Best Black Metal Bands
651 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) #79 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #110 Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay (2017) #181 | |
2 | 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal | A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #30 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #94 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #362 | |
3 | 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient | ||
4 | 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal | ||
5 | 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal | Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) #788 Stormblåst (1996) #969 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) #1060 | |
6 | 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal | ||
7 | 1984, Norway Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal | De mysteriis dom Sathanas (1994) #22 De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive (2016) [Live] #1251 Live in Sarpsborg (2017) [Live] | |
8 | 1991, Norway Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal | In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) #48 Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997) #498 Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (2001) #940 | |
9 | 1995, France Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal | ||
10 | 1993, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal | ||
11 | 1991, Norway Black Metal | ||
12 | 1999, United Kingdom Industrial Black Metal, Grindcore | Vanitas (2012) #266 The Whole of the Law (2016) #298 Hell Is Empty, and All the Devils Are Here (2007) #449 | |
13 | 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal | ||
14 | 1998, France Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal | ||
15 | 1992, Norway Black Metal | ||
16 | 1992, Italy Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal | As the Angels Reach the Beauty (1999) #334 Scourge of Malice (2001) #709 Engraved in Black (2003) #3863 | |
17 | 1996, Sweden Depressive Black Metal, Black Metal | ||
18 | 1990, Japan Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal | ||
19 | 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal | ||
20 | 1995, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal | ||
21 | 1997, Korea Melodic Black Metal | ||
22 | 2010, United States Blackgaze, Atmospheric Black Metal | ||
23 | 1999, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Industrial Death Metal, Symphonic Death Metal, Black Metal | ||
24 | 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal | ||
25 | 1990, Sweden Black Metal | ||
26 | 2000, Poland Black Metal | ||
27 | 2003, Korea Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal | The Lord ov Shadows (2018) #356 The Pregnant of Despair (2009) #1893 Encaptured by the Shadow (2019) [Live] | |
28 | 2010, Czech Republic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal | ||
29 | 1993, Norway Black Metal, Ambient, Electronic | Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995) #1681 Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden (1997) #2086 Kveldssanger (1996) #2183 | |
30 | 1993, Sweden Black Metal | The Secrets of the Black Arts (1996) #1073 Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus (2009) #1631 Vobiscum Satanas (1998) #2499 | |
31 | 1991, Norway Black Metal | ||
32 | 1991, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal, Progressive Metal | ||
33 | 2005, Sweden Black Metal, Depressive Rock | ||
34 | 1995, Taiwan Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal | ||
35 | 1991, France Black Metal | The Lost Tapes (2018) [Compilation] Remains of a Ruined, Dead, Cursed Soul (1999) #1483 Vampires of Black Imperial Blood (1995) #1629 | |
36 | Canada War Metal, Black Metal | Gods of War (1993) #680 Fallen Angel of Doom (1990) #948 Desecration of São Paulo - Live in Brazilian Ritual Third Attack (2016) [Live] #1526 | |
37 | 1988, Colombia Black Metal | Nefarious Dismal Orations (2007) #1380 | |
38 | 1984, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal | ||
39 | 2002, Ukraine Black Metal | Autumn Aurora (2004) #541 Кров у наших криницях (Blood in Our Wells) (2006) #1542 | |
40 | 2015, Australia Atmospheric Black Metal |
▶ Best Black Metal Bands | ||