Best Death Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #23 Fiction (2007) #40 Atoma (2016) #184
2	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #54 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #108 Wages of Sin (2001) #322
3	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #19 Human (1991) #36 Leprosy (1988) #60
4	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #170 The Jester Race (1996) #188 Whoracle (1997) #280
5	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #8 Ghost Reveries (2005) #75 Damnation (2003) #80
6	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Follow the Reaper (2000) #94 Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #118 Hatebreeder (1999) #273
7	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #26 Beyond (2013) #147 Grey Heavens (2016) #712
8	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #35 Heart Like a Grave (2019) #202 Anno 1696 (2023) #215
9	Cannibal Corpse 1988, United States Death Metal	Torture (2012) #469 Kill (2006) #1051 A Skeletal Domain (2014) #1157
10	Deicide 1989, United States Death Metal	Legion (1992) #89 Deicide (1990) #121 Once upon the Cross (1995) #456
11	Kalmah 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	12 Gauge (2010) #92 The Black Waltz (2006) #457 They Will Return (2002) #507
12	Behemoth 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal	The Satanist (2014) #125 Evangelion (2009) #254 Demigod (2004) #309
13	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #97 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #271 Surgical Steel (2013) #302
14	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	Övergivenheten (2022) #535 The Ride Majestic (2015) #800 The Living Infinite (2013) #848
15	Fleshgod Apocalypse 2007, Italy Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	King (2016) #153 Oracles (2009) #557 Agony (2011) #558
16	Cryptopsy 1992, Canada Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	None So Vile (1996) #33 Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) #303 Cryptopsy (2012) #750
17	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #25 Arise (1991) #116 Schizophrenia (1987) #228
18	Eternal Tears of Sorrow 1994, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Virgin and a Whore (2001) #235 Chaotic Beauty (2000) #376 Before the Bleeding Sun (2006) #928
19	Obituary 1988, United States Death Metal	Cause of Death (1990) #62 Slowly We Rot (1989) #462 The End Complete (1992) #1592
20	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #395 Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) #1146 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #1333
21	Morbid Angel 1983, United States Death Metal	Altars of Madness (1989) #51 Covenant (1993) #527 Blessed Are the Sick (1991) #1406
22	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #148 Spiritual Migration (2013) #267 Shin-Ken (2009) #459
23	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #428 Codex Omega (2017) #509 Communion (2008) #574
24	Nile 1993, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Annihilation of the Wicked (2005) #299 In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) #356 Those Whom the Gods Detest (2009) #789
25	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #649 Litany (2000) #840 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #902
26	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #414 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #463 Queen of Time (2018) #486
27	Suffocation 1989, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Pierced From Within (1995) #146 Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) #243 Hymns from the Apocrypha (2023) #1582
28	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #921 The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) (2023) #1061 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single]
29	Bolt Thrower 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal	...For Victory (1994) #425 The IVth Crusade (1992) #500 Those Once Loyal (2005) #513
30	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #211 At War with Reality (2014) #1529 Terminal Spirit Disease (1994) #2517
31	Mors Principium Est 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal	...And Death Said Live (2012) #512 The Unborn (2005) #997 Dawn of the 5th Era (2014) #1129
32	Krisiun 1990, Brazil Death Metal	Southern Storm (2008) #325 Black Force Domain (1995) #424 Conquerors of Armageddon (2000) #1142
33	Immolation 1988, United States Death Metal	Dawn of Possession (1991) #448 Close to a World Below (2000) #731 Here in After (1996) #887
34	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #485 Iconoclast (2008) #1991 Veto (2013) #2227
35	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #292 Vessels (2016) #409 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #445
36	Mercenary 1991, Denmark Melodic Death Metal	Architect of Lies (2008) #738 The Hours That Remain (2006) #841 Soundtrack for the End Times (2023) #1451
37	Dying Fetus 1991, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Descend into Depravity (2009) #334 Killing on Adrenaline (1998) #904 War of Attrition (2007) #1820
38	Disarmonia Mundi 1999, Italy Melodic Death Metal	Fragments of D-Generation (2004) #362 Mind Tricks (2006) #572 Nebularium + the Restless Memoirs EP (2009) [Compilation]
39	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #226 Cosmogenesis (2009) #949 Omnivium (2011) #1052
40	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #311 Monolith (2010) #473 Shrouded Divine (2008) #651
41	Hypocrisy 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal	A Taste of Extreme Divinity (2009) #1172 Virus (2005) #1430 Hell over Sofia - 20 Years of Chaos and Confusion (2011) [Video]
42	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #258 Unorthodox (1992) #1964 The Spectral Sorrows (1993) #3085
43	Autopsy 1987, United States Death Metal	Mental Funeral (1991) #383 Severed Survival (1989) #596 Macabre Eternal (2011) #2743
44	Norther 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Death Unlimited (2004) #834 Mirror of Madness (2003) #1615 Dreams of Endless War (2002) #1928
45	Aborted 1995, Belgium Brutal Death Metal	Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done (2003) #266 Retrogore (2016) #1323 Global Flatline (2012) #3685
46	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Everblack (2013) #970 Ritual (2011) #1212 Nocturnal (2007) #1238
47	The Chasm 1992, Mexico Death Metal	Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm (2009) #400 The Spell of Retribution (2004) #1456 Deathcult for Eternity: the Triumph (1998) #1880
48	Wintersun 2003, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Time I (2012) #132 Time II (2024) #242 Wintersun (2004) #859
49	Bloodbath 1998, Sweden Death Metal	Breeding Death (2000) [EP] #1223 Nightmares Made Flesh (2004) #1226 The Wacken Carnage (2008) [Live] #1384
50	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #282 Magma (2016) #616 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #650

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