Editing Death metal (section)

===Melodic death metal===
{{Main|Melodic death metal}}
[[File:At the Gates Sweden Rock 2008.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Melodic death metal band [[At the Gates]] performing in 2008.]]
[[Swedish death metal]] could be considered the forerunner of "melodic death metal". Melodic death metal, occasionally shortened to "melodeath", is a fusion of [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] with elements of death metal. The subgenre is heavily influenced by the [[new wave of British heavy metal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-melodic-death-metal-1756186|title=What is Melodic Death Metal?|url-status=dead|access-date=June 25, 2019|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612211132/https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-melodic-death-metal-1756186}}</ref> Unlike most other death metal, melodeath usually features screams instead of growls, slower tempos, and much stronger emphasis on melody. Clean vocals may be used on occasion. [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] is sometimes credited with releasing the first melodic death metal album with 1993's ''[[Heartwork]]'', although Swedish bands [[In Flames]], [[Dark Tranquillity]], and [[At the Gates]] are usually mentioned as the main pioneers of the genre and of the [[Melodic death metal#Background|Gothenburg metal]] sound.