Best Death Metal Bands

749 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #13 Damnation (2003) #77 Ghost Reveries (2005) #86
2	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #54 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #106 Wages of Sin (2001) #271
3	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #18 Fiction (2007) #44 Atoma (2016) #225
4	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #183 The Jester Race (1996) #199 Whoracle (1997) #205
5	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #116 Follow the Reaper (2000) #159 Hatebreeder (1999) #216
6	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #31 Human (1991) #50 Leprosy (1988) #74
7	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #33 Schizophrenia (1987) #190 Arise (1991) #215
8	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #23 Beyond (2013) #184 Grey Heavens (2016) #906
9	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #32 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #144 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #450
10	Cannibal Corpse 1988, United States Death Metal	Torture (2012) #552 A Skeletal Domain (2014) #1034 Kill (2006) #1147
11	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #130 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #329 Surgical Steel (2013) #337
12	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #52 Heart Like a Grave (2019) #235 One for Sorrow (2011) #341
13	Deicide 1989, United States Death Metal	Legion (1992) #88 Deicide (1990) #107 Once upon the Cross (1995) #438
14	Behemoth 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal	The Satanist (2014) #109 Evangelion (2009) #312 Demigod (2004) #318
15	Kalmah 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	12 Gauge (2010) #96 The Black Waltz (2006) #484 They Will Return (2002) #520
16	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Silent Waters (2007) #428 Halo (2022) #489 Skyforger (2009) #562
17	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	Övergivenheten (2022) #709 The Living Infinite (2013) #801 Verkligheten (2019) #802
18	Fleshgod Apocalypse 2007, Italy Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	King (2016) #152 Oracles (2009) #650 The Fool (2016) [Single]
19	Cryptopsy 1992, Canada Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	None So Vile (1996) #29 Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) #301 Cryptopsy (2012) #878
20	Eternal Tears of Sorrow 1994, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Virgin and a Whore (2001) #192 Chaotic Beauty (2000) #404 Before the Bleeding Sun (2006) #971
21	Therion 1988, Sweden Symphonic Metal, Death Metal	Vovin (1998) #122 Secret of the Runes (2001) #440 Theli (1996) #891
22	Obituary 1988, United States Death Metal	Cause of Death (1990) #47 Slowly We Rot (1989) #385 The End Complete (1992) #2347
23	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #120 Spiritual Migration (2013) #203 Shin-Ken (2009) #354
24	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #403 Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) #793 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #828
25	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #472 Codex Omega (2017) #502 Mystic Places of Dawn (1994) #506
26	Napalm Death 1981, United Kingdom Grindcore, Death Metal, Hardcore Punk	Scum (1987) #293 From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988) #497 The Peel Sessions (1989) [Compilation]
27	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #772 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single] The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity) (2014) #1543
28	Morbid Angel 1983, United States Death Metal	Altars of Madness (1989) #43 Covenant (1993) #781 Kingdoms Disdained (2017) #1309
29	Nile 1993, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Annihilation of the Wicked (2005) #125 In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) #321 Black Seeds of Vengeance (2000) #843
30	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #667 Litany (2000) #868 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #982
31	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #459 Iconoclast (2008) #1759 Veto (2013) #2205
32	Suffocation 1989, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) #172 Pierced From Within (1995) #188 Human Waste (1991) [EP] #1833
33	Mors Principium Est 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal	...and Death said live (2012) #629 The Unborn (2005) #954 Dawn of the 5th Era (2014) #1196
34	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #372 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #791 Magma (2016) #1142
35	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #68 The Somberlain (1993) #1480 Rebirth of Dissection (2006) [Video]
36	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #214 The Red in the Sky Is Ours (1992) #1888 At War with Reality (2014) #1918
37	Wintersun 2003, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Time I (2012) #162 Wintersun (2004) #1313 The Forest Seasons (2017) #1479
38	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #244 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #1858 Into the Pandemonium (1987) #2357
39	Nocturnal Rites 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Death Metal	Grand Illusion (2005) #444 The 8th Sin (2007) #768 Shadowland (2002) #1046
40	Krisiun 1990, Brazil Death Metal	Southern Storm (2008) #323 Black Force Domain (1995) #505 Conquerors of Armageddon (2000) #1207
41	Disarmonia Mundi 1999, Italy Melodic Death Metal	Fragments of D-Generation (2004) #395 Mind Tricks (2006) #597 Nebularium + the Restless Memoirs EP (2009) [Compilation]
42	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #280 Monolith (2010) #560 Shrouded Divine (2008) #655
43	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #320 Traced in Air (2008) #812 Uroboric Forms - The Complete Demo Recordings (2017) [Compilation]
44	Fear Factory 1990, United States Industrial Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Demanufacture (1995) #1122 Resurrection (1998) [Single] Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies) (2001) [Single]
45	Mercenary 1991, Denmark Melodic Death Metal	Architect of Lies (2008) #644 The Hours That Remain (2006) #903 Through Our Darkest Days (2013) #1542
46	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #173 Cosmogenesis (2009) #738 Omnivium (2011) #842
47	Norther 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Death Unlimited (2004) #1191 Mirror of Madness (2003) #1735 Dreams of Endless War (2002) #1745
48	Amaranthe 2008, Sweden Trance Metal, Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	Amaranthe (2011) #909 Manifest (2020) #2473 The Nexus (2013) #4674
49	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #416 Vessels (2016) #423 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #680
50	Shade Empire 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Industrial Death Metal, Symphonic Death Metal, Black Metal	Anti-Life Saviour (2017) [Single] Omega Arcane (2013) #353 Poetry of the Ill-Minded (2017) #754

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