion One of my favorite death metal albums of all-time (Dark Tranquility - Fiction). A 10/10 masterpiece in my opinion, every song is fantastic. I could listen to this album on repeat infinitely.
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/1egg40eggs • 19h ago
News/Article Ensiferum announces The Early Years 2027 tour with Jari Maenpaa back on vocals
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/FiveFingerRisePunch • 5h ago
Song Darkest Hour - Suffer Devine (new song)
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/BlakkThrashAttak • 5h ago
Discussion What's an album you've loved for years that nobody seems to know about? [As Night Conquers Day by Autumn Leaves]
Artist: Autumn Leaves
Album: As Night Conquers Day (1999)
I've been listening to this album since probably the early 2000s (I believe I was 14 at the time of discovery), and it's still one of my favorite melodeath albums to this day. I would say 99% of the buddies I've played it for over the years haven't heard of the band or this album. It's one of those records that seems to have been largely forgotten, which is a shame because I think it's an absolute gem.... even after all these years, it still hits the same way it did when I first heard it.
It got me thinking about all the great bands that never really got their due from the melodeath genre. So, what's a lesser-known band or a one album wonder that you think deserved a much bigger audience? I'm always looking for hidden classics that other people have kept to themselves over the years.
P.S. Please check it out, this album deserves a listen through at least once. Favorite song off this album is Another Day, Another Demon... it has such an epic sound to it.
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/Straight-Wind9800 • 13h ago
Song "Oblivion Voyage-Cursed To Reincarnate" ( Tech Death / Prog )
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/flirtderboy • 1d ago
Discussion Next year is going to be my year
I was so sad when I discovered Finnish melodic death metal that every band is either abandond or someone died. Now next year COB will tour, norther will have a reunion and ensiferum just announced (while petri will tour with norther) that they will go on tour with jari (wintersun) and only play the old songs. This is going to be soooo cool!
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/Tricky_Ad3781 • 17h ago
Song Selias - Bastard
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r/melodicdeathmetal • u/Spiritual-Hamster212 • 1d ago
Looking for recommendations Bands like Amon Amarth, Fimbul Winter and Whispered that make you want to go to war?
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/Golgotha3 • 2d ago
Looking for recommendations Okay, now I need something similar to Be'lakor.
Not necessarily this particular album, although I liked it the most.
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/chrismetalrock • 2d ago
Song Aephanemer - Roots and Leaves
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/AbductedGalleryMDM • 1d ago
Song Fractal Gates - One with Dawn
The chorus has been stuck in my head ever since this album came out.
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/PlebOfExile • 1d ago
Song THE LAST OBLATION - 'Primal' (Spain,2026)
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/tiiiiiiiki • 1d ago
Discussion SOTS album art
Is the slaughter of the soul album art inspired by gorefests 1992 false/erase? they are very similar, i just got into gorefest they are pretty great although not melodeath.
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/wrathwithin • 2d ago
Song Scythe Of Sorrow - B.P.D (Broken, Psycho, Dead) (Official Music Video)
FFO: Children Of Bodom
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/CareDiscombobulated2 • 2d ago
Discussion Norther 2012 brutal assault live
Few years ago there was a full version "official" vídeo in good quality of their last concert in youtube but was deleted for some reason. I searched a lot in alternative websites but didn't find. Someone can help?
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/LargeSinkholesInNYC • 3d ago
Looking for recommendations What's the most technical song you've ever heard?
Any recommendation?
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/Affectionate-Access1 • 3d ago
Song VDFDI - Dancer In Haunted Dark Alley (Japan, 2010, That Chorus!!!!!!!)
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/subredditsummarybot • 3d ago
Discussion Your weekly /r/melodicdeathmetal roundup for the week of August 21 - August 27, 2026
Friday, August 21 - Thursday, August 27, 2026
Top Media
| score | comments | title & link | mirrors |
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| 143 | 23 comments | [Song] Soilwork - As We Speak |
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| 60 | 2 comments | [Song] Countless Skies - Glow, Part 1: Resolution, Part 2: Awakening, Part 3: Reflection |
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| 59 | 16 comments | [Song] Insomnium - Journey Unknown |
[Sp] [AM] [Dzr] [SC] |
| 42 | 6 comments | [Song] Mors Principium Est - Two Steps Away |
[Sp] [AM] [Dzr] [SC] |
| 33 | 3 comments | [Song] Mors Principium Est - Master Of The Dead |
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| 29 | 1 comments | [Song] Scar Symmetry - Timewave Zero (One of my favorite Scar Symmetry songs!) |
[Sp] [AM] [Dzr] [SC] |
| 29 | 5 comments | [Song] Brymir - Tempestbound (Official Video) |
[Sp] [AM] [BC] [SC] |
Top Remaining Posts
r/melodicdeathmetal • u/UnholyDemigod • 4d ago
Looking for recommendations Need some recs where there's a lot going on
Bands that just have a lot of stuff going on musically, with a multitude of instruments backed up by choirs and orchestral sections and people fighting and dogs barking and sirens wailing. Just an absolute cacophony of noise that after multiple listens you're still catching new parts buried within.