Best Depressive Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Shining 1996, Sweden Depressive Black Metal, Black Metal	Within Deep Dark Chambers (2000) #231 V - Halmstad (2007) #262 Livets ändhållplats (2001) #1601
2	Bethlehem 1991, Germany Depressive Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Dictius te necare (1996) #497 Bethlehem (2016) #1694 Dark Metal (1994) #2878
3	Coldworld Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Melancholie² (2008) #620 Autumn (2016) #2179 TheStarsAreDeadNow (2006) [EP] #4954
4	Ghost Bath 2012, United States Depressive Black Metal	Moonlover (2015) #1285 Funeral (2014) #2698 Ghost Bath (2013) [EP] #3277
5	Make a Change... Kill Yourself 2004, Denmark Depressive Black Metal	Make a Change... Kill Yourself (2005) #919 Fri (2012) #2739 II (2007) #3424
6	Anti 2003, Germany Depressive Black Metal	The Insignificance of Life (2006) #666 Longing for the End (2005) [Demo] Gott in Uns (2007) [Split]
7	Psychonaut 4 2010, Georgia Depressive Black Metal	Dipsomania (2015) #1496 Neurasthenia (2016) #1985 Have a Nice Trip (2012) #2852
8	Xasthur 1995, United States Depressive Black Metal	Nocturnal Poisoning (2002) #2081 All Reflections Drained (2009) Subliminal Genocide (2006)
9	Silencer 1995, Sweden Depressive Black Metal	Death - Pierce Me (2001) #3807 Death, Pierce Me (1998) [Demo]
10	Thy Light 2005, Brazil Depressive Black Metal	No Morrow Shall Dawn (2013) #704 Suici.De.pression (2007) [Demo]
11	Ethereal Shroud 2013, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	They Became the Falling Ash (2015) #520 Absolution\|Emptiness (2013) [Demo] Trisagion (2021)
12	Nyktalgia 2001, Germany Depressive Black Metal	Nyktalgia (2004) #1697 Peisithanatos (2008) #3809
13	Pensées Nocturnes 2008, France Avant-garde Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Vacuum (2009) #1867 Grotesque (2010) #5934 Nom D'une Pipe ! (2013)
14	Happy Days 2004, United States Depressive Black Metal	Cause of Death: Life (2012) #2651 Melancholic Memories (2008) #4725 Happiness Stops Here (2009) #7035
15	Trist Czech Republic Depressive Black Metal, Doom Metal	Zrcadlení melancholie (2007) #1245 Stíny (2006) #3218 Sebevraľední andělé (2007)
16	Elysian Blaze 2003, Australia Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Cold Walls and Apparitions (2005) #612 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) #3896 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) #3682 Be Persecuted (2006) [Demo] End Leaving (2009)
20	Sterbend 2000, Germany Depressive Black Metal	Dwelling Lifeless (2006) #3348 Einsamkeit (2001) [Demo]
21	Deadlife 2010, Sweden Depressive Black Metal	No Help Is Coming (2014) #3957 Porphyria (2016) Worthless Existence (2014) [EP]
22	Dreariness 2012, Italy Blackgaze , Depressive Black Metal	Fragments (2016) #5047 My Mind is too Weak to Forget (2013) #6512
23	My Useless Life 2011, United States Depressive Black Metal	My Useless Life (2017) #5237 Negative Memories (2014) #6578 On the Edge (2012) #6776
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) #2099 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	Inquinamentum 2007, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Void (2015) #3946 Lost/Risen (2015) [EP] Lustrum (2012)
28	Unjoy 2009, International Depressive Black Metal	Tired, Numb, Still Alive (2012) [Split] Worthless Life End (2010) #3178 Pagan Heritage / Unjoy (2013) [Split]
29	Ars Diavoli Portugal Depressive Black Metal	The Abscence of Light (2006) [Demo] Pro Nihilo Esse (2008) Clausura (2010) #6643
30	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]
31	Cry India Depressive Black Metal, Ambient Black Metal	Dead Within (2011) #6393 SuiSide (2010) #7075 Eternal Screams of Silence (2009) [Demo]
32	Dystopia Nå! 2010, Norway Depressive Rock, Depressive Black Metal	Dweller on the Threshold (2015) Syklus (2011) #6412
33	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)
34	Valefor 2008, Turkey Depressive Black Metal	Passages from the Dark Side (2010) [Single] Screams of Suicide (2010) Hidden in the Arms of Death (2012)
35	Cryfemal Spain Depressive Black Metal	Perpetua Funebre Gloria (2005) #6818 Raising Deads... Buring Alives (2003) Apoteosis Oculta (2007)
36	Wintercult 2010, Russia Atmospheric, Depressive Black Metal	Neverending Selfhatred (2012) #6998 The Last Winter (2013) Winds of the Past (2012) [Compilation]
37	Sadness United States Depressive Black Metal	I Want to Be There (2019) Leave (2017) Greyness of a Young Despondency (2015)
38	Nostalgie 2007, Canada Depressive Black Metal	Dead Memory (2011) #6994 Drowning in My Own Solitude.. (2007) [Demo] The Early Years (2011) [Compilation]
39	Je France Depressive Black Metal, Post-Rock	JE (2013) Un Royaume de Nuit (2010) [EP] #7529
40	Portrait Drawer Korea Depressive Black Metal	His Silence (2017) #7488

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