Best Death Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #22 Fiction (2007) #42 Atoma (2016) #183
2	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #53 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #111 Wages of Sin (2001) #324
3	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #19 Human (1991) #37 Leprosy (1988) #59
4	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #168 The Jester Race (1996) #188 Whoracle (1997) #282
5	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #9 Ghost Reveries (2005) #71 Damnation (2003) #82
6	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Follow the Reaper (2000) #95 Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #114 Hatebreeder (1999) #276
7	Cannibal Corpse 1988, United States Death Metal	Torture (2012) #426 Kill (2006) #957 A Skeletal Domain (2014) #1163
8	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #27 Beyond (2013) #147 Grey Heavens (2016) #713
9	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #34 Heart Like a Grave (2019) #203 Anno 1696 (2023) #217
10	Deicide 1989, United States Death Metal	Legion (1992) #85 Deicide (1990) #116 Once upon the Cross (1995) #460
11	Kalmah 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	12 Gauge (2010) #101 The Black Waltz (2006) #461 They Will Return (2002) #514
12	Behemoth 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal	The Satanist (2014) #126 Evangelion (2009) #277 Demigod (2004) #310
13	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #96 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #271 Surgical Steel (2013) #302
14	Cryptopsy 1992, Canada Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	None So Vile (1996) #33 Blasphemy Made Flesh (1994) #274 Cryptopsy (2012) #756
15	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	Övergivenheten (2022) #541 The Ride Majestic (2015) #806 The Living Infinite (2013) #857
16	Fleshgod Apocalypse 2007, Italy Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	King (2016) #155 Oracles (2009) #563 Agony (2011) #564
17	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #26 Arise (1991) #117 Schizophrenia (1987) #229
18	Obituary 1988, United States Death Metal	Cause of Death (1990) #63 Slowly We Rot (1989) #465 The End Complete (1992) #1597
19	Eternal Tears of Sorrow 1994, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Virgin and a Whore (2001) #233 Chaotic Beauty (2000) #380 Before the Bleeding Sun (2006) #933
20	Morbid Angel 1983, United States Death Metal	Altars of Madness (1989) #51 Covenant (1993) #496 Blessed Are the Sick (1991) #1383
21	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) #1347
22	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #148 Spiritual Migration (2013) #267 Shin-Ken (2009) #462
23	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #432 Codex Omega (2017) #516 Communion (2008) #577
24	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #416 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #466 Queen of Time (2018) #489
25	Nile 1993, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Annihilation of the Wicked (2005) #299 In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) #359 Those Whom the Gods Detest (2009) #797
26	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #648 Litany (2000) #847 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #905
27	Suffocation 1989, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Pierced From Within (1995) #146 Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) #205 Hymns from the Apocrypha (2023) #1589
28	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #927 The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) (2023) #1068 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single]
29	Bolt Thrower 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal	...For Victory (1994) #386 Those Once Loyal (2005) #429 The IVth Crusade (1992) #497
30	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #198 At War with Reality (2014) #1539 Terminal Spirit Disease (1994) #2526
31	Mors Principium Est 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal	...And Death Said Live (2012) #521 The Unborn (2005) #1006 Dawn of the 5th Era (2014) #1135
32	Krisiun 1990, Brazil Death Metal	Southern Storm (2008) #309 Black Force Domain (1995) #425 Conquerors of Armageddon (2000) #1151
33	Immolation 1988, United States Death Metal	Dawn of Possession (1991) #451 Close to a World Below (2000) #735 Here in After (1996) #891
34	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #520 Iconoclast (2008) #1996 Veto (2013) #2228
35	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #312 Vessels (2016) #412 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #448
36	Mercenary 1991, Denmark Melodic Death Metal	Architect of Lies (2008) #743 The Hours That Remain (2006) #848 Soundtrack for the End Times (2023) #1093
37	Hypocrisy 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal	A Taste of Extreme Divinity (2009) #1125 Osculum Obscenum (1993) #1241 Virus (2005) #1339
38	Dying Fetus 1991, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Descend into Depravity (2009) #334 Killing on Adrenaline (1998) #909 War of Attrition (2007) #1271
39	Disarmonia Mundi 1999, Italy Melodic Death Metal	Fragments of D-Generation (2004) #364 Mind Tricks (2006) #575 Nebularium + the Restless Memoirs EP (2009) [Compilation]
40	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #227 Cosmogenesis (2009) #955 Omnivium (2011) #1060
41	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #284 Monolith (2010) #475 Shrouded Divine (2008) #650
42	Wintersun 2003, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Time I (2012) #132 Time II (2024) #242 Wintersun (2004) #759
43	Autopsy 1987, United States Death Metal	Mental Funeral (1991) #327 Severed Survival (1989) #591 Macabre Eternal (2011) #2748
44	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #259 Unorthodox (1992) #1972 Purgatory Afterglow (1994) #2850
45	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Nocturnal (2007) #919 Everblack (2013) #978 Ritual (2011) #1216
46	Norther 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Death Unlimited (2004) #843 Mirror of Madness (2003) #1620 Dreams of Endless War (2002) #1931
47	Aborted 1995, Belgium Brutal Death Metal	Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done (2003) #244 Retrogore (2016) #1336 Global Flatline (2012) #3695
48	The Chasm 1992, Mexico Death Metal	Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm (2009) #486 The Spell of Retribution (2004) #1466 Deathcult for Eternity: the Triumph (1998) #1884
49	Bloodbath 1998, Sweden Death Metal	Breeding Death (2000) [EP] #1227 Nightmares Made Flesh (2004) #1230 The Wacken Carnage (2008) [Live] #1395
50	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #285 Magma (2016) #614 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #649

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