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814 bands
Rank Image Band / Formed / Genres Albums
1
Dark Tranquillity
1991, Sweden
Melodic Death Metal
Damage Done (2002)  #23
Fiction (2007)  #45
Atoma (2016)  #195
2
Arch Enemy
1995, Sweden
Melodic Death Metal
Burning Bridges (1999)  #51
Rise of the Tyrant (2007)  #99
Wages of Sin (2001)  #322
3
In Flames
1990, Sweden
Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal
Colony (1999)  #156
The Jester Race (1996)  #178
Whoracle (1997)  #275
4
Death
1984, United States
Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal
Symbolic (1995)  #20
Human (1991)  #36
Leprosy (1988)  #65
5
Children of Bodom
1997, Finland
Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal
Follow the Reaper (2000)  #94
Hate Crew Deathroll (2003)  #118
Hatebreeder (1999)  #268
6
Opeth
1990, Sweden
Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock
Blackwater Park (2001)  #9
Damnation (2003)  #77
Ghost Reveries (2005)  #80
7
Omnium Gatherum
1996, Finland
Melodic Death Metal
New World Shadows (2011)  #27
Beyond (2013)  #153
Grey Heavens (2016)  #698
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)  #520
Kill (2006)  #1045
A Skeletal Domain (2014)  #1155
10
Deicide
1989, United States
Death Metal
Legion (1992)  #89
Deicide (1990)  #126
Once upon the Cross (1995)  #483
11
Kalmah
1998, Finland
Melodic Death Metal
12 Gauge (2010)  #90
The Black Waltz (2006)  #451
They Will Return (2002)  #502
12
Behemoth
1991, Poland
Black Metal, Death Metal
The Satanist (2014)  #136
Evangelion (2009)  #258
Demigod (2004)  #296
13
Carcass
1986, United Kingdom
Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll
14
Soilwork
1996, Sweden
Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore
Övergivenheten (2022)  #528
The Ride Majestic (2015)  #795
The Living Infinite (2013)  #845
15
Fleshgod Apocalypse
2007, Italy
Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Symphonic Metal
King (2016)  #151
Agony (2011)  #530
Oracles (2009)  #565
16
Cryptopsy
1992, Canada
Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal
None So Vile (1996)  #32
Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994)  #277
Cryptopsy (2012)  #742
17
Sepultura
1984, Brazil
Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal
Beneath the Remains (1989)  #26
Arise (1991)  #114
Schizophrenia (1987)  #231
18
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
1994, Finland
Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal
A Virgin and a Whore (2001)  #227
Chaotic Beauty (2000)  #390
19
Obituary
1988, United States
Death Metal
Cause of Death (1990)  #61
Slowly We Rot (1989)  #446
The End Complete (1992)  #1493
20
Amon Amarth
1992, Sweden
Melodic Death Metal
21
Persefone
2001, Andorra
Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal
Aathma (2017)  #187
Spiritual Migration (2013)  #261
Shin-Ken (2009)  #454
22
Morbid Angel
1983, United States
Death Metal
Altars of Madness (1989)  #50
Covenant (1993)  #516
Blessed Are the Sick (1991)  #1395
23
Septicflesh
1990, Greece
Death Metal, Symphonic Metal
Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020)  [Live]  #424
Codex Omega (2017)  #503
Communion (2008)  #570
24
Nile
1993, United States
Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal
25
Amorphis
1990, Finland
Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock
Halo (2022)  #413
Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021)  [Live]  #457
Queen of Time (2018)  #533
26
Scar Symmetry
2004, Sweden
Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal
Holographic Universe (2008)  #912
Morphogenesis (2008)  [Single]
27
Vader
1983, Poland
Death Metal, Thrash Metal
De Profundis (1995)  #642
Litany (2000)  #903
28
Suffocation
1989, United States
Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal
Pierced From Within (1995)  #170
Human Waste (1991)  [EP]  #1912
29
Bolt Thrower
1986, United Kingdom
Death Metal
...For Victory (1994)  #419
The IVth Crusade (1992)  #496
Those Once Loyal (2005)  #507
30
Mors Principium Est
1999, Finland
Melodic Death Metal
The Unborn (2005)  #993
Dawn of the 5th Era (2014)  #1132
31
Immolation
1988, United States
Death Metal
Dawn of Possession (1991)  #444
Here in After (1996)  #881
32
At the Gates
1990, Sweden
Melodic Death Metal
Slaughter of the Soul (1995)  #214
At War with Reality (2014)  #1429
33
Krisiun
1990, Brazil
Death Metal
Southern Storm (2008)  #314
Black Force Domain (1995)  #355
34
Heaven Shall Burn
1997, Germany
Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore
Invictus (2010)  #477
Iconoclast (2008)  #1967
Veto (2013)  #2186
35
Mercenary
1991, Denmark
Melodic Death Metal
36
Be'lakor
2004, Australia
Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal
Stone's Reach (2009)  #321
Of Breath and Bone (2012)  #416
Vessels (2016)  #435
37
Dying Fetus
1991, United States
Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal
Killing on Adrenaline (1998)  #1003
Destroy the Opposition (2000)  #1199
38
Disarmonia Mundi
1999, Italy
Melodic Death Metal
Mind Tricks (2006)  #568
39
Obscura
2002, Germany
Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal
Akróasis (2016)  #218
Cosmogenesis (2009)  #938
Omnivium (2011)  #1046
40
In Mourning
2000, Sweden
Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal
The Weight of Oceans (2012)  #285
Monolith (2010)  #465
Shrouded Divine (2008)  #644
41
Norther
1996, Finland
Melodic Death Metal
Death Unlimited (2004)  #829
Mirror of Madness (2003)  #1779
Dreams of Endless War (2002)  #1907
42
The Black Dahlia Murder
2001, United States
Melodic Death Metal
Everblack (2013)  #957
Ritual (2011)  #1220
Nocturnal (2007)  #1241
43
Aborted
1995, Belgium
Brutal Death Metal
Retrogore (2016)  #1313
Global Flatline (2012)  #3612
44
Autopsy
1987, United States
Death Metal
Mental Funeral (1991)  #318
Severed Survival (1989)  #547
Macabre Eternal (2011)  #2695
45
Edge of Sanity
1989, Sweden
Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal
Crimson (1996)  #280
Unorthodox (1992)  #1941
The Spectral Sorrows (1993)  #3082
46
Gojira
2001, France
Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal
Fortitude (2021)  #279
Magma (2016)  #476
From Mars to Sirius (2005)  #643
47
Dark Lunacy
1997, Italy
Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal
The Diarist (2006)  #648
Devoid (2000)  #1070
Forget Me Not (2003)  #1301
48
Hypocrisy
1991, Sweden
Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal
49
The Chasm
1992, Mexico
Death Metal
50
Hour of Penance
1999, Italy
Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal
Sedition (2012)  #431
The Vile Conception (2008)  #1587
Paradogma (2010)  #2263
Info / Statistics
Artists : 47,151
Reviews : 10,381
Albums : 169,568
Lyrics : 218,027