Best Death Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #9 Damnation (2003) #76 Ghost Reveries (2005) #77
2	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #18 Fiction (2007) #47 Atoma (2016) #200
3	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #36 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #86 Wages of Sin (2001) #258
4	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #167 The Jester Race (1996) #208 Whoracle (1997) #272
5	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #129 Follow the Reaper (2000) #151 Hatebreeder (1999) #202
6	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #33 Human (1991) #57 Leprosy (1988) #82
7	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #20 Beyond (2013) #138 Grey Heavens (2016) #861
8	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #53 Schizophrenia (1987) #239 Arise (1991) #242
9	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #30 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #94 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #362
10	Cannibal Corpse 1988, United States Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Torture (2012) #425 A Skeletal Domain (2014) #998 Kill (2006) #1132
11	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #100 Surgical Steel (2013) #285 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #320
12	Kalmah 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	12 Gauge (2010) #85 The Black Waltz (2006) #456 They Will Return (2002) #484
13	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #37 Heart Like a Grave (2019) #193 One for Sorrow (2011) #283
14	Behemoth 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal	The Satanist (2014) #98 Evangelion (2009) #271 Demigod (2004) #338
15	Deicide 1989, United States Death Metal	Legion (1992) #93 Deicide (1990) #152 Once upon the Cross (1995) #477
16	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	The Living Infinite (2013) #707 Verkligheten (2019) #979 Figure Number Five (2003) #993
17	Fleshgod Apocalypse 2007, Italy Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	King (2016) #163 Oracles (2009) #581 The Fool (2016) [Single]
18	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Silent Waters (2007) #359 Queen of Time (2018) #558 Skyforger (2009) #592
19	Cryptopsy 1992, Canada Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	None So Vile (1996) #27 Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) #288 Cryptopsy (2012) #636
20	Eternal Tears of Sorrow 1994, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Virgin and a Whore (2001) #171 Chaotic Beauty (2000) #323 Before the Bleeding Sun (2006) #869
21	Obituary 1988, United States Death Metal	Cause of Death (1990) #56 Slowly We Rot (1989) #568 Dead (1998) [Live] #2293
22	Napalm Death 1981, United Kingdom Grindcore, Death Metal, Hardcore Punk	Scum (1987) #198 The Peel Sessions (1989) [Compilation] From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988) #540
23	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Heavy Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #346 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #847 Once Sent From the Golden Hall (1998) #879
24	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #712 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single] The Unseen Empire (2011) #1410
25	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #110 Spiritual Migration (2013) #172 Shin-Ken (2009) #326
26	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Mystic Places of Dawn (1994) #241 Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #299 Codex Omega (2017) #527
27	Therion 1988, Sweden Symphonic Metal, Death Metal	Vovin (1998) #158 Secret of the Runes (2001) #593 The Miskolc Experience (2009) [Live] #871
28	Morbid Angel 1983, United States Death Metal	Altars of Madness (1989) #54 Covenant (1993) #665 Gateways to Annihilation (2000) #1413
29	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #374 Iconoclast (2008) #1468 Of Truth and Sacrifice (2020) #1617
30	Mors Principium Est 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal	...and Death said live (2012) #514 The Unborn (2005) #786 Dawn of the 5th Era (2014) #1023
31	Nile 1993, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Annihilation of the Wicked (2005) #135 In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) #292 Black Seeds of Vengeance (2000) #833
32	Nocturnal Rites 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Death Metal	Grand Illusion (2005) #415 The 8th Sin (2007) #662 Shadowland (2002) #900
33	Suffocation 1989, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) #125 Pierced From Within (1995) #186 ...Of the Dark Light (2017) #2905
34	Disarmonia Mundi 1999, Italy Melodic Death Metal	Fragments of D-Generation (2004) #400 Mind Tricks (2006) #519 Nebularium + the Restless Memoirs EP (2009) [Compilation]
35	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #74 The Somberlain (1993) #1827 Reinkaos (2006) #4972
36	Mercenary 1991, Denmark Melodic Death Metal	Architect of Lies (2008) #531 The Hours That Remain (2006) #678 Through Our Darkest Days (2013) #1307
37	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #227 Traced in Air (2008) #692 Uroboric Forms - The Complete Demo Recordings (2017) [Compilation]
38	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #275 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #1652 Into the Pandemonium (1987) #2256
39	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #232 The Red in the Sky Is Ours (1992) #1268 Terminal Spirit Disease (1994) #1879
40	Wintersun 2003, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Time I (2012) #173 The Forest Seasons (2017) #1587 Wintersun (2004) #1761

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