Best Swedish Melodic Death/Gothenburg Metal band
One extremely important piece of the melodic death jigsaw puzzle is the Gothenburg style, named after the city from which it originated. It is not certain what band originally started the Gothenburg sound, but it is widely accepted that In Flames, At the Gates, and Dark Tranquillity are the three major popularizers of the style, and some of the only widely known bands to practice it, with newer bands such as Arch Enemy and The Haunted being offshoots of Carcass and At The Gates respectively. -Wikipedia
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Not that you need it tho. Anyways so, which one is it for you? I guess this will end up Amon Amarth being the leader. I don't know maybe because they stayed pure from the beginning but my choice is Dark Tranquillity. They are giving the little signs of turning out like In Flames tho but i follow them!
I thought i can just give a little info.
Not that you need it tho. Anyways so, which one is it for you? I guess this will end up Amon Amarth being the leader. I don't know maybe because they stayed pure from the beginning but my choice is Dark Tranquillity. They are giving the little signs of turning out like In Flames tho but i follow them!
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Which one is the best Swedish "Melodic Death/Gothenburg Metal" band?
Dark Tranquillity
118
Amon Amarth
105
In Flames (pre-Clayman)
67
Arch Enemy
50
At The Gates
39
Edge of Sanity
21
Other
15
Soilwork
14
Total votes: 429
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Most definately Amon Amarth! The content/theme of their material gets me so excited, it touches my heart. Though I have no Viking Blood.....their music makes me feel right at home, it makes me wanna embark on an epic crusade of some sort  ......though In Flames were good too 
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
AMON AMARTH! the basslines and the guitar riffs synch so well.
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| Grey_Dandelion Posts: 132  |
Dark tranquillity...they are from another dimension-light years away
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| Eternal Flames Posts: 1570  |
Edge Of Sanity are the best for me. Crimson and Crimson II were masterpieces. The use of keyboards really enhances the album. Edge Of Sanity aren't like the rest of the generic Gothenburg metal bands. They are more unique and therefore my vote goes to them. At The Gates follows very closely behind though. They're probably one of the first bands that really started the Gothenburg style. It's a shame that neither band have any lead in the poll.
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| Katatronik Angel of Lust Posts: 1018  |
Very very hard choice... I was in doubt between Dark Tranquillity, In Flames and Soilwork. In the end I chose Dark Tranquillity, all their albums are amazing and different. My favorite is Damage Done but Character, The Gallery, The Mind's I...all incredible works! And their technical approach, almost prog in some situations, drives me crazy!
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| DeathMuffin Posts: 65  |
Arch Enemy for me...their songs are memorable and have structure but are still harsh...what more could you want?
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| Darkside Momo Retired Elite Posts: 9089  |
Dark Tranquillity for me !!!!  And then In Flames (all periods) and At The Gates for Slaughter Of The Soul (I still have difficulties with their earlier material)
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| RavenLord Posts: 651  |
Written by [user id=1279] on 28.11.2006 at 19:17 Amon Amarth ARE Melodic Death. By nature of the fact that they play death metal...which is melodic. Apart from their lyrics and image, there isn't anything particularly 'Viking' about their music. I was under the impression that Viking Metal had to incoporate something resembling folk metal into the music, as well as having Viking-themed lyrics.
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262  |
Amon Amarth is a melodic death metal band with Viking lyrics. Their sound pretty much defines what Melodic Death Metal is.
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| Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695  |
From the list I choose In Flames, although I don't consider them to be one of my favourite bands anymore. But they do mean a lot to me, it's the band I've seen live most times (3 times) and they've done a lot of amazing songs. I'd also consider Colony to be one of the best album ever!
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| Sunioj Posts: 3894  |
Its a hard choice, my top thre are in flames, arch enemy and at the gates, I think I will go with AE, cuz I like most of their albums.
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| oliviaa Posts: 23  |
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| spirit_inblack harshhead Posts: 715  |
I love all of those bands, but my vote is going to have to go to At The Gates. All of their albums are superb, even though they are really hard to get into. Slaughter Of The Soul is really great.
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| Eight Shapeshifter Posts: 2134  |
Gardenian are also great, theve got Bruce Dickinsonish vocals mixed with growl and they are kinda unknown so that makes them aumatically the best 
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| Paganblood The Aryaputra Posts: 1194  |
I chose amon amarth because I'm more into death metal than into gothenburg metal.
---- that which shines without names and forms...
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| devildriver86 Posts: 23  |
idk this is a hard one its between In Flames (pre-clayman) Dark Tranquillity and Arch Enemy i love all three bands but personaly im gona have to go with In Flames (pre-clayman) they got me started with gothenburg metal and since then i havent turned back so that is who i vote for
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| Danny Thomas Posts: 552  |
i chose Dark Tranquillity, but iv'e been really into Amon Amarth's new album as well, so its a tough call. but i'd say overall dark tranquillity is in my top 5 favorite bands of all time
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62020  |
Written by Paganblood on 12.01.2007 at 14:59 I agree Amon Amarth are more death/viking how gethenburg so I dunno why thay are in poll
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| Paganblood The Aryaputra Posts: 1194 |
Written by Bad English on 22.02.2007 at 11:36 They are in this poll because he title of the poll also says ' swedish melodic DM'... but placing Amon Amarth among the list of gothenburg bands is quite odd, I agree.
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| =maD.Doc:. Melodeath Master Posts: 386  |
I wonder why it's just In Flames Pre-Clayman... They are still Melodic Death/Gothenburg... But not as much death as before... The only two albums I consider real Death from them is Lunar Strain and Jester Race. After that they where more own sound. In Flames, just as simple as that. I vote for In Flames, both Pre-Clayman and after Clayman. Hail In Flames \m/
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