Best Black Metal Bands | page 6

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
251	Veldes 2012, Slovenia Atmospheric Black Metal	Descent (2015) [EP] Storm Borrower (2018) [EP] Flameless (2019)
252	Ancient Wisdom 1993, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Cometh Doom, Cometh Death (2004) #4950 ...And the Physical Shape of Light Bled (2000) #5702 The Calling (1997)
253	Armaggedon 2002, France Black Metal	I.N.R.I. (I, Nazarene, Recognize My Impurity) (2009) #5482 Ave Satan (2006) Anthems of the black Order (2003) [EP]
254	Borknagar 1995, Norway Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Viking Metal	Fall (2024) Empiricism (2001) #4707 Winter Thrice (2016) #6173
255	Baptism Finland Black Metal	Grim Arts of Melancholy (2008) #5218 Morbid wings of Sathanas (2005) #6412 As the Darkness Enters (2012)
256	Perdition Temple United States Black Metal, Death Metal	The Tempter's Victorious (2015) #2145 Merciless Upheaval (2022) #2377 Edict of the Antichrist Elect (2010)
257	Enthroned 1993, Belgium Black Metal	XES Haereticum (2004) #5359 Black Goat Ritual: Live in thy Flesh (2005) [Live] Carnage in Worlds Beyond (2002)
258	Azaghal 1998, Finland Black Metal	Nemesis (2012) #1654 Of Beasts and Vultures (2002) Kyy (2003) [EP]
259	Havohej 1993, United States Black Metal, Ritual Ambient, Noise	Dethrone the Son of God (1993) #3940 Table of Uncreation (2019) Kembatinan Premaster (2009)
260	Nocturnal 2000, Germany Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Violent Revenge (2009) #2134 Storming Evil (2014) #3623 Possessed Creations (2010) [Compilation]
261	Deathcode Society 2009, France Symphonic Black Metal	Ite Missa Est (2009) [EP] #2655 Eschatonizer (2015) #3248 Unlightenment (2023)
262	Abhor 1995, Italy Black Metal	Ab Luna Lucenti, Ab Noctua Protecti (2011) #3307 Occulta Religio (2018) Ritualia Stramonium (2015)
263	Spectral Lore 2005, Greece Ambient, Black Metal	Voyager (2015) [EP] Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine (2020) [Split] III (2014) #2144
264	Seth 1995, France Black Metal	La Morsure du Christ (2021) #2851 Les Blessures de l'Âme (1998) #4751 Apocalyptic Desires (1996) [Demo]
265	Dolorian Finland Black Metal, Doom Metal	When All the Laughter Has Gone (1999) #2827 Dolorian (2001) #6517 Voidwards (2006)
266	Azarath 1998, Poland Death Metal, Black Metal	Infernal Blasting (2003) #4716 Blasphemers' Maledictions (2011) #4766 Diabolic Impious Evil (2005)
267	Zeal and Ardor 2014, United States Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal	Stranger Fruit (2018) #2537 Devil Is Fine (2016) #4203 Live in London (2019) [Live]
268	Endstille 2000, Germany Black Metal	Frühlingserwachen (2003) #3935 Dominanz (2004) #5942 Endstilles Reich (2007)
269	Falkenbach 1989, Germany Viking Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal	...Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri... (1998) #1229 ...En Their Medh Riki Fara... (1996) #1392 Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty (2003) #3724
270	Ondskapt 2000, Sweden Black Metal	Draco Sit Mihi Dux (2003) #1496 Arisen from the Ashes (2010) Grimoire Ordo Devus (2020)
271	Evil 2011, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Possessed by Evil (2021) #2622 邪悪を讃えよ (Rites of Evil) (2017) #4907 Evil / Lurking Fear (2014) [Split]
272	Batushka 2018, Poland Black Metal	Панихида (2019) #1850
273	Carpathian Forest 1990, Norway Black Metal	Strange Old Brew (2000) #4713 Black Shining Leather (1998) #6238 Morbid Fascination of Death (2001) #6473
274	Belenos 1995, France Celtic Metal, Pagan Black Metal	Errances Oniriques (2001) #3556 Spicilège (2002) Argoat (2019)
275	Ancient Norway Melodic Black Metal	Svartalvheim (1994) #4163 Mad Grandiose Bloodfiends (1997) Det Glemte Riket (1999) [Compilation]
276	Surrender of Divinity 1996, Thailand Black Metal	Oriental Hell Rhythmics (2001) #1974 Manifest Blasphemy: the Abortion of the Immaculate Conception (2006) #3654 Sabbatical SiameseChristBeheading (2006) [Split]
277	Sear Bliss 1993, Greece Atmospheric Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Glory and Perdition (2004) #6066 The Arcane Odyssey (2007) #6255 Letters from the Edge (2018)
278	Bilskirnir 1996, Germany Black Metal	Wotan Redivivus (2013) Wotansvolk (2007) #5662 In Solitary Silence (2018) [EP]
279	Aborym 1992, Italy Industrial Black Metal	Kali Yuga Bizarre (1999) #4975 Fire Walk With Us (2001) #6618 With No Human Intervention (2003) #7611
280	Manes Norway Electro Avant-garde metal	Under ein Blodraud Maane (1999) #1268 Be All End All (2014) Slow Motion Death Sequence (2018)
281	Cold Body Radiation Netherlands Black Metal, Shoegaze	the orphean lyre (2017) #4816 A Clear Path (2014) Deer Twillight (2011) #6959
282	Absurd 1992, Germany Black Metal, RAC, Pagan Black Metal	Thuringian Pagan Madness (1995) [Demo] Der Funfzehnjahrige Krieg (2008) #3281 Facta Loquuntur (1996) #6606
283	Opertus 2012, Czech Republic Neoclassical, Darkwave, Orchestral	Chorea Ultima (2013) Moudrosti Cesta (2012) #2333 Dark Tunes Vol·III (2022) [Compilation]
284	Enslavement Of Beauty 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Mere Contemplations (2007) Traces O' Red (1999) Megalomania (2001) #7382
285	Hypothermia 2001, Sweden Black Metal	Skogens Hjärta (2010) #2318 Sjuklig Intention (2006) [Split] Veins (2006) #7846
286	Nifelheim 1990, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Nifelheim (1995) #2833 Devil's Force (1998) Servants of Darkness (2000)
287	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #781 Conjure and Command (2011) #2527 Live – Only Deaf is Real (2007) [Live]
288	Hellripper 2014, United Kingdom Black Metal, Speed Metal	Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags (2023) #2157 The Affair of the Poisons (2020) Coagulating Darkness (2017)
289	Lord Belial Sweden Black Metal	The Black Curse (2008) Rapture (2022) Enter the Moonlight Gate (1997) #7006
290	Cormorant 2007, United States Progressive Folk Metal, Black Metal	Metazoa (2009) #1005 The Last Tree (2007) [EP] Dwellings (2011)
291	Nae'blis Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Sketches of Reality (2007) #1845 Beyond the Light (2004) Confusion & Apathy - in the Fog of a Surreal Daydream (2010)
292	Necromantia 1989, Greece Black Metal	Crossing the Fiery Path (1993) #3730 Scarlet Evil Witching Black (1995) #3731 To the Depths We Descend... (2021)
293	Khors 2004, Ukraine Atmospheric Black Metal	Where the Word Acquires Eternity (2020) За межами тваринного (Beyond the Bestial) (2018) [EP] Мудрість століть (Wisdom of Centuries) (2012)
294	Severoth 2012, Ukraine Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Самітність (2016) Шляхом світла (2024) When the Night Falls... (2018)
295	Aara 2018, Switzerland Atmospheric Black Metal	Triade III: Nyx (2023) En Ergô Einai (2020) #2374 Triade II: Hemera (2022)
296	Armagedda 2000, Sweden Black Metal	The Final War Approaching (2002) #7046 Only True Believers (2003) #7395 Svindeldjup Ättestup (2020)
297	Antestor 1990, Norway Black Metal	The Return of the Black Death (1998) Omen (2012) #5531 The Forsaken (2005) #6098
298	Stormlord 1991, Italy Symphonic Black Metal	Mare Nostrum (2008) Hesperia (2013) The Curse of Medusa (2002) [EP]
299	Happy Days 2004, United States Depressive Black Metal	Cause of Death: Life (2012) #4991 Melancholic Memories (2008) #7723 Defeated by Life (2008)
300	Evilfeast 1998, Poland Atmospheric Black Metal	Elegies of the Stellar Wind (2017) #2365 Funeral Sorcery (2005) Wintermoon Enchantment (2011) #6289

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