Best Death Metal Bands | page 4

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
151	Cavalera Conspiracy 2007, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Inflikted (2008) #3026 Blunt Force Trauma (2011) #5608 Killing Inside (2011) [Single]
152	Deströyer 666 1994, Australia Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Cold Steel...for an Iron Age (2002) #653 Phoenix Rising (2000) #2458 Wildfire (2016)
153	Aephanemer 2013, France Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Memento Mori (2016) #1021 Prokopton (2019) #1522 A Dream of Wilderness (2021) #2104
154	Skinless 1992, United States Brutal Death Metal	Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead (2006) #966 Progression Towards Evil (1998) #2729 Only the Ruthless Remain (2015) #5552
155	Akercocke 1997, United Kingdom Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Black Metal	Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone (2005) #3504 Choronzon (2003) #3518 Renaissance in Extremis (2017)
156	Deceased 1985, United States Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Fearless Undead Machines (1997) #6020 Supernatural Addiction (2000) #6576 Luck of the Corpse (1991) #6951
157	Brutality 1987, United States Death Metal	Screams of Anguish (1993) #374 When the Sky Turns Black (1994) #4986 Sea of Ignorance (2016)
158	Bloodshot Dawn 2003, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Demons (2014) #1755 Bloodshot Dawn (2012) #1901 Reanimation (2018)
159	Protector 1986, Germany Thrash Metal, Death Metal	A Shedding of Skin (1991) #983 Golem (1988) #6265 Urm the Mad (1989) #7532
160	Thousand Eyes 2011, Japan Melodic Death Metal	Endless Nightmare (2015) #1963 Bloody Empire (2013) #2472 Day of Salvation (2018) #3119
161	Pathology 2006, United States Slamming Brutal Death Metal	Reborn to Kill (2019) Tyrannical Decay (2012) [Single] Awaken to the Suffering (2011) #4011
162	Abominable Putridity 2003, Russia Slamming Brutal Death Metal	The Anomalies of Artificial Origin (2012) #972 Parasitic Metamorphosis Manifestation (2020) [Single] Bio Transmitted Ingurgitated Interface (2023) [Single]
163	DevilDriver 2002, United States Groove Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Fury of Our Maker's Hand (2005) #1303 Beast (2011) #2785 The Last Kind Words (2007) #3025
164	Gorefest 1989, Netherlands Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	False (1992) #4480 Mindloss (1991) #5972 Rise to Ruin (2007) #6206
165	Brodequin 1998, United States Brutal Death Metal	Harbinger of Woe (2024) #2311 Instruments of Torture (2000) #3381 Festival of Death (2001) #7335
166	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #265 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #2067 Monotheist (2006) #2116
167	Mortification 1990, Australia Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Scrolls of the Megilloth (1992) #5172 Primitive Rhythm Machine (1995) The Silver Cord Is Severed (2001)
168	Anterior 2003, United Kingdom Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	This Age of Silence (2007) #1252 Echoes for the Fallen (2011) #1878
169	In Vain 2003, Norway Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal	Ænigma (2013) #1157 Currents (2018) #6196 The Latter Rain (2007)
170	Infant Annihilator 2012, United States Slamming Brutal Deathcore, Technical Deathcore	The Elysian Grandeval Galèriarch (2016) #1466 The Battle of Yaldabaoth (2019) #5193 The Palpable Leprosy of Pollution (2012) #6910
171	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #1011 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #2938 Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (2004) #2980
172	Portal 1994, Australia Dissonant Death Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Seepia (2003) #962 Avow (2021) #4054 Vexovoid (2013) #5233
173	Tomb Mold Canada Death Metal	Manor of Infinite Forms (2018) #1063 Planetary Clairvoyance (2019) #1232 The Enduring Spirit (2023) #1970
174	Dååth 2003, United States Death Metal	The Deceivers (2024) #2105 The Concealers (2009) #2150 No Rest No End (2023) [Single]
175	Massacre 1984, United States Death Metal	From Beyond (1991) #1169 Back from Beyond (2014) #7747 The Second Coming (1990) [Demo]
176	Arsis 2000, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	A Diamond for Disease (2005) [EP] #2018 We Are the Nightmare (2008) #5219 Starve for the Devil (2010) #5393
177	Avatar 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Nu Metal, Metalcore	Hunter Gatherer (2020) So Sang the Hollow (2021) [Single] Hail the Apocalypse (2014) #1866
178	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #2015 Eternal (2008) #5949 Songs of Requiem (2005) #7990
179	Job for a Cowboy 2003, United States Deathcore, Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Moon Healer (2024) #3797 Ruination (2009) #4244 Genesis (2007) #5927
180	Ghost Brigade 2005, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal, Depressive Rock	IV - One with the Storm (2014) #2875 Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (2011) #3650 Isolation Songs (2009) #4956
181	Orbit Culture 2013, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Descent (2023) #1423 Shaman (2021) [EP] #3558 Nija (2020) #6371
182	God Dethroned 1991, Netherlands Blackened Death Metal, Death Metal	Bloody Blasphemy (1999) #885 The Lair of the White Worm (2004) The Grand Grimoire (1998) #6004
183	Deals Death 2008, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Elite (2012) #3390 Point Zero Solution (2013) #3828 Internal Demons (2009) #5589
184	Agressor 1986, France Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Neverending Destiny (1990) #1641 Towards Beyond (1992) #2573 Symposium of Rebirth (1994)
185	Infester 1992, United States Death Metal	To the Depths, in Degradation (1994) #612 Darkness Unveiled (1992) [Demo] Darkness Unveiled (1992) [Single]
186	Exmortus 2002, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Necrophony (2023) #2489 In Hatred's Flame (2008) #2885 Slave to the Sword (2014) #5578
187	Nunslaughter 1987, United States Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Hex (2007) #3031 Hell's Unholy Fire (2000) #3529 Goat (2003) #3970
188	Teitanblood 2003, Spain Death Metal, Black Metal	Seven Chalices (2009) #1035 Accursed Skin (2016) [EP] Death (2014) #2204
189	Hate 1991, Poland Death Metal	Anaclasis: A Haunting Gospel of Malice & Hatred (2005) #2003 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) #473 Echoes of Light (2024) #3232 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) #4246
192	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #42 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #151 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #410
193	Ebony Tears 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	A Handful of Nothing (1999) #2555 Tortura Insomniae (1997) #3371 Evil As Hell (2001) #9470
194	Exocrine 2013, France Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Maelstrom (2020) #4201 The Hybrid Suns (2022) #4792 Molten Giant (2018)
195	Therion 1988, Sweden Symphonic Metal, Death Metal	Vovin (1998) #108 Secret of the Runes (2001) #420 Theli (1996) #557
196	Messiah 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Choir of Horrors (1991) #3388 Rotten Perish (1992) #4486 Underground (1994) #7170
197	Waco Jesus 1994, United States Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore	Receptive When Beaten (2006) #3255 The Destruction of Commercial Scum (1999) #3667 Filth (2003) #5489
198	Morpheus Descends United States Death Metal	Ritual of Infinity (1992) #794 Chronicles of the Shadowed Ones (1994) Cairn of Dumitru Sampler (1994) [Single]
199	Die Apokalyptischen Reiter 1995, Germany Death Metal, Folk Metal, Heavy Metal	Soft and Stronger (1997) #6762 Have a Nice Trip (2003) #7093 All You Need Is Love (2000) #7740
200	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #39 The Somberlain (1993) #919 Live Legacy (2003) [Live]

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