Best Melodic Death Metal Albums
587 albums
| Rank | Cover art | Artist / Album | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Damage Done (2002) | 92.7 | 134 | 9 |
| 2 |  | New World Shadows (2011) | 91.9 | 150 | 6 |
| 3 |  | Winter's Gate (2016) | 94.4 | 72 | 3 |
| 4 |  | Fiction (2007) | 92.1 | 108 | 8 |
| 5 |  | Burning Bridges (1999) | 90.8 | 131 | 10 |
| 6 |  | Follow the Reaper (2000) | 90 | 114 | 10 |
| 7 |  | Heartwork (1993) | 90.8 | 92 | 5 |
| 8 |  | 12 Gauge (2010) | 91.4 | 78 | 3 |
| 9 |  | Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) | 90.2 | 101 | 5 |
| 10 |  | Rise of the Tyrant (2007) | 89.7 | 108 | 9 |
| 11 |  | Beyond (2013) | 90 | 90 | 9 |
| 12 |  | Aathma (2017) | 92.5 | 50 | 3 |
| 13 |  | Colony (1999) | 88.6 | 112 | 3 |
| 14 |  | Atoma (2016) | 91.6 | 53 | 3 |
| 15 |  | The Jester Race (1996) | 89 | 96 | 4 |
| 16 |  | Slaughter of the Soul (1995) | 90.3 | 68 | 4 |
| 17 |  | Heart Like a Grave (2019) | 93.2 | 34 | 2 |
| 18 |  | Anno 1696 (2023) | 93 | 34 | 1 |
| 19 |  | A Virgin and a Whore (2001) | 88.9 | 83 | 7 |
| 20 |  | Crimson (1996) | 91.7 | 41 | 4 |
| 21 |  | Hatebreeder (1999) | 88.5 | 82 | 8 |
| 22 |  | Spiritual Migration (2013) | 90.3 | 53 | 3 |
| 23 |  | Moment (2020) | 91.3 | 42 | 0 |
| 24 |  | Time II (2024) | 92.2 | 33 | 3 |
| 25 |  | Whoracle (1997) | 88.9 | 70 | 4 |
| 26 |  | The Weight of Oceans (2012) | 91.2 | 41 | 6 |
| 27 |  | Character (2005) | 90 | 53 | 3 |
| 28 |  | Argent Moon (2021) [EP] | 93.1 | 25 | 1 |
| 29 |  | Surgical Steel (2013) | 89.3 | 60 | 2 |
| 30 |  | Stone's Reach (2009) | 91.7 | 33 | 0 |
| 31 |  | Wages of Sin (2001) | 88.1 | 73 | 6 |
| 32 |  | One for Sorrow (2011) | 91.3 | 34 | 1 |
| 33 |  | Omega Arcane (2013) | 89 | 55 | 3 |
| 34 |  | War Eternal (2014) | 87 | 87 | 5 |
| 35 |  | Fragments of D-Generation (2004) | 91.9 | 28 | 2 |
| 36 |  | Where Death Is Most Alive (2009) [Live] | 93.3 | 20 | 2 |
| 37 |  | Chaotic Beauty (2000) | 89.8 | 43 | 4 |
| 38 |  | Days of the Lost (2022) | 89.6 | 45 | 2 |
| 39 |  | Queen of Time (2018) | 91.7 | 27 | 2 |
| 40 |  | Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) | 90.3 | 37 | 1 |
| 41 |  | Vessels (2016) | 91.9 | 25 | 0 |
| 42 |  | The Black Waltz (2006) | 89.6 | 42 | 2 |
| 43 |  | Across the Dark (2009) | 89.8 | 39 | 2 |
| 44 |  | Of Breath and Bone (2012) | 90.6 | 31 | 0 |
| 45 |  | ...And Death Said Live (2012) | 89.5 | 40 | 4 |
| 46 |  | Monolith (2010) | 90.1 | 33 | 3 |
| 47 |  | Clayman (2000) | 87.1 | 65 | 5 |
| 48 |  | Citadel (2014) | 86.1 | 81 | 5 |
| 49 |  | The Gallery (1995) | 87 | 64 | 4 |
| 50 |  | They Will Return (2002) | 89 | 40 | 2 |
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