Best Atmospheric Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Summoning 1993, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Dol Guldur (1997) #289 Stronghold (1999) #402 Old Mornings Dawn (2013) #503
2	Burzum 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient	Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) #82 Det som engang var (1993) #513 Filosofem (1996) #627
3	Alcest 1999, France Shoegaze, Blackgaze, Post-Metal	Écailles de lune (2010) #71 Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007) #203 Les voyages de l'âme (2012) #850
4	Drudkh 2002, Ukraine Atmospheric Black Metal	Autumn Aurora (2004) #712 Кров у наших криницях (Blood in Our Wells) (2006) #1306 Всі належать ночі (All Belong to the Night) (2022)
5	Mesarthim 2015, Australia Atmospheric Black Metal	The Great Filter (2016) [EP] #1292 .- -... ... . -. -.-. . (2016) #1700 Vacuum Solution (2021) [EP]
6	Lustre 2008, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Reverence (2023) [EP] A Thirst for Summer Rain (2022) #1851 The Ashes of Light (2020) #2864
7	Njiqahdda United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Psychedelic Rock	False Legends (2013) [EP] the Path of Liberation from Birth and Death (2012) Nji. Njiijn. Njiiijn. (2008)
8	Panopticon 2007, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	Roads to the North (2014) #1290 ...and Again into the Light (2021) #1781 Autumn Eternal (2015) #2326
9	Saor 2013, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	Aura (2014) #965 Origins (2022) #855 Guardians (2016) #1826
10	Coldworld Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Melancholie² (2008) #756 Autumn (2016) #3147 The Stars Are Dead Now (2006) [EP] #6452
11	Elderwind 2009, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Волшебство живой природы (The Magic of Nature) (2012) #1068 Чем холоднее ночь (The Colder the Night) (2018) #2269 Fires (2021) #3313
12	Agalloch 1995, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	The Mantle (2002) #360 Ashes Against the Grain (2006) #560 Pale Folklore (1999) #848
13	Gris Canada Black Metal	Il était une forêt... (2007) #1650 À l'âme enflammée, l'âme constellée... (2013) #3770 Neurasthénie (2006)
14	Negură Bunget 1995, Romania Atmospheric Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	OM (2006) #968 Vîrstele Pămîntului (2010) #4674 'n Crugu Bradului (2002) #5127
15	Aquilus Australia Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Griseus (2011) #945 Bellum II (2024) Bellum I (2021) #7228
16	Mare Cognitum 2011, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	Phobos Monolith (2014) #1405 Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine (2020) [Split] Luminiferous Aether (2016) #3030
17	Deafheaven 2010, United States Post-Black Metal, Blackgaze, Shoegaze	New Bermuda (2015) #440 Lonely People with Power (2025) #732 Sunbather (2013) #990
18	Caladan Brood 2008, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Echoes of Battle (2013) #889
19	Ulver 1993, Norway Black Metal, Ambient, Electronica, New Wave	Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995) #1832 Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden (1997) #2689 Kveldssanger (1996) #2952
20	Eldamar 2015, Norway Atmospheric Black Metal	The Force of the Ancient Land (2016) #3179 Astral Journeys Pt. II : Dissolution (2025) #7630 A Dark Forgotten Past (2017) #8632
21	Downfall of Nur Argentina Atmospheric Black Metal	Umbras de Barbagia (2015) #458 Umbras e Forestas (2014) [EP] Jhanas-Nur (2013) [Demo]
22	Violet Cold 2013, Azerbaijan Blackgaze, Post-Rock	Noir Kid (2020) #730 Anomie (2017) #995 Desperate Dreams (2015) #1270
23	Basarabian Hills 2011, Moldova Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Groping in a Misty Spread (2014) #1760 The Path of Hope (2021) Enveloped in the Velvet Cloak of Midnight (2015) #4207
24	Ethereal Shroud 2013, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	They Became the Falling Ash (2015) #939 Trisagion (2021) #1516 Absolution\|Emptiness (2013) [Demo]
25	Aara 2018, Switzerland Atmospheric Black Metal	Triade III: Nyx (2023) #742 Eiger (2024) #743 En Ergô Einai (2020) #1728
26	Enisum 2006, Italy Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	Arpitanian Lands (2015) #1091 Autumn Embrace (2026) Moth's Illusion (2019)
27	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #1161 Transience (2018) #1990 Convergence (2023) #2654
28	Moongates Guardian 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Dungeon Synth	...and in the Glade a Light Was Seen (2015) #5283 Till the Wind of the Morning (2021) Summoned by Middle Earth - A Tribute to Summoning (Part I) (2016)
29	Sojourner 2015, International Atmospheric Black Metal	Empires of Ash (2016) #2328 The Shadowed Road (2018) #3656 Premonitions (2020)
30	Elffor 1995, Spain Symphonic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	The Black Sentinel (2023) The Crescent Moon Palace (2024) Heriotz Sustraiak (2012) #2451
31	Fen 2006, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Dustwalker (2013) #1388 Winter (2017) The Dead Light (2019)
32	Grima 2014, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Frostbitten (2022) #1392 Will of the Primordial (2019) Nightside (2025)
33	폐허 (Ruined) 2001, Korea Dark Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	맞불놀이 (2011) #2960 흉가 (The Haunted House) (2002) #3871 Demo 2025 (2025) [Demo]
34	Imperium Dekadenz 2004, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal	Dis Manibvs (2016) #2222 Into Sorrow Evermore (2023) When We Are Forgotten (2019)
35	White Ward 2012, Ukraine Post-Black Metal, Dark Jazz	False Light (2022) #1085 Futility Report (2017) #3070 Debemur Morti (2021) [EP]
36	The Ruins of Beverast 2003, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Doom Metal	Exuvia (2017) #1580 Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (2009) Tempelschlaf (2026) #4430
37	Ellende 2011, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal	Todbringer (2016) #3069 Zerfall (2026) #5030 Ellenbogengesellschaft (2022) #5754
38	The Great Old Ones 2009, France Post-Black Metal	Kadath (2025) Tekeli-Li (2014) #3266 EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy (2017) #4354
39	Veldes 2012, Slovenia Atmospheric Black Metal	Descent (2015) [EP] Storm Borrower (2018) [EP] Flameless (2019)
40	Sear Bliss 1993, Hungary Atmospheric Black Metal	Heavenly Down (2024) #5761 Glory and Perdition (2004) #6850 The Arcane Odyssey (2007) #7092
41	Blut aus Nord 1994, France Atmospheric Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal	Ethereal Horizons (2025) #1732 Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses (2022) #1784 The Work Which Transforms God (2003) #2201
42	Skyforest 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Aftermath (2014) #5056 Unity (2016) #6415 A New Dawn (2020)
43	Dreams of Nature Colombia Atmospheric Black Metal	Magic Transcendence (2016) #1247 Spirit of Nature (2015) #2466 Naturaleza Ancestral (2019) [Compilation]
44	Ancient Wisdom 1993, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Cometh Doom, Cometh Death (2004) #5462 ...And the Physical Shape of Light Bled (2000) #6394 The Calling (1997)
45	Cân Bardd 2016, Switzerland Atmospheric Black Metal	The Last Rain (2019) #2224 Devoured by the Oak (2021) #3317 Nature Stays Silent (2018)
46	Vallendusk 2011, Indonesia Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Homeward Path (2015) #3274 Heralds of Strife (2021) #3312 Black Clouds Gathering (2013) #5542
47	Evilfeast 1998, Poland Atmospheric Black Metal	Elegies of the Stellar Wind (2017) #2479 Funeral Sorcery (2005) Mysteries of the Nocturnal Forest (2004)
48	Amiensus 2010, United States Progressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Folk Metal, Black Metal, Post-Rock	Reclamation Pt. II (2024) Ascension (2015) #2799 Reclamation: Part 1 (2024) #2874
49	Nae'blis Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Sketches of Reality (2007) #1904 Beyond the Light (2004) Confusion & Apathy - in the Fog of a Surreal Daydream (2010)
50	Ethir Anduin 2006, Russia Death Doom Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Loneliness of my Life (2018) Холод (2023) Pathway to Eternity. The Agony (2020)

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