The MDM designation in general bugs me to be honest. It's such a loosely defined genre. Really what most people mean when they say MDM is heavy/melodic metal with harsh vocals. How many elements of "death metal" are there in Clayman, for example? A few blast beats here and there? Listen to actual Death Metal bands and they sound literally nothing like bands like IF or Arch Enemy. The only link you could really make in TJR/Whoracle days was the low, gutteral vocals, but then Anders changed to higher pitched screaming which you rarely if ever hear in actual Death Metal bands, so again, what's left in Colony or Clayman that is death metal? If nothing, why is it being called Melodic DEATH metal?