Best Black Metal Bands

306 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) #32 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #100 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #447
2	Burzum 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient	Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) #169 Filosofem (1996) #430 Det som engang var (1993) #772
3	Behemoth 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal, Blackened Death Metal	The Satanist (2014) #87 Evangelion (2009) #290 Demigod (2004) #405
4	Mayhem 1984, Norway Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	De mysteriis dom Sathanas (1994) #25 De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive (2016) [Live] #1387 Deathcrush (1987) [EP] #1965
5	Emperor 1991, Norway Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) #49 Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997) #606 Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (2001) #707
6	Immortal 1991, Norway Black Metal	At the Heart of Winter (1999) #328 Pure Holocaust (1993) #370 Battles in the North (1995) #565
7	Deathspell Omega 1998, France Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Paracletus (2010) #377 Fas- Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum (2007) #556 Kénôse (2005) [EP] #692
8	Gorgoroth 1992, Norway Black Metal	Pentagram (1994) #63 Antichrist (1996) #219 Under the Sign of Hell (1997) #566
9	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Blood Fire Death (1988) #342 Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #448 Hammerheart (1990) #2007
10	Sigh 1990, Japan Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Imaginary Sonicscape (2001) #268 Scenes From Hell (2010) #812 In Somniphobia (2012) #1047
11	Marduk 1990, Sweden Black Metal	Blood Puke Salvation (2006) [Video] Rom 5:12 (2007) #2615 Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered (1996) #2734
12	Ulver 1993, Norway Black Metal, Folk Metal, Ambient, Electronic	Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995) #1349 Kveldssanger (1996) #1844 Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden (1997) #2184
13	Dark Funeral 1993, Sweden Black Metal	The Secrets of the Black Arts (1996) #1258 Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus (2009) #1468 Vobiscum Satanas (1998) #2073
14	Mütiilation 1991, France Black Metal	The Lost Tapes (2018) [Compilation] Sorrow Galaxies (2007) Rattenkönig (2005) #1357
15	Satyricon 1991, Norway Black Metal	Dark Medieval Times (1993) #1307 Nemesis Divina (1996) #1643 The Shadowthrone (1995) #2881
16	Mgła 2000, Poland Black Metal	Exercises in Futility (2015) #334 With Hearts Toward None (2012) #764 Presence (2006) [EP] #1788
17	Inquisition 1989, Colombia Black Metal	Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm (2010) #175 Nefarious Dismal Orations (2007) Magnificent Glorification of Lucifer (2004)
18	Lifelover 2005, Sweden Black Metal, Depressive Rock	Konkurs (2008) #255 Pulver (2006) #1019 Erotik (2007) #2253
19	Cult of Fire 2010, Czech Republic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Triumvirát (2012) #195 मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान (2013) #257 Čtvrtá symfonie ohně (2014) [EP] #652
20	Sabbat 1984, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Envenom (1991) #584 Karisma (1999) 20 Years of Blokula (2015) [Live]
21	Drudkh 2002, Ukraine Black Metal	Autumn Aurora (2004) #591 Кров у наших криницях (Blood in Our Wells) (2006) #1732 Forgotten Legends (2003) #1834
22	Enslaved 1991, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal, Progressive Metal	Vikingligr veldi (1994) #579 Eld (1997) #1369 Isa (2004)
23	Behexen 1996, Finland Black Metal	By the Blessing of Satan (2004) #409 Horna / Behexen (2004) [Split] Rituale Satanum (2000) #1763
24	Batushka Poland Black Metal	Litourgiya (2015) #192 Yekteníya VII (2015) [Single]
25	Judas Iscariot 1992, United States Black Metal	Heaven in Flames (1999) #1733 To Embrace the Corpses Bleeding (2002) #1870 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) #2017 Strength and Honour (2001) #2329
27	Samael 1987, Switzerland Black Metal, Industrial Metal, Electronic	Ceremony of Opposites (1994) #2002 Passage (1996) #2110 Solar Soul (2007) #2205
28	Nargaroth 1996, Germany Black Metal	Black Metal Ist Krieg (A Dedication Monument) (2001) #3063 Prosatanica Shooting Angels (2004) Rasluka Part I (2004) [EP]
29	Profanatica 1990, United States Black Metal, Death Metal	Profanatitas De Domonatia (2007) #1045 The Curling Flame of Blasphemy (2016) Disgusting Blasphemies Against God (2010) #1373
30	Katharsis Germany Black Metal	Fourth Reich (2009) [EP] #803 Kruzifixxion (2003) #954 VVorldVVithoutEnd (2006) #3277
31	Abigor 1993, Austria Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Leytmotif Luzifer (The 7 Temptations of Man) (2014) #1165 Verwustung / Invoke the Dark Age (1994) #1798 Nachthymnen (From the Twilight Kingdom) (1995) #2402
32	Moonspell 1992, Portugal Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Night Eternal (2008) #2003 Wolfheart (1995) #2693 Extinct (2015)
33	Nehëmah 1992, France Black Metal	Light of a Dead Star (2002) #727 Shadows From the Past... (2003) #2614 Requiem Tenebrae (2004) #3685
34	Sargeist 1999, Finland Black Metal	Satanic Black Devotion (2003) #676 Let the Devil In (2010) #2930 Disciple of the Heinous Path (2005) #2936
35	Xasthur 1995, United States Black Metal	Nocturnal Poisoning (2002) #1412 All Reflections Drained (2009) Subliminal Genocide (2006)
36	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #2418 I.N.R.I. (1987) #3158 Rotting (1989) [EP]
37	Woods of Desolation 2005, Australia Black Metal	Torn Beyond Reason (2011) #1463 Sorh (2009) [EP] As the Stars (2014) #3147
38	Mechina United States Black Metal, Industrial Metal	Andromeda (2011) [Single] As Embers Turn to Dust (2017) Progenitor (2016) #1385
39	Gris Canada Black Metal	Il était une forêt... (2007) #1003 À l'âme enflammée, l'âme constellée... (2013) #1957 Neurasthénie (2006)
40	Peste Noire 2000, France Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Macabre Transcendance... (2002) [Demo] Phalènes et Pestilence - Salvatrice Averse (2003) [Demo] La sanie des siecles - panegyrique de la degenerescence (2006) #2904
41	Beherit 1989, Finland Black Metal	At the Devil's Studio 1990 (2011) #1904 Drawing Down the Moon (1993) #2670 The Oath of Black Blood (1991) [Compilation]
42	Forgotten Tomb 1999, Italy Black Metal, Doom Metal	Obscura Arcana Mortis (2000) [EP] Songs to Leave (2002) #2186 Love's Burial Ground (2004)
43	Celestia 1995, France Black Metal	Frigidiis Apotheosia : Abstinencia Genesiis (2008) #1770 Archaenae Perfectii - L' Arche Arcane des Parfaits (2010) #2664 Apparitia - Sumptuous Spectre (2002) #3438
44	Deströyer 666 1994, Australia Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Cold Steel...for an Iron Age (2002) #444 Phoenix Rising (2000) Unchain the Wolves (1997)
45	Krieg 1995, United States Black Metal	Destruction Ritual (2002) #2338 The Black House (2004) #2448 Blue Miasma (2006)
46	Thy Serpent 1992, Finland Black Metal	Forests of Witchery (1996) #1816 Death (2000) [EP] Christcrusher (1998) #3197
47	Gehenna 1993, Norway Black Metal	Seen Through the Veils of Darkness (The Second Spell) (1995) #1037 First Spell (1994) [EP] #1363 Malice (Our Third Spell) (1996)
48	Angantyr 1997, Denmark Black Metal	Hævn (2007) #1090 Kampen fortsætter (2000) #3570 Angantyr / Nasheim (2007) [Split]
49	Master's Hammer Czech Republic Black Metal, Experimental	Ritual (1991) #1992 Vracejte konve na místo (2012) Mantras (2009)
50	Nocternity 1996, Greece Black Metal	Onyx (2003) #2231 A Fallen Unicorn (2004) [EP] En Oria / Crucify Him (2004) [Compilation]

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