Best Atmospheric Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Summoning 1993, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Dol Guldur (1997) #243 Stronghold (1999) #358 Old Mornings Dawn (2013) #510
2	Burzum 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient	Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) #96 Det som engang var (1993) #681 Filosofem (1996) #773
3	Alcest 1999, France Shoegaze, Blackgaze, Post-Metal	Écailles de lune (2010) #66 Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007) #205 Les voyages de l'âme (2012) #866
4	Drudkh 2002, Ukraine Atmospheric Black Metal	Autumn Aurora (2004) #678 Кров у наших криницях (Blood in Our Wells) (2006) #931 Всі належать ночі (All Belong to the Night) (2022)
5	Mesarthim 2015, Australia Atmospheric Black Metal	The Great Filter (2016) [EP] #1239 Vacuum Solution (2021) [EP] Arrival (2023)
6	Lustre 2008, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	The Ashes of Light (2020) #1173 Reverence (2023) [EP] A Thirst for Summer Rain (2022) #1805
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) #1219 ...and Again into the Light (2021) #1734 Autumn Eternal (2015) #2220
9	Coldworld Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Melancholie² (2008) #712 Autumn (2016) #2977 The Stars Are Dead Now (2006) [EP] #5853
10	Saor 2013, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Pagan Black Metal	Origins (2022) #809 Aura (2014) #869 Forgotten Paths (2019) #1303
11	Elderwind 2009, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Dark Ambient	Волшебство живой природы (2012) #947 Чем холоднее ночь (2018) #2168 Fires (2021) #3137
12	Agalloch 1995, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	The Mantle (2002) #463 Ashes Against the Grain (2006) #602 Pale Folklore (1999) #748
13	Aquilus Australia Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Griseus (2011) #690 Bellum II (2024) Bellum I (2021) #6485
14	Mare Cognitum 2011, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	Phobos Monolith (2014) #1346 Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine (2020) [Split] Luminiferous Aether (2016) #1673
15	Negură Bunget 1995, Romania Atmospheric Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	OM (2006) #927 'n Crugu Bradului (2002) #4172 Vîrstele Pămîntului (2010) #4344
16	Caladan Brood 2008, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Echoes of Battle (2013) #821
17	Downfall of Nur Argentina Atmospheric Black Metal	Umbras de Barbagia (2015) #425 Umbras e Forestas (2014) [EP] Jhanas-Nur (2013) [Demo]
18	Violet Cold 2013, Azerbaijan Blackgaze, Post-Rock	Noir Kid (2020) #693 Anomie (2017) #953 Desperate Dreams (2015) #1220
19	Gris Canada Black Metal	Il était une forêt... (2007) #1334 À l'âme enflammée, l'âme constellée... (2013) #3025 Neurasthénie (2006)
20	Ulver 1993, Norway Black Metal, Ambient, Electronic	Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995) #1916 Kveldssanger (1996) #2726 Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden (1997) #2727
21	Ethereal Shroud 2013, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	They Became the Falling Ash (2015) #905 Trisagion (2021) #1452 Absolution\|Emptiness (2013) [Demo]
22	Eldamar 2015, Norway Atmospheric Black Metal	The Force of the Ancient Land (2016) #3003 A Dark Forgotten Past (2017) #7657 Eldamar / Dreams of Nature (2017) [Split]
23	Basarabian Hills 2011, Moldova Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Groping in a Misty Spread (2014) #1714 The Path of Hope (2021) Enveloped in the Velvet Cloak of Midnight (2015) #3917
24	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #872 Transience (2018) #1927 Convergence (2023) #2539
25	Moongates Guardian 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Dungeon Synth	...and in the Glade a Light Was Seen (2015) #4861 Till the Wind of the Morning (2021) Summoned by Middle Earth - A Tribute to Summoning (Part I) (2016)
26	Fen 2006, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Dustwalker (2013) #1324 Winter (2017) The Dead Light (2019)
27	Sojourner 2015, International Atmospheric Black Metal	Empires of Ash (2016) #2557 The Shadowed Road (2018) #3438 Premonitions (2020)
28	Elffor 1995, Spain Symphonic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	The Black Sentinel (2023) The Crescent Moon Palace (2024) Where the Damned Dwells (2022) #2386
29	Enisum 2006, Italy Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	Arpitanian Lands (2015) #1051 Forgotten Mountains (2023) Moth's Illusion (2019)
30	Imperium Dekadenz 2004, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal	Dis Manibvs (2016) #2125 Into Sorrow Evermore (2023) When We Are Forgotten (2019)
31	White Ward 2012, Ukraine Post-Black Metal, Dark Jazz	False Light (2022) #1134 Futility Report (2017) #2889 Debemur Morti (2021) [EP]
32	폐허 (Ruined) 2001, Korea Dark Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	맞불놀이 (2011) #2786 흉가 (The Haunted House) (2002) #4149 Songs for Darkspirits (2005)
33	The Great Old Ones 2009, France Post-Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Tekeli-Li (2014) #3095 EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy (2017) #4069 Cosmicism (2019) #4896
34	Skyforest 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Aftermath (2014) #4650 Unity (2016) #5824 A New Dawn (2020)
35	Dreams of Nature Colombia Atmospheric Black Metal	Magic Transcendence (2016) #858 Spirit of Nature (2015) #1715 Naturaleza Ancestral (2019) [Compilation]
36	Sear Bliss 1993, Hungary Atmospheric Black Metal	Glory and Perdition (2004) #6162 The Arcane Odyssey (2007) #6360 Heavenly Down (2024) #6496
37	Veldes 2012, Slovenia Atmospheric Black Metal	Descent (2015) [EP] Storm Borrower (2018) [EP] Flameless (2019)
38	Vallendusk 2011, Indonesia Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Homeward Path (2015) #3101 Heralds of Strife (2021) Black Clouds Gathering (2013) #5105
39	Ancient Wisdom 1993, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Cometh Doom, Cometh Death (2004) #5033 ...And the Physical Shape of Light Bled (2000) #5804 The Calling (1997)
40	Evilfeast 1998, Poland Atmospheric Black Metal	Elegies of the Stellar Wind (2017) #2375 Funeral Sorcery (2005) Mysteries of the Nocturnal Forest (2004)
41	Amiensus 2010, United States Progressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Folk Metal, Black Metal, Post-Rock	Reclamation: Part 1 (2024) Ascension (2015) #2645 Restoration (2012) #4156
42	The Ruins of Beverast 2003, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (2009) Exuvia (2017) #1611 Blood Vaults - the Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer (2013) #3425
43	Blut aus Nord 1994, France Atmospheric Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal	Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses (2022) #1737 The Work Which Transforms God (2003) #2393 Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With the Stars (2009) #2940
44	Nae'blis Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Sketches of Reality (2007) #1856 Beyond the Light (2004) Confusion & Apathy - in the Fog of a Surreal Daydream (2010)
45	Severoth 2012, Ukraine Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Самітність (2016) Шляхом світла (2024) When the Night Falls... (2018)
46	Aara 2018, Switzerland Atmospheric Black Metal	Triade III: Nyx (2023) En Ergô Einai (2020) #2383 Triade II: Hemera (2022)
47	Ellende 2011, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal	Ellenbogengesellschaft (2022) Todbringer (2016) #2849 Lebensnehmer (2019)
48	Eneferens 2016, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	The Bleakness of Our Constant (2018) #1677 In the Hours Beneath (2016) The Inward Cold (2016)
49	Spell of Dark 2009, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Ghost from the Past (2021) The Vastness (2019) Running Over the Horizon (2021) [EP]
50	Dzö-nga 2016, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	The Sachem's Tales (2017) #4076 Thunder in the Mountains (2020) Five Treasures of Snow (2016)

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