Melodic death metal includes aspects of traditional heavy metal .
The Swedish death metal scene did much to popularize the style , soon centering in the `` Gothenburg metal '' scene. Melodic death metal combines aspects of traditional heavy metal ranging as far as the new wave of British heavy metal , in particular fast riffing and harmonic guitar lines , with the heavily distorted guitars , fast double-bass drum patterns and occasional blast beats of death metal .
Melodic death metal