Best Death Metal Bands

827 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
101	Beyond Creation 2005, Canada Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Aura (2011) #672 Algorythm (2018) #2131 Earthborn Evolution (2014) #6209
102	Exhumed 1991, United States Deathgrind, Goregrind, Death Metal	Gore Metal (1998) #819 Slaughtercult (2001) #843 All Guts, No Glory (2011) #2903
103	Tribulation 2004, Sweden Death Metal, Gothic Metal	The Formulas of Death (2013) The Children of the Night (2015) #1569 Down Below (2018) #3680
104	Necrophagist 1992, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Epitaph (2004) #700 Onset of Putrefaction (1999) #976 Requiems of Festered Gore (1992) [Demo]
105	Sentenced 1988, Finland Gothic Metal, Death Metal	Frozen (1998) #674 Crimson (2000) #790 The Cold White Light (2002) #1633
106	Cavalera 2023, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Morbid Visions (2023) #1574 Schizophrenia (2024) #2324 Bestial Devastation (2023) [EP] #4812
107	Asphyx 1987, Netherlands Death Metal, Doom Metal	Last One on Earth (1992) #1419 Necroceros (2021) #1975 The Rack (1991) #2060
108	Terrorizer 1987, United States Deathgrind, Grindcore, Death Metal	World Downfall (1989) #791 Hordes of Zombies (2012) #2830 Caustic Attack (2018) #6128
109	Defeated Sanity 1993, Germany Technical Brutal Death Metal	Chapters of Repugnance (2010) #1214 Psalms of the Moribund (2007) #2304 Passages Into Deformity (2013) #2993
110	Grave 1988, Sweden Death Metal	You'll Never See... (1992) #1486 Into the Grave (1991) #1891 As Rapture Comes (2006) #4908
111	Sinister 1988, Netherlands Death Metal	Cross the Styx (1992) #1903 Diabolical Summoning (1993) #1966 Hate (1995) #2480
112	Impiety 1990, Singapore Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) #494 Kaos Kommand 696 (2002) #1863 Versus All Gods (2019) #6759
113	Deeds of Flesh 1993, United States Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Path of the Weakening (1999) #1063 Portals to Canaan (2013) #2225 Trading Pieces (1996) #2584
114	Disgorge 1994, Mexico Brutal Death Metal, Goregrind	Necrholocaust (2003) #2166 Through the Innards (1995) [Demo] Blood and Pus Emanations (1997) [Demo]
115	Master 1983, United States Death Metal	Master (1990) #3134 The Human Machine (2010) The Witchhunt (2013) #4191
116	Dimension Zero 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Silent Night Fever (2002) #2347 This Is Hell (2003) #2849 He Who Shall Not Bleed (2007) #5761
117	도깨비 (Tokkaebi) 1997, Korea Death Metal	천문 (Astronomical Phenomena) (2000) #628
118	Disgorge 1992, United States Brutal Death Metal	Consume the Forsaken (2002) #1734 She Lay Gutted (1999) #1961 Cognitive Lust of Mutilation (1992) [Demo]
119	Hate Eternal 1997, United States Death Metal	I, Monarch (2005) #2476 Fury and Flames (2008) #3658 Phoenix Amongst the Ashes (2011) #3901
120	Vomitory 1989, Sweden Death Metal	All Heads Are Gonna Roll (2023) #2298 Carnage Euphoria (2009) #2392 Revelation Nausea (2001) #2850
121	Skyfire 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Spectral (2004) #5701 Liberation in Death (2017) [EP] #5906 Esoteric (2009) #6797
122	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #1444 I.N.R.I. (1987) #5676 Rotting (1989) [EP] #8385
123	Darkest Hour 1995, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Deliver Us (2007) #1506 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation (2003) #4644 The Human Romance (2011) #5151
124	Gorgasm 1994, United States Brutal Death Metal	Masticate to Dominate (2003) #2157 Bleeding Profusely (2001) #3672 Destined to Violate (2014) #3876
125	Triptykon 2008, Switzerland Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Melana Chasmata (2014) #664 Eparistera Daimones (2010) #1810 Shatter (2010) [EP] #8755
126	Novembre 1993, Italy Progressive Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal	Ursa (2016) #2547 Classica (1999) #3781 The Blue (2007) #3861
127	Eluveitie 2002, Switzerland Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Slania (2008) #1469 Origins (2014) #2728 Spirit (2006) #4650
128	Benediction 1989, United Kingdom Death Metal	Transcend the Rubicon (1993) #2165 Subconscious Terror (1990) #4627 The Grotesque / Ashen Epitaph (1994) [EP]
129	Morgoth 1985, Germany Death Metal, Industrial Rock	Cursed (1991) #1579 The Eternal Fall (1990) [EP] #3389 Ungod (2015) #3969
130	Six Feet Under 1993, United States Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Maximum Violence (1999) #1887 Alive and Dead (1996) [EP] #3490 Undead (2012) #4546
131	Horrendous 2009, United States Death Metal, Progressive Death Metal	Ontological Mysterium (2023) #1046 The Chills (2012) #3823 Idol (2018) #4564
132	Demilich Finland Technical Death Metal	Nespithe (1993) #241 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) #635 Monolith of Inhumanity (2012) #736 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) #3302 Monolith (2012) #3954
135	Darkane 1998, Sweden Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Rusted Angel (1998) #1954 Insanity (2001) #5557 Layers of Lies (2005) #5679
136	First Fragment 2007, Canada Technical Death Metal	Dasein (2016) #221 Gloire Éternelle (2021) #900 The Afterthought Ecstasy (2010) [EP]
137	Runemagick 1990, Sweden Death Metal, Doom Metal	Darkness Death Doom (2003) #948 The Supreme Force of Eternity (1998) #2215 Enter the Realm of Death (1999) #3466
138	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #582 The Plague Within (2015) #793 In Requiem (2007) #853
139	Unleashed 1989, Sweden Death Metal	Where No Life Dwells (1991) #2146 Shadows in the Deep (1992) #2927 Odalheim (2012) #5849
140	Sulphur Aeon 2010, Germany Death Metal, Black Metal	Swallowed by the Ocean's Tide (2013) #1086 Gateway to the Antisphere (2015) #1651 The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos (2018) #2564
141	Cemetary 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Gothic Metal	An Evil Shade of Grey (1992) #1514 Sweetest Tragedies (1999) [Compilation] Godless Beauty (1993) #3468
142	All That Remains 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The Fall of Ideals (2006) #663 Victim of the New Disease (2018) #1392 ...For We Are Many (2010) #5744
143	Rings of Saturn 2009, United States Technical Deathcore	Lugal Ki En (2014) #928 Dingir (2012) #1792 Ultu Ulla (2017) #3078
144	Serenity in Murder 2009, Japan Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Highest of Dystopia (2015) #2266 The First Frisson of the World (2011) #2542 The Eclipse (2017) #2605
145	Abysmal Torment 2000, Malta Brutal Death Metal	Cultivate the Apostate (2014) #1523 Epoch of Methodic Carnage (2006) #1897 Omnicide (2009) #3413
146	Parasite Inc. 2007, Germany Melodic Death Metal	Time Tears Down (2013) #527 Cyan Night Dreams (2022) #6772 Dead and Alive (2018) #7672
147	Before the Dawn 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Rise of the Phoenix (2012) #1791 Deadlight (2007) #7409 Deathstar Rising (2011) #7590
148	Merciless 1986, Sweden Death Metal, Thrash Metal	The Awakening (1990) #703 Live Obsession (2004) [Video] Unbound (1994) #3563
149	Dreamshade 2006, Switzerland Metalcore, Alternative Rock	What Silence Hides (2011) #2133 Wide Awake (2010) [Single] What Silence Hides (2008) [Demo]
150	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Totem (2022) #1462 Dark Ages (2005) #3085 Ritual (2018) #4853

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