Best Black Metal Bands

729 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
601	Gnaw Their Tongues 2005, Netherlands Black Ambient, Black Metal, Experimental Metal	All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity (2009) Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus (2011) Hymns for the Broken, Swollen and Silent (2016)
602	Addaura 2008, United States Black Metal	...and the lamps expire. (2015) [EP] Demo 2010 (2010) [Demo] Burning for the Ancient (2012) #8325
603	Kres 2014, Poland Atmospheric Black Metal	40 nocy grudnia (2016) Na krawędziach nocy (2015) #8204
604	Baphomets Horns 2005, United States Black Metal	Perpetrators of Genocide (2008) #2348 Satanic Forcefucked Annihilation (2006) [Split] Fuck Norway (2010) [Split]
605	Worm 2012, United States Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Foreverglade (2021) #1313 Gloomlord (2020) #2361 Bluenothing (2022) [EP]
606	Hanging Garden 2008, United States Black Metal	How Will You Live Your Life Today? (2009) #8276 Goodbye Love... Hello Heartache... (2011)
607	Misanthropic Art Russia Black Metal	Lifeless Nothing (2008) Possessed By Bestiality (2004) Homicides (2005)
608	Nortt 1995, Denmark Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Gudsforladt (2003) Ligfærd (2006) #6193 Galgenfrist (2007)
609	Toxodeth 1984, Mexico Death Metal, Black Metal	Phantasms (2007) [Compilation] Mysteries About Life and Death (1990) #3971 Demons Black Metal Demons (2011) [Compilation]
610	Reek of the Unzen Gas Fumes Japan Black Metal, Grindcore	Reek of the Unzen Gas Fumes / Konflict (2015) [Split] Reek of the Unzen Gas Fumes / Thy Sepulchral Moon (2017) [Split] Buddha Composted Pond (2018) [EP] #6135
611	Necromorbid 2015, Italy Black Metal, Death Metal	El día de la bestia (2016) #3066 Sathanarchrist Assaulter (2020)
612	Atomization 2013, Netherlands Goregrind, Cybergrind, Black Metal	Noitazimota (2022) Nuclear Twilight (2018) Dead Hand (2015) [Single]
613	Thyrane 1994, Finland Melodic Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Travesty of Heavenly Essence (2005) The Spirit of Rebellion (2000) Symphonies of Infernality (1999)
614	Bekhira France Black Metal	L'élu du Mal (2005) #6373 Demo '96 (1996) [Demo] Leading the Plague of Yahweh to its Grave... (2004) [Split]
615	Apparition Korea Black Metal	In the Name of Chiu (2008) [Demo] Nemesis Divina (2013) #8459 Sakra Devanam Indra (2009) #8506
616	Mordant 1997, Sweden Black Metal, Death Metal	Momento Mori (2004) Black Evil Master (2011) Suicide Slaughter (2002) [EP]
617	War 1995, Sweden Black Metal	We Are... Total War (2001) [Compilation] We Are War (1999) Total War (1997) [EP]
618	Pure 2013, Switzerland Black Metal	Prison of Flesh and Bone (2023) Kingdom of Wrath (2014) And the Waters Turned to Blood (2014)
619	Trna Russia Post-black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Lose Yourself to Find Peace (2016) Earthcult (2018) Pattern of Infinity (2015) #8525
620	Herxsebet 2011, Mexico Black Metal	Anno Reunion Nigris: in Misanthropy Regis "I" (2013) Apophatic Terrains of Southern Opposition and Sorcery (2014) La Morte Et Nhos Vex (2014) [Demo]
621	Vomit of Doom 2009, Argentina Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Obey the Darkness (2015) Magnus Cruelty (2016) [EP] Southern Black Demon (2012) [Compilation]
622	Tetragrammacide 2012, India Black Metal, Death Metal, War Metal, Noise	Primal Incinerators of Moral Matrix (2017) #4439 Typhonian Wormholes: Indecipherable Anti-Structural Formulæ (2015) [EP] Third World Esoterrorism (2019) [Compilation]
623	Ringarë 2004, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	Of Momentous Endless Night (2023) Thrall of Winter's Majesty (2021) Sorrow Befell (2020) [Demo]
624	Groza 2016, Germany Black Metal	The Redemptive End (2021) #8274 Unified in Void (2018)
625	Geïst Germany Black Metal	Kainsmal (2006) Patina (2005) #8469 Galeere (2009)
626	Nuclearhammer 2005, Canada Black Metal, Death Metal	Serpentine Hermetic Lucifer (2014) #1652 Frozen Misery (2011) [EP] Obliteration Ritual (2009)
627	Void Meditation Cult 2009, United States Black Metal	Sulfurous Prayers (2011) [Demo] Utter the Tongue of the Dead (2016) #4768 Sulfurous Prayers of Blight and Darkness (2013) [Split]
628	Vothana 2003, United States Black Metal	Chính sách vũ lực tàn bạo - Demo III - (2005) [Demo] Hành Động Bây Giờ, Tương Lai Đảm Bảo / Action Now, Assured Future (2021) Trên con đường danh vọng (2007) [EP]
629	Lamp of Murmuur United States Black Metal	Heir of Ecliptical Romanticism (2020) Saturnian Bloodstorm (2023) Submission and Slavery (2021)
630	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #1004 The Great Cold Distance (2006) #1759 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1890
631	Apostasy Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Devilution (2005) Cell 666 (2004) Nuclear Messiah (2011) #8375
632	Akitsa Canada Black Metal	Sang Nordique (2002) Goétie (2001) Auprès de la mort, triomphant! (2011) [EP]
633	Hellhammer 1982, Switzerland Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Satanic Rites (1983) [Demo] Demon Entrails (2008) [Compilation] Apocalyptic Raids (1984) [EP] #8416
634	Downfall of Gaia 2008, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Ethic of Radical Finitude (2019) Atrophy (2016) Silhouettes of Disgust (2023)
635	Benighted 1998, France Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore	Identisick (2006) #893 Obscene Repressed (2020) #1719 Necrobreed (2017) #2505
636	Battlelore 1999, Finland Symphonic Metal, Folk Metal	Sword's Song (2003) #3890 Third Age of the Sun (2005) #4375 Evernight (2007) #5660
637	Unhuman Disease United States Black Metal	Perpetuus Agonia (2008) #7504 Evil Reigns Supreme (2006) Into Satan's Kingdom (2009)
638	Nazxul 1993, Australia Black Metal	Iconoclast (2009) Black Seed (2005) [Compilation] Totem (1995)
639	Fear Of Eternity Italy Atmospheric Black Metal	Toward the Castle (2005) #7650 Spirit of Sorrow (2006) Ancient Symbolism (2006)
640	Ov Hell 2009, Norway Black Metal	The Underworld Regime (2010) #8297
641	Twin Obscenity 1991, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal	Where Light Touches None (1997) Bloodstone (2001) For Blood, Honour and Soil (1998)
642	Ohtar Poland Black Metal	Deep Woods (2001) [Demo] Shall I Never Drink the Fulfillment (2004) [Demo] Quotidian Purgatory (2014) [EP]
643	Diocletian 2004, New Zealand Black Metal, Death Metal, War Metal	Doom Cult (2009) Gesundrian (2014) War of All Against All (2010)
644	Slaughtered Priest 2007, Greece Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Eternal Goat Reign (2008) Serpent's Nekrowhores (2011) World Wide War (2009)
645	Nahtrunar Austria Black Metal	Wolfsstunde (2022) Nahtrunar (2013) [Demo] Symbolismus (2015) #8391
646	Abominator Australia Black Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Barbarian War Worship (2010) [Compilation] Evil Proclaimed (2015) #6827 Barbarian War Worship (1995) [Demo]
647	Isengard 1989, Norway Black Metal, Folk Metal, Death Metal	Vårjevndøgn (2020) Vinterskugge (1994) #8428 Spectres over Gorgoroth (1989) [Demo]
648	Kanashimi 2007, Japan Funeral Doom Metal, Black Metal	Infernal Necromancy / Kanashimi (2012) [Split] Inori (2017) 闇歌 Yamiuta (2023)
649	Witchrist 2007, New Zealand Death Metal	Beheaded Ouroboros (2010) The Grand Tormentor (2012) Vritra (2015) [EP]
650	Deep Mountains 2009, China Atmospheric Black Metal	醉花音 (Enchanted by the Blooming Echo) (2016) 忘忧湖 (Lake of Solace) (2014) #8461 深山 (Deep Mountains) (2010) [EP]

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