Best Depressive Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Shining 1996, Sweden Depressive Black Metal, Black Metal	V - Halmstad (2007) #189 Within Deep Dark Chambers (2000) #279 Livets ändhållplats (2001) #2057
2	Bethlehem 1991, Germany Depressive Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Dictius te necare (1996) #493 Bethlehem (2016) #2427 Dark Metal (1994) #2819
3	Coldworld Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Melancholie² (2008) #628 Autumn (2016) #2544 TheStarsAreDeadNow (2006) [EP] #5374
4	Ghost Bath 2012, United States Depressive Black Metal	Moonlover (2015) #1519 Funeral (2014) #3155 Ghost Bath (2013) [EP] #3824
5	Make a Change... Kill Yourself 2004, Denmark Depressive Black Metal	Make a Change... Kill Yourself (2005) #1069 Fri (2012) #3207 II (2007) #4003
6	Anti 2003, Germany Depressive Black Metal	The Insignificance of Life (2006) #724 Longing for the End (2005) [Demo] Anti (2021)
7	Silencer 1995, Sweden Depressive Black Metal	Death - Pierce Me (2001) #4400 Death, Pierce Me (1998) [Demo]
8	Xasthur 1995, United States Depressive Black Metal	Nocturnal Poisoning (2002) #2231 The Funeral of Being (2003) #5715 To Violate the Oblivious (2004) #7722
9	Psychonaut 4 2010, Georgia Depressive Black Metal	Dipsomania (2015) #1747 Neurasthenia (2016) #2315 Have a Nice Trip (2012) #3234
10	Ethereal Shroud 2013, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	They Became the Falling Ash (2015) #599 Trisagion (2021) #1501 Absolution\|Emptiness (2013) [Demo]
11	Thy Light 2005, Brazil Depressive Black Metal	No Morrow Shall Dawn (2013) #755 Suici.De.pression (2007) [Demo] Thy Light (2021) [EP]
12	Nyktalgia 2001, Germany Depressive Black Metal	Nyktalgia (2004) #1471 Peisithanatos (2008) #4418
13	Sadness United States Depressive Black Metal	Circle of Veins (2019) april sunset (2021) I (2022)
14	Happy Days 2004, United States Depressive Black Metal	Cause of Death: Life (2012) #3296 Melancholic Memories (2008) #5472 Happiness Stops Here (2009) #8313
15	Pensées Nocturnes 2008, France Avant-garde Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Vacuum (2009) #2203 Grotesque (2010) #6851 Nom D'une Pipe ! (2013)
16	Trist Czech Republic Depressive Black Metal, Doom Metal	Zrcadlení melancholie (2007) #1472 Stíny (2006) #2598 Sebevraľední andělé (2007)
17	Elysian Blaze 2003, Australia Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Cold Walls and Apparitions (2005) #725 Beneath Silent Faces (2007) Blood Geometry (2012) #7347
18	Nocturnal Depression 2004, France Depressive Black Metal, Black Metal	Spleen Black Metal (2015) Four Seasons to a Depression (2006) [Demo] Dismal Empyrean Solitude (2009) [Split]
19	Lost Inside 2009, United States Depressive Black Metal	Alone in the Wind (2010) Cold Days (2010) #4508 Mourning Wept Beside Me (2011)
20	Svedhous 2005, Korea Depressive Black Metal	Despair Poetry (2007) [Demo] From Despair to Suicide (2008) [Compilation] Sursk (2009) [Single]
21	Be Persecuted 2005, China Depressive Black Metal	I.I (2007) #4273 Be Persecuted (2006) [Demo] End Leaving (2009)
22	Sterbend 2000, Germany Depressive Black Metal	Dwelling Lifeless (2006) #3461 Einsamkeit (2001) [Demo]
23	Deadlife 2010, Sweden Depressive Black Metal	No Help Is Coming (2014) Porphyria (2016) Worthless Existence (2014) [EP]
24	Inquinamentum 2007, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Void (2015) #3720 Lost/Risen (2015) [EP] 8342 (2018)
25	Dreariness 2012, Italy Blackgaze , Depressive Black Metal	Fragments (2016) #6759 My Mind is too Weak to Forget (2013) #7770
26	My Useless Life 2011, United States Depressive Black Metal	My Useless Life (2017) #6052 Negative Memories (2014) #7387 On the Edge (2012) #7936
27	Dead 2008, International Depressive Black Metal	Hanging Illusions (2009) [Demo] Cold Journey Through Madness (2011) [Split]
28	Totalselfhatred 2005, Finland Depressive Black Metal	Totalselfhatred (2008) #2452 Solitude (2018) Promo 2006 (2006) [Demo]
29	Eternal Valley 2012, United States Depressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Ascend to the Unknown (2015) #2308 Kingdom of Misery (2021) Screams of Eternal Emptiness (2014)
30	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)
31	葬尸湖 1998, China Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	奕秋 / Afterimage of Autumn (2007) #4215 Autuman of Sad Ode / Siming of Loulan (2005) [Split] Winter Mirage (2012) [EP]
32	Nyctophilia 2014, Poland Depressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Bezdeń (2019) Dwelling in the Fullmoon Light (2017) Weltschmerz (2021)
33	Unjoy 2009, International Depressive Black Metal	Tired, Numb, Still Alive (2012) [Split] Worthless Life End (2010) #3726 Pagan Heritage / Unjoy (2013) [Split]
34	Ars Diavoli Portugal Depressive Black Metal	The Abscence of Light (2006) [Demo] Pro Nihilo Esse (2008) Clausura (2010) #7644
35	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]
36	Cry India Depressive Black Metal, Ambient Black Metal	Dead Within (2011) #7362 SuiSide (2010) #7863 Eternal Screams of Silence (2009) [Demo]
37	Vagrond 2006, Australia Depressive Black Metal, Blackgaze	Temporal (2013) #6023 Of Separation and Departure (2012) Bleeding Fields (2010)
38	Luna Pythonissam 2022, International Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal, Death Metal	Somnium (2022) Ansia (2022) [EP] Sáasil (2022)
39	Kalmankantaja 2011, Finland Depressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Muinainen (2015) Ikuinen Taival (2014) Waiennut (2022)
40	Valefor 2008, Turkey Depressive Black Metal	Passages from the Dark Side (2010) [Single] Screams of Suicide (2010) Hidden in the Arms of Death (2012)
41	Cryfemal Spain Depressive Black Metal	Perpetua Funebre Gloria (2005) #7853 Raising Deads... Buring Alives (2003) Apoteosis Oculta (2007)
42	Wintercult 2010, Russia Atmospheric, Depressive Black Metal	Neverending Selfhatred (2012) #8063 The Last Winter (2013) Winds of the Past (2012) [Compilation]
43	Nostalgie 2007, Canada Depressive Black Metal	Dead Memory (2011) #8059 Drowning in My Own Solitude.. (2007) [Demo] The Early Years (2011) [Compilation]
44	Je France Depressive Black Metal, Post-Rock	JE (2013) Un Royaume de Nuit (2010) [EP] #8672
45	Portrait Drawer Korea Depressive Black Metal	His Silence (2017) #8635
46	Cold Cry 2008, Iran Depressive Black Metal	Eternal Pain (2008) [Demo] Islam Is Dead (2012) [Split] Grave (2010) [Demo]

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