Best Melodic 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) #195
2	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #51 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #97 Wages of Sin (2001) #318
3	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #160 The Jester Race (1996) #177 Whoracle (1997) #283
4	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Follow the Reaper (2000) #98 Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #111 Hatebreeder (1999) #254
5	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #26 Beyond (2013) #147 Grey Heavens (2016) #689
6	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #38 Heart Like a Grave (2019) #198 Anno 1696 (2023) #210
7	Kalmah 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	12 Gauge (2010) #90 The Black Waltz (2006) #447 They Will Return (2002) #495
8	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	Övergivenheten (2022) #515 The Ride Majestic (2015) #780 The Living Infinite (2013) #810
9	Eternal Tears of Sorrow 1994, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Virgin and a Whore (2001) #224 Chaotic Beauty (2000) #389 Before the Bleeding Sun (2006) #907
10	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #387 Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) #985 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #1405
11	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #107 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #260 Surgical Steel (2013) #309
12	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #896 The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) (2023) #1042 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single]
13	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #408 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #455 Queen of Time (2018) #520
14	Mors Principium Est 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal	...And Death Said Live (2012) #497 The Unborn (2005) #980 Dawn of the 5th Era (2014) #1118
15	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #155 Spiritual Migration (2013) #253 Shin-Ken (2009) #451
16	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #207 At War with Reality (2014) #1384 Terminal Spirit Disease (1994) #1930
17	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #474 Iconoclast (2008) #1943 Veto (2013) #2153
18	Mercenary 1991, Denmark Melodic Death Metal	Architect of Lies (2008) #714 The Hours That Remain (2006) #818 Soundtrack for the End Times (2023) #1418
19	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #322 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #413 Vessels (2016) #430
20	Disarmonia Mundi 1999, Italy Melodic Death Metal	Fragments of D-Generation (2004) #386 Mind Tricks (2006) #557 Nebularium + the Restless Memoirs EP (2009) [Compilation]
21	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #276 Monolith (2010) #464 Shrouded Divine (2008) #634
22	Norther 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Death Unlimited (2004) #811 Dreams of Endless War (2002) #1749 Mirror of Madness (2003) #1750
23	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Everblack (2013) #943 Ritual (2011) #1194 Nocturnal (2007) #1216
24	Dark Lunacy 1997, Italy Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Diarist (2006) #647 Devoid (2000) #1124 Forget Me Not (2003) #1410
25	Shade Empire 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Anti-Life Saviour (2017) [Single] Omega Arcane (2013) #329 Poetry of the Ill-Minded (2017) #796
26	Remnants of the Fallen 2009, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Shadow Walk (2016) #952 All the Wounded and Broken (2020) #1222 Perpetual Immaturity (REDUX 2013 Edition) (2013) [EP] #1900
27	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #302 Unorthodox (1992) #1918 The Spectral Sorrows (1993) #3013
28	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Progressive Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Portal of I (2012) #50 Urn (2017) #518 Citadel (2014) #549
29	MyGrain 2004, Finland Melodic Death Metal	MyGrain (2011) #717 Orbit Dance (2006) #3270 Signs of Existence (2008) #5499
30	Method 2002, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Abstract (2015) #1028 Warrior's Way (2013) [EP] #2610 Survival Ov the Fittest (2006) #2710
31	Nightrage 2000, Greece Melodic Death Metal	Descent Into Chaos (2005) #3327 A New Disease Is Born (2007) #3465 Insidious (2011) #4478
32	Wintersun 2003, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Time I (2012) #141 Wintersun (2004) #1060 The Forest Seasons (2017) #1359
33	Hypocrisy 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal	A Taste of Extreme Divinity (2009) #1156 Virus (2005) #1393 Hell over Sofia - 20 Years of Chaos and Confusion (2011) [Video]
34	Blood Stain Child 2000, Japan Melodic Death Metal, Trance Metal	Mozaiq (2007) #1101 Idolator (2005) #3497 ε psilon (2011) #3502
35	The Haunted 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	One Kill Wonder (2003) #1430 rEVOLVEr (2004) #1895 Unseen (2011) #6253
36	Gyze 2011, Japan Melodic Death Metal	Northern Hell Song (2017) #1558 Fascinating Violence (2013) #3602 Black Bride (2015) #5084
37	The Halo Effect 2019, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Days of the Lost (2022) #376 Shadowminds (2021) [Single] Days of the Lost (2022) [Single]
38	The Agonist 2004, Canada Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Prisoners (2012) #2984 Eye of Providence (2015) #3183 Orphans (2019) #5419
39	Sonic Syndicate 2005, Sweden Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal, Synthesizer Rock, Alternative Metal	Jack of Diamonds (2008) [Single] Only Inhuman (2007) #2567 Psychic Suicide / Denied (2007) [Single]
40	Dimension Zero 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Silent Night Fever (2002) #2281 This Is Hell (2003) #2987 He Who Shall Not Bleed (2007) #5511
41	Skyfire 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Spectral (2004) #5455 Liberation in Death (2017) [EP] #5669 Esoteric (2009) #6509
42	Darkest Hour 1995, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Deliver Us (2007) #1469 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation (2003) #4461 The Human Romance (2011) #4941
43	Allegaeon 2008, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Apoptosis (2019) #1198 Proponent for Sentience (2016) #1263 Damnun (2022) #2092
44	Eluveitie 2002, Switzerland Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Slania (2008) #1431 Origins (2014) #2630 Everything Remains As It Never Was (2010) #4511
45	Sylosis 2000, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	Conclusion of an Age (2008) #2106 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3176 Monolith (2012) #3787
46	Serenity in Murder 2009, Japan Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Highest of Dystopia (2015) #2196 The First Frisson of the World (2011) #2470 The Eclipse (2017) #2533
47	All That Remains 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The Fall of Ideals (2006) #768 Victim of the New Disease (2018) #1450 Behind Silence and Solitude (2002) #5559
48	Before the Dawn 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Rise of the Phoenix (2012) #1543 Deadlight (2007) #7085 Deathstar Rising (2011) #7252
49	Dreamshade 2006, Switzerland Metalcore, Alternative Rock	What Silence Hides (2011) #2078 Wide Awake (2010) [Single] What Silence Hides (2008) [Demo]
50	Aephanemer 2013, France Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Memento Mori (2016) #999 Prokopton (2019) #1614 A Dream of Wilderness (2021) #2067

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