Best Death Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #23 Fiction (2007) #42 Atoma (2016) #190
2	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #59 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #96 Wages of Sin (2001) #314
3	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #167 The Jester Race (1996) #182 Whoracle (1997) #288
4	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Follow the Reaper (2000) #112 Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #113 Hatebreeder (1999) #268
5	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #8 Damnation (2003) #70 Ghost Reveries (2005) #82
6	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #29 Human (1991) #46 Leprosy (1988) #83
7	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #24 Beyond (2013) #141 Grey Heavens (2016) #677
8	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #37 Heart Like a Grave (2019) #195 Anno 1696 (2023) #198
9	Cannibal Corpse 1988, United States Death Metal	Torture (2012) #562 Kill (2006) #1095 A Skeletal Domain (2014) #1103
10	Kalmah 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	12 Gauge (2010) #90 The Black Waltz (2006) #475 They Will Return (2002) #485
11	Deicide 1989, United States Death Metal	Legion (1992) #92 Deicide (1990) #121 Once upon the Cross (1995) #497
12	Behemoth 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal	The Satanist (2014) #148 Evangelion (2009) #249 Demigod (2004) #339
13	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #128 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #274 Surgical Steel (2013) #296
14	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	Övergivenheten (2022) #712 The Ride Majestic (2015) #761 The Living Infinite (2013) #792
15	Fleshgod Apocalypse 2007, Italy Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	King (2016) #139 Oracles (2009) #547 Agony (2011) #561
16	Cryptopsy 1992, Canada Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	None So Vile (1996) #33 Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) #309 Cryptopsy (2012) #681
17	Eternal Tears of Sorrow 1994, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Virgin and a Whore (2001) #222 Chaotic Beauty (2000) #378 Before the Bleeding Sun (2006) #890
18	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #27 Arise (1991) #103 Schizophrenia (1987) #217
19	Obituary 1988, United States Death Metal	Cause of Death (1990) #62 Slowly We Rot (1989) #490 The End Complete (1992) #1553
20	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #151 Spiritual Migration (2013) #250 Shin-Ken (2009) #440
21	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #401 Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) #968 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #1392
22	Morbid Angel 1983, United States Death Metal	Altars of Madness (1989) #51 Covenant (1993) #605 Blessed Are the Sick (1991) #1455
23	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #452 Codex Omega (2017) #509 Mystic Places of Dawn (1994) #536
24	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #876 The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) (2023) #1120 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single]
25	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #615 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #846 Litany (2000) #867
26	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #400 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #505 Queen of Time (2018) #518
27	Nile 1993, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Annihilation of the Wicked (2005) #207 In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) #291 Those Whom the Gods Detest (2009) #862
28	Suffocation 1989, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Pierced From Within (1995) #173 Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) #265 Hymns from the Apocrypha (2023) #852
29	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #204 At War with Reality (2014) #1371 Terminal Spirit Disease (1994) #1917
30	Mors Principium Est 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal	...And Death Said Live (2012) #502 The Unborn (2005) #962 Dawn of the 5th Era (2014) #1252
31	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #455 Iconoclast (2008) #1931 Veto (2013) #2137
32	Immolation 1988, United States Death Metal	Dawn of Possession (1991) #404 Close to a World Below (2000) #854 Here in After (1996) #880
33	Krisiun 1990, Brazil Death Metal	Southern Storm (2008) #355 Black Force Domain (1995) #454 Conquerors of Armageddon (2000) #1206
34	Bolt Thrower 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal	...For Victory (1994) #342 Those Once Loyal (2005) #542 The IVth Crusade (1992) #584
35	Mercenary 1991, Denmark Melodic Death Metal	Architect of Lies (2008) #707 The Hours That Remain (2006) #800 Soundtrack for the End Times (2023) #1341
36	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #308 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #413 Vessels (2016) #420
37	Disarmonia Mundi 1999, Italy Melodic Death Metal	Fragments of D-Generation (2004) #377 Mind Tricks (2006) #550 Nebularium + the Restless Memoirs EP (2009) [Compilation]
38	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #286 Monolith (2010) #456 Shrouded Divine (2008) #625
39	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #194 Cosmogenesis (2009) #912 Omnivium (2011) #1016
40	Dying Fetus 1991, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Descend into Depravity (2009) #336 Killing on Adrenaline (1998) #1101 War of Attrition (2007) #1261
41	Norther 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Death Unlimited (2004) #794 Dreams of Endless War (2002) #1747 Mirror of Madness (2003) #1748
42	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Everblack (2013) #947 Nocturnal (2007) #1208 Ritual (2011) #1636
43	The Chasm 1992, Mexico Death Metal	Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm (2009) #388 Deathcult for Eternity: the Triumph (1998) #1273 The Spell of Retribution (2004) #1406
44	Autopsy 1987, United States Death Metal	Mental Funeral (1991) #260 Severed Survival (1989) #581 Macabre Eternal (2011) #2195
45	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #305 Unorthodox (1992) #1941 The Spectral Sorrows (1993) #2978
46	Dark Lunacy 1997, Italy Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Diarist (2006) #637 Devoid (2000) #1112 Forget Me Not (2003) #1396
47	Aborted 1995, Belgium Brutal Death Metal	Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done (2003) #262 Retrogore (2016) #1588 Global Flatline (2012) #3480
48	Possessed 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Seven Churches (1985) #240 Revelations of Oblivion (2019) #1625 Beyond the Gates (1986) #4661
49	Bloodbath 1998, Sweden Death Metal	The Wacken Carnage (2008) [Live] #1334 Nightmares Made Flesh (2004) #1350 Breeding Death (2000) [EP] #1786
50	Hypocrisy 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal	A Taste of Extreme Divinity (2009) #1140 Virus (2005) #1379 Hell over Sofia - 20 Years of Chaos and Confusion (2011) [Video]

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