Best Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #39 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #110 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #439
2	Burzum 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient	Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) #84 Det som engang var (1993) #488 Filosofem (1996) #500
3	Behemoth 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal, Blackened Death Metal	The Satanist (2014) #83 Evangelion (2009) #263 Demigod (2004) #334
4	Mayhem 1984, Norway Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	De mysteriis dom Sathanas (1994) #23 De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive (2016) [Live] #1151 Live in Sarpsborg (2017) [Live]
5	Emperor 1991, Norway Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) #54 Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997) #661 Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (2001) #834
6	Immortal 1991, Norway Black Metal	At the Heart of Winter (1999) #328 Pure Holocaust (1993) #387 Battles in the North (1995) #696
7	Deathspell Omega 1998, France Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Paracletus (2010) #401 Fas- Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum (2007) #520 Kénôse (2005) [EP] #712
8	Gorgoroth 1992, Norway Black Metal	Pentagram (1994) #60 Antichrist (1996) #106 Under the Sign of Hell (1997) #417
9	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Blood Fire Death (1988) #314 Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #392 Bathory (1984) #1880
10	Sigh 1990, Japan Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Imaginary Sonicscape (2001) #258 Scenes From Hell (2010) #847 In Somniphobia (2012) #1107
11	Marduk 1990, Sweden Black Metal	Blood Puke Salvation (2006) [Video] Panzer Division Marduk (1999) #2280 Rom 5:12 (2007) #2369
12	Ulver 1993, Norway Black Metal, Ambient, Electronic	Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995) #1527 Kveldssanger (1996) #1765 Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden (1997) #2300
13	Dark Funeral 1993, Sweden Black Metal	The Secrets of the Black Arts (1996) #983 Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus (2009) #1555 Vobiscum Satanas (1998) #2103
14	Mgła 2000, Poland Black Metal	Exercises in Futility (2015) #287 With Hearts Toward None (2012) #781 Age of Excuse (2019) #1381
15	Satyricon 1991, Norway Black Metal	Dark Medieval Times (1993) #1055 Nemesis Divina (1996) #1339 The Shadowthrone (1995) #3033
16	Mütiilation 1991, France Black Metal	The Lost Tapes (2018) [Compilation] Sorrow Galaxies (2007) Vampires of Black Imperial Blood (1995) #1290
17	Cult of Fire 2010, Czech Republic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Triumvirát (2012) #161 मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान (2013) #197 Čtvrtá symfonie ohně (2014) [EP] #690
18	Enslaved 1991, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal, Progressive Metal	Vikingligr veldi (1994) #562 Eld (1997) #1450 Isa (2004)
19	Lifelover 2005, Sweden Black Metal, Depressive Rock	Konkurs (2008) #275 Pulver (2006) #986 Erotik (2007) #2375
20	Inquisition 1989, Colombia Black Metal	Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm (2010) #168 Nefarious Dismal Orations (2007) Bloodshed Across the Empyrean Altar Beyond the Celestial Zenith (2016)
21	Drudkh 2002, Ukraine Black Metal	Autumn Aurora (2004) #565 Їм часто сниться капіж (They Often See Dreams About the Spring) (2018) Forgotten Legends (2003) #1746
22	Sabbat 1984, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Envenom (1991) #644 Satanasword (2000) #1458 Karisma (1999)
23	Behexen 1996, Finland Black Metal	By the Blessing of Satan (2004) #367 Horna / Behexen (2004) [Split] Rituale Satanum (2000) #1860
24	Batushka 2015, Poland Black Metal	Litourgiya (2015) #210 Yekteníya VII (2015) [Single]
25	Judas Iscariot 1992, United States Black Metal	Heaven in Flames (1999) #1895 To Embrace the Corpses Bleeding (2002) #2038 Of Great Eternity (1997)
26	Satanic Warmaster 1998, Finland Black Metal	Lux Satane (Thirteen Hymns of Finnish Devil Worship) (2016) [Split] Carelian Satanist Madness (2005) #2115 Strength and Honour (2001) #2452
27	Samael 1987, Switzerland Black Metal, Industrial Metal, Electronic	Solar Soul (2007) #2083 Ceremony of Opposites (1994) #2104 Passage (1996) #2311
28	Profanatica 1990, United States Black Metal, Death Metal	The Curling Flame of Blasphemy (2016) Profanatitas De Domonatia (2007) #1441 Disgusting Blasphemies Against God (2010) #1457
29	Nargaroth 1996, Germany Black Metal	Black Metal Ist Krieg (A Dedication Monument) (2001) #3303 Prosatanica Shooting Angels (2004) Rasluka Part I (2004) [EP]
30	Katharsis Germany Black Metal	Fourth Reich (2009) [EP] #714 Kruzifixxion (2003) #1134 VVorldVVithoutEnd (2006) #3489
31	Abigor 1993, Austria Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Leytmotif Luzifer (The 7 Temptations of Man) (2014) #1221 Verwustung / Invoke the Dark Age (1994) #1888 Supreme Immortal Art (1998) #2276
32	Moonspell 1992, Portugal Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Night Eternal (2008) #2105 Wolfheart (1995) #2821 Extinct (2015)
33	Sargeist 1999, Finland Black Metal	Satanic Black Devotion (2003) #785 Let the Devil In (2010) #3080 Disciple of the Heinous Path (2005) #3091
34	Nehëmah 1992, France Black Metal	Light of a Dead Star (2002) #752 Shadows From the Past... (2003) #2751 Requiem Tenebrae (2004) #3882
35	Xasthur 1995, United States Black Metal	Nocturnal Poisoning (2002) #1660 All Reflections Drained (2009) Subliminal Genocide (2006)
36	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #2547 I.N.R.I. (1987) #3310 Rotting (1989) [EP]
37	Woods of Desolation 2005, Australia Black Metal	Torn Beyond Reason (2011) #1187 Sorh (2009) [EP] As the Stars (2014) #3299
38	Beherit 1989, Finland Black Metal	At the Devil's Studio 1990 (2011) #1994 Drawing Down the Moon (1993) #2796 The Oath of Black Blood (1991) [Compilation]
39	Vlad Tepes 1993, France Black Metal	March to the Black Holocaust (1995) [Split] War Funeral March (1994) [Demo] La Morte Lune (1997) [Demo]
40	Krieg 1995, United States Black Metal	Destruction Ritual (2002) #2333 The Black House (2004) #2495 Blue Miasma (2006)

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