Best Death Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #11 Ghost Reveries (2005) #72 Damnation (2003) #74
2	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #18 Fiction (2007) #46 Atoma (2016) #198
3	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #47 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #92 Wages of Sin (2001) #253
4	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #181 The Jester Race (1996) #210 Whoracle (1997) #243
5	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #114 Follow the Reaper (2000) #154 Hatebreeder (1999) #213
6	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #36 Human (1991) #56 Leprosy (1988) #75
7	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #21 Beyond (2013) #161 Grey Heavens (2016) #887
8	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #39 Arise (1991) #196 Schizophrenia (1987) #212
9	Cannibal Corpse 1988, United States Brutal Death Metal, Death Metal	Torture (2012) #476 A Skeletal Domain (2014) #1006 Kill (2006) #1042
10	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #27 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #120 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #431
11	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #113 Surgical Steel (2013) #317 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #359
12	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #45 Heart Like a Grave (2019) #203 One for Sorrow (2011) #300
13	Kalmah 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	12 Gauge (2010) #84 The Black Waltz (2006) #489 They Will Return (2002) #530
14	Deicide 1989, United States Death Metal	Legion (1992) #100 Deicide (1990) #157 Once upon the Cross (1995) #462
15	Behemoth 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal	The Satanist (2014) #96 Demigod (2004) #288 Evangelion (2009) #291
16	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	The Living Infinite (2013) #806 Verkligheten (2019) #866 The Ride Majestic (2015) #1056
17	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Silent Waters (2007) #408 Queen of Time (2018) #454 Skyforger (2009) #617
18	Fleshgod Apocalypse 2007, Italy Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	King (2016) #162 The Fool (2016) [Single] Oracles (2009) #628
19	Cryptopsy 1992, Canada Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	None So Vile (1996) #32 Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) #311 Cryptopsy (2012) #787
20	Eternal Tears of Sorrow 1994, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Virgin and a Whore (2001) #182 Chaotic Beauty (2000) #328 Before the Bleeding Sun (2006) #931
21	Obituary 1988, United States Death Metal	Cause of Death (1990) #61 Slowly We Rot (1989) #512 The End Complete (1992) #2049
22	Therion 1988, Sweden Symphonic Metal, Death Metal	Vovin (1998) #147 Secret of the Runes (2001) #477 The Miskolc Experience (2009) [Live] #932
23	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Heavy Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #323 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #808 Once Sent From the Golden Hall (1998) #938
24	Napalm Death 1981, United Kingdom Grindcore, Death Metal, Hardcore Punk	Scum (1987) #229 The Peel Sessions (1989) [Compilation] From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988) #438
25	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #95 Spiritual Migration (2013) #169 Shin-Ken (2009) #321
26	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #760 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single] The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity) (2014) #1456
27	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Mystic Places of Dawn (1994) #341 Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #350 Codex Omega (2017) #544
28	Morbid Angel 1983, United States Death Metal	Altars of Madness (1989) #42 Covenant (1993) #709 Blessed Are the Sick (1991) #1299
29	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #411 Iconoclast (2008) #1575 Veto (2013) #1982
30	Mors Principium Est 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal	...and Death said live (2012) #574 The Unborn (2005) #862 Dawn of the 5th Era (2014) #1084
31	Nile 1993, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Annihilation of the Wicked (2005) #143 In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) #312 Black Seeds of Vengeance (2000) #902
32	Suffocation 1989, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) #149 Pierced From Within (1995) #223 Human Waste (1991) [EP] #2270
33	Nocturnal Rites 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Death Metal	Grand Illusion (2005) #405 The 8th Sin (2007) #667 Shadowland (2002) #955
34	Disarmonia Mundi 1999, Italy Melodic Death Metal	Fragments of D-Generation (2004) #388 Mind Tricks (2006) #569 Nebularium + the Restless Memoirs EP (2009) [Compilation]
35	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #73 The Somberlain (1993) #1551 Reinkaos (2006) #5268
36	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #217 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #1476 Into the Pandemonium (1987) #2398
37	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #705 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #860 Litany (2000) #1272
38	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #347 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #743 Magma (2016) #1285
39	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #220 The Red in the Sky Is Ours (1992) #1700 At War With Reality (2014) #1866
40	Krisiun 1990, Brazil Death Metal	Southern Storm (2008) #287 Black Force Domain (1995) #446 Conquerors of Armageddon (2000) #1271

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