Best Death Metal Bands | page 4

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
151	Cavalera Conspiracy 2007, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Inflikted (2008) #3062 Blunt Force Trauma (2011) #5687 Killing Inside (2011) [Single]
152	Deströyer 666 1994, Australia Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Cold Steel...for an Iron Age (2002) #658 Phoenix Rising (2000) #2582 Wildfire (2016)
153	Aephanemer 2013, France Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Memento Mori (2016) #1021 Prokopton (2019) #1524 A Dream of Wilderness (2021) #2124
154	Skinless 1992, United States Brutal Death Metal	Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead (2006) #977 Progression Towards Evil (1998) #2765 Only the Ruthless Remain (2015) #5624
155	Brutality 1987, United States Death Metal	Screams of Anguish (1993) #452 Sea of Ignorance (2016) When the Sky Turns Black (1994) #5466
156	Akercocke 1997, United Kingdom Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Black Metal	Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone (2005) #3542 Choronzon (2003) #3556 Renaissance in Extremis (2017)
157	Deceased 1985, United States Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Supernatural Addiction (2000) #5462 Fearless Undead Machines (1997) #6099 Luck of the Corpse (1991) #7035
158	Bloodshot Dawn 2003, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Demons (2014) #1756 Bloodshot Dawn (2012) #1905 Reanimation (2018)
159	Agressor 1986, France Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Neverending Destiny (1990) #1926 Towards Beyond (1992) #2599 Symposium of Rebirth (1994)
160	Abominable Putridity 2003, Russia Slamming Brutal Death Metal	The Anomalies of Artificial Origin (2012) #856 Parasitic Metamorphosis Manifestation (2020) [Single] Bio Transmitted Ingurgitated Interface (2023) [Single]
161	Protector 1986, Germany Thrash Metal, Death Metal	A Shedding of Skin (1991) #1154 Golem (1988) #6354 Urm the Mad (1989) #7644
162	Thousand Eyes 2011, Japan Melodic Death Metal	Endless Nightmare (2015) #1968 Bloody Empire (2013) #2492 Day of Salvation (2018) #3371
163	Pathology 2006, United States Slamming Brutal Death Metal	Reborn to Kill (2019) Tyrannical Decay (2012) [Single] Awaken to the Suffering (2011) #4055
164	Mortification 1990, Australia Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Scrolls of the Megilloth (1992) #6260 Primitive Rhythm Machine (1995) The Silver Cord Is Severed (2001)
165	Infant Annihilator 2012, United States Slamming Brutal Deathcore, Technical Deathcore	The Elysian Grandeval Galèriarch (2016) #1477 The Battle of Yaldabaoth (2019) #5251 The Palpable Leprosy of Pollution (2012) #6997
166	DevilDriver 2002, United States Groove Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Fury of Our Maker's Hand (2005) #1299 Beast (2011) #2824 The Last Kind Words (2007) #3061
167	Gorefest 1989, Netherlands Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	False (1992) #4536 Mindloss (1991) #6042 Rise to Ruin (2007) #6292
168	Brodequin 1998, United States Brutal Death Metal	Harbinger of Woe (2024) #2336 Instruments of Torture (2000) #3820 Festival of Death (2001) #7668
169	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #264 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #2084 Monotheist (2006) #2136
170	Anterior 2003, United Kingdom Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	This Age of Silence (2007) #1243 Echoes for the Fallen (2011) #1883
171	In Vain 2003, Norway Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal	Ænigma (2013) #1155 Currents (2018) #6282 The Latter Rain (2007)
172	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #1011 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #2971 Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (2004) #3017
173	Portal 1994, Australia Dissonant Death Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Seepia (2003) #971 Vexovoid (2013) #4016 Avow (2021) #4100
174	Tomb Mold Canada Death Metal	Manor of Infinite Forms (2018) #1060 Planetary Clairvoyance (2019) #1221 The Enduring Spirit (2023) #1976
175	Dååth 2003, United States Death Metal	The Concealers (2009) #2173 The Deceivers (2024) #2668 No Rest No End (2023) [Single]
176	Massacre 1984, United States Death Metal	From Beyond (1991) #1163 Back from Beyond (2014) #7864 The Second Coming (1990) [Demo]
177	Arsis 2000, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	A Diamond for Disease (2005) [EP] #2029 We Are the Nightmare (2008) #5277 Starve for the Devil (2010) #5456
178	Avatar 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Nu Metal, Metalcore	Hunter Gatherer (2020) So Sang the Hollow (2021) [Single] Hail the Apocalypse (2014) #1870
179	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #2026 Eternal (2008) #6019 Songs of Requiem (2005) #8112
180	Job for a Cowboy 2003, United States Deathcore, Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Moon Healer (2024) #3804 Ruination (2009) #4298 Genesis (2007) #5994
181	Ghost Brigade 2005, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal, Depressive Rock	IV - One with the Storm (2014) #2871 Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (2011) #3688 Isolation Songs (2009) #5019
182	Orbit Culture 2013, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Descent (2023) #1425 Shaman (2021) [EP] #3593 Nija (2020) #6453
183	God Dethroned 1991, Netherlands Blackened Death Metal, Death Metal	Bloody Blasphemy (1999) #890 The Lair of the White Worm (2004) The Grand Grimoire (1998) #6082
184	Deals Death 2008, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Elite (2012) #3420 Point Zero Solution (2013) #3875 Internal Demons (2009) #5663
185	Infester 1992, United States Death Metal	To the Depths, in Degradation (1994) #615 Darkness Unveiled (1992) [Demo] Darkness Unveiled (1992) [Single]
186	Exmortus 2002, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Necrophony (2023) #2505 In Hatred's Flame (2008) #2915 Slave to the Sword (2014) #5653
187	Nunslaughter 1987, United States Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Hex (2007) #3067 Hell's Unholy Fire (2000) #3565 Goat (2003) #4012
188	Teitanblood 2003, Spain Death Metal, Black Metal	Seven Chalices (2009) #1033 Accursed Skin (2016) [EP] Death (2014) #2229
189	Hate 1991, Poland Death Metal	Anaclasis: A Haunting Gospel of Malice & Hatred (2005) #2010 Awakening of the Liar (2003) Lord Is Avenger (1998)
190	Chapel of Disease 2008, Germany Progressive Death Metal, Hard Rock	...And as We Have Seen the Storm, We Have Embraced the Eye (2018) #471 Echoes of Light (2024) #3263 Death Evoked (2012) [Demo]
191	The Unguided 2010, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Metalcore, Alternative Metal	Phoenix Down (2012) [Single] Inception (2013) [Single] Hell Frost (2011) #4300
192	Lykathea Aflame 1999, Czech Republic Technical Death Metal	Elvenefris (2000) #1399
193	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #44 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #142 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #406
194	Ebony Tears 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	A Handful of Nothing (1999) #2580 Tortura Insomniae (1997) #3404 Evil As Hell (2001) #9611
195	Exocrine 2013, France Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Maelstrom (2020) #4253 The Hybrid Suns (2022) #4855 Molten Giant (2018)
196	Therion 1988, Sweden Symphonic Metal, Death Metal	Vovin (1998) #111 Secret of the Runes (2001) #416 Theli (1996) #556
197	Massacra 1986, France Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Final Holocaust (1990) #1934 Enjoy the Violence (1991) #2986 Signs of the Decline (1992)
198	Messiah 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Choir of Horrors (1991) #3418 Rotten Perish (1992) #4542 Underground (1994) #7072
199	Waco Jesus 1994, United States Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore	Receptive When Beaten (2006) #3291 The Destruction of Commercial Scum (1999) #3707 Filth (2003) #5563
200	Morpheus Descends United States Death Metal	Ritual of Infinity (1992) #796 The Horror of the Truth (1997) [EP] Chronicles of the Shadowed Ones (1994)

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