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Here’s the 11 best melodic death metal<\/a>\u00a0albums of the 1990s.<\/p>\n Melodic death metal\u2014 or melodeath if you’re in the know \u2014 is largely credited to the Swedes, along with the English death metal band Carcass<\/a>, in the early-to-mid 1990s. From there, it was an explosion of fantastic bands and albums doling out some of the greatest death metal records of all time. At the Gates<\/a> and In Flames <\/a>in particular became the two biggest influences on 2000s North American metalcore, to the point that bands emulating At the Gates’ sound were said to practice “At the Gates worship.”<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/strong>: 11 Best Technical Death Metal Albums of the 2000s<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n So let’s take a few minutes and wade through the endless ocean of S-tier melodic death metal from the decade where it all started.<\/p>\n These are the 11 greatest melodic death metal records of the 1990s \u2014 though let’s be real, this list could’ve been 30 records easily.<\/p>\n Melodic death metal arrived in the 1990s with a slew of phenomenal albums. These are the 11 best.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Greg Kennelty<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n11 Best Melodic Death Metal Albums of the 1990s<\/h2>\n