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816 bands
Rank Image 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
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
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
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
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
Morphogenesis (2008)  [Single]
27
Vader
1983, Poland
Death Metal, Thrash Metal
De Profundis (1995)  #644
Litany (2000)  #908
28
Suffocation
1989, United States
Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal
Pierced From Within (1995)  #171
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
The Unborn (2005)  #995
Dawn of the 5th Era (2014)  #1136
31
Immolation
1988, United States
Death Metal
Dawn of Possession (1991)  #447
Here in After (1996)  #881
32
Krisiun
1990, Brazil
Death Metal
Southern Storm (2008)  #316
Black Force Domain (1995)  #355
33
At the Gates
1990, Sweden
Melodic Death Metal
Slaughter of the Soul (1995)  #213
At War with Reality (2014)  #1436
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
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
38
Disarmonia Mundi
1999, Italy
Melodic Death Metal
Mind Tricks (2006)  #572
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
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
50
The Chasm
1992, Mexico
Death Metal
Info / Statistics
Artists : 47,234
Reviews : 10,428
Albums : 170,129
Lyrics : 218,137