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) #31 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #113 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #393
2	Burzum 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient	Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) #91 Det som engang var (1993) #521 Filosofem (1996) #541
3	Behemoth 1991, Poland Black Metal, Death Metal	The Satanist (2014) #88 Evangelion (2009) #264 Demigod (2004) #338
4	Mayhem 1984, Norway Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	De mysteriis dom Sathanas (1994) #23 De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive (2016) [Live] #1177 Live in Sarpsborg (2017) [Live]
5	Emperor 1991, Norway Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) #46 Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997) #678 Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (2001) #867
6	Immortal 1991, Norway Black Metal	At the Heart of Winter (1999) #318 Pure Holocaust (1993) #403 Battles in the North (1995) #720
7	Deathspell Omega 1998, France Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Paracletus (2010) #395 Fas- Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum (2007) #525 Kénôse (2005) [EP] #737
8	Gorgoroth 1992, Norway Black Metal	Pentagram (1994) #64 Antichrist (1996) #109 Under the Sign of Hell (1997) #391
9	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Blood Fire Death (1988) #350 Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #383 Hammerheart (1990) #1907
10	Sigh 1990, Japan Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Imaginary Sonicscape (2001) #233 Scenes From Hell (2010) #879 In Somniphobia (2012) #1132
11	Marduk 1990, Sweden Black Metal	Blood Puke Salvation (2006) [Video] Panzer Division Marduk (1999) #2328 Rom 5:12 (2007) #2413
12	Mgła 2000, Poland Black Metal	Exercises in Futility (2015) #265 With Hearts Toward None (2012) #767 Age of Excuse (2019) #1107
13	Ulver 1993, Norway Black Metal, Ambient, Electronic	Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995) #1501 Kveldssanger (1996) #1801 Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden (1997) #2349
14	Dark Funeral 1993, Sweden Black Metal	The Secrets of the Black Arts (1996) #1008 Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus (2009) #1582 Vobiscum Satanas (1998) #2155
15	Cult of Fire 2010, Czech Republic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान (2013) #162 Triumvirát (2012) #200 Čtvrtá symfonie ohně (2014) [EP] #594
16	Satyricon 1991, Norway Black Metal	Dark Medieval Times (1993) #1077 Nemesis Divina (1996) #1435 The Shadowthrone (1995) #3095
17	Mütiilation 1991, France Black Metal	The Lost Tapes (2018) [Compilation] Sorrow Galaxies (2007) Vampires of Black Imperial Blood (1995) #1315
18	Enslaved 1991, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal, Progressive Metal	Vikingligr veldi (1994) #495 Eld (1997) #1479 Isa (2004)
19	Lifelover 2005, Sweden Black Metal, Depressive Rock	Konkurs (2008) #277 Pulver (2006) #1012 Erotik (2007) #2420
20	Inquisition 1989, Colombia Black Metal	Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm (2010) #175 Nefarious Dismal Orations (2007) Bloodshed Across the Empyrean Altar Beyond the Celestial Zenith (2016)
21	Drudkh 2002, Ukraine Black Metal	Autumn Aurora (2004) #581 Їм часто сниться капіж (They Often See Dreams About the Spring) (2018) Forgotten Legends (2003) #1783
22	Sabbat 1984, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Envenom (1991) #668 Satanasword (2000) #1485 Karisma (1999)
23	Behexen 1996, Finland Black Metal	By the Blessing of Satan (2004) #375 Horna / Behexen (2004) [Split] Rituale Satanum (2000) #1894
24	Batushka 2015, Poland Black Metal	Litourgiya (2015) #228 Yekteníya VII (2015) [Single]
25	Judas Iscariot 1992, United States Black Metal	Heaven in Flames (1999) #1931 To Embrace the Corpses Bleeding (2002) #2089 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) #2166 Strength and Honour (2001) #2502
27	Hail Spirit Noir 2010, Greece Black Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Avant-garde Metal	Pneuma (2012) #371 Mayhem in Blue (2016) #2533 Oi Magoi (2014) #3666
28	Profanatica 1990, United States Black Metal, Death Metal	The Curling Flame of Blasphemy (2016) Disgusting Blasphemies Against God (2010) #1366 Profanatitas De Domonatia (2007) #1469
29	Samael 1987, Switzerland Black Metal, Industrial Metal, Electronic	Solar Soul (2007) #2135 Ceremony of Opposites (1994) #2156 Passage (1996) #2361
30	Nargaroth 1996, Germany Black Metal	Black Metal Ist Krieg (A Dedication Monument) (2001) #3369 Prosatanica Shooting Angels (2004) Rasluka Part I (2004) [EP]
31	Katharsis Germany Black Metal	Fourth Reich (2009) [EP] #449 Kruzifixxion (2003) #1160 VVorldVVithoutEnd (2006) #2629
32	Abigor 1993, Austria Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Leytmotif Luzifer (The 7 Temptations of Man) (2014) #1251 Verwustung / Invoke the Dark Age (1994) #1924 Supreme Immortal Art (1998) #2323
33	Moonspell 1992, Portugal Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Night Eternal (2008) #2157 Wolfheart (1995) #2880 Extinct (2015)
34	Sargeist 1999, Finland Black Metal	Satanic Black Devotion (2003) #807 Let the Devil In (2010) #3144 Disciple of the Heinous Path (2005) #3154
35	Nehëmah 1992, France Black Metal	Light of a Dead Star (2002) #771 Shadows From the Past... (2003) #2806 Requiem Tenebrae (2004) #3959
36	Xasthur 1995, United States Black Metal	Nocturnal Poisoning (2002) #1700 All Reflections Drained (2009) Subliminal Genocide (2006)
37	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #2604 I.N.R.I. (1987) #3377 Rotting (1989) [EP]
38	Woods of Desolation 2005, Australia Black Metal	Torn Beyond Reason (2011) #1056 Sorh (2009) [EP] As the Stars (2014) #3365
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	Beherit 1989, Finland Black Metal	At the Devil's Studio 1990 (2011) #2039 Drawing Down the Moon (1993) #2855 The Oath of Black Blood (1991) [Compilation]

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