Best Depressive Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Shining 1996, Sweden Depressive Black Metal, Black Metal	Within Deep Dark Chambers (2000) #247 V - Halmstad (2007) #286 Livets ändhållplats (2001) #1695
2	Bethlehem 1991, Germany Depressive Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Dictius te necare (1996) #434 Bethlehem (2016) #1784 Dark Metal (1994) #2552
3	Coldworld Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Melancholie² (2008) #663 Autumn (2016) #2299 TheStarsAreDeadNow (2006) [EP] #5243
4	Ghost Bath 2012, United States Depressive Black Metal	Moonlover (2015) #1368 Funeral (2014) #2858 Ghost Bath (2013) [EP] #3475
5	Make a Change... Kill Yourself 2004, Denmark Depressive Black Metal	Make a Change... Kill Yourself (2005) #978 Fri (2012) #2898 II (2007) #3627
6	Anti 2003, Germany Depressive Black Metal	The Insignificance of Life (2006) #687 Longing for the End (2005) [Demo] Gott in Uns (2007) [Split]
7	Silencer 1995, Sweden Depressive Black Metal	Death - Pierce Me (2001) #3788 Death, Pierce Me (1998) [Demo]
8	Psychonaut 4 2010, Georgia Depressive Black Metal	Dipsomania (2015) #1588 Neurasthenia (2016) #2095 Have a Nice Trip (2012) #3030
9	Xasthur 1995, United States Depressive Black Metal	Nocturnal Poisoning (2002) #2192 All Reflections Drained (2009) Subliminal Genocide (2006)
10	Ethereal Shroud 2013, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	They Became the Falling Ash (2015) #530 Trisagion (2021) Absolution\|Emptiness (2013) [Demo]
11	Thy Light 2005, Brazil Depressive Black Metal	No Morrow Shall Dawn (2013) #749 Suici.De.pression (2007) [Demo] Thy Light (2021) [EP]
12	Nyktalgia 2001, Germany Depressive Black Metal	Nyktalgia (2004) #1791 Peisithanatos (2008) #4024
13	Happy Days 2004, United States Depressive Black Metal	Cause of Death: Life (2012) #2814 Melancholic Memories (2008) #5005 Happiness Stops Here (2009) #7363
14	Pensées Nocturnes 2008, France Avant-garde Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Vacuum (2009) #1976 Grotesque (2010) #6306 Nom D'une Pipe ! (2013)
15	Trist Czech Republic Depressive Black Metal, Doom Metal	Zrcadlení melancholie (2007) #1330 Stíny (2006) #2348 Sebevraľední andělé (2007)
16	Elysian Blaze 2003, Australia Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Cold Walls and Apparitions (2005) #654 Levitating the Carnal (2006) Beneath Silent Faces (2007)
17	Lost Inside 2009, United States Depressive Black Metal	Alone in the Wind (2010) Cold Days (2010) #4116 Mourning Wept Beside Me (2011)
18	Svedhous 2005, Korea Depressive Black Metal	Despair Poetry (2007) [Demo] From Despair to Suicide (2008) [Compilation] Sursk (2009) [Single]
19	Be Persecuted 2005, China Depressive Black Metal	I.I (2007) #3899 Be Persecuted (2006) [Demo] End Leaving (2009)
20	Sterbend 2000, Germany Depressive Black Metal	Dwelling Lifeless (2006) #3551 Einsamkeit (2001) [Demo]
21	Deadlife 2010, Sweden Depressive Black Metal	No Help Is Coming (2014) #4176 Porphyria (2016) Worthless Existence (2014) [EP]
22	Dreariness 2012, Italy Blackgaze , Depressive Black Metal	Fragments (2016) #5342 My Mind is too Weak to Forget (2013) #6906
23	My Useless Life 2011, United States Depressive Black Metal	My Useless Life (2017) #5565 Negative Memories (2014) #6974 On the Edge (2012) #7193
24	Dead 2008, International Depressive Black Metal	Hanging Illusions (2009) [Demo] Cold Journey Through Madness (2011) [Split]
25	Totalselfhatred 2005, Finland Depressive Black Metal	Totalselfhatred (2008) #2211 Solitude (2018) Promo 2006 (2006) [Demo]
26	Worthless Life 2012, United States Depressive Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Forest Weeps for Thee (2015) Winter Wolves (Зимние волки) (2014) Dark October (2013)
27	葬尸湖 1998, China Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	奕秋 / Afterimage of Autumn (2007) #3836 Autuman of Sad Ode / Siming of Loulan (2005) [Split] Winter Mirage (2012) [EP]
28	Inquinamentum 2007, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Void (2015) #4165 Lost/Risen (2015) [EP] Lustrum (2012)
29	Sadness United States Depressive Black Metal	Leave (2017) I Want to Be There (2019) Greyness of a Young Despondency (2015)
30	Unjoy 2009, International Depressive Black Metal	Tired, Numb, Still Alive (2012) [Split] Worthless Life End (2010) #3384 Pagan Heritage / Unjoy (2013) [Split]
31	Ars Diavoli Portugal Depressive Black Metal	The Abscence of Light (2006) [Demo] Pro Nihilo Esse (2008) Clausura (2010) #7052
32	Araxas 2009, Austria Symphonic Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Dunkelheit (2009) [Demo] Das Ende der Gezeiten (2009) [Demo] With Fear in My Head (2009) [Demo]
33	Cry India Depressive Black Metal, Ambient Black Metal	Dead Within (2011) #6781 SuiSide (2010) #7515 Eternal Screams of Silence (2009) [Demo]
34	Vagrond 2006, Australia Depressive Black Metal, Blackgaze	Temporal (2013) #5532 Of Separation and Departure (2012) Bleeding Fields (2010)
35	Dystopia Nå! 2010, Norway Depressive Rock, Depressive Black Metal	Dweller on the Threshold (2015) Syklus (2011) #6802
36	Afsky Denmark Depressive Black Metal	Ofte jeg drømmer mig død (2020) Afsky (2015) [EP] Vinteren bæres ind (2016) [Single]
37	Valefor 2008, Turkey Depressive Black Metal	Passages from the Dark Side (2010) [Single] Screams of Suicide (2010) Hidden in the Arms of Death (2012)
38	Cryfemal Spain Depressive Black Metal	Perpetua Funebre Gloria (2005) #7230 Raising Deads... Buring Alives (2003) Apoteosis Oculta (2007)
39	Wintercult 2010, Russia Atmospheric, Depressive Black Metal	Neverending Selfhatred (2012) #7438 The Last Winter (2013) Winds of the Past (2012) [Compilation]
40	Nostalgie 2007, Canada Depressive Black Metal	Dead Memory (2011) #7434 Drowning in My Own Solitude.. (2007) [Demo] The Early Years (2011) [Compilation]

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