
There’s no denying the longevity of this band. Not to mention the guitar tone, which is insanely heavy. I have to say I prefer Hail of Bullets, though – especially the first album “…Of Frost and War” (2008). Most people would rank Asphyx (#57) over this one, among their Martin van Drunen-fronted projects. Both are raw high-quality examples of the style well-worth checking out, even if they don’t reach the heights of Dismember and Entombed.

The first two Grave albums “Into the Grave” and “You’ll Never See” are mandatory pieces of Swedish death metal.

Shitty power metal aside, that doesn’t make 2005’s “Decrowning” any less awesome. Or well, played, before the band switched vocalist and released the terrible album “Show Your Colours”. AmoralĪmoral plays a catchy take on progressive death metal. The band may sound a bit silly at times, but the music is insanely intense, abrupt and chaotic. CryptopsyĬryptopsy’s first two albums are righteously counted as classics in both brutal and technical death metal. Personally, I’m not that crazy about the super-ambitious newer material. Poland is filled with quality death metal, and Lost Soul is certainly one of the best. Sadly, the reincarnation of Kaamos has only released one EP, but it’s a damn good slab of old school Swedish death metal. Let’s begin the top 50 with a hidden gem – Sweden’s The Curse. If you dig the song, please stream/download our music from Bandcamp and follow us on Facebook. This is Desolator, old school death metal for fans of Immolation, Morbid Angel, Bloodbath and more. You’re here to check out death metal bands, after all? Well, I’m in one – and one of the purposes of this epic-size content is to make you listen to it.


As a part of my recent full genre guide to death metal, I wanted to make an ultimate list of the best death metal bands.
