Best Death Metal Bands

823 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
101	Beyond Creation 2005, Canada Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Aura (2011) #674 Algorythm (2018) #2120 Earthborn Evolution (2014) #6154
102	Exhumed 1991, United States Deathgrind, Goregrind, Death Metal	Gore Metal (1998) #812 Slaughtercult (2001) #839 All Guts, No Glory (2011) #2882
103	Tribulation 2004, Sweden Death Metal, Gothic Metal	The Formulas of Death (2013) The Children of the Night (2015) #1566 Down Below (2018) #3650
104	Sentenced 1988, Finland Gothic Metal, Death Metal	Frozen (1998) #677 Crimson (2000) #784 The Cold White Light (2002) #1413
105	Cavalera 2023, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Morbid Visions (2023) #1571 Schizophrenia (2024) #2183 Bestial Devastation (2023) [EP] #4064
106	Asphyx 1987, Netherlands Death Metal, Doom Metal	Last One on Earth (1992) #1519 The Rack (1991) #2052 Necroceros (2021) #2597
107	Terrorizer 1987, United States Deathgrind, Grindcore, Death Metal	World Downfall (1989) #785 Hordes of Zombies (2012) #2803 Caustic Attack (2018) #6072
108	Defeated Sanity 1993, Germany Technical Brutal Death Metal	Chapters of Repugnance (2010) #1218 Psalms of the Moribund (2007) #2291 Passages Into Deformity (2013) #2968
109	Grave 1988, Sweden Death Metal	You'll Never See... (1992) #1484 Into the Grave (1991) #1883 As Rapture Comes (2006) #4855
110	Sinister 1988, Netherlands Death Metal	Cross the Styx (1992) #1898 Diabolical Summoning (1993) #1960 Hate (1995) #2466
111	Impiety 1990, Singapore Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) #492 Kaos Kommand 696 (2002) #1855 Versus All Gods (2019) #6707
112	Deeds of Flesh 1993, United States Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Path of the Weakening (1999) #1062 Portals to Canaan (2013) #2212 Trading Pieces (1996) #2568
113	Disgorge 1994, Mexico Brutal Death Metal, Goregrind	Necrholocaust (2003) #2155 Through the Innards (1995) [Demo] Blood and Pus Emanations (1997) [Demo]
114	Necrophagist 1992, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Epitaph (2004) #790 Onset of Putrefaction (1999) #1104 Requiems of Festered Gore (1992) [Demo]
115	Dimension Zero 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Silent Night Fever (2002) #2332 This Is Hell (2003) #2826 He Who Shall Not Bleed (2007) #5701
116	도깨비 (Tokkaebi) 1997, Korea Death Metal	천문 (Astronomical Phenomena) (2000) #624
117	Master 1983, United States Death Metal	Master (1990) #3112 The Human Machine (2010) The Witchhunt (2013) #4149
118	Hate Eternal 1997, United States Death Metal	I, Monarch (2005) #2462 Fury and Flames (2008) #3631 Phoenix Amongst the Ashes (2011) #3858
119	Skyfire 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Spectral (2004) #5642 Liberation in Death (2017) [EP] #5855 Esoteric (2009) #6743
120	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #1444 I.N.R.I. (1987) #5620 Rotting (1989) [EP] #8315
121	Darkest Hour 1995, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Deliver Us (2007) #1507 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation (2003) #4596 The Human Romance (2011) #5106
122	Gorgasm 1994, United States Brutal Death Metal	Masticate to Dominate (2003) #2145 Bleeding Profusely (2001) #3645 Destined to Violate (2014) #3834
123	Triptykon 2008, Switzerland Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Melana Chasmata (2014) #664 Eparistera Daimones (2010) #1799 Shatter (2010) [EP] #8684
124	Novembre 1993, Italy Progressive Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal	Ursa (2016) #2532 Classica (1999) #3747 The Blue (2007) #3819
125	Eluveitie 2002, Switzerland Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Slania (2008) #1472 Origins (2014) #2705 Spirit (2006) #4602
126	Benediction 1989, United Kingdom Death Metal	Transcend the Rubicon (1993) #2154 Subconscious Terror (1990) #4374 The Grotesque / Ashen Epitaph (1994) [EP]
127	Morgoth 1985, Germany Death Metal, Industrial Rock	Cursed (1991) #1418 The Eternal Fall (1990) [EP] #3364 Ungod (2015) #3925
128	Six Feet Under 1993, United States Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Maximum Violence (1999) #1879 Alive and Dead (1996) [EP] #3460 Undead (2012) #4507
129	Horrendous 2009, United States Death Metal, Progressive Death Metal	Ontological Mysterium (2023) #1008 The Chills (2012) #3786 Idol (2018) #4524
130	Demilich Finland Technical Death Metal	Nespithe (1993) #240 The Four Instructive Tales... of Decomposition (1991) [Demo] Regurgitation of Blood (1991) [Demo]
131	Sylosis 2000, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	Conclusion of an Age (2008) #2157 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3275 Monolith (2012) #3912
132	Cattle Decapitation 1996, United States Deathgrind, Death Metal, Goregrind	The Anthropocene Extinction (2015) #632 Monolith of Inhumanity (2012) #728 Medium Rarities (2018) [Compilation]
133	Disgorge 1992, United States Brutal Death Metal	She Lay Gutted (1999) #2985 Consume the Forsaken (2002) #3986 Cognitive Lust of Mutilation (1992) [Demo]
134	Darkane 1998, Sweden Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Rusted Angel (1998) #1948 Insanity (2001) Layers of Lies (2005) #5623
135	First Fragment 2007, Canada Technical Death Metal	Dasein (2016) #221 Gloire Éternelle (2021) #773 The Afterthought Ecstasy (2010) [EP]
136	Runemagick 1990, Sweden Death Metal, Doom Metal	Darkness Death Doom (2003) #939 The Supreme Force of Eternity (1998) #2200 Enter the Realm of Death (1999) #3437
137	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #579 The Plague Within (2015) #787 In Requiem (2007) #852
138	Unleashed 1989, Sweden Death Metal	Where No Life Dwells (1991) #2133 Shadows in the Deep (1992) #2908 Odalheim (2012) #5794
139	Sulphur Aeon 2010, Germany Death Metal, Black Metal	Swallowed by the Ocean's Tide (2013) #1087 Gateway to the Antisphere (2015) #1644 The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos (2018) #2549
140	Cemetary 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Gothic Metal	An Evil Shade of Grey (1992) #1514 Sweetest Tragedies (1999) [Compilation] Godless Beauty (1993) #3439
141	All That Remains 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The Fall of Ideals (2006) #662 Victim of the New Disease (2018) #1388 ...For We Are Many (2010) #5684
142	Vomitory 1989, Sweden Death Metal	Carnage Euphoria (2009) #2375 Revelation Nausea (2001) #2827 All Heads Are Gonna Roll (2023) #3289
143	Rings of Saturn 2009, United States Technical Deathcore	Lugal Ki En (2014) #923 Dingir (2012) #1783 Ultu Ulla (2017) #3050
144	Serenity in Murder 2009, Japan Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Highest of Dystopia (2015) #2255 The First Frisson of the World (2011) #2526 The Eclipse (2017) #2588
145	Abysmal Torment 2000, Malta Brutal Death Metal	Cultivate the Apostate (2014) #1521 Epoch of Methodic Carnage (2006) #1890 Omnicide (2009) #3388
146	Parasite Inc. 2007, Germany Melodic Death Metal	Time Tears Down (2013) #521 Cyan Night Dreams (2022) #6719 Dead and Alive (2018) #7591
147	Before the Dawn 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Rise of the Phoenix (2012) #1577 Deadlight (2007) #7340 Deathstar Rising (2011) #7516
148	Merciless 1986, Sweden Death Metal, Thrash Metal	The Awakening (1990) #650 Live Obsession (2004) [Video] Unbound (1994) #3535
149	Dreamshade 2006, Switzerland Metalcore, Alternative Rock	What Silence Hides (2011) #2122 Wide Awake (2010) [Single] What Silence Hides (2008) [Demo]
150	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Totem (2022) #1304 Dark Ages (2005) #3056 Ritual (2018) #4803

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