Best Death Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #22 Fiction (2007) #44 Atoma (2016) #188
2	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #53 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #102 Wages of Sin (2001) #318
3	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #19 Human (1991) #36 The Sound of Perseverance (1998) #62
4	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #157 The Jester Race (1996) #184 Whoracle (1997) #280
5	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Follow the Reaper (2000) #95 Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #116 Hatebreeder (1999) #266
6	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #9 Ghost Reveries (2005) #74 Damnation (2003) #80
7	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #26 Beyond (2013) #137 Grey Heavens (2016) #704
8	Cannibal Corpse 1988, United States Death Metal	Torture (2012) #523 Kill (2006) #1050 A Skeletal Domain (2014) #1161
9	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #35 Heart Like a Grave (2019) #202 Anno 1696 (2023) #215
10	Deicide 1989, United States Death Metal	Legion (1992) #87 Deicide (1990) #124 Once upon the Cross (1995) #435
11	Kalmah 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	12 Gauge (2010) #91 The Black Waltz (2006) #459 They Will Return (2002) #503
12	Behemoth 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal	The Satanist (2014) #140 Evangelion (2009) #256 Demigod (2004) #303
13	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #98 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #246 Surgical Steel (2013) #299
14	Cryptopsy 1992, Canada Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	None So Vile (1996) #33 Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) #300 Cryptopsy (2012) #742
15	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	Övergivenheten (2022) #532 The Ride Majestic (2015) #795 The Living Infinite (2013) #849
16	Fleshgod Apocalypse 2007, Italy Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	King (2016) #151 Oracles (2009) #556 Agony (2011) #557
17	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #24 Arise (1991) #114 Schizophrenia (1987) #227
18	Eternal Tears of Sorrow 1994, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Virgin and a Whore (2001) #236 Chaotic Beauty (2000) #376 Before the Bleeding Sun (2006) #925
19	Obituary 1988, United States Death Metal	Cause of Death (1990) #61 Slowly We Rot (1989) #436 The End Complete (1992) #1505
20	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #397 Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) #1152 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #1334
21	Morbid Angel 1983, United States Death Metal	Altars of Madness (1989) #51 Covenant (1993) #520 Blessed Are the Sick (1991) #1406
22	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #171 Spiritual Migration (2013) #270 Shin-Ken (2009) #461
23	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #429 Codex Omega (2017) #504 Communion (2008) #573
24	Nile 1993, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Annihilation of the Wicked (2005) #264 In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) #350 Those Whom the Gods Detest (2009) #783
25	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #416 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #464 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) #1060 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single]
27	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #647 Litany (2000) #837 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #890
28	Suffocation 1989, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Pierced From Within (1995) #175 Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) #243 Human Waste (1991) [EP] #1927
29	Bolt Thrower 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal	...For Victory (1994) #426 The IVth Crusade (1992) #498 Those Once Loyal (2005) #508
30	Mors Principium Est 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal	...And Death Said Live (2012) #507 The Unborn (2005) #996 Dawn of the 5th Era (2014) #1136
31	Immolation 1988, United States Death Metal	Dawn of Possession (1991) #450 Close to a World Below (2000) #724 Here in After (1996) #887
32	Krisiun 1990, Brazil Death Metal	Southern Storm (2008) #321 Black Force Domain (1995) #425 Conquerors of Armageddon (2000) #1149
33	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #224 At War with Reality (2014) #1442 Terminal Spirit Disease (1994) #1970
34	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #482 Iconoclast (2008) #1985 Veto (2013) #2214
35	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #291 Vessels (2016) #412 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #423
36	Mercenary 1991, Denmark Melodic Death Metal	Architect of Lies (2008) #730 The Hours That Remain (2006) #838 Soundtrack for the End Times (2023) #1458
37	Dying Fetus 1991, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Descend into Depravity (2009) #331 Killing on Adrenaline (1998) #830 Destroy the Opposition (2000) #1216
38	Disarmonia Mundi 1999, Italy Melodic Death Metal	Fragments of D-Generation (2004) #387 Mind Tricks (2006) #571 Nebularium + the Restless Memoirs EP (2009) [Compilation]
39	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #218 Cosmogenesis (2009) #942 Omnivium (2011) #1051
40	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #288 Monolith (2010) #472 Shrouded Divine (2008) #649
41	Autopsy 1987, United States Death Metal	Mental Funeral (1991) #381 Severed Survival (1989) #524 Macabre Eternal (2011) #2724
42	Aborted 1995, Belgium Brutal Death Metal	Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done (2003) #259 Retrogore (2016) #1326 Global Flatline (2012) #3658
43	Norther 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Death Unlimited (2004) #831 Mirror of Madness (2003) #1793 Dreams of Endless War (2002) #1921
44	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Everblack (2013) #962 Ritual (2011) #1219 Nocturnal (2007) #1243
45	The Chasm 1992, Mexico Death Metal	Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm (2009) #402 The Spell of Retribution (2004) #1462 Deathcult for Eternity: the Triumph (1998) #1872
46	Wintersun 2003, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Time I (2012) #129 Time II (2024) #252 Wintersun (2004) #860
47	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #311 Unorthodox (1992) #1957 The Spectral Sorrows (1993) #3104
48	Bloodbath 1998, Sweden Death Metal	Nightmares Made Flesh (2004) #1231 Breeding Death (2000) [EP] #1336 The Wacken Carnage (2008) [Live] #1383
49	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #282 Magma (2016) #609 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #648
50	Dark Lunacy 1997, Italy Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Diarist (2006) #652 Devoid (2000) #1012 Forget Me Not (2003) #1312

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