Best Death Metal Bands | page 4

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
151	Dreamshade 2006, Switzerland Metalcore, Alternative Rock	What Silence Hides (2011) #2136 Wide Awake (2010) [Single] What Silence Hides (2008) [Demo]
152	Cavalera Conspiracy 2007, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Inflikted (2008) #3061 Blunt Force Trauma (2011) #5732 Killing Inside (2011) [Single]
153	Deströyer 666 1994, Australia Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Cold Steel...for an Iron Age (2002) #658 Phoenix Rising (2000) #2590 Wildfire (2016)
154	Aephanemer 2013, France Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Memento Mori (2016) #1032 Prokopton (2019) #1527 A Dream of Wilderness (2021) #2130
155	Skinless 1992, United States Brutal Death Metal	Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead (2006) #984 Progression Towards Evil (1998) #2770 Only the Ruthless Remain (2015) #5667
156	Brutality 1987, United States Death Metal	Screams of Anguish (1993) #455 Sea of Ignorance (2016) When the Sky Turns Black (1994) #5507
157	Akercocke 1997, United Kingdom Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Black Metal	Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone (2005) #3554 Choronzon (2003) #3570 Renaissance in Extremis (2017)
158	Deceased 1985, United States Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Supernatural Addiction (2000) #5502 Fearless Undead Machines (1997) #6148 Luck of the Corpse (1991) #7095
159	Bloodshot Dawn 2003, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Demons (2014) #1760 Bloodshot Dawn (2012) #1908 Reanimation (2018)
160	Agressor 1986, France Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Neverending Destiny (1990) #1928 Towards Beyond (1992) #2606 Symposium of Rebirth (1994)
161	Abominable Putridity 2003, Russia Slamming Brutal Death Metal	The Anomalies of Artificial Origin (2012) #863 Parasitic Metamorphosis Manifestation (2020) [Single] Bio Transmitted Ingurgitated Interface (2023) [Single]
162	Protector 1986, Germany Thrash Metal, Death Metal	A Shedding of Skin (1991) #1150 Golem (1988) #6412 Urm the Mad (1989) #7697
163	Thousand Eyes 2011, Japan Melodic Death Metal	Endless Nightmare (2015) #1975 Bloody Empire (2013) #2498 Day of Salvation (2018) #3382
164	Mortification 1990, Australia Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Scrolls of the Megilloth (1992) #6315 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) #1481 The Battle of Yaldabaoth (2019) #3902 The Palpable Leprosy of Pollution (2012) #7058
166	DevilDriver 2002, United States Groove Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Fury of Our Maker's Hand (2005) #1303 Beast (2011) #2833 The Last Kind Words (2007) #3073
167	Gorefest 1989, Netherlands Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	False (1992) #4581 Mindloss (1991) #6090 Rise to Ruin (2007) #6350
168	Brodequin 1998, United States Brutal Death Metal	Harbinger of Woe (2024) #2343 Instruments of Torture (2000) #3841 Festival of Death (2001) #7721
169	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #262 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #2089 Monotheist (2006) #2139
170	Anterior 2003, United Kingdom Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	This Age of Silence (2007) #1242 Echoes for the Fallen (2011) #1886
171	In Vain 2003, Norway Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal	Ænigma (2013) #1151 Currents (2018) #6340 The Latter Rain (2007)
172	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #1022 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #2985 Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (2004) #3031
173	Portal 1994, Australia Dissonant Death Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Seepia (2003) #978 Vexovoid (2013) #4049 Avow (2021) #4135
174	Tomb Mold Canada Death Metal	Manor of Infinite Forms (2018) #1068 Planetary Clairvoyance (2019) #1221 The Enduring Spirit (2023) #1981
175	Dååth 2003, United States Death Metal	The Concealers (2009) #2171 The Deceivers (2024) #2674 No Rest No End (2023) [Single]
176	Massacre 1984, United States Death Metal	From Beyond (1991) #1161 Back from Beyond (2014) #7922 The Second Coming (1990) [Demo]
177	Arsis 2000, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	A Diamond for Disease (2005) [EP] #2035 We Are the Nightmare (2008) #5320 Starve for the Devil (2010) #5495
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) #1873
179	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #2032 Eternal (2008) #6066 Songs of Requiem (2005) #8171
180	Job for a Cowboy 2003, United States Deathcore, Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Moon Healer (2024) #3822 Ruination (2009) #4336 Genesis (2007) #6038
181	Ghost Brigade 2005, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal, Depressive Rock	IV - One with the Storm (2014) #2882 Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (2011) #3698 Isolation Songs (2009) #5064
182	Orbit Culture 2013, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Descent (2023) #1435 Shaman (2021) [EP] #3607 Nija (2020) #6509
183	God Dethroned 1991, Netherlands Blackened Death Metal, Death Metal	Bloody Blasphemy (1999) #891 The Lair of the White Worm (2004) The Grand Grimoire (1998) #6128
184	Deals Death 2008, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Elite (2012) #3434 Point Zero Solution (2013) #3897 Internal Demons (2009) #5708
185	Infester 1992, United States Death Metal	To the Depths, in Degradation (1994) #614 Darkness Unveiled (1992) [Demo] Darkness Unveiled (1992) [Single]
186	Exmortus 2002, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Necrophony (2023) #2511 In Hatred's Flame (2008) #2930 Slave to the Sword (2014) #5699
187	Nunslaughter 1987, United States Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Hex (2007) #3078 Hell's Unholy Fire (2000) #3579 Goat (2003) #4044
188	Teitanblood 2003, Spain Death Metal, Black Metal	Seven Chalices (2009) #1024 Accursed Skin (2016) [EP] Death (2014) #1655
189	Hate 1991, Poland Death Metal	Anaclasis: A Haunting Gospel of Malice & Hatred (2005) #2014 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) #472 Echoes of Light (2024) #3273 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) #4338
192	Lykathea Aflame 1999, Czech Republic Technical Death Metal	Elvenefris (2000) #1100
193	Ebony Tears 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	A Handful of Nothing (1999) #2588 Tortura Insomniae (1997) #3418 Evil As Hell (2001) #9667
194	The Crescents Korea Melodic Death Metal	Neo Metalnesque (2005) #3295 Flowergrave (2006) #6131 The Rising (2009) [Single]
195	Exocrine 2013, France Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Maelstrom (2020) #4287 Molten Giant (2018) Legend (2024) #5556
196	Therion 1988, Sweden Symphonic Metal, Death Metal	Vovin (1998) #113 Secret of the Runes (2001) #418 Theli (1996) #563
197	Blasphemophagher Italy Black Metal, Death Metal	Nuclear Empire of Apocalypse (2008) #588 …For Chaos, Obscurity and Desolation… (2010) #3431 Triumph of Abominations (2007) [Split]
198	Massacra 1986, France Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Final Holocaust (1990) #1939 Enjoy the Violence (1991) #3000 Signs of the Decline (1992)
199	Messiah 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Choir of Horrors (1991) #3432 Rotten Perish (1992) #4591 Underground (1994) #7133
200	Waco Jesus 1994, United States Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore	Receptive When Beaten (2006) #3304 The Destruction of Commercial Scum (1999) #3719 Filth (2003) #5607

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