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) #193
2	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #58 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #123 Wages of Sin (2001) #337
3	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #20 Human (1991) #33 Leprosy (1988) #54
4	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #171 The Jester Race (1996) #182 Whoracle (1997) #297
5	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Follow the Reaper (2000) #99 Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #115 Hatebreeder (1999) #267
6	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #8 Ghost Reveries (2005) #66 Damnation (2003) #68
7	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #27 Beyond (2013) #137 Grey Heavens (2016) #724
8	Cannibal Corpse 1988, United States Death Metal	Torture (2012) #500 Kill (2006) #913 A Skeletal Domain (2014) #1218
9	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #36 Heart Like a Grave (2019) #209 Anno 1696 (2023) #256
10	Deicide 1989, United States Death Metal	Legion (1992) #95 Deicide (1990) #109 Once upon the Cross (1995) #472
11	Kalmah 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	12 Gauge (2010) #102 The Black Waltz (2006) #426 They Will Return (2002) #531
12	Behemoth 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal	The Satanist (2014) #131 Evangelion (2009) #266 Demigod (2004) #351
13	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #101 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #220 Surgical Steel (2013) #310
14	Cryptopsy 1992, Canada Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	None So Vile (1996) #30 Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) #240 Cryptopsy (2012) #859
15	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	Övergivenheten (2022) #557 The Ride Majestic (2015) #819 The Living Infinite (2013) #872
16	Fleshgod Apocalypse 2007, Italy Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	King (2016) #149 Agony (2011) #570 Oracles (2009) #583
17	Obituary 1988, United States Death Metal	Cause of Death (1990) #62 Slowly We Rot (1989) #424 The End Complete (1992) #1855
18	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #26 Arise (1991) #112 Schizophrenia (1987) #227
19	Eternal Tears of Sorrow 1994, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Virgin and a Whore (2001) #230 Chaotic Beauty (2000) #395 Before the Bleeding Sun (2006) #948
20	Morbid Angel 1983, United States Death Metal	Altars of Madness (1989) #44 Covenant (1993) #476 Gateways to Annihilation (2000) #1144
21	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #378 Skyforger (2009) #369 Queen of Time (2018) #412
22	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #150 Spiritual Migration (2013) #273 Shin-Ken (2009) #462
23	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #407 Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) #1163 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #1462
24	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #446 Codex Omega (2017) #533 Communion (2008) #584
25	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #631 Litany (2000) #736 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #908
26	Suffocation 1989, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Pierced From Within (1995) #130 Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) #196 Hymns from the Apocrypha (2023) #1355
27	Nile 1993, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Annihilation of the Wicked (2005) #307 In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) #404 Those Whom the Gods Detest (2009) #873
28	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #980 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single] The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) (2023) #1280
29	Bolt Thrower 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal	...For Victory (1994) #428 Those Once Loyal (2005) #486 The IVth Crusade (1992) #576
30	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #153 Terminal Spirit Disease (1994) #1630 At War with Reality (2014) #1645
31	Krisiun 1990, Brazil Death Metal	Southern Storm (2008) #318 Black Force Domain (1995) #340 Conquerors of Armageddon (2000) #1117
32	Mors Principium Est 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal	...And Death Said Live (2012) #487 The Unborn (2005) #1019 Dawn of the 5th Era (2014) #1146
33	Immolation 1988, United States Death Metal	Dawn of Possession (1991) #511 Kingdom of Conspiracy (2013) #912 Close to a World Below (2000) #920
34	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #535 Iconoclast (2008) #2000 Veto (2013) #2187
35	Dying Fetus 1991, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Descend into Depravity (2009) #372 Killing on Adrenaline (1998) #783 Destroy the Opposition (2000) #1166
36	Mercenary 1991, Denmark Melodic Death Metal	Architect of Lies (2008) #758 The Hours That Remain (2006) #894 Soundtrack for the End Times (2023) #902
37	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #283 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #432 Vessels (2016) #461
38	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #285 Monolith (2010) #494 Shrouded Divine (2008) #660
39	Hypocrisy 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal	A Taste of Extreme Divinity (2009) #1191 Virus (2005) #1345 Hell over Sofia - 20 Years of Chaos and Confusion (2011) [Video]
40	Disarmonia Mundi 1999, Italy Melodic Death Metal	Fragments of D-Generation (2004) #390 Mind Tricks (2006) #589 Nebularium + the Restless Memoirs EP (2009) [Compilation]
41	Autopsy 1987, United States Death Metal	Mental Funeral (1991) #331 Severed Survival (1989) #543 Macabre Eternal (2011) #2797
42	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #259 Unorthodox (1992) #2122 Purgatory Afterglow (1994) #2908
43	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #214 Cosmogenesis (2009) #969 Omnivium (2011) #1077
44	Aborted 1995, Belgium Brutal Death Metal	Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done (2003) #248 Retrogore (2016) #1341 Global Flatline (2012) #4258
45	Wintersun 2003, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Time I (2012) #132 Time II (2024) #333 Wintersun (2004) #765
46	Bloodbath 1998, Sweden Death Metal	Nightmares Made Flesh (2004) #1231 The Wacken Carnage (2008) [Live] #1403 Breeding Death (2000) [EP] #1439
47	Norther 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Death Unlimited (2004) #864 Mirror of Madness (2003) #1900 Dreams of Endless War (2002) #1942
48	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Everblack (2013) #987 Nocturnal (2007) #1131 Ritual (2011) #1245
49	The Chasm 1992, Mexico Death Metal	Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm (2009) #505 The Spell of Retribution (2004) #1481 A Conscious Creation From the Isolated Domain - Phase I (2017) #2179
50	Possessed 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Seven Churches (1985) #251 Revelations of Oblivion (2019) #2538 Beyond the Gates (1986) #5081

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