Best Depressive Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Shining 1996, Sweden Depressive Black Metal, Black Metal	Within Deep Dark Chambers (2000) #196 V - Halmstad (2007) #242 Livets ändhållplats (2001) #1366
2	Bethlehem 1991, Germany Depressive Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Dictius te necare (1996) #437 Bethlehem (2016) #1055 Dark Metal (1994) #2255
3	Ghost Bath 2012, United States Depressive Black Metal	Moonlover (2015) #1136 Funeral (2014) #1946 Ghost Bath (2013) [EP]
4	Make a Change... Kill Yourself 2004, Denmark Depressive Black Metal	Make a Change... Kill Yourself (2005) #821 Fri (2012) II (2007) #2550
5	Anti 2003, Germany Depressive Black Metal	The Insignificance of Life (2006) #719 Longing for the End (2005) [Demo] Gott in Uns (2007) [Split]
6	Silencer 1995, Sweden Depressive Black Metal	Death - Pierce Me (2001) #3308 Death, Pierce Me (1998) [Demo]
7	Thy Light 2005, Brazil Depressive Black Metal	No Morrow Shall Dawn (2013) #634 Suici.De.pression (2007) [Demo]
8	Psychonaut 4 2010, Georgia Depressive Black Metal	Dipsomania (2015) #1531 Have a Nice Trip (2012) #2362 Tired, Numb, Still Alive (2012) [Split]
9	Ethereal Shroud 2013, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	They Became the Falling Ash (2015) #480 Absolution\|Emptiness (2013)
10	Nyktalgia 2001, Germany Depressive Black Metal	Nyktalgia (2004) #1449 Peisithanatos (2008) #2983
11	Happy Days 2004, United States Depressive Black Metal	Cause of Death: Life (2012) #2124 Melancholic Memories (2008) Happiness Stops Here (2009) #4165
12	Elysian Blaze 2003, Australia Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Cold Walls and Apparitions (2005) #506 Levitating the Carnal (2006) Beneath Silent Faces (2007)
13	Trist Czech Republic Depressive Black Metal, Doom Metal	Zrcadlení melancholie (2007) #619 Stíny (2006) Sebevraľední andělé (2007)
14	Lost Inside 2009, United States Depressive Black Metal	Alone in the Wind (2010) Cold Days (2010) Mourning Wept Beside Me (2011)
15	Svedhous 2005, Korea Depressive Black Metal	Despair Poetry (2007) [Demo] From Despair to Suicide (2008) [Compilation] Sursk (2009) [Single]
16	Be Persecuted 2005, China Depressive Black Metal	I.I (2007) #2751 Be Persecuted (2006) [Demo] End Leaving (2009)
17	Sterbend 2000, Germany Depressive Black Metal	Dwelling Lifeless (2006) #2496 Einsamkeit (2001) [Demo]
18	Deadlife 2010, Sweden Depressive Black Metal	No Help Is Coming (2014) Porphyria (2016) Worthless Existence (2014) [EP]
19	My Useless Life 2011, United States Depressive Black Metal	My Useless Life (2017) Negative Memories (2014) On the Edge (2012) #4073
20	Dead 2008, International Depressive Black Metal	Hanging Illusions (2009) [Demo] Cold Journey Through Madness (2011) [Split]
21	Inquinamentum 2007, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Void (2015) Lost/Risen (2015) [EP] Lustrum (2012)
22	Unjoy 2009, International Depressive Black Metal	Tired, Numb, Still Alive (2012) [Split] Worthless Life End (2010) Pagan Heritage / Unjoy (2013) [Split]
23	Ars Diavoli Portugal Depressive Black Metal	The Abscence of Light (2006) [Demo] Pro Nihilo Esse (2008) Clausura (2010)
24	Cry India Depressive Black Metal, Ambient Black Metal	Dead Within (2011) SuiSide (2010) Eternal Screams of Silence (2009) [Demo]
25	Pure 2013, Switzerland Depressive Black Metal	Kingdom of Wrath (2014) And the Waters Turned to Blood (2014) Art of Loosing One's Own Life (2015)
26	Valefor 2008, Turkey Depressive Black Metal	Passages from the Dark Side (2010) [Single] Screams of Suicide (2010) Hidden in the Arms of Death (2012)
27	Cryfemal Spain Depressive Black Metal	Perpetua Funebre Gloria (2005) Raising Deads... Buring Alives (2003) Apoteosis Oculta (2007)
28	Sadness United States Depressive Black Metal	Leave (2017) I Want to Be There (2019) Greyness of a Young Despondency (2015)
29	Nostalgie 2007, Canada Depressive Black Metal	Dead Memory (2011) Drowning in My Own Solitude.. (2007) [Demo] The Early Years (2011) [Compilation]
30	Je France Depressive Black Metal, Post-Rock	JE (2013) Un Royaume de Nuit (2010) [EP]
31	Portrait Drawer Korea Depressive Black Metal	His Silence (2017) #4327
32	Cold Cry 2008, Iran Depressive Black Metal	Eternal Pain (2008) [Demo] Islam Is Dead (2012) [Split] Grave (2010) [Demo]

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