Best Death Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #23 Fiction (2007) #41 Atoma (2016) #195
2	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #51 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #97 Wages of Sin (2001) #318
3	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #160 The Jester Race (1996) #177 Whoracle (1997) #283
4	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Follow the Reaper (2000) #98 Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #111 Hatebreeder (1999) #254
5	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #8 Damnation (2003) #76 Ghost Reveries (2005) #80
6	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #24 Human (1991) #43 Leprosy (1988) #70
7	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #26 Beyond (2013) #147 Grey Heavens (2016) #689
8	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #38 Heart Like a Grave (2019) #198 Anno 1696 (2023) #210
9	Cannibal Corpse 1988, United States Death Metal	Torture (2012) #540 A Skeletal Domain (2014) #1115 Kill (2006) #1123
10	Deicide 1989, United States Death Metal	Legion (1992) #87 Deicide (1990) #125 Once upon the Cross (1995) #514
11	Kalmah 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	12 Gauge (2010) #90 The Black Waltz (2006) #447 They Will Return (2002) #495
12	Behemoth 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal	The Satanist (2014) #151 Evangelion (2009) #251 Demigod (2004) #314
13	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #107 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #260 Surgical Steel (2013) #309
14	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	Övergivenheten (2022) #515 The Ride Majestic (2015) #780 The Living Infinite (2013) #810
15	Fleshgod Apocalypse 2007, Italy Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	King (2016) #146 Oracles (2009) #553 Agony (2011) #571
16	Cryptopsy 1992, Canada Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	None So Vile (1996) #31 Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) #281 Cryptopsy (2012) #765
17	Eternal Tears of Sorrow 1994, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Virgin and a Whore (2001) #224 Chaotic Beauty (2000) #389 Before the Bleeding Sun (2006) #907
18	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #25 Arise (1991) #116 Schizophrenia (1987) #237
19	Obituary 1988, United States Death Metal	Cause of Death (1990) #58 Slowly We Rot (1989) #438 The End Complete (1992) #1401
20	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #155 Spiritual Migration (2013) #253 Shin-Ken (2009) #451
21	Morbid Angel 1983, United States Death Metal	Altars of Madness (1989) #56 Covenant (1993) #505 Blessed Are the Sick (1991) #1419
22	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #387 Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) #985 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #1405
23	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #462 Codex Omega (2017) #494 Mystic Places of Dawn (1994) #509
24	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #896 The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) (2023) #1042 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single]
25	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #633 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #865 Litany (2000) #886
26	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #408 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #455 Queen of Time (2018) #520
27	Suffocation 1989, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Pierced From Within (1995) #193 Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) #271 Hymns from the Apocrypha (2023) #1484
28	Nile 1993, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Annihilation of the Wicked (2005) #209 In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) #347 Those Whom the Gods Detest (2009) #880
29	Bolt Thrower 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal	...For Victory (1994) #343 The IVth Crusade (1992) #491 Those Once Loyal (2005) #498
30	Mors Principium Est 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal	...And Death Said Live (2012) #497 The Unborn (2005) #980 Dawn of the 5th Era (2014) #1118
31	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #207 At War with Reality (2014) #1384 Terminal Spirit Disease (1994) #1930
32	Immolation 1988, United States Death Metal	Dawn of Possession (1991) #441 Close to a World Below (2000) #774 Here in After (1996) #862
33	Krisiun 1990, Brazil Death Metal	Southern Storm (2008) #345 Black Force Domain (1995) #354 Conquerors of Armageddon (2000) #1205
34	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #474 Iconoclast (2008) #1943 Veto (2013) #2153
35	Mercenary 1991, Denmark Melodic Death Metal	Architect of Lies (2008) #714 The Hours That Remain (2006) #818 Soundtrack for the End Times (2023) #1418
36	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #322 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #413 Vessels (2016) #430
37	Disarmonia Mundi 1999, Italy Melodic Death Metal	Fragments of D-Generation (2004) #386 Mind Tricks (2006) #557 Nebularium + the Restless Memoirs EP (2009) [Compilation]
38	Dying Fetus 1991, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Descend into Depravity (2009) #319 Killing on Adrenaline (1998) #978 War of Attrition (2007) #1193
39	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #276 Monolith (2010) #464 Shrouded Divine (2008) #634
40	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #197 Cosmogenesis (2009) #997 Omnivium (2011) #1031
41	Norther 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Death Unlimited (2004) #811 Dreams of Endless War (2002) #1749 Mirror of Madness (2003) #1750
42	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #302 Unorthodox (1992) #1918 The Spectral Sorrows (1993) #3013
43	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Everblack (2013) #943 Ritual (2011) #1194 Nocturnal (2007) #1216
44	Aborted 1995, Belgium Brutal Death Metal	Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done (2003) #245 Retrogore (2016) #1283 Global Flatline (2012) #3542
45	The Chasm 1992, Mexico Death Metal	Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm (2009) #399 The Spell of Retribution (2004) #1424 Deathcult for Eternity: the Triumph (1998) #1837
46	Autopsy 1987, United States Death Metal	Mental Funeral (1991) #305 Severed Survival (1989) #532 Macabre Eternal (2011) #2644
47	Dark Lunacy 1997, Italy Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Diarist (2006) #647 Devoid (2000) #1124 Forget Me Not (2003) #1410
48	Possessed 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Seven Churches (1985) #257 Revelations of Oblivion (2019) #1638 Beyond the Gates (1986) #5124
49	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #282 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #737 Magma (2016) #831
50	Bloodbath 1998, Sweden Death Metal	Nightmares Made Flesh (2004) #1329 The Wacken Carnage (2008) [Live] #1342 The Fathomless Mastery (2008) #1771

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