Best Death Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #23 Fiction (2007) #47 Atoma (2016) #183
2	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #53 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #100 Wages of Sin (2001) #312
3	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #158 The Jester Race (1996) #180 Whoracle (1997) #276
4	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #20 Human (1991) #35 Leprosy (1988) #59
5	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Follow the Reaper (2000) #92 Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #119 Hatebreeder (1999) #273
6	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #9 Damnation (2003) #78 Ghost Reveries (2005) #80
7	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #27 Beyond (2013) #153 Grey Heavens (2016) #701
8	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #39 Heart Like a Grave (2019) #196 Anno 1696 (2023) #216
9	Cannibal Corpse 1988, United States Death Metal	Torture (2012) #523 Kill (2006) #1051 A Skeletal Domain (2014) #1163
10	Deicide 1989, United States Death Metal	Legion (1992) #89 Deicide (1990) #118 Once upon the Cross (1995) #459
11	Kalmah 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	12 Gauge (2010) #93 The Black Waltz (2006) #454 They Will Return (2002) #504
12	Behemoth 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal	The Satanist (2014) #138 Evangelion (2009) #251 Demigod (2004) #298
13	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #95 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #255 Surgical Steel (2013) #319
14	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	Övergivenheten (2022) #533 The Ride Majestic (2015) #795 The Living Infinite (2013) #846
15	Cryptopsy 1992, Canada Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	None So Vile (1996) #32 Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) #283 Cryptopsy (2012) #743
16	Fleshgod Apocalypse 2007, Italy Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	King (2016) #151 Agony (2011) #534 Oracles (2009) #569
17	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #24 Arise (1991) #114 Schizophrenia (1987) #233
18	Eternal Tears of Sorrow 1994, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Virgin and a Whore (2001) #229 Chaotic Beauty (2000) #388 Before the Bleeding Sun (2006) #925
19	Obituary 1988, United States Death Metal	Cause of Death (1990) #61 Slowly We Rot (1989) #449 The End Complete (1992) #1499
20	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #398 Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) #1152 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #1328
21	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #188 Spiritual Migration (2013) #264 Shin-Ken (2009) #456
22	Morbid Angel 1983, United States Death Metal	Altars of Madness (1989) #50 Covenant (1993) #520 Blessed Are the Sick (1991) #1402
23	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #428 Codex Omega (2017) #505 Communion (2008) #574
24	Nile 1993, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Annihilation of the Wicked (2005) #246 In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) #347 Those Whom the Gods Detest (2009) #785
25	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #414 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #458 Queen of Time (2018) #484
26	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #918 The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) (2023) #1061 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single]
27	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #644 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #885 Litany (2000) #908
28	Suffocation 1989, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Pierced From Within (1995) #171 Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) #241 Human Waste (1991) [EP] #1923
29	Bolt Thrower 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal	...For Victory (1994) #422 The IVth Crusade (1992) #499 Those Once Loyal (2005) #509
30	Mors Principium Est 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal	...And Death Said Live (2012) #508 The Unborn (2005) #995 Dawn of the 5th Era (2014) #1136
31	Immolation 1988, United States Death Metal	Dawn of Possession (1991) #447 Close to a World Below (2000) #786 Here in After (1996) #881
32	Krisiun 1990, Brazil Death Metal	Southern Storm (2008) #316 Black Force Domain (1995) #355 Conquerors of Armageddon (2000) #1149
33	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #213 At War with Reality (2014) #1436 Terminal Spirit Disease (1994) #1966
34	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #482 Iconoclast (2008) #1979 Veto (2013) #2195
35	Mercenary 1991, Denmark Melodic Death Metal	Architect of Lies (2008) #731 The Hours That Remain (2006) #836 Soundtrack for the End Times (2023) #1453
36	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #317 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #418 Vessels (2016) #437
37	Dying Fetus 1991, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Descend into Depravity (2009) #328 Killing on Adrenaline (1998) #828 Destroy the Opposition (2000) #1223
38	Disarmonia Mundi 1999, Italy Melodic Death Metal	Fragments of D-Generation (2004) #386 Mind Tricks (2006) #572 Nebularium + the Restless Memoirs EP (2009) [Compilation]
39	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #218 Cosmogenesis (2009) #943 Omnivium (2011) #1052
40	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #286 Monolith (2010) #469 Shrouded Divine (2008) #646
41	Aborted 1995, Belgium Brutal Death Metal	Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done (2003) #254 Retrogore (2016) #1321 Global Flatline (2012) #3626
42	Norther 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Death Unlimited (2004) #829 Mirror of Madness (2003) #1793 Dreams of Endless War (2002) #1919
43	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Everblack (2013) #962 Ritual (2011) #1225 Nocturnal (2007) #1250
44	Autopsy 1987, United States Death Metal	Mental Funeral (1991) #343 Severed Survival (1989) #552 Macabre Eternal (2011) #2704
45	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #280 Unorthodox (1992) #1953 The Spectral Sorrows (1993) #3088
46	Bloodbath 1998, Sweden Death Metal	Breeding Death (2000) [EP] #1205 Nightmares Made Flesh (2004) #1236 The Wacken Carnage (2008) [Live] #1380
47	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #279 Magma (2016) #481 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #645
48	Dark Lunacy 1997, Italy Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Diarist (2006) #651 Devoid (2000) #1076 Forget Me Not (2003) #1309
49	Hypocrisy 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal	A Taste of Extreme Divinity (2009) #1178 Virus (2005) #1425 Hell over Sofia - 20 Years of Chaos and Confusion (2011) [Video]
50	The Chasm 1992, Mexico Death Metal	Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm (2009) #402 The Spell of Retribution (2004) #1458 Deathcult for Eternity: the Triumph (1998) #1872

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