Best Black Metal Bands
741 bands
Rank | Image | Band / Formed / Genres | Albums |
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1 | 1991, United Kingdom Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal | Cruelty and the Beast (1998) #66 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #111 Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay (2017) #168 | |
2 | 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal | ||
3 | 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal | A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #33 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #144 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #450 | |
4 | 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient | ||
5 | 1984, Norway Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal | De mysteriis dom Sathanas (1994) #23 Live in Sarpsborg (2017) [Live] De Mysteriis Dom. Sathanas - 25th Anniversary Box Set DMDS XXV (2020) [Boxed set] | |
6 | 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal | Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) #638 Stormblåst (1996) #1092 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) #1217 | |
7 | 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal | ||
8 | 1991, Norway Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal | In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) #42 Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997) #453 Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (2001) #1084 | |
9 | 1991, Norway Black Metal | ||
10 | 1993, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal | ||
11 | 1995, France Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal | ||
12 | 1999, United Kingdom Industrial Black Metal, Grindcore | The Whole of the Law (2016) #297 Vanitas (2012) #334 Hell Is Empty, And All the Devils Are Here (2007) #553 | |
13 | 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal | ||
14 | 1998, France Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal | ||
15 | 1992, Norway Black Metal | ||
16 | 1996, Sweden Depressive Black Metal, Black Metal | ||
17 | 1990, Japan Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal | ||
18 | 1992, Italy Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal | As the Angels Reach the Beauty (1999) #400 Scourge of Malice (2001) #728 Engraved in Black (2003) #4790 | |
19 | 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal | ||
20 | 2010, United States Blackgaze, Atmospheric Black Metal | ||
21 | 1995, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal | ||
22 | 1990, Sweden Black Metal | ||
23 | 1997, Korea Melodic Black Metal | ||
24 | 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal | ||
25 | 2000, Poland Black Metal | ||
26 | 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Industrial Death Metal, Symphonic Death Metal, Black Metal | ||
27 | 1993, Norway Black Metal, Ambient, Electronic | Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995) #1884 Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden (1997) #1928 Kveldssanger (1996) #2227 | |
28 | 2010, Czech Republic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal | ||
29 | 2003, Korea Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal | The Lord ov Shadows (2018) #421 The Pregnant of Despair (2009) #1763 The Lunatic Chapters of Heavenly Creatures (2014) #2838 | |
30 | 1988, Colombia Black Metal | Nefarious Dismal Orations (2007) #745 | |
31 | 1993, Sweden Black Metal | The Secrets of the Black Arts (1996) #1180 Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus (2009) #1859 Vobiscum Satanas (1998) #2226 | |
32 | 1991, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal, Progressive Metal | ||
33 | 1991, Norway Black Metal | ||
34 | 2002, Ukraine Atmospheric Black Metal | Autumn Aurora (2004) #492 Кров у наших криницях (Blood in Our Wells) (2006) #924 | |
35 | 1984, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal | ||
36 | 1987, Canada War Metal, Black Metal | Fallen Angel of Doom (1990) #629 Gods of War (1993) #1027 Desecration of São Paulo - Live in Brazilian Ritual Third Attack (2016) [Live] #1749 | |
37 | 2005, Sweden Black Metal, Depressive Rock | ||
38 | 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 | |
39 | 1995, Taiwan Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal | ||
40 | 1991, France Black Metal | The Lost Tapes (2018) [Compilation] Remains of a Ruined, Dead, Cursed Soul (1999) #1754 Vampires of Black Imperial Blood (1995) #1801 | |
41 | 2000, Canada War Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal | Infiltration.Downfall.Death (2008) #382 Behold.Total.Rejection (2015) #1028 Scum.Collapse.Eradication (2012) #1236 | |
42 | 1989, Finland War Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal | ||
43 | 2015, Australia Atmospheric Black Metal | ||
44 | 1995, Finland Folk Metal, Viking Metal, Black Metal | ||
45 | 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal | ||
46 | 1991, Germany Depressive Black Metal, Death Doom Metal | ||
47 | 1999, Switzerland Ambient Black Metal, Dark Metal | ||
48 | 1996, Finland Black Metal | ||
49 | 1987, Switzerland Black Metal, Industrial Metal, Electronic | ||
50 | United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Psychedelic Rock | False Legends (2013) [EP] Nji. Njiijn. Njiiijn. (2008) |
▶ Best Black Metal Bands | ||