Best Melodic Death Metal Bands

124 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #26 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #73 Wages of Sin (2001) #220
2	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #17 Fiction (2007) #43 Atoma (2016) #144
3	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #160 The Jester Race (1996) #265 Whoracle (1997) #271
4	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #108 Hatebreeder (1999) #194 Follow the Reaper (2000) #207
5	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #22 Beyond (2013) #145 Grey Heavens (2016) #794
6	Kalmah 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	12 Gauge (2010) #71 The Black Waltz (2006) #365 They Will Return (2002) #389
7	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	The Living Infinite (2013) #722 Verkligheten (2019) #877 The Ride Majestic (2015) #881
8	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #40 One for Sorrow (2011) #274 Above the Weeping World (2006) #292
9	Eternal Tears of Sorrow 1994, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Virgin and a Whore (2001) #117 Chaotic Beauty (2000) #280 Before the Bleeding Sun (2006) #815
10	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #573 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single] The Unseen Empire (2011) #1220
11	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Hardcore	Invictus (2010) #330 Iconoclast (2008) #1159 Veto (2013) #1334
12	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Heavy Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #376 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #949 Once Sent From the Golden Hall (1998) #1523
13	Mors Principium Est 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal	...and Death said live (2012) #460 The Unborn (2005) #914 Dawn of the 5th Era (2014) #1020
14	Disarmonia Mundi 1999, Italy Melodic Death Metal	Fragments of D-Generation (2004) #360 Mind Tricks (2006) #441 Nebularium + the Restless Memoirs EP (2009) [Compilation]
15	Mercenary 1991, Denmark Melodic Death Metal	Architect of Lies (2008) #475 The Hours That Remain (2006) #552 Through Our Darkest Days (2013) #1183
16	Norther 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Mirror of Madness (2003) #1080 Death Unlimited (2004) #1081 Dreams of Endless War (2002) #1171
17	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #234 The Red in the Sky Is Ours (1992) #1470 Terminal Spirit Disease (1994) #1751
18	Wintersun 2003, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Time I (2012) #176 The Forest Seasons (2017) #1117 Wintersun (2004) #1513
19	Shade Empire 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Industrial Death Metal, Symphonic Death Metal, Black Metal	Anti-Life Saviour (2017) [Single] Omega Arcane (2013) #329 Poetry of the Ill-Minded (2017) #758
20	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #333 Monolith (2010) #492 Shrouded Divine (2008) #514
21	Method 2002, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Survival Ov the Fittest (2006) #1420 Warrior's Way (2013) [EP] #1458 Abstract (2015) #1548
22	Blood Stain Child 2000, Japan Melodic Death Metal, Trance Metal	Mozaiq (2007) #1014 ε psilon (2011) #2109 Idolator (2005) #2144
23	Dark Lunacy 1997, Italy Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Diarist (2006) #519 Devoid (2000) #717 The Rain After the Snow (2016) #959
24	MyGrain 2004, Finland Melodic Death Metal	MyGrain (2011) #539 Orbit Dance (2006) #1929 Signs of Existence (2008) #2794
25	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Metalcore, Thrash Metal	Everblack (2013) #1139 Nightbringers (2017) #1842 Nocturnal (2007) #1859
26	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Vessels (2016) #586 Stone's Reach (2009) #625 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #697
27	Remnants of the Fallen 2009, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Shadow Walk (2016) #653 Perpetual Immaturity (REDUX 2013 Edition) (2013) [EP] #1252 Versus (2013) [Split]
28	Darkest Hour 1995, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	Deliver Us (2007) #896 Undoing Ruin (2005) #2264 Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora (2017) #2651
29	Nightrage 2000, Greece Melodic Death Metal	A New Disease Is Born (2007) #1609 Descent Into Chaos (2005) #2072 Insidious (2011) #2498
30	Hypocrisy 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	A Taste of Extreme Divinity (2009) #752 Virus (2005) #897 Osculum Obscenum (1993)
31	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #206 Unorthodox (1992) #2158 The Spectral Sorrows (1993)
32	The Agonist 2004, Canada Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Prisoners (2012) #1761 Eye of Providence (2015) #1815 Lullabies for a Dormant Mind (2009) #3773
33	Dimension Zero 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Silent Night Fever (2002) #1319 This Is Hell (2003) #1586 He Who Shall Not Bleed (2007) #2429
34	Gyze 2011, Japan Melodic Death Metal	Northern Hell Song (2017) #1106 Fascinating Violence (2013) #1603 The Rising Dragon (2018) [EP]
35	The Haunted 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	One Kill Wonder (2003) #1417 rEVOLVEr (2004) #1549 Unseen (2011)
36	Forest of Shadows 1997, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal	Where Dreams Turn to Dust (2001) [EP] #408 Six Waves of Woe (2008) #2430 Under the Dying Sun [Promo] (2000) [Demo]
37	Allegaeon 2008, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Proponent for Sentience (2016) #1111 Elements of the Infinite (2014) #2052 Formshifter (2012)
38	The Unguided 2010, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Metalcore, Alternative Metal	Phoenix Down (2012) [Single] Hell Frost (2011) #2174 Inception (2013) [Single]
39	Anterior United Kingdom Melodic Death Metal	Echoes for the Fallen (2011) #921 This Age of Silence (2007) #1123
40	Skyfire 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Spectral (2004) #3073 Liberation in Death (2017) [EP] Esoteric (2009) #3344
41	Bloodshot Dawn 2003, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Bloodshot Dawn (2012) #1207 Demons (2014) #1215 Reanimation (2018)
42	Parasite Inc. 2007, Germany Melodic Death Metal	Time Tears Down (2013) #394 Dead and Alive (2018) Parasite Inc. (2009) [Demo]
43	Before the Dawn 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Rise of the Phoenix (2012) #1109 My Darkness (2003) Deathstar Rising (2011) #3654
44	After the Burial 2004, United States Melodic Death Metal, Deathcore, Metalcore, Djent	Wolves Within (2013) #1050 Rareform (2008) Dig Deep (2016) #2043
45	Anal Funeral 2006, Korea Melodic Death Metal	아주 커다란 양철이의 빚 (The Yang-Chul's Tremendous Debt) (2015) [Demo]
46	Solution .45 2007, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	For Aeons Past (2010) #1567 Perfecting the Void (2015) [Single] Clandestinity Now (2009) [Single]
47	Starkill 2012, United States Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Power Metal	Fires of Life (2013) #2075 Virus of the Mind (2014) Shadow Sleep (2016)
48	Deals Death 2008, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Point Zero Solution (2013) #1681 Elite (2012) #1888 Internal Demons (2009) #3522
49	Ebony Tears 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	A Handful of Nothing (1999) #1758 Tortura Insomniae (1997) #2889 Evil As Hell (2001)
50	Naildown 2005, Finland Melodic Death Metal	World Domination (2005) #1324 Dreamcrusher (2007) #2394

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