Best Melodic Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Extreme Progressive Metal	Portal of I (2012) #57 Urn (2017) #530 Citadel (2014) #507
2	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #39 The Somberlain (1993) #874 Live Legacy (2003) [Live]
3	Sad Legend 1997, Korea Melodic Black Metal	Sad Legend (1998) #96 The Revenge of Soul (2009) #3516 Promo 1997 (1997) [Demo]
4	Graveworm 1992, Italy Melodic Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	As the Angels Reach the Beauty (1999) #430 Scourge of Malice (2001) #635 Engraved in Black (2003) #5557
5	閃靈 (Chthonic) 1995, Taiwan Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	高砂軍 (Takasago Army) (2011) #558 百萬遍 (Endless Aeons) (2025) [Single] 賽德克巴萊 (Seediq Bale) (2005) #3174
6	Rotting Christ 1987, Greece Melodic Black Metal, Grindcore, Gothic Metal, Death Metal	Their Greatest Spells (2018) [Compilation] Thy Mighty Contract (1993) #2232 Theogonia (2007) #2351
7	Windir 1994, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Black Metal	Arntor (1999) #567 Valfar, ein Windir (2004) [Compilation] SognaMetal (2005) [Video]
8	Naglfar 1992, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Diabolical (1998) #1572 Vittra (1995) #3368 Sheol (2003) #3456
9	Catamenia 1995, Finland Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Chaos Born (2003) #3395 Eternal Winter's Prophecy (2000) #5367 Winternight Tragedies (2005) #8678
10	Moonlight Sorcery 2018, Finland Melodic Black Metal	Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle (2023) #790 Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity (2022) [EP] #3666 Nightwind: The Conqueror from the Stars (2023) [EP]
11	Oathean 1993, Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Endless Pain and Darkness (2021) #5428 Ten Days in Lachrymation (2001) #7367 Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness (2004) #9270
12	Melechesh 1993, Israel Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Enki (2015) #4086 The Epigenesis (2010) #4137 Sphynx (2003) #6343
13	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #2126 Eternal (2008) #6376 Songs of Requiem (2005) #8735
14	Sacramentum 1992, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Abyss of Time (2008) [Compilation] Far Away from the Sun (1996) #2129 Finis Malorum (1995) [EP]
15	Dawn 1990, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) (1998) #905 Apparition (1992) [Demo] Nær sólen gar niþer for evogher (1994) #6847
16	Dark Fortress 1994, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Ylem (2010) #6309 Séance (2006) #8608 Stab Wounds (2004)
17	Old Man's Child 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal	Revelation 666: Curse of Damnation (2000) #2789 In Defiance of Existence (2003) #6103 Vermin (2005) #6604
18	...And Oceans 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Industrial Metal	The Regeneration Itinerary (2025) The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts (1998) #6369 As in Gardens, So in Tombs (2023) #7622
19	Yoth Iria 2019, Greece Melodic Black Metal	As the Flame Withers (2021) #1344 Blazing Inferno (2024) #3672 Under His Sway (2020) [EP]
20	Sunoi Korea Melodic Black Metal	Within the Depths of a Dream... a Moment's Respite (2005) #2172
21	Thy Serpent 1992, Finland Black Metal	Forests of Witchery (1996) #2772 Death (2000) [EP] #5455 Christcrusher (1998) #6667
22	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #1161 Transience (2018) #1990 Convergence (2023) #2654
23	Wormwood 2014, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	The Star (2024) #3603 Ghostlands: Wounds from a Bleeding Earth (2017) #3285 Arkivet (2021) #4392
24	Diabolical Masquerade Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Progressive Metal	Nightwork (1998) #1042 Ravendusk in My Heart (1996) #5799 Death's Design (2001) #8495
25	Enslavement Of Beauty 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Mere Contemplations (2007) #6033 Megalomania (2001) #8298 Traces O' Red (1999) #8329
26	Covenant 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Nexus Polaris (1998) #636 In Times Before the Light (1996) #4441 From the Storm of Shadows (1994) [Demo]
27	Woods of Ypres 2002, Canada Melodic Black Metal, Doom Metal	Woods IV: the Green Album (2009) #5637 Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light (2012) Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth (2004) #7091
28	Dismal Euphony 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides (1997) #1307 Soria Moria Slott (1996) #4812 Python Zero (2001)
29	Kanonenfieber 2020, Germany Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Die Urkatastrophe (2024) #3671 Menschenmühle (2021) #3699 Der Füsilier (2022) [EP]
30	Ancient Norway Melodic Black Metal	Svartalvheim (1994) #5050 True Kings of Norway (2000) [Split] Mad Grandiose Bloodfiends (1997)
31	Keep of Kalessin 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Armada (2006) #3123 Reptilian (2010) #3143 Agnen - A Journey Through the Dark (1999)
32	Siebenburgen Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Delictum (2000) #4609 Grimjaur (1998) Loreia (1997) #9410
33	Arthemesia Finland Melodic Black Metal	Devs - Iratvs (2001) #1823 a.O.a. (2009) Demo '98 (1998) [Demo]
34	Hecate Enthroned 1995, United Kingdom Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) #5810 Virulent Rapture (2013) Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre (1998) #5580
35	Abyssos Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Fhinsthanian Nightbreed (1999) #5494 Together We Summon the Dark (1997) #7894 Wherever the Witches Might Fly (1996) [Demo]
36	Necrophobic 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Black Metal	The Nocturnal Silence (1993) #670 Darkside (1997) #4850 Dawn of the Damned (2020) #5327
37	Obsequiae 2007, United States Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Aria of Vernal Tombs (2015) #4771 Suspended in the Brume of Eos (2011) The Palms of Sorrowed Kings (2019)
38	Dark Ambition Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Tears of Daewongoon (2007) #4754 Gallows of Empire (2012) #9366 Crimson Temptation (2003) [EP]
39	Uada 2014, United States Black Metal	Cult of a Dying Sun (2018) #5521 Crepuscule Natura (2023) #4411 Djinn (2020) #7617
40	Dimmu Borgir 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) #523 Stormblåst (1996) #1110 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) #1415
41	Susperia 2000, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Melodic Thrash Metal	Predominance (2001) #5670 Cut From Stone (2007) Attitude (2009)
42	Blackbraid 2022, United States Black Metal	Blackbraid II (2023) #1517 Blackbraid III (2025) Blackbraid I (2022) #4908
43	Abigail Williams 2004, United States Melodic Black Metal, Deathcore, Atmospheric Black Metal	Walk Beyond the Dark (2019) #5931 In the Absence of Light (2010) #6633 In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns (2008) #6799
44	Zonaria 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Infamy and the Breed (2007) #7423 The Cancer Empire (2008) #9395 Arrival of the Red Sun (2012) #9593
45	Thulcandra 2003, Germany Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Hail the Abyss (2023) #6274 Fallen Angel's Dominion (2010) #6457 Ascension Lost (2015) #6992
46	Mystic Circle 1992, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Drachenblut (1998) #5673 Infernal Satanic Verses (1999) #7556 Hexenbrand 1486 (2025)
47	Cult of Fire 2010, Czechia Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान / Ascetic Meditation of Death (2013) #188 Triumvirát (2012) #252 Čtvrtá symfonie ohně (2014) [EP] #763
48	Dornenreich 1996, Austria Melodic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Her von welken Nächten (2001) Hexenwind (2005) Nicht Um Zu Sterben (1997)
49	Skeletonwitch 2003, United States Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Devouring Radiant Light (2018) #2973 Serpents Unleashed (2013) #4677 Breathing the Fire (2009) #5037
50	Cor Scorpii 2004, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Monument (2008) #2247 Ruin (2018) Attergangar (2005) [Demo]

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