Best Black Metal Bands

319 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) #40 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #105 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #457
2	Burzum 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient	Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) #127 Filosofem (1996) #485 Det som engang var (1993) #585
3	Behemoth 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal, Blackened Death Metal	The Satanist (2014) #86 Evangelion (2009) #317 Demigod (2004) #385
4	Mayhem 1984, Norway Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	De mysteriis dom Sathanas (1994) #24 De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive (2016) [Live] #1116 Deathcrush (1987) [EP] #2012
5	Emperor 1991, Norway Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) #54 Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997) #625 Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (2001) #866
6	Immortal 1991, Norway Black Metal	At the Heart of Winter (1999) #332 Pure Holocaust (1993) #391 Battles in the North (1995) #570
7	Deathspell Omega 1998, France Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Paracletus (2010) #399 Fas- Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum (2007) #502 Kénôse (2005) [EP] #701
8	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Blood Fire Death (1988) #312 Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #390 Bathory (1984) #1953
9	Gorgoroth 1992, Norway Black Metal	Pentagram (1994) #67 Antichrist (1996) #147 Under the Sign of Hell (1997) #442
10	Sigh 1990, Japan Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Imaginary Sonicscape (2001) #216 Scenes From Hell (2010) #828 In Somniphobia (2012) #1061
11	Marduk 1990, Sweden Black Metal	Blood Puke Salvation (2006) [Video] Rom 5:12 (2007) #2685 Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered (1996) #2797
12	Ulver 1993, Norway Black Metal, Ambient, Electronic	Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995) #1484 Kveldssanger (1996) #1884 Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden (1997) #2241
13	Dark Funeral 1993, Sweden Black Metal	The Secrets of the Black Arts (1996) #1200 Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus (2009) #1506 Vobiscum Satanas (1998) #2128
14	Mgła 2000, Poland Black Metal	Exercises in Futility (2015) #274 With Hearts Toward None (2012) #765 Presence (2006) [EP] #1829
15	Mütiilation 1991, France Black Metal	The Lost Tapes (2018) [Compilation] Sorrow Galaxies (2007) Vampires of Black Imperial Blood (1995) #1495
16	Satyricon 1991, Norway Black Metal	Dark Medieval Times (1993) #1155 Nemesis Divina (1996) #1690 The Shadowthrone (1995) #2960
17	Cult of Fire 2010, Czech Republic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान (2013) #217 Triumvirát (2012) #255 Čtvrtá symfonie ohně (2014) [EP] #664
18	Lifelover 2005, Sweden Black Metal, Depressive Rock	Konkurs (2008) #265 Pulver (2006) #955 Erotik (2007) #2316
19	Inquisition 1989, Colombia Black Metal	Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm (2010) #186 Nefarious Dismal Orations (2007) Invoking the Majestic Throne of Satan (2002) #1376
20	Sabbat 1984, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Envenom (1991) #590 Karisma (1999) 20 Years of Blokula (2015) [Live]
21	Enslaved 1991, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal, Progressive Metal	Vikingligr veldi (1994) #538 Eld (1997) #1405 Isa (2004)
22	Drudkh 2002, Ukraine Black Metal	Autumn Aurora (2004) #598 Кров у наших криницях (Blood in Our Wells) (2006) #1774 Forgotten Legends (2003) #1876
23	Behexen 1996, Finland Black Metal	By the Blessing of Satan (2004) #417 Horna / Behexen (2004) [Split] Rituale Satanum (2000) #1804
24	Judas Iscariot 1992, United States Black Metal	Heaven in Flames (1999) #1775 To Embrace the Corpses Bleeding (2002) #1850 Of Great Eternity (1997)
25	Batushka 2015, Poland Black Metal	Litourgiya (2015) #199 Yekteníya VII (2015) [Single]
26	Satanic Warmaster 1998, Finland Black Metal	Lux Satane (Thirteen Hymns of Finnish Devil Worship) (2016) [Split] Carelian Satanist Madness (2005) #2066 Strength and Honour (2001) #2393
27	Samael 1987, Switzerland Black Metal, Industrial Metal, Electronic	Solar Soul (2007) #2036 Ceremony of Opposites (1994) #2054 Passage (1996) #2101
28	Nargaroth 1996, Germany Black Metal	Black Metal Ist Krieg (A Dedication Monument) (2001) #3137 Prosatanica Shooting Angels (2004) Rasluka Part I (2004) [EP]
29	Profanatica 1990, United States Black Metal, Death Metal	Profanatitas De Domonatia (2007) #920 The Curling Flame of Blasphemy (2016) Disgusting Blasphemies Against God (2010) #1411
30	Katharsis Germany Black Metal	Fourth Reich (2009) [EP] #705 Kruzifixxion (2003) #1097 VVorldVVithoutEnd (2006) #3398
31	Abigor 1993, Austria Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Leytmotif Luzifer (The 7 Temptations of Man) (2014) #1181 Verwustung / Invoke the Dark Age (1994) #1838 Nachthymnen (From the Twilight Kingdom) (1995) #2470
32	Moonspell 1992, Portugal Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Night Eternal (2008) #2055 Wolfheart (1995) #2756 Extinct (2015)
33	Sargeist 1999, Finland Black Metal	Satanic Black Devotion (2003) #767 Let the Devil In (2010) #3010 Disciple of the Heinous Path (2005) #3018
34	Nehëmah 1992, France Black Metal	Light of a Dead Star (2002) #731 Shadows From the Past... (2003) #2684 Requiem Tenebrae (2004) #3786
35	Xasthur 1995, United States Black Metal	Nocturnal Poisoning (2002) #1447 All Reflections Drained (2009) Subliminal Genocide (2006)
36	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #2487 I.N.R.I. (1987) #3235 Rotting (1989) [EP]
37	Woods of Desolation 2005, Australia Black Metal	Torn Beyond Reason (2011) #1147 Sorh (2009) [EP] As the Stars (2014) #3227
38	Krieg 1995, United States Black Metal	Destruction Ritual (2002) #2274 The Black House (2004) #2436 Blue Miasma (2006)
39	Beherit 1989, Finland Black Metal	At the Devil's Studio 1990 (2011) #1942 Drawing Down the Moon (1993) #2733 The Oath of Black Blood (1991) [Compilation]
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) #2839
41	Gris Canada Black Metal	Il était une forêt... (2007) #1017 À l'âme enflammée, l'âme constellée... (2013) #2000 Neurasthénie (2006)
42	Mechina United States Black Metal, Industrial Metal	Andromeda (2011) [Single] As Embers Turn to Dust (2017) Progenitor (2016) #1421
43	Forgotten Tomb 1999, Italy Black Metal, Doom Metal	Obscura Arcana Mortis (2000) [EP] Songs to Leave (2002) #2263 Love's Burial Ground (2004)
44	Master's Hammer Czech Republic Black Metal, Experimental	Ritual (1991) #1322 Vracejte konve na místo (2012) Mantras (2009)
45	Celestia 1995, France Black Metal	Frigidiis Apotheosia : Abstinencia Genesiis (2008) #1813 Archaenae Perfectii - L' Arche Arcane des Parfaits (2010) #2729 Apparitia - Sumptuous Spectre (2002) #3520
46	Thy Serpent 1992, Finland Black Metal	Forests of Witchery (1996) #1856 Death (2000) [EP] #2301 Christcrusher (1998) #3278
47	Deströyer 666 1994, Australia Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Cold Steel...for an Iron Age (2002) #454 Phoenix Rising (2000) Unchain the Wolves (1997)
48	Gehenna 1993, Norway Black Metal	Seen Through the Veils of Darkness (The Second Spell) (1995) #1052 First Spell (1994) [EP] #1398 Malice (Our Third Spell) (1996)
49	Angantyr 1997, Denmark Black Metal	Hævn (2007) #1151 Kampen fortsætter (2000) #3659 Angantyr / Nasheim (2007) [Split]
50	Nocternity 1996, Greece Black Metal	Onyx (2003) #2293 A Fallen Unicorn (2004) [EP] En Oria / Crucify Him (2004) [Compilation]

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