Best Death Metal Bands | page 3

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
101	Exhumed 1991, United States Deathgrind, Goregrind, Death Metal	Gore Metal (1998) #826 Slaughtercult (2001) #849 All Guts, No Glory (2011) #2917
102	Barren Earth 2007, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Curse of the Red River (2010) #1049 A Complex of Cages (2018) #2050 The Devil's Resolve (2012) #5429
103	Tribulation 2004, Sweden Death Metal, Gothic Metal	The Formulas of Death (2013) The Children of the Night (2015) #1573 Down Below (2018) #3690
104	Necrophagist 1992, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Epitaph (2004) #700 Onset of Putrefaction (1999) #983 Requiems of Festered Gore (1992) [Demo]
105	Sentenced 1988, Finland Gothic Metal, Death Metal	Frozen (1998) #677 Crimson (2000) #798 Amok (1995) #1567
106	Cavalera 2023, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Morbid Visions (2023) #1577 Schizophrenia (2024) #2331 Bestial Devastation (2023) [EP] #4858
107	Asphyx 1987, Netherlands Death Metal, Doom Metal	Last One on Earth (1992) #1430 Necroceros (2021) #2020 The Rack (1991) #2066
108	Dimension Zero 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Silent Night Fever (2002) #2352 This Is Hell (2003) #2733 He Who Shall Not Bleed (2007) #5806
109	Terrorizer 1987, United States Deathgrind, Grindcore, Death Metal	World Downfall (1989) #1006 Hordes of Zombies (2012) #2839 Caustic Attack (2018) #6181
110	Defeated Sanity 1993, Germany Technical Brutal Death Metal	Chapters of Repugnance (2010) #1214 Psalms of the Moribund (2007) #2308 Passages Into Deformity (2013) #3008
111	Grave 1988, Sweden Death Metal	You'll Never See... (1992) #1490 Into the Grave (1991) #1892 As Rapture Comes (2006) #4953
112	Sinister 1988, Netherlands Death Metal	Cross the Styx (1992) #1905 Diabolical Summoning (1993) #1973 Hate (1995) #2486
113	Impiety 1990, Singapore Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) #500 Kaos Kommand 696 (2002) #1869 Versus All Gods (2019) #6817
114	Deeds of Flesh 1993, United States Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Path of the Weakening (1999) #1070 Portals to Canaan (2013) #2223 Trading Pieces (1996) #2592
115	Disgorge 1994, Mexico Brutal Death Metal, Goregrind	Necrholocaust (2003) #2166 Through the Innards (1995) [Demo] Blood and Pus Emanations (1997) [Demo]
116	Master 1983, United States Death Metal	The Human Machine (2010) The Witchhunt (2013) #4228 Saints Dispelled (2024) #4322
117	도깨비 (Tokkaebi) 1997, Korea Death Metal	천문 (Astronomical Phenomena) (2000) #625
118	Six Feet Under 1993, United States Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Maximum Violence (1999) #1534 Bringer of Blood (2003) Alive and Dead (1996) [EP] #3501
119	Disgorge 1992, United States Brutal Death Metal	Consume the Forsaken (2002) #1739 She Lay Gutted (1999) #1965 Cognitive Lust of Mutilation (1992) [Demo]
120	Hate Eternal 1997, United States Death Metal	I, Monarch (2005) #2483 Fury and Flames (2008) #3668 Phoenix Amongst the Ashes (2011) #3926
121	Vomitory 1989, Sweden Death Metal	All Heads Are Gonna Roll (2023) #2302 Carnage Euphoria (2009) #2397 Revelation Nausea (2001) #2861
122	Skyfire 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Spectral (2004) #5748 Liberation in Death (2017) [EP] #5953 Esoteric (2009) #6858
123	Eluveitie 2002, Switzerland Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Slania (2008) #1529 Origins (2014) #2834 Spirit (2006) #4697
124	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #1452 I.N.R.I. (1987) #5720 Rotting (1989) [EP] #8448
125	Darkest Hour 1995, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Deliver Us (2007) #1510 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation (2003) #4691 The Human Romance (2011) #5195
126	Gorgasm 1994, United States Brutal Death Metal	Masticate to Dominate (2003) #2158 Bleeding Profusely (2001) #3683 Destined to Violate (2014) #3898
127	Triptykon 2008, Switzerland Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Melana Chasmata (2014) #666 Eparistera Daimones (2010) #1798 Shatter (2010) [EP] #8819
128	Novembre 1993, Italy Progressive Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal	Ursa (2016) #2555 Classica (1999) #3799 The Blue (2007) #3884
129	Benediction 1989, United Kingdom Death Metal	Transcend the Rubicon (1993) #2165 Subconscious Terror (1990) #4450 The Grotesque / Ashen Epitaph (1994) [EP]
130	Morgoth 1985, Germany Death Metal, Industrial Rock	Cursed (1991) #1581 The Eternal Fall (1990) [EP] #3404 Ungod (2015) #3999
131	Horrendous 2009, United States Death Metal, Progressive Death Metal	Ontological Mysterium (2023) #992 The Chills (2012) #3844 Idol (2018) #4125
132	Demilich Finland Technical Death Metal	Nespithe (1993) #242 The Four Instructive Tales... of Decomposition (1991) [Demo] Regurgitation of Blood (1991) [Demo]
133	Cattle Decapitation 1996, United States Deathgrind, Death Metal, Goregrind	The Anthropocene Extinction (2015) #631 Monolith of Inhumanity (2012) #741 Medium Rarities (2018) [Compilation]
134	Sylosis 2000, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	Conclusion of an Age (2008) #2168 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3315 Monolith (2012) #3982
135	Darkane 1998, Sweden Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Rusted Angel (1998) #1958 Insanity (2001) #5601 Layers of Lies (2005) #5724
136	First Fragment 2007, Canada Technical Death Metal	Dasein (2016) #221 Gloire Éternelle (2021) #900 The Afterthought Ecstasy (2010) [EP]
137	Pathology 2006, United States Slamming Brutal Death Metal	Reborn to Kill (2019) Tyrannical Decay (2012) [Single] Awaken to the Suffering (2011) #4088
138	Runemagick 1990, Sweden Death Metal, Doom Metal	Darkness Death Doom (2003) #951 The Supreme Force of Eternity (1998) #2212 Enter the Realm of Death (1999) #3480
139	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #586 The Plague Within (2015) #801 In Requiem (2007) #861
140	Unleashed 1989, Sweden Death Metal	Where No Life Dwells (1991) #2150 Shadows in the Deep (1992) #2941 Odalheim (2012) #5896
141	Sulphur Aeon 2010, Germany Death Metal, Black Metal	Swallowed by the Ocean's Tide (2013) #1090 Gateway to the Antisphere (2015) #1658 The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos (2018) #2574
142	Cemetary 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Gothic Metal	An Evil Shade of Grey (1992) #1516 Sweetest Tragedies (1999) [Compilation] Godless Beauty (1993) #3482
143	All That Remains 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The Fall of Ideals (2006) #665 Victim of the New Disease (2018) #1399 ...For We Are Many (2010) #5789
144	Rings of Saturn 2009, United States Technical Deathcore	Lugal Ki En (2014) #929 Dingir (2012) #1800 Ultu Ulla (2017) #3089
145	Serenity in Murder 2009, Japan Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Highest of Dystopia (2015) #2269 The First Frisson of the World (2011) #2550 The Eclipse (2017) #2611
146	Abysmal Torment 2000, Malta Brutal Death Metal	Cultivate the Apostate (2014) #1526 Epoch of Methodic Carnage (2006) #1899 Omnicide (2009) #3427
147	Parasite Inc. 2007, Germany Melodic Death Metal	Time Tears Down (2013) #534 Cyan Night Dreams (2022) #6831 Dead and Alive (2018) #7725
148	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Totem (2022) #1470 Dark Ages (2005) #3096 Ritual (2018) #4895
149	Before the Dawn 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Rise of the Phoenix (2012) #1799 Deadlight (2007) #7467 Deathstar Rising (2011) #7647
150	Merciless 1986, Sweden Death Metal, Thrash Metal	The Awakening (1990) #703 Live Obsession (2004) [Video] Unbound (1994) #3577

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