Best Black Metal Bands

729 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
251	Ancient Wisdom 1993, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Cometh Doom, Cometh Death (2004) #4927 ...And the Physical Shape of Light Bled (2000) #5668 The Calling (1997)
252	Armaggedon 2002, France Black Metal	I.N.R.I. (I, Nazarene, Recognize My Impurity) (2009) #5460 Ave Satan (2006) Anthems of the black Order (2003) [EP]
253	Borknagar 1995, Norway Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Viking Metal	Fall (2024) Empiricism (2001) #4684 Winter Thrice (2016) #6135
254	Baptism Finland Black Metal	Grim Arts of Melancholy (2008) #5190 Morbid wings of Sathanas (2005) #6372 As the Darkness Enters (2012)
255	Perdition Temple United States Black Metal, Death Metal	The Tempter's Victorious (2015) #2141 Merciless Upheaval (2022) #2372 Edict of the Antichrist Elect (2010)
256	Enthroned 1993, Belgium Black Metal	XES Haereticum (2004) #5340 Black Goat Ritual: Live in thy Flesh (2005) [Live] Carnage in Worlds Beyond (2002)
257	Azaghal 1998, Finland Black Metal	Nemesis (2012) #1650 Of Beasts and Vultures (2002) Kyy (2003) [EP]
258	Havohej 1993, United States Black Metal, Ritual Ambient, Noise	Dethrone the Son of God (1993) #3923 Table of Uncreation (2019) Kembatinan Premaster (2009)
259	Nocturnal 2000, Germany Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Violent Revenge (2009) #2131 Storming Evil (2014) #3609 Possessed Creations (2010) [Compilation]
260	Deathcode Society 2009, France Symphonic Black Metal	Ite Missa Est (2009) [EP] #2650 Eschatonizer (2015) #3236 Unlightenment (2023)
261	Abhor 1995, Italy Black Metal	Ab Luna Lucenti, Ab Noctua Protecti (2011) #3296 Occulta Religio (2018) Ritualia Stramonium (2015)
262	Spectral Lore 2005, Greece Ambient, Black Metal	Voyager (2015) [EP] Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine (2020) [Split] III (2014) #2140
263	Seth 1995, France Black Metal	La Morsure du Christ (2021) #2842 Les Blessures de l'Âme (1998) #4725 Apocalyptic Desires (1996) [Demo]
264	Dolorian Finland Black Metal, Doom Metal	When All the Laughter Has Gone (1999) #2819 Dolorian (2001) #6474 Voidwards (2006)
265	Azarath 1998, Poland Death Metal, Black Metal	Infernal Blasting (2003) #4692 Blasphemers' Maledictions (2011) #4739 Diabolic Impious Evil (2005)
266	Zeal and Ardor 2014, United States Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal	Stranger Fruit (2018) #2535 Devil Is Fine (2016) #4180 Live in London (2019) [Live]
267	Endstille 2000, Germany Black Metal	Frühlingserwachen (2003) #3918 Dominanz (2004) #5907 Endstilles Reich (2007)
268	Falkenbach 1989, Germany Viking Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal	...Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri... (1998) #1232 ...En Their Medh Riki Fara... (1996) #1391 Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty (2003) #3707
269	Ondskapt 2000, Sweden Black Metal	Draco Sit Mihi Dux (2003) #1493 Arisen from the Ashes (2010) Grimoire Ordo Devus (2020)
270	Evil 2011, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Possessed by Evil (2021) #2618 邪悪を讃えよ (Rites of Evil) (2017) #4880 Evil / Lurking Fear (2014) [Split]
271	Batushka 2018, Poland Black Metal	Панихида (2019) #1848
272	Carpathian Forest 1990, Norway Black Metal	Strange Old Brew (2000) Black Shining Leather (1998) #6197 Through Chasm, Caves and Titan Woods (1995) [EP]
273	Belenos 1995, France Celtic Metal, Pagan Black Metal	Errances Oniriques (2001) #3541 Spicilège (2002) Argoat (2019)
274	Ancient Norway Melodic Black Metal	Svartalvheim (1994) #4142 Mad Grandiose Bloodfiends (1997) Det Glemte Riket (1999) [Compilation]
275	Surrender of Divinity 1996, Thailand Black Metal	Oriental Hell Rhythmics (2001) #1966 Manifest Blasphemy: the Abortion of the Immaculate Conception (2006) #3640 Sabbatical SiameseChristBeheading (2006) [Split]
276	Sear Bliss 1993, Greece Atmospheric Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Glory and Perdition (2004) #6028 The Arcane Odyssey (2007) #6215 Letters from the Edge (2018)
277	Midnight Odyssey 2007, Australia Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains (2019) Biolume Part 3 - A Fullmoon Madness (2023) Funerals from the Astral Sphere (2011) #3232
278	Bilskirnir 1996, Germany Black Metal	Wotan Redivivus (2013) Wotansvolk (2007) #5633 In Solitary Silence (2018) [EP]
279	Aborym 1992, Italy Industrial Black Metal	Kali Yuga Bizarre (1999) #4957 Fire Walk With Us (2001) #6569 With No Human Intervention (2003) #7561
280	Manes Norway Electro Avant-garde metal	Under ein Blodraud Maane (1999) #1272 Be All End All (2014) Slow Motion Death Sequence (2018)
281	Cold Body Radiation Netherlands Black Metal, Shoegaze	the orphean lyre (2017) #4789 A Clear Path (2014) Deer Twillight (2011) #6908
282	Absurd 1992, Germany Black Metal, RAC, Pagan Black Metal	Thuringian Pagan Madness (1995) [Demo] Der Funfzehnjahrige Krieg (2008) #3270 Facta Loquuntur (1996) #6558
283	Opertus 2012, Czech Republic Neoclassical, Darkwave, Orchestral	Chorea Ultima (2013) Moudrosti Cesta (2012) #2328 Dark Tunes Vol·III (2022) [Compilation]
284	Enslavement Of Beauty 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Mere Contemplations (2007) Traces O' Red (1999) Megalomania (2001) #7328
285	Hypothermia 2001, Sweden Black Metal	Skogens Hjärta (2010) #2311 Sjuklig Intention (2006) [Split] Veins (2006) #7796
286	Nifelheim 1990, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Nifelheim (1995) #2825 Devil's Force (1998) Servants of Darkness (2000)
287	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #776 Conjure and Command (2011) #2524 Live – Only Deaf is Real (2007) [Live]
288	Hellripper 2014, United Kingdom Black Metal, Speed Metal	Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags (2023) #2153 The Affair of the Poisons (2020) Coagulating Darkness (2017)
289	Lord Belial Sweden Black Metal	The Black Curse (2008) Rapture (2022) Enter the Moonlight Gate (1997) #6957
290	Cormorant 2007, United States Progressive Folk Metal, Black Metal	Metazoa (2009) #998 The Last Tree (2007) [EP] Dwellings (2011)
291	Nae'blis Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Sketches of Reality (2007) #1843 Beyond the Light (2004) Confusion & Apathy - in the Fog of a Surreal Daydream (2010)
292	Necromantia 1989, Greece Black Metal	Crossing the Fiery Path (1993) #3713 Scarlet Evil Witching Black (1995) #3714 To the Depths We Descend... (2021)
293	Khors 2004, Ukraine Atmospheric Black Metal	Where the Word Acquires Eternity (2020) За межами тваринного (Beyond the Bestial) (2018) [EP] Мудрість століть (Wisdom of Centuries) (2012)
294	Severoth 2012, Ukraine Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Самітність (2016) Шляхом світла (2024) When the Night Falls... (2018)
295	Aara 2018, Switzerland Atmospheric Black Metal	Triade III: Nyx (2023) En Ergô Einai (2020) #2369 Triade II: Hemera (2022)
296	Armagedda 2000, Sweden Black Metal	The Final War Approaching (2002) #6996 Only True Believers (2003) #7344 Svindeldjup Ättestup (2020)
297	Antestor 1990, Norway Black Metal	The Return of the Black Death (1998) Omen (2012) #5510 The Forsaken (2005) #6059
298	Stormlord 1991, Italy Symphonic Black Metal	Mare Nostrum (2008) Hesperia (2013) The Curse of Medusa (2002) [EP]
299	Happy Days 2004, United States Depressive Black Metal	Cause of Death: Life (2012) #4973 Melancholic Memories (2008) #7672 Defeated by Life (2008)
300	Evilfeast 1998, Poland Atmospheric Black Metal	Elegies of the Stellar Wind (2017) #2360 Funeral Sorcery (2005) Wintermoon Enchantment (2011) #6249

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