Hi,

For a task at school we have to make a blog;
And why not one that will have some meaning to it! Ofcourse it has to be about you're favorite hobby.
Mine is music, like many others i like to listen to all sorts of music but especially metal.

In this blog i will post some stuff about my favourite subgenre of metal; Melodic death.

For people who don't know alot about metal, the name of the subgenre, Melodic 'death' might be weird, but actually the genre offers you some hard guitar work mixed with beautiful melodies, grunt and clean vocals.
This is what Wikipedia says about Melodic Death Metal, or just Melodeath.

Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) with elements of death metal. The style originated and developed in Sweden (pioneered by At the Gates, Dissection, Dark Tranquillity and In Flames) and the United Kingdom (pioneered by Carcass) during the early and mid-1990s. The Swedish death metal scene did much to popularize the style, which soon centered in the "Gothenburg metal" scene in Gothenburg, Sweden.

My favourite bands are Insomnium, Swallow The Sun, Be'lakor, Dissection, At The Gates and Dark Tranquility,.. Ofcourse there alot more bands than that!

This has been a small intro into the genre, but maybe this will grow into a bigger page.. Who knows!

The following post will be about Insomnium!

Jelle.