Best Death Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #32 Human (1991) #50 Leprosy (1988) #100
2	Cannibal Corpse 1988, United States Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Torture (2012) #435 A Skeletal Domain (2014) #958 The Bleeding (1994) #985
3	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #93 Surgical Steel (2013) #281 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #324
4	Deicide 1989, United States Death Metal	Legion (1992) #97 Deicide (1990) #147 Once upon the Cross (1995) #477
5	Obituary 1988, United States Death Metal	Cause of Death (1990) #57 Slowly We Rot (1989) #545 Dead (1998) [Live] #1989
6	Morbid Angel 1983, United States Death Metal	Altars of Madness (1989) #70 Covenant (1993) #675 Gateways to Annihilation (2000) #1312
7	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #271 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #1495 Into the Pandemonium (1987) #1702
8	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #865 De Profundis (1995) #887 Litany (2000) #1126
9	Krisiun 1990, Brazil Death Metal	Southern Storm (2008) #313 Black Force Domain (1995) #580 Conquerors of Armageddon (2000) #1204
10	The Chasm 1992, Mexico Death Metal	Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm (2009) #331 Deathcult for Eternity: the Triumph (1998) #639 The Spell of Retribution (2004) #903
11	Aborted 1995, Belgium Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done (2003) #185 Global Flatline (2012) #1740 Retrogore (2016)
12	Bloodbath 1998, Sweden Death Metal	The Wacken Carnage (2008) [Live] #598 Nightmares Made Flesh (2004) #835 Breeding Death (2000) [EP] #1008
13	Immolation 1988, United States Death Metal	Dawn of Possession (1991) #526 Kingdom of Conspiracy (2013) #1185 Here in After (1996) #1920
14	Autopsy 1987, United States Death Metal	Mental Funeral (1991) #269 Severed Survival (1989) #704 Macabre Eternal (2011) #1183
15	Bolt Thrower 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal	...For Victory (1994) #658 Those Once Loyal (2005) #785 Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness (1989) #929
16	Entombed 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Left Hand Path (1990) #972 Clandestine (1991) #1174 Hollowman (1993) [EP]
17	Demigod Finland Death Metal	Slumber of Sullen Eyes (1992) #319 Unholy Domain (1991) [Demo] Shadow Mechanics (2002)
18	Incantation 1989, United States Death Metal	Onward to Golgotha (1992) #697 Diabolical Conquest (1998) #712 Mortal Throne of Nazarene (1994) #2024
19	Vital Remains 1988, United States Death Metal	Dechristianize (2003) #339 Icons of Evil (2007) #1396 Evil - Death - Live (2007) [Video]
20	Belphegor Austria Death Metal, Black Metal	Conjuring the Dead (2014) #1137 Lucifer Incestus (2003) #2962 Blood Magick Necromance (2011)
21	도깨비 (Tokkaebi) 1997, Korea Death Metal	천문 (Astronomical Phenomena) (2000) #614
22	Sulphur Aeon 2010, Germany Death Metal, Black Metal	The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos (2018) #582 Swallowed by the Ocean's Tide (2013) #822 Gateway to the Antisphere (2015) #1306
23	Darkane 1998, Sweden Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Rusted Angel (1998) #1215 Expanding Senses (2002) Layers of Lies (2005) #2950
24	Morgoth 1985, Germany Death Metal, Industrial Rock	Cursed (1991) #953 Ungod (2015) #2066 The Eternal Fall (1990) [EP] #2337
25	Six Feet Under 1993, United States Death Metal	Graveyard Christmas (2014) Maximum Violence (1999) #1692 Undead (2012) #1765
26	Blood Incantation 2011, United States Death Metal	Hidden History of the Human Race (2019) #522 Starspawn (2016) #561 Interdimensional Extinction (2015) [EP]
27	Cancer 1987, United Kingdom Death Metal, Thrash Metal	To the Gory End (1990) #702 Death Shall Rise (1991) #2508 Shadow Gripped (2018)
28	Tribulation 2004, Sweden Death Metal, Gothic Metal	The Formulas of Death (2013) The Children of the Night (2015) #1644 Down Below (2018) #2490
29	Malevolent Creation 1986, United States Death Metal	The 13th Beast (2019) The Ten Commandments (1991) #1476 Retribution (1992) #2008
30	Impiety 1990, Singapore Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) #557 Kaos Kommand 696 (2002) Versus All Gods (2019)
31	Grave 1988, Sweden Death Metal	You'll Never See... (1992) Into the Grave (1991) #1745 As Rapture Comes (2006)
32	Sinister 1988, Netherlands Death Metal	Cross the Styx (1992) #1258 Diabolical Summoning (1993) #1839 The Post-Apocalyptic Servant (2014)
33	Runemagick 1990, Sweden Death Metal, Doom Metal	Darkness Death Doom (2003) #716 The Supreme Force of Eternity (1998) Moon of the Chaos Eclipse (2002)
34	Avulsed 1991, Spain Death Metal	Gorespattered Suicide (2005) #2190 Yearning for the Grotesque (2003) #2192 Ritual Zombi (2013)
35	Obtained Enslavement 1989, Norway Death Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Witchcraft (1997) #926 Soulblight (1998) #2023 The Shepherd and the Hounds of Hell (2000)
36	Necrophobic 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal	The Nocturnal Silence (1993) #810 Darkside (1997) Mark of the Necrogram (2018)
37	Solstice 1990, United States Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Solstice (1992) #408 Pray for the Sentencing (2012) [Compilation] Pray (1995) #4310
38	Kataklysm 1991, Canada Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Sorcery (1995) #1857 Shadows and Dust (2002) Temple of Knowledge (Kataklysm Part III) (1996)
39	Dismember 1988, Sweden Death Metal	Like an Ever Flowing Stream (1991) #3087 Massive Killing Capacity (1995) Death Metal (1997) #4088
40	Akercocke 1997, United Kingdom Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Black Metal	Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone (2005) #2271 Renaissance in Extremis (2017) Choronzon (2003)

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