Best Atmospheric Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Summoning 1993, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Dol Guldur (1997) #255 Stronghold (1999) #430 Old Mornings Dawn (2013) #564
2	Deafheaven 2010, United States Blackgaze, Atmospheric Black Metal	New Bermuda (2015) #517 Sunbather (2013) #684 Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (2018) #3330
3	Agalloch 1995, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	The Mantle (2002) #438 Ashes Against the Grain (2006) #533 Pale Folklore (1999) #774
4	Cult of Fire 2010, Czech Republic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान (2013) #163 Triumvirát (2012) #200 Čtvrtá symfonie ohně (2014) [EP] #417
5	Drudkh 2002, Ukraine Atmospheric Black Metal	Autumn Aurora (2004) #492 Кров у наших криницях (Blood in Our Wells) (2006) #924 Їм часто сниться капіж (They Often See Dreams About the Spring) (2018) #1657
6	Lustre 2008, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	The Ashes of Light (2020) #1177 They Awoke to the Scent of Spring (2012) #2034 A Thirst for Summer Rain (2022) #2160
7	Mesarthim 2015, Australia Atmospheric Black Metal	The Great Filter (2016) [EP] #1238 Vacuum Solution (2021) [EP] .- -... ... . -. -.-. . (2016) #1776
8	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)
9	Coldworld Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Melancholie² (2008) #628 Autumn (2016) #2544 TheStarsAreDeadNow (2006) [EP] #5374
10	Negură Bunget 1995, Romania Atmospheric Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	OM (2006) #1098 'n Crugu Bradului (2002) #3908 Vîrstele Pămîntului (2010) #4118
11	Saor 2013, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Pagan Black Metal	Aura (2014) #974 Origins (2022) #1178 Forgotten Paths (2019) #1285
12	Panopticon 2007, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	Roads to the North (2014) #1073 ...and Again into the Light (2021) #1714 Autumn Eternal (2015) #2187
13	Aquilus Australia Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Griseus (2011) #536 Bellum I (2021) #6077 Arbor (2007) [EP]
14	Elderwind 2009, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Dark Ambient	Волшебство живой природы (2012) #580 Чем холоднее ночь (2018) #2128 Fires (2021) #3022
15	In the Woods... 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Pure (2016) #2123 Live At the Caledonien Hall (2003) [Live] #2347 Heart of the Ages (1995) #2520
16	Elffor 1995, Spain Symphonic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Where the Damned Dwells (2022) Heriotz Sustraiak (2012) #1689 Unblessed Woods (2006)
17	Blut aus Nord 1994, France Atmospheric Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal	Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses (2022) The Work Which Transforms God (2003) #2575 777 - Cosmosophy (2012)
18	Mare Cognitum 2011, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	Phobos Monolith (2014) #1333 Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine (2020) [Split] Luminiferous Aether (2016) #1655
19	Caladan Brood 2008, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Echoes of Battle (2013) #632
20	The Ruins of Beverast 2003, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (2009) Exuvia (2017) #1580 Blood Vaults - the Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer (2013) #3253
21	Downfall of Nur Argentina Atmospheric Black Metal	Umbras de Barbagia (2015) #375 Umbras e Forestas (2014) [EP] Jhanas-Nur (2013) [Demo]
22	Basarabian Hills 2011, Moldova Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Groping in a Misty Spread (2014) #967 The Path of Hope (2021) In the Stillness of the Codrii (2012)
23	Wolves in the Throne Room 2002, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Dark Ambient, Black Metal	Two Hunters (2007) #1425 Celestial Lineage (2011) Thrice Woven (2017)
24	폐허 (Ruined) 2001, Korea Dark Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	맞불놀이 (2011) #2112 흉가 (The Haunted House) (2002) #4667 Songs for Darkspirits (2005)
25	Eldamar 2015, Norway Atmospheric Black Metal	The Force of the Ancient Land (2016) #2903 A Dark Forgotten Past (2017) #6406 Eldamar / Dreams of Nature (2017) [Split]
26	Lunar Aurora 1994, Germany Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Ars Moriendi (2001) #1168 Andacht (2007) #1437 Zyklus (2004)
27	Abigail Williams 2004, United States Melodic Black Metal, Deathcore, Atmospheric Black Metal	Walk Beyond the Dark (2019) #3227 In the Absence of Light (2010) #4446 In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns (2008) #6085
28	Moongates Guardian 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Dungeon Synth	...and in the Glade a Light Was Seen (2015) #4557 Till the Wind of the Morning (2021) Summoned by Middle Earth - A Tribute to Summoning (Part I) (2016)
29	Fen 2006, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Dustwalker (2013) #1316 Epoch (2011) #3193 Winter (2017)
30	Midnight Odyssey 2007, Australia Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains (2019) Funerals from the Astral Sphere (2011) #2184 The Forest Mourners (2008) [Demo]
31	Vallendusk 2011, Indonesia Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Black Clouds Gathering (2013) #3108 Heralds of Strife (2021) Homeward Path (2015) #3722
32	The Great Old Ones 2009, France Post-Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Tekeli-Li (2014) #2619 EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy (2017) #3847 Cosmicism (2019) #4586
33	Sojourner 2015, International Atmospheric Black Metal	Empires of Ash (2016) #2493 The Shadowed Road (2018) #3264 Premonitions (2020)
34	Ellende 2011, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal	Ellenbogengesellschaft (2022) Todbringer (2016) #2775 Lebensnehmer (2019) #4582
35	Emyn Muil 2012, Italy Atmospheric Black Metal	Túrin Turambar Dagnir Glaurunga (2013) #3399 Afar Angathfark (2020) #3613 Elenion Ancalima (2017) #7405
36	Akhlys 2009, United States Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Dark Ambient	The Dreaming I (2015) #1053 Melinoë (2020) #4341 Supplication (2010)
37	Skyforest 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Aftermath (2014) #4385 Unity (2016) #5384 A New Dawn (2020)
38	Winterfylleth 2007, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Pagan Black Metal	The Divination of Antiquity (2014) #5551 The Dark Hereafter (2016) The Mercian Sphere (2010) #5854
39	Borgne 1998, Switzerland Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Temps Morts (2021) Return to the Past (2015) [Compilation] Y (2020)
40	Dreams of Nature Colombia Atmospheric Black Metal	Magic Transcendence (2016) #872 Spirit of Nature (2015) #1701 Naturaleza Ancestral (2019) [Compilation]
41	Enisum 2006, Italy Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	Arpitanian Lands (2015) #1055 Moth's Illusion (2019) Samoht Nara (2014)
42	Veldes 2012, Slovenia Atmospheric Black Metal	Descent (2015) [EP] Storm Borrower (2018) [EP] Flameless (2019)
43	Severoth 2007, Ukraine Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Самітність (2016) Winterfall (2015) #3216 When the Night Falls... (2018)
44	Imperium Dekadenz 2004, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal	Dis Manibvs (2016) #3220 Into Sorrow Evermore (2023) ...und die Welt ward kalt und leer (2006) #5608
45	Nae'blis Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Sketches of Reality (2007) #1169 Beyond the Light (2004) #4102 Confusion & Apathy - in the Fog of a Surreal Daydream (2010)
46	Dornenreich 1996, Austria Melodic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Her von welken Nächten (2001) #2851 Hexenwind (2005) #2950 Nicht Um Zu Sterben (1997)
47	Ancient Wisdom 1993, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Cometh Doom, Cometh Death (2004) #4694 ...And the Physical Shape of Light Bled (2000) #5431 The Calling (1997)
48	Spell of Dark 2009, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Ghost from the Past (2021) The Vastness (2019) Running Over the Horizon (2021) [EP]
49	Sear Bliss 1993, Greece Atmospheric Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Glory and Perdition (2004) #5792 The Arcane Odyssey (2007) Letters from the Edge (2018)
50	Eneferens 2016, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	The Bleakness of Our Constant (2018) #1658 The Inward Cold (2016) #2316 In the Hours Beneath (2016)

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