Best Melodic Death Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #23 Fiction (2007) #42 Atoma (2016) #190
2	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #59 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #96 Wages of Sin (2001) #314
3	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #167 The Jester Race (1996) #182 Whoracle (1997) #288
4	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Follow the Reaper (2000) #112 Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #113 Hatebreeder (1999) #268
5	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #24 Beyond (2013) #141 Grey Heavens (2016) #677
6	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #37 Heart Like a Grave (2019) #195 Anno 1696 (2023) #198
7	Kalmah 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	12 Gauge (2010) #90 The Black Waltz (2006) #475 They Will Return (2002) #485
8	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	Övergivenheten (2022) #712 The Ride Majestic (2015) #761 The Living Infinite (2013) #792
9	Eternal Tears of Sorrow 1994, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Virgin and a Whore (2001) #222 Chaotic Beauty (2000) #378 Before the Bleeding Sun (2006) #890
10	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #401 Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) #968 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #1392
11	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #128 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #274 Surgical Steel (2013) #296
12	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #876 The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) (2023) #1120 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single]
13	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #400 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #505 Queen of Time (2018) #518
14	Mors Principium Est 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal	...And Death Said Live (2012) #502 The Unborn (2005) #962 Dawn of the 5th Era (2014) #1252
15	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #151 Spiritual Migration (2013) #250 Shin-Ken (2009) #440
16	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #204 At War with Reality (2014) #1371 Terminal Spirit Disease (1994) #1917
17	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #455 Iconoclast (2008) #1931 Veto (2013) #2137
18	Mercenary 1991, Denmark Melodic Death Metal	Architect of Lies (2008) #707 The Hours That Remain (2006) #800 Soundtrack for the End Times (2023) #1341
19	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #308 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #413 Vessels (2016) #420
20	Disarmonia Mundi 1999, Italy Melodic Death Metal	Fragments of D-Generation (2004) #377 Mind Tricks (2006) #550 Nebularium + the Restless Memoirs EP (2009) [Compilation]
21	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #286 Monolith (2010) #456 Shrouded Divine (2008) #625
22	Norther 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Death Unlimited (2004) #794 Dreams of Endless War (2002) #1747 Mirror of Madness (2003) #1748
23	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Everblack (2013) #947 Nocturnal (2007) #1208 Ritual (2011) #1636
24	Dark Lunacy 1997, Italy Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Diarist (2006) #637 Devoid (2000) #1112 Forget Me Not (2003) #1396
25	Shade Empire 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Anti-Life Saviour (2017) [Single] Omega Arcane (2013) #320 Poetry of the Ill-Minded (2017) #778
26	Remnants of the Fallen 2009, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Shadow Walk (2016) #937 All the Wounded and Broken (2020) #1318 Perpetual Immaturity (REDUX 2013 Edition) (2013) [EP] #1891
27	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #305 Unorthodox (1992) #1941 The Spectral Sorrows (1993) #2978
28	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Progressive Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Portal of I (2012) #50 Urn (2017) #515 Citadel (2014) #543
29	MyGrain 2004, Finland Melodic Death Metal	MyGrain (2011) #759 Orbit Dance (2006) #3208 Signs of Existence (2008) #5385
30	Nightrage 2000, Greece Melodic Death Metal	A New Disease Is Born (2007) #3402 Descent Into Chaos (2005) #3624 Insidious (2011) #4401
31	Method 2002, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Abstract (2015) #1009 Warrior's Way (2013) [EP] #2589 Survival Ov the Fittest (2006) #2678
32	Wintersun 2003, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Time I (2012) #142 Wintersun (2004) #1150 The Forest Seasons (2017) #1421
33	Hypocrisy 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal	A Taste of Extreme Divinity (2009) #1140 Virus (2005) #1379 Hell over Sofia - 20 Years of Chaos and Confusion (2011) [Video]
34	The Haunted 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	One Kill Wonder (2003) #1489 rEVOLVEr (2004) #1886 Unseen (2011) #6110
35	Blood Stain Child 2000, Japan Melodic Death Metal, Trance Metal	Mozaiq (2007) #1085 Idolator (2005) #3433 ε psilon (2011) #3438
36	Gyze 2011, Japan Melodic Death Metal	Northern Hell Song (2017) #1538 Fascinating Violence (2013) #3538 Black Bride (2015) #4980
37	The Halo Effect 2019, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Days of the Lost (2022) #365 Shadowminds (2021) [Single] Days of the Lost (2022) [Single]
38	The Agonist 2004, Canada Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Prisoners (2012) #2941 Eye of Providence (2015) #3133 Orphans (2019) #5307
39	Sonic Syndicate 2005, Sweden Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal, Synthesizer Rock, Alternative Metal	Jack of Diamonds (2008) [Single] Only Inhuman (2007) #2542 Psychic Suicide / Denied (2007) [Single]
40	Dimension Zero 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Silent Night Fever (2002) #2265 This Is Hell (2003) #2944 He Who Shall Not Bleed (2007) #5395
41	Skyfire 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Spectral (2004) #5344 Liberation in Death (2017) [EP] #5560 Esoteric (2009) #6366
42	Darkest Hour 1995, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Deliver Us (2007) #1454 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation (2003) #4384 The Human Romance (2011) #4849
43	Allegaeon 2008, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Apoptosis (2019) #1187 Proponent for Sentience (2016) #1247 Damnun (2022) #2075
44	Eluveitie 2002, Switzerland Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Slania (2008) #1412 Origins (2014) #2609 Everything Remains As It Never Was (2010) #4431
45	Sylosis 2000, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	Conclusion of an Age (2008) #2086 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3127 Monolith (2012) #3728
46	Serenity in Murder 2009, Japan Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Highest of Dystopia (2015) #2175 The First Frisson of the World (2011) #2448 The Eclipse (2017) #2508
47	All That Remains 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The Fall of Ideals (2006) #751 Victim of the New Disease (2018) #1432 Behind Silence and Solitude (2002) #5447
48	Before the Dawn 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Rise of the Phoenix (2012) #1519 Deadlight (2007) #6940 Deathstar Rising (2011) #7106
49	Dreamshade 2006, Switzerland Metalcore, Alternative Rock	What Silence Hides (2011) #2062 Wide Awake (2010) [Single] What Silence Hides (2008) [Demo]
50	Parasite Inc. 2007, Germany Melodic Death Metal	Time Tears Down (2013) #628 Cyan Night Dreams (2022) Dead and Alive (2018) #7855

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