Best Atmospheric Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Summoning 1993, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Dol Guldur (1997) #253 Stronghold (1999) #415 Old Mornings Dawn (2013) #541
2	Burzum 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient	Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) #91 Det som engang var (1993) #570 Filosofem (1996) #691
3	Alcest 1999, France Shoegaze, Blackgaze, Post-Metal	Écailles de lune (2010) #71 Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007) #211 Les voyages de l'âme (2012) #808
4	Drudkh 2002, Ukraine Atmospheric Black Metal	Autumn Aurora (2004) #702 Кров у наших криницях (Blood in Our Wells) (2006) #1086 Всі належать ночі (All Belong to the Night) (2022)
5	Mesarthim 2015, Australia Atmospheric Black Metal	The Great Filter (2016) [EP] #1283 Vacuum Solution (2021) [EP] Arrival (2023)
6	Lustre 2008, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	The Ashes of Light (2020) #1199 Reverence (2023) [EP] A Thirst for Summer Rain (2022) #1860
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) #1256 ...and Again into the Light (2021) #1786 Autumn Eternal (2015) #2302
9	Coldworld Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Melancholie² (2008) #746 Autumn (2016) #3121 The Stars Are Dead Now (2006) [EP] #6163
10	Saor 2013, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	Origins (2022) #848 Aura (2014) #955 Guardians (2016) #1837
11	Agalloch 1995, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	The Mantle (2002) #450 Ashes Against the Grain (2006) #585 Pale Folklore (1999) #780
12	Elderwind 2009, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Волшебство живой природы (The Magic of Nature) (2012) #985 Чем холоднее ночь (The Colder the Night) (2018) #2245 Fires (2021) #3285
13	Aquilus Australia Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Griseus (2011) #936 Bellum II (2024) Bellum I (2021) #6844
14	Mare Cognitum 2011, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	Phobos Monolith (2014) #1401 Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine (2020) [Split] Luminiferous Aether (2016) #2987
15	Negură Bunget 1995, Romania Atmospheric Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	OM (2006) #957 'n Crugu Bradului (2002) #4387 Vîrstele Pămîntului (2010) #4582
16	Caladan Brood 2008, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Echoes of Battle (2013) #861
17	Deafheaven 2010, United States Post-Black Metal, Blackgaze, Shoegaze	New Bermuda (2015) #430 Lonely People with Power (2025) #1533 Sunbather (2013) #908
18	Ulver 1993, Norway Black Metal, Ambient, Electronica, New Wave	Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995) #1949 Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden (1997) #2366 Kveldssanger (1996) #2891
19	Downfall of Nur Argentina Atmospheric Black Metal	Umbras de Barbagia (2015) #441 Umbras e Forestas (2014) [EP] Jhanas-Nur (2013) [Demo]
20	Violet Cold 2013, Azerbaijan Blackgaze, Post-Rock	Noir Kid (2020) #724 Anomie (2017) #990 Desperate Dreams (2015) #1257
21	Gris Canada Black Metal	Il était une forêt... (2007) #1239 À l'âme enflammée, l'âme constellée... (2013) #3717 Neurasthénie (2006)
22	Ethereal Shroud 2013, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	They Became the Falling Ash (2015) #931 Trisagion (2021) #1503 Absolution\|Emptiness (2013) [Demo]
23	Eldamar 2015, Norway Atmospheric Black Metal	The Force of the Ancient Land (2016) #3145 A Dark Forgotten Past (2017) #8120 Astral Journeys Pt. I : Creation (2024)
24	Basarabian Hills 2011, Moldova Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Groping in a Misty Spread (2014) #1763 The Path of Hope (2021) Enveloped in the Velvet Cloak of Midnight (2015) #4120
25	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #1064 Transience (2018) #1984 Convergence (2023) #2628
26	Moongates Guardian 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Dungeon Synth	...and in the Glade a Light Was Seen (2015) #5129 Till the Wind of the Morning (2021) Summoned by Middle Earth - A Tribute to Summoning (Part I) (2016)
27	Sojourner 2015, International Atmospheric Black Metal	Empires of Ash (2016) #2304 The Shadowed Road (2018) #3613 Premonitions (2020)
28	Fen 2006, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Dustwalker (2013) #1381 Winter (2017) The Dead Light (2019)
29	Elffor 1995, Spain Symphonic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	The Black Sentinel (2023) The Crescent Moon Palace (2024) Where the Damned Dwells (2022) #2463
30	Aara 2018, Switzerland Atmospheric Black Metal	Triade III: Nyx (2023) #830 Eiger (2024) En Ergô Einai (2020) #2460
31	Enisum 2006, Italy Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	Arpitanian Lands (2015) #1074 Moth's Illusion (2019) Forgotten Mountains (2023)
32	Imperium Dekadenz 2004, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal	Dis Manibvs (2016) #2198 Into Sorrow Evermore (2023) When We Are Forgotten (2019)
33	Grima 2014, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Frostbitten (2022) #1366 Will of the Primordial (2019) Tales of the Enchanted Woods (2017)
34	White Ward 2012, Ukraine Post-Black Metal, Dark Jazz	False Light (2022) #1157 Futility Report (2017) #3034 Debemur Morti (2021) [EP]
35	폐허 (Ruined) 2001, Korea Dark Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	맞불놀이 (2011) #2928 흉가 (The Haunted House) (2002) #4362 Songs for Darkspirits (2005)
36	The Great Old Ones 2009, France Post-Black Metal	Kadath (2025) Tekeli-Li (2014) #3236 EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy (2017) #4271
37	Blut aus Nord 1994, France Atmospheric Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal	Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses (2022) #1789 The Work Which Transforms God (2003) #2477 Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With the Stars (2009) #3087
38	Skyforest 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Aftermath (2014) #4910 Unity (2016) #6126 A New Dawn (2020)
39	Dreams of Nature Colombia Atmospheric Black Metal	Magic Transcendence (2016) #891 Spirit of Nature (2015) #1764 Naturaleza Ancestral (2019) [Compilation]
40	Sear Bliss 1993, Hungary Atmospheric Black Metal	Heavenly Down (2024) #5571 Glory and Perdition (2004) #6495 The Arcane Odyssey (2007) #6711
41	Veldes 2012, Slovenia Atmospheric Black Metal	Descent (2015) [EP] Storm Borrower (2018) [EP] Flameless (2019)
42	Ellende 2011, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal	Todbringer (2016) #2990 Ellenbogengesellschaft (2022) Lebensnehmer (2019)
43	Vallendusk 2011, Indonesia Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Homeward Path (2015) #3242 Heralds of Strife (2021) Black Clouds Gathering (2013) #5376
44	Ancient Wisdom 1993, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Cometh Doom, Cometh Death (2004) #5296 ...And the Physical Shape of Light Bled (2000) #6113 The Calling (1997)
45	Evilfeast 1998, Poland Atmospheric Black Metal	Elegies of the Stellar Wind (2017) #2449 Funeral Sorcery (2005) Mysteries of the Nocturnal Forest (2004)
46	Amiensus 2010, United States Progressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Folk Metal, Black Metal, Post-Rock	Reclamation Pt. II (2024) Ascension (2015) #2763 Reclamation: Part 1 (2024) #2838
47	The Ruins of Beverast 2003, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (2009) Exuvia (2017) #1663 Blood Vaults - the Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer (2013) #3604
48	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)
49	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)
50	Severoth 2012, Ukraine Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Самітність (2016) Шляхом світла (2024) When the Night Falls... (2018)

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