Best Depressive Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Shining 1996, Sweden Depressive Black Metal, Black Metal	V - Halmstad (2007) #170 Within Deep Dark Chambers (2000) #518 Shining (2023) #2081
2	Make a Change... Kill Yourself 2004, Denmark Depressive Black Metal	Make a Change... Kill Yourself (2005) #1297 Fri (2012) #4331 II (2007) #6781
3	Coldworld Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Melancholie² (2008) #756 Autumn (2016) #3147 The Stars Are Dead Now (2006) [EP] #6452
4	Ghost Bath 2012, United States Depressive Black Metal	Moonlover (2015) #2355 Funeral (2014) #5715 Starmourner (2017) #5966
5	Silencer 1995, Sweden Depressive Black Metal	Death - Pierce Me (2001) #5134 Death, Pierce Me (1998) [Demo]
6	Anti 2003, Germany Depressive Black Metal	The Insignificance of Life (2006) #784 Longing for the End (2005) [Demo] Anti (2021)
7	Gris Canada Black Metal	Il était une forêt... (2007) #1650 À l'âme enflammée, l'âme constellée... (2013) #3770 Neurasthénie (2006)
8	Peste Noire 2000, France Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	La Sanie des siècles - Panégyrique de la dégénérescence (2006) #1148 Le retour des pastoureaux (2021) Macabre Transcendance... (2002) [Demo]
9	Psychonaut 4 2010, Georgia Depressive Black Metal	Neurasthenia (2016) #1367 Dipsomania (2015) #2675 Have a Nice Trip (2012) #6364
10	Ethereal Shroud 2013, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	They Became the Falling Ash (2015) #939 Trisagion (2021) #1516 Absolution\|Emptiness (2013) [Demo]
11	Sadness United States Depressive Black Metal	Circle of Veins (2019) april sunset (2021) I (2022)
12	Thy Light 2005, Brazil Depressive Black Metal	No Morrow Shall Dawn (2013) #867 Suici.De.pression (2007) [Demo] Thy Light (2021) [EP]
13	Nyktalgia 2001, Germany Depressive Black Metal	Nyktalgia (2004) #605 Peisithanatos (2008) #3875
14	Bethlehem 1991, Germany Depressive Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Dictius te necare (1996) #835 Bethlehem (2016) #2610 Dark Metal (1994) #3791
15	Elysian Blaze 2003, Australia Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Cold Walls and Apparitions (2005) #866 The Virtue of Suffering (2018) [Single] Beneath Silent Faces (2007)
16	An Autumn for Crippled Children 2009, Netherlands Post-Black Metal, Shoegaze	Lost (2010) #8285 Closure (2023) Everything (2011) #9135
17	Totalselfhatred 2005, Finland Depressive Black Metal	Totalselfhatred (2008) #2626 Apocalypse in Your Heart (2011) Solitude (2018)
18	Nyctophilia 2014, Poland Depressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Bezdeń (2019) Stargazer (2025) Dwelling in the Fullmoon Light (2017)
19	My Useless Life 2011, United States Depressive Black Metal	My Useless Life (2017) #7198 On the Edge (2012) #9515 Negative Memories (2014)
20	Sterbend 2000, Germany Depressive Black Metal	Dwelling Lifeless (2006) #5642 Einsamkeit (2001) [Demo]
21	Deadlife 2010, Sweden Depressive Black Metal	Worthless Existence (2014) [EP] Porphyria (2016) Slutskedet (2013)
22	Lost Inside 2009, United States Depressive Black Metal	Alone in the Wind (2010) Cold Days (2010) Never again (2009) [Demo]
23	Dreariness 2012, Italy Blackgaze , Depressive Black Metal	Fragments (2016) #8137 My Mind is too Weak to Forget (2013) #10107
24	Nordicwinter 2006, Canada Depressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Solitude (2025) This Mournful Dawn (2023) Beneath the Fleeting Light (2022)
25	Worthless Life 2012, United States Depressive Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Woods of Sorrow (2013) The Forest Weeps for Thee (2015) Winter Wolves (Зимние волки) (2014)
26	Nocturnal Depression 2004, France Depressive Black Metal, Black Metal	Deathcade (2017) The Cult of Negation (2010) #4023 Spleen Black Metal (2015)
27	Kalmankantaja 2011, Finland Depressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Ikuinen Taival (2014) Waiennut (2022) Second Death (2023)
28	Valefor 2008, Turkey Depressive Black Metal	Passages from the Dark Side (2010) [Single] Screams of Suicide (2010) Hidden in the Arms of Death (2012)
29	None 2015, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Life Has Gone on Long Enough (2018) Damp Chill of Life (2019) #4539 Inevitable (2023)
30	Pure 2013, Switzerland Black Metal	Prison of Flesh and Bone (2023) Kingdom of Wrath (2014) And the Waters Turned to Blood (2014)
31	Luna Pythonissam 2022, International Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal, Death Metal	Agonía (2023) [EP] Somnium (2022) Ansia (2022) [EP]
32	Gormoth Hungary Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Mournful Winter (2023) Winter (2025) [EP] Memories (2023)
33	Cryfemal Spain Depressive Black Metal	Raising Deads... Buring Alives (2003) Perpetua Funebre Gloria (2005) Apoteosis Oculta (2007)
34	Inquinamentum 2007, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Lost/Risen (2015) [EP] Void (2015) #7176 Lustrum (2012)
35	Apati Sweden Black Metal	Morgondagen Inställd I Brist På Intresse MMXVIII (2018) Morgondagen Inställd I Brist På Intresse (2010) Eufori (2009) #8951
36	Afsky 2015, Denmark Black Metal	Om hundrede år (2023) Fællesskab (2025) Afsky (2015) [EP]
37	Déhà Belgium Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Funeral Doom Metal, Post-Metal, Electronic, Neo Classical, Dark Ambient	Averses II (2023) Contrasts II (2020) Ave Maria II (2021)
38	Todesstoss Germany Black Metal	Beutetrieb Schwarzer Witwen (2005) [EP] Stelldichein (2006) #5207 Spiegel der Urängste / Sehnsucht (2007) [Compilation]
39	Autumn's Dawn 2013, Australia Post-Black Metal, Post-Rock	Gone (2014) #4203 Autumn's Dawn (2014) [EP] We Lost Our Hope Along the Way (2025)
40	Xasthur 1995, United States Depressive Black Metal	Nocturnal Poisoning (2002) #2690 A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors (2001) [Demo] The Funeral of Being (2003) #7420
41	Kanashimi 2007, Japan Funeral Doom Metal, Black Metal	Infernal Necromancy / Kanashimi (2012) [Split] Inori (2017) 闇歌 Yamiuta (2023)
42	Happy Days 2004, United States Depressive Black Metal	Cause of Death: Life (2012) #5509 Melancholic Memories (2008) #8509 Happiness Stops Here (2009) #10069
43	Forgotten Tomb 1999, Italy Black Metal, Doom Metal	Songs to Leave (2002) #3860 Obscura Arcana Mortis (2000) [EP] Love's Burial Ground (2004) #8460
44	Svedhous 2005, Korea Depressive Black Metal	Despair Poetry (2007) [Demo] Path of Suicide (2007) [Demo] From Despair to Suicide (2008) [Compilation]
45	Nostalgie 2007, Canada Depressive Black Metal	Dead Memory (2011) Drowning in My Own Solitude.. (2007) [Demo] The Early Years (2011) [Compilation]

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