Best Death Metal Bands | page 4

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
151	Cavalera Conspiracy 2007, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Inflikted (2008) #3034 Blunt Force Trauma (2011) #5634 Killing Inside (2011) [Single]
152	Deströyer 666 1994, Australia Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Cold Steel...for an Iron Age (2002) #653 Phoenix Rising (2000) #2567 Wildfire (2016)
153	Aephanemer 2013, France Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Memento Mori (2016) #1021 Prokopton (2019) #1521 A Dream of Wilderness (2021) #2115
154	Skinless 1992, United States Brutal Death Metal	Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead (2006) #965 Progression Towards Evil (1998) #2743 Only the Ruthless Remain (2015) #5576
155	Brutality 1987, United States Death Metal	Screams of Anguish (1993) #453 Sea of Ignorance (2016) When the Sky Turns Black (1994) #5423
156	Akercocke 1997, United Kingdom Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Black Metal	Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone (2005) #3517 Choronzon (2003) #3532 Renaissance in Extremis (2017)
157	Deceased 1985, United States Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Supernatural Addiction (2000) #5420 Fearless Undead Machines (1997) #6047 Luck of the Corpse (1991) #6985
158	Bloodshot Dawn 2003, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Demons (2014) #1752 Bloodshot Dawn (2012) #1903 Reanimation (2018)
159	Protector 1986, Germany Thrash Metal, Death Metal	A Shedding of Skin (1991) #983 Golem (1988) #6305 Urm the Mad (1989) #7571
160	Thousand Eyes 2011, Japan Melodic Death Metal	Endless Nightmare (2015) #1964 Bloody Empire (2013) #2478 Day of Salvation (2018) #3349
161	Pathology 2006, United States Slamming Brutal Death Metal	Reborn to Kill (2019) Tyrannical Decay (2012) [Single] Awaken to the Suffering (2011) #4019
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) #1301 Beast (2011) #2800 The Last Kind Words (2007) #3033
164	Gorefest 1989, Netherlands Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	False (1992) #4503 Mindloss (1991) #5996 Rise to Ruin (2007) #6240
165	Brodequin 1998, United States Brutal Death Metal	Harbinger of Woe (2024) #2321 Instruments of Torture (2000) #3390 Festival of Death (2001) #7371
166	Celtic Frost 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	To Mega Therion (1985) #266 Morbid Tales (1984) [EP] #2076 Monotheist (2006) #2125
167	Mortification 1990, Australia Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Scrolls of the Megilloth (1992) #5190 Primitive Rhythm Machine (1995) The Silver Cord Is Severed (2001)
168	Anterior 2003, United Kingdom Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	This Age of Silence (2007) #1245 Echoes for the Fallen (2011) #1878
169	In Vain 2003, Norway Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal	Ænigma (2013) #1157 Currents (2018) #6230 The Latter Rain (2007)
170	Infant Annihilator 2012, United States Slamming Brutal Deathcore, Technical Deathcore	The Elysian Grandeval Galèriarch (2016) #1464 The Battle of Yaldabaoth (2019) #5212 The Palpable Leprosy of Pollution (2012) #6944
171	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #1010 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #2949 Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (2004) #2991
172	Portal 1994, Australia Dissonant Death Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Seepia (2003) #961 Avow (2021) #4062 Vexovoid (2013) #5251
173	Tomb Mold Canada Death Metal	Manor of Infinite Forms (2018) #1058 Planetary Clairvoyance (2019) #1225 The Enduring Spirit (2023) #1971
174	Dååth 2003, United States Death Metal	The Concealers (2009) #2161 The Deceivers (2024) #2649 No Rest No End (2023) [Single]
175	Massacre 1984, United States Death Metal	From Beyond (1991) #1166 Back from Beyond (2014) #7792 The Second Coming (1990) [Demo]
176	Arsis 2000, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	A Diamond for Disease (2005) [EP] #2023 We Are the Nightmare (2008) #5237 Starve for the Devil (2010) #5414
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) #1864
178	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #2020 Eternal (2008) #5974 Songs of Requiem (2005) #8042
179	Job for a Cowboy 2003, United States Deathcore, Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Moon Healer (2024) #3774 Ruination (2009) #4260 Genesis (2007) #5953
180	Ghost Brigade 2005, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal, Depressive Rock	IV - One with the Storm (2014) #2887 Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (2011) #3662 Isolation Songs (2009) #4977
181	Orbit Culture 2013, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Descent (2023) #1423 Shaman (2021) [EP] #3573 Nija (2020) #6407
182	God Dethroned 1991, Netherlands Blackened Death Metal, Death Metal	Bloody Blasphemy (1999) #888 The Lair of the White Worm (2004) The Grand Grimoire (1998) #6032
183	Deals Death 2008, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Elite (2012) #3399 Point Zero Solution (2013) #3838 Internal Demons (2009) #5614
184	Agressor 1986, France Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Neverending Destiny (1990) #1642 Towards Beyond (1992) #2583 Symposium of Rebirth (1994)
185	Infester 1992, United States Death Metal	To the Depths, in Degradation (1994) #607 Darkness Unveiled (1992) [Demo] Darkness Unveiled (1992) [Single]
186	Exmortus 2002, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Death Metal	Necrophony (2023) #2493 In Hatred's Flame (2008) #2897 Slave to the Sword (2014) #5603
187	Nunslaughter 1987, United States Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Hex (2007) #3039 Hell's Unholy Fire (2000) #3543 Goat (2003) #3977
188	Teitanblood 2003, Spain Death Metal, Black Metal	Seven Chalices (2009) #1033 Accursed Skin (2016) [EP] Death (2014) #2216
189	Hate 1991, Poland Death Metal	Anaclasis: A Haunting Gospel of Malice & Hatred (2005) #2009 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) #3240 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) #4262
192	Lykathea Aflame 1999, Czech Republic Technical Death Metal	Elvenefris (2000) #1396
193	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #43 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #155 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #407
194	Ebony Tears 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	A Handful of Nothing (1999) #2565 Tortura Insomniae (1997) #3381 Evil As Hell (2001) #9537
195	Exocrine 2013, France Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Maelstrom (2020) #4216 The Hybrid Suns (2022) #4812 Molten Giant (2018)
196	Therion 1988, Sweden Symphonic Metal, Death Metal	Vovin (1998) #110 Secret of the Runes (2001) #418 Theli (1996) #554
197	Massacra 1986, France Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Final Holocaust (1990) #1931 Enjoy the Violence (1991) #2962 Signs of the Decline (1992)
198	Messiah 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Choir of Horrors (1991) #3397 Rotten Perish (1992) #4509 Underground (1994) #7018
199	Waco Jesus 1994, United States Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore	Receptive When Beaten (2006) #3264 The Destruction of Commercial Scum (1999) #3680 Filth (2003) #5512
200	Morpheus Descends United States Death Metal	Ritual of Infinity (1992) #792 Chronicles of the Shadowed Ones (1994) Cairn of Dumitru Sampler (1994) [Single]

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