Best Melodic Death Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #55 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #95 Wages of Sin (2001) #306
2	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #23 Fiction (2007) #42 Atoma (2016) #190
3	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #168 The Jester Race (1996) #183 Whoracle (1997) #290
4	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Follow the Reaper (2000) #105 Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #108 Hatebreeder (1999) #268
5	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #24 Beyond (2013) #143 Grey Heavens (2016) #678
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) #476 They Will Return (2002) #486
8	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	Övergivenheten (2022) #713 The Ride Majestic (2015) #765 The Living Infinite (2013) #791
9	Eternal Tears of Sorrow 1994, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Virgin and a Whore (2001) #221 Chaotic Beauty (2000) #379 Before the Bleeding Sun (2006) #894
10	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #403 Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) #968 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #1391
11	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #111 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #270 Surgical Steel (2013) #300
12	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #880 The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) (2023) #1120 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single]
13	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #402 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #447 Queen of Time (2018) #514
14	Mors Principium Est 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal	...And Death Said Live (2012) #498 The Unborn (2005) #963 Dawn of the 5th Era (2014) #1245
15	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #153 Spiritual Migration (2013) #249 Shin-Ken (2009) #442
16	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #203 At War with Reality (2014) #1368 Terminal Spirit Disease (1994) #1925
17	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #467 Iconoclast (2008) #1937 Veto (2013) #2142
18	Mercenary 1991, Denmark Melodic Death Metal	Architect of Lies (2008) #708 The Hours That Remain (2006) #800 Soundtrack for the End Times (2023) #1335
19	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #311 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #413 Vessels (2016) #419
20	Disarmonia Mundi 1999, Italy Melodic Death Metal	Fragments of D-Generation (2004) #378 Mind Tricks (2006) #547 Nebularium + the Restless Memoirs EP (2009) [Compilation]
21	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #285 Monolith (2010) #457 Shrouded Divine (2008) #623
22	Norther 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Death Unlimited (2004) #793 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) #1202 Ritual (2011) #1638
24	Dark Lunacy 1997, Italy Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Diarist (2006) #636 Devoid (2000) #1112 Forget Me Not (2003) #1394
25	Shade Empire 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Anti-Life Saviour (2017) [Single] Omega Arcane (2013) #322 Poetry of the Ill-Minded (2017) #779
26	Remnants of the Fallen 2009, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Shadow Walk (2016) #937 All the Wounded and Broken (2020) #1207 Perpetual Immaturity (REDUX 2013 Edition) (2013) [EP] #1897
27	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #308 Unorthodox (1992) #1947 The Spectral Sorrows (1993) #2984
28	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Progressive Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Portal of I (2012) #49 Urn (2017) #511 Citadel (2014) #540
29	MyGrain 2004, Finland Melodic Death Metal	MyGrain (2011) #763 Orbit Dance (2006) #3220 Signs of Existence (2008) #5411
30	Nightrage 2000, Greece Melodic Death Metal	A New Disease Is Born (2007) #3417 Descent Into Chaos (2005) #3637 Insidious (2011) #4419
31	Method 2002, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Abstract (2015) #1012 Warrior's Way (2013) [EP] #2590 Survival Ov the Fittest (2006) #2682
32	Wintersun 2003, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Time I (2012) #144 Wintersun (2004) #1151 The Forest Seasons (2017) #1418
33	Hypocrisy 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal	A Taste of Extreme Divinity (2009) #1142 Virus (2005) #1377 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) #1487 rEVOLVEr (2004) #1891 Unseen (2011) #6146
35	Blood Stain Child 2000, Japan Melodic Death Metal, Trance Metal	Mozaiq (2007) #1084 Idolator (2005) #3446 ε psilon (2011) #3451
36	Gyze 2011, Japan Melodic Death Metal	Northern Hell Song (2017) #1540 Fascinating Violence (2013) #3553 Black Bride (2015) #4997
37	The Halo Effect 2019, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Days of the Lost (2022) #367 Shadowminds (2021) [Single] Days of the Lost (2022) [Single]
38	The Agonist 2004, Canada Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Prisoners (2012) #2949 Eye of Providence (2015) #3148 Orphans (2019) #5330
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) #2273 This Is Hell (2003) #2952 He Who Shall Not Bleed (2007) #5422
41	Skyfire 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Spectral (2004) #5368 Liberation in Death (2017) [EP] #5581 Esoteric (2009) #6405
42	Darkest Hour 1995, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Deliver Us (2007) #1453 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation (2003) #4402 The Human Romance (2011) #4870
43	Allegaeon 2008, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Apoptosis (2019) #1183 Proponent for Sentience (2016) #1241 Damnun (2022) #2082
44	Eluveitie 2002, Switzerland Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Slania (2008) #1411 Origins (2014) #2609 Everything Remains As It Never Was (2010) #4448
45	Sylosis 2000, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	Conclusion of an Age (2008) #2094 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3141 Monolith (2012) #3742
46	Serenity in Murder 2009, Japan Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Highest of Dystopia (2015) #2181 The First Frisson of the World (2011) #2454 The Eclipse (2017) #2514
47	All That Remains 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The Fall of Ideals (2006) #755 Victim of the New Disease (2018) #1430 Behind Silence and Solitude (2002) #5472
48	Before the Dawn 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Rise of the Phoenix (2012) #1521 Deadlight (2007) #6988 Deathstar Rising (2011) #7151
49	Dreamshade 2006, Switzerland Metalcore, Alternative Rock	What Silence Hides (2011) #2070 Wide Awake (2010) [Single] What Silence Hides (2008) [Demo]
50	Aephanemer 2013, France Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Memento Mori (2016) #985 Prokopton (2019) #1598 A Dream of Wilderness (2021) #2060

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