Best Death Metal Bands | page 3

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
101	Cavalera 2023, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Morbid Visions (2023) #1561 Schizophrenia (2024) #2157 Bestial Devastation (2023) [EP] #4024
102	Asphyx 1987, Netherlands Death Metal, Doom Metal	Last One on Earth (1992) #1504 The Rack (1991) #2032 Necroceros (2021) #2573
103	Terrorizer 1987, United States Deathgrind, Grindcore, Death Metal	World Downfall (1989) #788 Hordes of Zombies (2012) #2776 Caustic Attack (2018) #5992
104	Grave 1988, Sweden Death Metal	You'll Never See... (1992) #1472 Into the Grave (1991) #1871 As Rapture Comes (2006) #4779
105	Sinister 1988, Netherlands Death Metal	Cross the Styx (1992) #1883 Diabolical Summoning (1993) #1944 Hate (1995) #2441
106	Impiety 1990, Singapore Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) #489 Kaos Kommand 696 (2002) #1841 Versus All Gods (2019) #6610
107	Deeds of Flesh 1993, United States Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Path of the Weakening (1999) #1057 Portals to Canaan (2013) #2184 Trading Pieces (1996) #2543
108	Dismember 1988, Sweden Death Metal	Live Blasphemies (2004) [Video] Like an Ever Flowing Stream (1991) #2086 Massive Killing Capacity (1995) #3387
109	Disgorge 1994, Mexico Brutal Death Metal, Goregrind	Necrholocaust (2003) #2132 Through the Innards (1995) [Demo] Blood and Pus Emanations (1997) [Demo]
110	Dimension Zero 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Silent Night Fever (2002) #2304 This Is Hell (2003) #3052 He Who Shall Not Bleed (2007) #5615
111	Ulcerate 2000, New Zealand Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Stare into Death and Be Still (2020) #449 Shrines of Paralysis (2016) #1634 Cutting the Throat of God (2024) #1679
112	도깨비 (Tokkaebi) 1997, Korea Death Metal	천문 (Astronomical Phenomena) (2000) #621
113	Sentenced 1988, Finland Gothic Metal, Death Metal	Frozen (1998) #670 Crimson (2000) #678 The Cold White Light (2002) #1400
114	Hate Eternal 1997, United States Death Metal	I, Monarch (2005) #2436 Fury and Flames (2008) #3588 Phoenix Amongst the Ashes (2011) #3816
115	Tribulation 2004, Sweden Death Metal, Gothic Metal	The Formulas of Death (2013) The Children of the Night (2015) #1556 Down Below (2018) #3604
116	Skyfire 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Spectral (2004) #5556 Liberation in Death (2017) [EP] #5775 Esoteric (2009) #6642
117	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #1432 I.N.R.I. (1987) #5533 Rotting (1989) [EP] #8191
118	Master 1983, United States Death Metal	Master (1990) #3088 The Witchhunt (2013) #4108 Saints Dispelled (2024) #4192
119	Darkest Hour 1995, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Deliver Us (2007) #1494 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation (2003) #4525 The Human Romance (2011) #5033
120	Defeated Sanity 1993, Germany Technical Brutal Death Metal	Chapters of Repugnance (2010) #1541 Psalms of the Moribund (2007) #2264 Passages Into Deformity (2013) #2942
121	Gorgasm 1994, United States Brutal Death Metal	Masticate to Dominate (2003) #2126 Bleeding Profusely (2001) #3600 Destined to Violate (2014) #3791
122	Eluveitie 2002, Switzerland Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Slania (2008) #1459 Origins (2014) #2681 Spirit (2006) #4531
123	Morgoth 1985, Germany Death Metal, Industrial Rock	Cursed (1991) #1407 The Eternal Fall (1990) [EP] #3336 Ungod (2015) #3882
124	Horrendous 2009, United States Death Metal, Progressive Death Metal	Ontological Mysterium (2023) #1002 The Chills (2012) #3740 Idol (2018) #3751
125	Demilich Finland Technical Death Metal	Nespithe (1993) #235 The Four Instructive Tales... of Decomposition (1991) [Demo] Regurgitation of Blood (1991) [Demo]
126	Triptykon 2008, Switzerland Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Melana Chasmata (2014) #658 Eparistera Daimones (2010) #1934 Shatter (2010) [EP] #8556
127	Sylosis 2000, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	Conclusion of an Age (2008) #2134 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3246 Monolith (2012) #3869
128	Novembre 1993, Italy Progressive Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal	Ursa (2016) #2508 The Blue (2007) #3775 Materia (2006) #4631
129	Necrophagist 1992, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Epitaph (2004) #791 Onset of Putrefaction (1999) #1387 Requiems of Festered Gore (1992) [Demo]
130	Disgorge 1992, United States Brutal Death Metal	She Lay Gutted (1999) #2957 Consume the Forsaken (2002) #3949 Cranial Impalement (1999) #7320
131	Six Feet Under 1993, United States Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Maximum Violence (1999) #1866 Alive and Dead (1996) [EP] #3423 Undead (2012) #4440
132	Darkane 1998, Sweden Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Rusted Angel (1998) #1931 Insanity (2001) Layers of Lies (2005) #5536
133	Runemagick 1990, Sweden Death Metal, Doom Metal	Darkness Death Doom (2003) #935 The Supreme Force of Eternity (1998) #2173 Enter the Realm of Death (1999) #3400
134	Unleashed 1989, Sweden Death Metal	Where No Life Dwells (1991) #2113 Shadows in the Deep (1992) #2883 Odalheim (2012) #5713
135	Sulphur Aeon 2010, Germany Death Metal, Black Metal	Swallowed by the Ocean's Tide (2013) #1082 Gateway to the Antisphere (2015) #1630 The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos (2018) #2524
136	Cemetary 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Gothic Metal	An Evil Shade of Grey (1992) #1500 Sweetest Tragedies (1999) [Compilation] Godless Beauty (1993) #3402
137	All That Remains 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The Fall of Ideals (2006) #656 Victim of the New Disease (2018) #1380 ...For We Are Many (2010) #5407
138	Vomitory 1989, Sweden Death Metal	Carnage Euphoria (2009) #2349 Revelation Nausea (2001) #2798 All Heads Are Gonna Roll (2023) #3259
139	Benediction 1989, United Kingdom Death Metal	Transcend the Rubicon (1993) #2419 Subconscious Terror (1990) #4317 The Grotesque / Ashen Epitaph (1994) [EP]
140	Cattle Decapitation 1996, United States Deathgrind, Death Metal, Goregrind	Monolith of Inhumanity (2012) #513 The Anthropocene Extinction (2015) #626 Medium Rarities (2018) [Compilation]
141	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #634 The Plague Within (2015) #790 In Requiem (2007) #847
142	Rings of Saturn 2009, United States Technical Deathcore	Lugal Ki En (2014) #917 Dingir (2012) #1768 Ultu Ulla (2017) #3029
143	Serenity in Murder 2009, Japan Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Highest of Dystopia (2015) #2228 The First Frisson of the World (2011) #2501 The Eclipse (2017) #2564
144	Abysmal Torment 2000, Malta Brutal Death Metal	Cultivate the Apostate (2014) #1506 Epoch of Methodic Carnage (2006) #1878 Omnicide (2009) #3355
145	Parasite Inc. 2007, Germany Melodic Death Metal	Time Tears Down (2013) #517 Cyan Night Dreams (2022) #6621 Dead and Alive (2018) #7479
146	First Fragment 2007, Canada Technical Death Metal	Dasein (2016) #220 Gloire Éternelle (2021) #989 The Afterthought Ecstasy (2010) [EP]
147	Before the Dawn 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Rise of the Phoenix (2012) #1566 Deadlight (2007) #7237 Deathstar Rising (2011) #7409
148	Merciless 1986, Sweden Death Metal, Thrash Metal	The Awakening (1990) #646 Live Obsession (2004) [Video] Unbound (1994) #3495
149	Dreamshade 2006, Switzerland Metalcore, Alternative Rock	What Silence Hides (2011) #2105 Wide Awake (2010) [Single] What Silence Hides (2008) [Demo]
150	Cavalera Conspiracy 2007, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Inflikted (2008) #3010 Blunt Force Trauma (2011) #5542 Killing Inside (2011) [Single]

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