Best Black Metal Bands | page 5

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
201	Endless Dismal Moan 2001, Japan Black Metal	Lord of Nightmare (2006) #2207 Endless Dismal Moan (2004) #3022 Ruin (2007)
202	Dark Fortress 1994, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Ylem (2010) #5605 Séance (2006) Eidolon (2008) #7496
203	Midnight 2003, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Hellish Expectations (2024) #2673 Rebirth by Blasphemy (2020) Complete and Total Fucking Midnight (2005) [Compilation]
204	Thy Light 2005, Brazil Depressive Black Metal	No Morrow Shall Dawn (2013) #834 Suici.De.pression (2007) [Demo] Thy Light (2021) [EP]
205	Uada 2014, United States Black Metal	Crepuscule Natura (2023) #4050 Cult of a Dying Sun (2018) #4322 Djinn (2020) #6335
206	Moonsorrow 1995, Finland Folk Metal, Viking Metal, Black Metal	Voimasta Ja Kunniasta (2001) #742 Suden Uni (2001) #1476 Kivenkantaja (2003) #1762
207	Hecate Enthroned 1995, United Kingdom Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre (1998) #4838 The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) #4990 Virulent Rapture (2013)
208	Aura Noir 1993, Norway Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Black Thrash Attack (1996) #3399 Deep Tracts of Hell (1998) Out to Die (2012) #6815
209	Déhà Belgium Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Funeral Doom Metal, Post-Metal, Electronic, Neo Classical, Dark Ambient	Contrasts II (2020) Ave Maria II (2021) Averses II (2023)
210	Ævangelist 2010, United States Black Metal, Death Metal	Omen Ex Simulacra (2013) De Masticatione Mortuorum in Tumulis (2012) Writhes in the Murk (2014) #3235
211	An Autumn for Crippled Children 2008, Netherlands Blackgaze, Post-Black Metal	Lost (2010) #7190 Only the Ocean Knows (2012) #7403 Closure (2023)
212	Elysian Blaze 2003, Australia Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Cold Walls and Apparitions (2005) #684 The Virtue of Suffering (2018) [Single] Beneath Silent Faces (2007)
213	Winterfylleth 2007, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Pagan Black Metal	The Divination of Antiquity (2014) #5801 The Dark Hereafter (2016) The Mercian Sphere (2010) #6104
214	Wedard Germany Black Metal	Wo die Ewigkeit die Zeit berührt (2008) #1844 Eiskrieg II (2011) [EP] Einsamer Winterweg (2006) #3818
215	Mortifera 2001, France Black Metal	Vastiia Tenebrd Mortifera (2004) #4222 Complainte d'une Agonie Celeste (2003) [EP] #6887 Bleüu de morte (2013)
216	Gaerea 2016, Portugal Black Metal	Mirage (2022) #2623 Limbo (2020) Gaerea (2016) [EP]
217	Luror 1994, Germany Black Metal	The Iron Hand of Blackest Terror (2003) #3662 Cease to Live (2008) #5401 Lucifer's dawn / Triumphant: I walk the infernal path, forever! (2007) [Compilation]
218	Desaster 1988, Germany Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Divine Blasphemies (2002) #1261 Hellfire's Dominion (1998) Tyrants of the Netherworld (2000)
219	Vallendusk 2011, Indonesia Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Homeward Path (2015) #3059 Heralds of Strife (2021) Black Clouds Gathering (2013) #4993
220	Germ 2003, Australia Post-Black Metal	Escape (2016) #2506 Grief (2013) #4870 Wish (2012)
221	Emyn Muil 2012, Italy Atmospheric Black Metal	Túrin Turambar Dagnir Glaurunga (2013) #2800 Afar Angathfark (2020) #3752 Elenion Ancalima (2017) #7722
222	The Great Old Ones 2009, France Post-Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Tekeli-Li (2014) #3054 EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy (2017) #4006 Cosmicism (2019) #4798
223	Bulldozer 1980, Italy Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	IX (1987) #4722 The Day of Wrath (1985) #5471 Alive...in Poland (1990) [Live]
224	Ellende 2011, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal	Ellenbogengesellschaft (2022) Todbringer (2016) #2804 Lebensnehmer (2019)
225	A Light in the Dark 2012, Russia Blackgaze, Post-Rock	A Long Journey Home (2017) #3372 Vanished (2016) [EP] From One Day to Another (2012) #4003
226	Trail of Tears 1997, Norway Gothic Metal, Symphonic Gothic Metal, Black Metal	Disclosure in Red (1998) Bloodstained Endurance (2009) #3576 Oscillation (2013) #3970
227	Kampfar 1994, Norway Pagan Black Metal	Fra Underverdenen (1999) Til klovers takt (2022) Mellom Skogkledde Aaser (1997) #7557
228	Serenity in Murder 2009, Japan Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Highest of Dystopia (2015) #2172 The First Frisson of the World (2011) #2447 The Eclipse (2017) #2507
229	Goatlord 1985, United States Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal	Reflections of the Solstice (1991) #3174 Sodomize the Goat (1988) [Demo] Distorted Birth: the Demos (2003) [Compilation]
230	Odraza 2009, Poland Black Metal	Rzeczom (2020) #901 Esperalem tkane (2014) Kir (2015) [EP]
231	Abyssic Hate Australia Black Metal	Suicidal Emotions (2000) #3456 Cleansing of an Ancient Race (1994) [Demo] Eternal Damnation (1998) [EP]
232	Maniac Butcher Czech Republic Black Metal	Lucan-Antikrist (1996) Masakr (2010) #5468 Krvestreb (1997)
233	Helheim 1992, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal	Jormundgand (1995) #1670 Woduridar (2021) Åsgårds Fall (2010) [EP]
234	Trist Czech Republic Depressive Black Metal, Doom Metal	Stíny (2006) #2632 Zrcadlení melancholie (2007) #2825 Sebevraľední andělé (2007)
235	Emptiness 1998, Belgium Death Metal, Post-Metal	Nothing But the Whole (2014) #1336 Not for Music (2017) Guilty to Exist (2004)
236	Austere 2005, Australia Depressive Black Metal	To Lay Like Old Ashes (2009) #5380 Only the Wind Remembers (2008) [EP] Beneath the Threshold (2024)
237	Forteresse 2006, Canada Black Metal	Thèmes pour la rébellion (2016) #2803 Metal Noir Quebecois (2006) Les Hivers De Notre Epoque (2008) #5989
238	Tribulation 2004, Sweden Death Metal, Gothic Metal	The Formulas of Death (2013) The Children of the Night (2015) #1861 Down Below (2018) #4206
239	Bestial Warlust 1993, Australia Black Metal, Death Metal	Vengeance War Till Death (1994) #3601 Blood & Valour (1995) #6515 Storming Bestial Legions - Live '96 (2017) [Live]
240	Blackbraid 2022, United States Black Metal	Blackbraid II (2023) #1602 Blackbraid I (2022) #4448 Barefoot Ghost Dance on Blood Soaked Soil (2022) [Single]
241	Lantlôs 2005, Germany Blackgaze, Post-Metal	Melting Sun (2014) #1637 .neon (2010) #5177 Agape (2011) #7506
242	Forgotten Woods 1991, Norway Black Metal, Doom Metal	The Curse of Mankind (1996) #2127 As the Wolves Gather (1994) #6687 Race of Cain (2007)
243	Primordial 1993, Ireland Folk Metal, Pagan Black Metal	Redemption At the Puritan's Hand (2011) Exile Amongst the Ruins (2018) #6529 Imrama (1995)
244	Skyforest 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Aftermath (2014) #4561 Unity (2016) #5686 A New Dawn (2020)
245	Dreams of Nature Colombia Atmospheric Black Metal	Magic Transcendence (2016) #838 Spirit of Nature (2015) #1705 Naturaleza Ancestral (2019) [Compilation]
246	Evol 1993, Italy Atmospheric Metal, Folk Black Metal	Dreamquest (1996) #4191 Ancient abbey (1998) The Saga of the Horned King (1995) #6732
247	...And Oceans 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Industrial Metal	The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts (1998) #6001 As in Gardens, So in Tombs (2023) #6662 Cosmic World Mother (2020) #7742
248	Dødheimsgard 1994, Norway Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Industrial Metal	Black Medium Current (2023) #4449 A Umbra Omega (2015) #4758 666 International (1999) #5253
249	Wolfnacht 1998, Greece Black Metal	Heidentum (2002) #5472 Töten für W.O.T.A.N. (2003) Eine Flamme im Dunkeln (2020) #7317
250	Veldes 2012, Slovenia Atmospheric Black Metal	Descent (2015) [EP] Storm Borrower (2018) [EP] Flameless (2019)

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