Death Metal 2020s Albums

At the Gates' eighth album, from April 2026: Tomas Lindberg's vocals, cut before his cancer surgery, and their first No. 1 on Sweden's albums chart.

The four-song EP that is Sepultura's last studio release, out in April 2026 and in Japan on 10 July.

Blood Dynasty is a 2025 ARCH ENEMY album of melodic death metal, where sharp riffs meet dramatic melodies that reach toward traditional metal.

Blood Incantation's fourth studio album, from October 2024, made of two suites in three parts each.

Endtime Signals deepens the melodic-death-metal aesthetic DARK TRANQUILLITY has shaped for decades.

Gatecreeper's third studio album, from May 2024 and the first with bassist Alex Brown.

Opeth's fourteenth studio album, from November 2024, and the return of death growls for the first time since Watershed.

Servitude is THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s tenth album and the beginning of a new chapter after profound loss.

Cattle Decapitation's eighth studio album, from May 2023, recorded in the weeks after a founding member's death.

Tomb Mold's fourth studio album, from September 2023, announced only four days before it appeared.

Deceivers sharpens Arch Enemy’s melodic-death-metal design with exceptional precision.

Lorna Shore's fourth studio album, from October 2022, closing on a title track in three parts.

Archspire's fourth studio album, from October 2021, and winner of the 2022 Juno Award for Metal/Hard Music Album.

At the Gates' seventh album, from July 2021: a concept record on philosophical pessimism, with saxophone and strings joining the band.

Carcass's seventh studio album, from September 2021, eight years after Surgical Steel and delayed over a year by the pandemic.

Fortitude retains Gojira’s low-end groove, machine-like riffs and massive rhythmic force while allowing more melody and openness into the frame.

Moment gathers Dark Tranquillity’s core language—sharp guitars, cold keyboards and an introspective lyrical atmosphere—into a fluid melodic-death-metal record.

Napalm Death's sixteenth studio album, out in September 2020 after the longest gap between albums in their history.

Sepultura's fifteenth studio album, from February 2020, built on the number four and divided into four sections.

Verminous pours the speed of melodic death metal into a dense world that suggests horror and fantasy literature.

Ulcerate's sixth studio album, from April 2020 and the first they released on Debemur Morti Productions.