Best Death Metal Bands | page 4

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
151	Deströyer 666 1994, Australia Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Cold Steel...for an Iron Age (2002) #649 Phoenix Rising (2000) #2437 Wildfire (2016)
152	Aephanemer 2013, France Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Memento Mori (2016) #1012 Prokopton (2019) #1507 A Dream of Wilderness (2021) #2096
153	Skinless 1992, United States Brutal Death Metal	Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead (2006) #960 Progression Towards Evil (1998) #2713 Only the Ruthless Remain (2015) #5486
154	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Totem (2022) #1294 Dark Ages (2005) #3093 Ritual (2018) #4734
155	Akercocke 1997, United Kingdom Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Black Metal	Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone (2005) #2651 Choronzon (2003) #3488 Renaissance in Extremis (2017)
156	Deceased 1985, United States Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Fearless Undead Machines (1997) #5965 Supernatural Addiction (2000) #6510 Luck of the Corpse (1991) #6883
157	Brutality 1987, United States Death Metal	Screams of Anguish (1993) #370 When the Sky Turns Black (1994) #4928 Sea of Ignorance (2016)
158	Bloodshot Dawn 2003, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Demons (2014) #1743 Bloodshot Dawn (2012) #1885 Reanimation (2018)
159	Protector 1986, Germany Thrash Metal, Death Metal	A Shedding of Skin (1991) #978 Golem (1988) #6200 Urm the Mad (1989) #7457
160	Thousand Eyes 2011, Japan Melodic Death Metal	Endless Nightmare (2015) #1946 Bloody Empire (2013) #2452 Day of Salvation (2018) #3100
161	Pathology 2006, United States Slamming Brutal Death Metal	Reborn to Kill (2019) Tyrannical Decay (2012) [Single] Awaken to the Suffering (2011) #3975
162	Abominable Putridity 2003, Russia Slamming Brutal Death Metal	The Anomalies of Artificial Origin (2012) #967 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) #1291 Beast (2011) #2772 The Last Kind Words (2007) #3009
164	Gorefest 1989, Netherlands Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	False (1992) #4430 Mindloss (1991) #5916 Rise to Ruin (2007) #6140
165	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #259 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #2053 Into the Pandemonium (1987) #2428
166	Mortification 1990, Australia Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Scrolls of the Megilloth (1992) #5106 Primitive Rhythm Machine (1995) The Silver Cord Is Severed (2001)
167	Anterior 2003, United Kingdom Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	This Age of Silence (2007) #1242 Echoes for the Fallen (2011) #1863
168	Infant Annihilator 2012, United States Slamming Brutal Deathcore, Technical Deathcore	The Elysian Grandeval Galèriarch (2016) #1454 The Battle of Yaldabaoth (2019) #5125 The Palpable Leprosy of Pollution (2012) #6840
169	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #1004 Turn Loose the Swans (1993) #2631 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #2920
170	Portal 1994, Australia Dissonant Death Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Seepia (2003) #956 Avow (2021) #4019 Vexovoid (2013) #5163
171	Tomb Mold Canada Death Metal	Manor of Infinite Forms (2018) #1053 Planetary Clairvoyance (2019) #1226 The Enduring Spirit (2023) #2156
172	Dååth 2003, United States Death Metal	The Deceivers (2024) #2045 The Concealers (2009) #2137 No Rest No End (2023) [Single]
173	Massacre 1984, United States Death Metal	From Beyond (1991) #1126 The Second Coming (1990) [Demo] Inhuman Condition (1992) [EP]
174	Arsis 2000, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	A Diamond for Disease (2005) [EP] #2001 We Are the Nightmare (2008) #5148 Starve for the Devil (2010) #5326
175	Avatar 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Nu Metal, Metalcore	Hunter Gatherer (2020) So Sang the Hollow (2021) [Single] Hail the Apocalypse (2014) #1850
176	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #1997 Eternal (2008) #5894 Songs of Requiem (2005) #7912
177	Job for a Cowboy 2003, United States Deathcore, Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Ruination (2009) #4204 Moon Healer (2024) #4464 Genesis (2007) #5869
178	Ghost Brigade 2005, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal, Depressive Rock	IV - One with the Storm (2014) #2859 Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (2011) #3611 Isolation Songs (2009) #4897
179	Orbit Culture 2013, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Descent (2023) #1411 Shaman (2021) [EP] #3526 Nija (2020) #6306
180	God Dethroned 1991, Netherlands Blackened Death Metal, Death Metal	Bloody Blasphemy (1999) #882 The Lair of the White Worm (2004) The Grand Grimoire (1998) #5949
181	Deals Death 2008, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Elite (2012) #3362 Point Zero Solution (2013) #3790 Internal Demons (2009) #5525
182	Agressor 1986, France Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Neverending Destiny (1990) #2505 Towards Beyond (1992) #2557 Symposium of Rebirth (1994)
183	Brodequin 1998, United States Brutal Death Metal	Harbinger of Woe (2024) #3299 Instruments of Torture (2000) #3353 Festival of Death (2001) #7260
184	Infester 1992, United States Death Metal	To the Depths, in Degradation (1994) #606 Darkness Unveiled (1992) [Demo] Darkness Unveiled (1992) [Single]
185	Chapel of Disease 2008, Germany Death Metal	...And as We Have Seen the Storm, We Have Embraced the Eye (2018) #463 Echoes of Light (2024) Death Evoked (2012) [Demo]
186	Exmortus 2002, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Necrophony (2023) #2756 In Hatred's Flame (2008) #2869 Slave to the Sword (2014) #5513
187	Nunslaughter 1987, United States Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Hex (2007) #3016 Hell's Unholy Fire (2000) #3498 Goat (2003) #3935
188	Teitanblood 2003, Spain Death Metal, Black Metal	Seven Chalices (2009) #1022 Accursed Skin (2016) [EP] Death (2014) #2187
189	Hate 1991, Poland Death Metal	Anaclasis: A Haunting Gospel of Malice & Hatred (2005) #1986 Awakening of the Liar (2003) Lord Is Avenger (1998)
190	The Unguided 2010, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Metalcore, Alternative Metal	Phoenix Down (2012) [Single] Inception (2013) [Single] Hell Frost (2011) #4206
191	In Vain 2003, Norway Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal	Ænigma (2013) #1149 Currents (2018) #6130 The Latter Rain (2007)
192	Ebony Tears 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	A Handful of Nothing (1999) #2539 Tortura Insomniae (1997) #3347 Evil As Hell (2001) #9384
193	Exocrine 2013, France Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Maelstrom (2020) #4165 The Hybrid Suns (2022) #4736 Molten Giant (2018)
194	Therion 1988, Sweden Symphonic Metal, Death Metal	Vovin (1998) #105 Secret of the Runes (2001) #364 Theli (1996) #553
195	Messiah 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Choir of Horrors (1991) #3360 Rotten Perish (1992) #4436 Underground (1994) #7096
196	Waco Jesus 1994, United States Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore	Receptive When Beaten (2006) #3231 The Destruction of Commercial Scum (1999) #3628 Filth (2003) #5424
197	Morpheus Descends United States Death Metal	Ritual of Infinity (1992) #792 Chronicles of the Shadowed Ones (1994) Cairn of Dumitru Sampler (1994) [Single]
198	Die Apokalyptischen Reiter 1995, Germany Death Metal, Folk Metal, Heavy Metal	Soft and Stronger (1997) #6693 Have a Nice Trip (2003) #7021 All You Need Is Love (2000) #7664
199	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #49 The Somberlain (1993) #1194 Live Legacy (2003) [Live]
200	Naildown 2005, Finland Melodic Death Metal	World Domination (2005) #1929 Dreamcrusher (2007) #4057 Eyes Wide Open (2005) [Single]

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