Best Melodic Death Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #55 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #95 Wages of Sin (2001) #307
2	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #23 Fiction (2007) #42 Atoma (2016) #191
3	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #169 The Jester Race (1996) #185 Whoracle (1997) #293
4	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Follow the Reaper (2000) #105 Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #106 Hatebreeder (1999) #268
5	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #24 Beyond (2013) #144 Grey Heavens (2016) #677
6	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #37 Heart Like a Grave (2019) #196 Anno 1696 (2023) #199
7	Kalmah 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	12 Gauge (2010) #91 The Black Waltz (2006) #476 They Will Return (2002) #485
8	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	Övergivenheten (2022) #713 The Ride Majestic (2015) #765 The Living Infinite (2013) #791
9	Eternal Tears of Sorrow 1994, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Virgin and a Whore (2001) #222 Chaotic Beauty (2000) #380 Before the Bleeding Sun (2006) #898
10	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #405 Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) #972 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #1392
11	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #110 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #270 Surgical Steel (2013) #301
12	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #885 The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) (2023) #1122 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single]
13	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #404 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #446 Queen of Time (2018) #516
14	Mors Principium Est 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal	...And Death Said Live (2012) #499 The Unborn (2005) #966 Dawn of the 5th Era (2014) #1245
15	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #154 Spiritual Migration (2013) #251 Shin-Ken (2009) #441
16	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #205 At War with Reality (2014) #1369 Terminal Spirit Disease (1994) #1928
17	Heaven Shall Burn 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Invictus (2010) #466 Iconoclast (2008) #1942 Veto (2013) #2145
18	Mercenary 1991, Denmark Melodic Death Metal	Architect of Lies (2008) #708 The Hours That Remain (2006) #800 Soundtrack for the End Times (2023) #1336
19	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #312 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #412 Vessels (2016) #418
20	Disarmonia Mundi 1999, Italy Melodic Death Metal	Fragments of D-Generation (2004) #378 Mind Tricks (2006) #548 Nebularium + the Restless Memoirs EP (2009) [Compilation]
21	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #285 Monolith (2010) #456 Shrouded Divine (2008) #623
22	Norther 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Death Unlimited (2004) #793 Dreams of Endless War (2002) #1752 Mirror of Madness (2003) #1753
23	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001, United States Melodic Death Metal	Everblack (2013) #950 Nocturnal (2007) #1203 Ritual (2011) #1643
24	Dark Lunacy 1997, Italy Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Diarist (2006) #636 Devoid (2000) #1112 Forget Me Not (2003) #1395
25	Shade Empire 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Anti-Life Saviour (2017) [Single] Omega Arcane (2013) #322 Poetry of the Ill-Minded (2017) #779
26	Remnants of the Fallen 2009, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Shadow Walk (2016) #940 All the Wounded and Broken (2020) #1208 Perpetual Immaturity (REDUX 2013 Edition) (2013) [EP] #1901
27	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #309 Unorthodox (1992) #1951 The Spectral Sorrows (1993) #2992
28	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Progressive Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Portal of I (2012) #49 Urn (2017) #513 Citadel (2014) #541
29	MyGrain 2004, Finland Melodic Death Metal	MyGrain (2011) #763 Orbit Dance (2006) #3231 Signs of Existence (2008) #5424
30	Nightrage 2000, Greece Melodic Death Metal	A New Disease Is Born (2007) #3426 Descent Into Chaos (2005) #3645 Insidious (2011) #4429
31	Method 2002, Korea Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Abstract (2015) #1013 Warrior's Way (2013) [EP] #2595 Survival Ov the Fittest (2006) #2689
32	Wintersun 2003, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Time I (2012) #145 Wintersun (2004) #1152 The Forest Seasons (2017) #1422
33	Hypocrisy 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal	A Taste of Extreme Divinity (2009) #1143 Virus (2005) #1378 Hell over Sofia - 20 Years of Chaos and Confusion (2011) [Video]
34	The Haunted 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	One Kill Wonder (2003) #1492 rEVOLVEr (2004) #1896 Unseen (2011) #6160
35	Blood Stain Child 2000, Japan Melodic Death Metal, Trance Metal	Mozaiq (2007) #1085 Idolator (2005) #3455 ε psilon (2011) #3460
36	Gyze 2011, Japan Melodic Death Metal	Northern Hell Song (2017) #1546 Fascinating Violence (2013) #3561 Black Bride (2015) #5013
37	The Halo Effect 2019, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Days of the Lost (2022) #367 Shadowminds (2021) [Single] Days of the Lost (2022) [Single]
38	The Agonist 2004, Canada Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Prisoners (2012) #2957 Eye of Providence (2015) #3157 Orphans (2019) #5341
39	Sonic Syndicate 2005, Sweden Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal, Synthesizer Rock, Alternative Metal	Jack of Diamonds (2008) [Single] Only Inhuman (2007) #2548 Psychic Suicide / Denied (2007) [Single]
40	Dimension Zero 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Silent Night Fever (2002) #2276 This Is Hell (2003) #2960 He Who Shall Not Bleed (2007) #5435
41	Skyfire 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Spectral (2004) #5380 Liberation in Death (2017) [EP] #5593 Esoteric (2009) #6418
42	Darkest Hour 1995, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Deliver Us (2007) #1457 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation (2003) #4412 The Human Romance (2011) #4883
43	Allegaeon 2008, United States Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Apoptosis (2019) #1184 Proponent for Sentience (2016) #1242 Damnun (2022) #2085
44	Eluveitie 2002, Switzerland Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Slania (2008) #1414 Origins (2014) #2614 Everything Remains As It Never Was (2010) #4458
45	Sylosis 2000, United Kingdom Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal	Conclusion of an Age (2008) #2097 Edge of the Earth (2011) #3150 Monolith (2012) #3752
46	Serenity in Murder 2009, Japan Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Highest of Dystopia (2015) #2183 The First Frisson of the World (2011) #2459 The Eclipse (2017) #2520
47	All That Remains 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The Fall of Ideals (2006) #755 Victim of the New Disease (2018) #1434 Behind Silence and Solitude (2002) #5484
48	Before the Dawn 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Rise of the Phoenix (2012) #1529 Deadlight (2007) #6999 Deathstar Rising (2011) #7162
49	Dreamshade 2006, Switzerland Metalcore, Alternative Rock	What Silence Hides (2011) #2073 Wide Awake (2010) [Single] What Silence Hides (2008) [Demo]
50	Aephanemer 2013, France Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Memento Mori (2016) #986 Prokopton (2019) #1604 A Dream of Wilderness (2021) #2063

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