Best Melodic Death Metal Bands | page 3

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
101	Imperanon 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Stained (2004) #4640
102	Misanthrope 1988, France Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Misanthrope Immortel (2000) #3349 Les déclinistes (2023) Libertine Humiliations (1998)
103	Imperial Circus Dead Decadence 2007, Japan Symphonic Extreme Metal	黄泉より聴こゆ、皇国の燈と焔の少女 (2014) [Single] 殯――死へ耽る想いは戮辱すら喰らい、彼方の生を愛する為に命を讃える――。 (2022) #2005 狂おしく咲いた凄惨な骸は奏で、愛おしく裂いた少女は聖餐の詞を謳う (2011) #4755
104	Cormorant 2007, United States Progressive Folk Metal, Black Metal	Metazoa (2009) #999 The Last Tree (2007) [EP] Dwellings (2011)
105	Noumena 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Absence (2005) #7014 Anatomy of Life (2006) #7858 Anima (2020)
106	Mors Subita 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Into the Pitch Black (2018) #3746 Human Waste Compression (2011) Degeneration (2015)
107	Shadow of Intent 2014, United States Symphonic Deathcore, Melodic Deathcore	Reclaimer (2017) #714 Underneath A Sullen Moon (2018) [Single] Melancholy (2019) #1597
108	Ensiferum 1995, Finland Viking Metal, Folk Metal	Thalassic (2020) #1485 Victory Songs (2007) #1518 Ensiferum (2001) #1859
109	Godgory 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Way Beyond (2001) #2828 Resurrection (1999) #4717 Demo '94 (1994) [Demo]
110	Unleash the Archers 2007, Canada Power Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Abyss (2020) #672 Apex (2017) #3182 Time Stands Still (2015) #6293
111	Nonexist 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	From My Cold Dead Hands (2012) Deus Deceptor (2002) #6006 Throne of Scars (2015)
112	Bodom After Midnight 2020, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Paint the Sky with Blood (2021) [EP] #5011
113	Degradead Sweden Melodic Death Metal	A World Destroyer (2011) #3435 The Monster Within (2013) #7285 Til Death Do Us Apart (2008)
114	Imaginary Flying Machine Japan Melodic Death Metal	Princess Ghibli II (2012) #5367 Princess Ghibli (2011) #6944 Princess Ghibli the Best Selection Revisited (2013)
115	Fear My Thoughts 1998, Germany Melodic Death Metal	Vulcanus (2007) #3194 Hell Sweet Hell (2005) #4122 The Great Collapse (2004)
116	Countless Skies 2009, United Kingdom Melodic Death Metal	Glow (2020) #3324 New Dawn (2016) #4980 Resonance (2023) [Live]
117	Marionette 2005, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Enemies (2009) #4277 Spite (2008) #6622 Nerve (2011)
118	Threat Signal 2004, Canada Technical Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	Through My Eyes (2009) [Single] Under Reprisal (2006) #4956 Rational Eyes (2006) [Single]
119	Disillusion 1994, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Ayam (2022) #1039 Back to Times of Splendor (2004) #2381 The Liberation (2019) #5575
120	Dethklok 2006, United States Melodic Death Metal, Rock Opera, Musical Parody	The Dethalbum (2007) #5403 Dethalbum IV (2023) Dethalbum III (2012)
121	Callenish Circle 1992, Netherlands Melodic Death Metal	Graceful... Yet Forbidding (1999) Drift of Empathy (1996) Pitch.Black.Effects (2005)
122	Dismember 1988, Sweden Death Metal	Like an Ever Flowing Stream (1991) #2853 Massive Killing Capacity (1995) #3758 Indecent and Obscene (1993) #6017
123	Into Eternity 1997, Canada Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Buried in Oblivion (2004) Dead or Dreaming (2002) #6198 The Scattering of Ashes (2006)
124	Zonaria 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Infamy and the Breed (2007) #6619 The Cancer Empire (2008) #8162 Arrival of the Red Sun (2012) #8332
125	Loudblast 1985, France Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Sublime Dementia (1993) #2830 Disincarnate (1991) Sensorial Treatment (1989)
126	Necrophobic 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Black Metal	The Nocturnal Silence (1993) #776 Dawn of the Damned (2020) #4809 Darkside (1997) #4927
127	Fires in the Distance 2016, United States Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal	Air Not Meant for Us (2023) #3244 Echoes from Deep November (2020) Live at Telefunken (2022) [Live]
128	Raunchy 1994, Denmark Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	A Discord Electric (2010) Death Pop Romance (2006) Wasteland Discotheque (2008) #7891
129	Himsa 1998, United States Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	Courting Tragedy and Disaster (2003) #4946 Hail Horror (2006) #8102 Himsa (1999) [EP]
130	The Duskfall 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Source (2003) #5440 Frailty (2002) Where the Tree Stands Dead (2014)
131	Dark Empire 2004, United States Power Metal, Progressive Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Humanity Dethroned (2008) #2489 Distant Tides (2006) From Refuge to Ruin (2012)
132	Nekrogoblikon 2006, United States Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Welcome to Bonkers (2018) #3872 Heavy Meta (2015) Stench (2011) #8196
133	Rise to Fall 2006, Spain Melodic Death Metal	Defying the Gods (2012) #7271 End vs Beginning (2015) Restore the Balance (2010)
134	The Deathisodes 2011, United Kingdom Melodic Death Metal	Inside the Universe of Horror (2013) #2336 Destructive Patterns of Creation (2012)
135	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #853 Transience (2018) #1913 Convergence (2023) #1991
136	Universum 2006, Australia Melodic Death Metal	Mortuus Machina (2010) #6682 Leto Destinatus (2008) #7532 Demo 2007 (2007) [Demo]
137	Detroit Metal City Japan Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	魔界遊戯 (Makai Yugi) (2009) #7865 Satsugai (2009) [Single] 魔王 / グロテスク (Maou/Grotesque) (2009) [Single]
138	Cadacross Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal, Folk Metal	Corona Borealis (2006) #4957 So Pale Is the Light (2005)
139	Dark Age Germany Power Metal, Melodic Death Metal	A Matter of Trust (2013) #6120 Acedia (2009) #6624 Minus Exitus (2008)
140	Funeral of August Korea Melodic Death Metal	Shattered Truth (2009) [EP] #7172
141	Darkane 1998, Sweden Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Rusted Angel (1998) #1896 Insanity (2001) Layers of Lies (2005) #5324
142	Kill the Romance Finland Melodic Death Metal	Cyanide (2006) [EP] For Rome and the Throne (2011) Kill the Romance (2004) [EP]
143	In Vain 2003, Norway Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal	Ænigma (2013) #1088 Currents (2018) #5886 The Latter Rain (2007)
144	Whispered 2004, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Shogunate Macabre (2014) #8129 Thousand Swords (2010) #8777 Metsutan - Songs of the Void (2016) #8804
145	Zero Degree 2006, Germany Melodic Death Metal	Surreal World (2010) #5882 The Storm and the Silence (2007) [Demo]
146	Heathen Foray 2004, Austria Melodic Death Metal, Viking Metal	Armored Bards (2010) #6233 The Passage (2009) #7677 Inner Force (2013)
147	Burden Of Life Germany Melodic Death Metal	The Vanity Syndrome (2013) #5265 In the Wake of My Demise (2010) [EP] Burden of Life (2007)
148	Night in Gales 1995, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Five Scars (2011) Towards the Twilight (1997) #6240 The Black Stream (2023)
149	Duskmourn 2012, United States Folk Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Fallen Kings and Rusted Crowns (2021) #6535 Of Shadow and Flame (2017) Legends (2014)
150	Cipher System 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Central Tunnel Eight (2004) #6404 Communicate the Storm (2011) #7603 Eyecon (2002) [Demo]

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