Best Melodic Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Extreme Progressive Metal	Portal of I (2012) #55 Citadel (2014) #504 Urn (2017) #514
2	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #36 The Somberlain (1993) #727 Live Legacy (2003) [Live]
3	Sad Legend 1997, Korea Melodic Black Metal	Sad Legend (1998) #105 The Revenge of Soul (2009) #3475 Promo 1997 (1997) [Demo]
4	Graveworm 1992, Italy Melodic Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	As the Angels Reach the Beauty (1999) #423 Scourge of Malice (2001) #629 Engraved in Black (2003) #5412
5	閃靈 (Chthonic) 1995, Taiwan Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	高砂軍 (Takasago Army) (2011) #557 賽德克巴萊 (Seediq Bale) (2005) #3142 百萬遍 (Endless Aeons) (2025) [Single]
6	Rotting Christ 1987, Greece Melodic Black Metal, Grindcore, Gothic Metal, Death Metal	Their Greatest Spells (2018) [Compilation] Thy Mighty Contract (1993) #1737 Theogonia (2007) #2321
7	Windir 1994, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Black Metal	Arntor (1999) #532 Valfar, ein Windir (2004) [Compilation] SognaMetal (2005) [Video]
8	Naglfar 1992, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Diabolical (1998) #1902 Vittra (1995) #3328 Sheol (2003) #3416
9	Moonlight Sorcery 2018, Finland Melodic Black Metal	Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle (2023) #834 Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity (2022) [EP] #3623 Nightwind: The Conqueror from the Stars (2023) [EP]
10	Oathean 1993, Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Endless Pain and Darkness (2021) #5264 Ten Days in Lachrymation (2001) #6967 Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness (2004) #8724
11	Catamenia 1995, Finland Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Chaos Born (2003) #3349 Eternal Winter's Prophecy (2000) #5201 Halls of Frozen North (1998)
12	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #2038 Eternal (2008) #6094 Songs of Requiem (2005) #8205
13	Melechesh 1993, Israel Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Enki (2015) #4014 The Epigenesis (2010) #4059 Emissaries (2006) #6033
14	Dawn 1990, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) (1998) #1264 Apparition (1992) [Demo] Nær sólen gar niþer for evogher (1994) #6494
15	Sacramentum Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Far Away From the Sun (1996) #2331 Finis Malorum (1995) [EP] Thy Black Destiny (1999)
16	Dark Fortress 1994, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Ylem (2010) #6037 Séance (2006) Stab Wounds (2004)
17	Sunoi Korea Melodic Black Metal	Within the Depths of a Dream... a Moment's Respite (2005) #2149
18	Thy Serpent 1992, Finland Black Metal	Forests of Witchery (1996) #2702 Death (2000) [EP] #5282 Christcrusher (1998) #6110
19	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #1064 Transience (2018) #1984 Convergence (2023) #2628
20	...And Oceans 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Industrial Metal	The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts (1998) #6089 As in Gardens, So in Tombs (2023) #7184 Cosmic World Mother (2020) #8382
21	Old Man's Child 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal	Revelation 666: Curse of Damnation (2000) #2756 Vermin (2005) #6293 In Defiance of Existence (2003) #6339
22	Woods of Ypres 2002, Canada Melodic Black Metal, Doom Metal	Woods IV: the Green Album (2009) #7004 Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light (2012) Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth (2004)
23	Covenant 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Nexus Polaris (1998) #630 In Times Before the Light (1996) #3860 From the Storm of Shadows (1994) [Demo]
24	Dismal Euphony 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides (1997) #1107 Soria Moria Slott (1996) #4399 Python Zero (2001)
25	Ancient Norway Melodic Black Metal	Svartalvheim (1994) #4425 Mad Grandiose Bloodfiends (1997) Det Glemte Riket (1999) [Compilation]
26	Keep of Kalessin 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Through Times of War (1997) #2597 Reptilian (2010) #2883 Armada (2006) #3664
27	Hecate Enthroned 1995, United Kingdom Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) #5372 Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre (1998) #5408 Virulent Rapture (2013)
28	Enslavement Of Beauty 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Mere Contemplations (2007) Traces O' Red (1999) Megalomania (2001) #7945
29	Diabolical Masquerade Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Progressive Metal	Nightwork (1998) #1311 Ravendusk in My Heart (1996) #6065 Death's Design (2001) #8012
30	Necrophobic 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Black Metal	The Nocturnal Silence (1993) #721 Darkside (1997) #4470 Dawn of the Damned (2020) #5174
31	Obsequiae 2007, United States Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Aria of Vernal Tombs (2015) #4659 Suspended in the Brume of Eos (2011) The Palms of Sorrowed Kings (2019)
32	Dark Ambition Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Tears of Daewongoon (2007) #4647 Gallows of Empire (2012) #8811 Crimson Temptation (2003) [EP]
33	Wormwood 2014, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Ghostlands: Wounds from a Bleeding Earth (2017) #3251 The Star (2024) #3294 Arkivet (2021) #4310
34	Arthemesia Finland Melodic Black Metal	Devs - Iratvs (2001) #1830 a.O.a. (2009) Demo '98 (1998) [Demo]
35	Uada 2014, United States Black Metal	Crepuscule Natura (2023) #4325 Cult of a Dying Sun (2018) #5360 Djinn (2020) #7180
36	Blackbraid 2022, United States Black Metal	Blackbraid II (2023) #1504 Blackbraid I (2022) #4781 Barefoot Ghost Dance on Blood Soaked Soil (2022) [Single]
37	Zonaria 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Infamy and the Breed (2007) #7140 The Cancer Empire (2008) #8837 Arrival of the Red Sun (2012) #9017
38	Thulcandra 2003, Germany Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Hail the Abyss (2023) #6012 Fallen Angel's Dominion (2010) #6166 Ascension Lost (2015) #6616
39	Cult of Fire 2010, Czech Republic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान / Ascetic Meditation of Death (2013) #190 Triumvirát (2012) #294 Čtvrtá symfonie ohně (2014) [EP] #688
40	Siebenburgen Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Delictum (2000) #4523 Grimjaur (1998) Loreia (1997) #8852
41	Dornenreich 1996, Austria Melodic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Her von welken Nächten (2001) Hexenwind (2005) Nicht Um Zu Sterben (1997)
42	Skeletonwitch 2003, United States Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Devouring Radiant Light (2018) #2940 Serpents Unleashed (2013) #4585 Breathing the Fire (2009) #4697
43	Cor Scorpii 2004, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Monument (2008) #2224 Ruin (2018) Attergangar (2005) [Demo]
44	Mystic Circle 1992, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Drachenblut (1998) #5043 Erzdämon (2023) Infernal Satanic Verses (1999) #7132
45	Kvist 1993, Norway Melodic Black Metal	For kunsten maa vi evig vike (1996) #4577 Demo (1994) [Demo]
46	Abyssos Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Fhinsthanian Nightbreed (1999) #5330 Together We Summon the Dark (1997) #8014 Wherever the Witches Might Fly (1996) [Demo]
47	Dimmu Borgir 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) #556 Stormblåst (1996) #1189 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) #1410
48	Cradle of Filth 1991, United Kingdom Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Cruelty and the Beast (1998) #69 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #112 V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein (1996) [EP] #155
49	Astral Winter 2008, Australia Melodic Black Metal	Perdition (2013) #5111 Winter Enthroned (2011) #6047 Illustrations of Death (2009) [Demo]
50	Abigail Williams 2004, United States Melodic Black Metal, Deathcore, Atmospheric Black Metal	Walk Beyond the Dark (2019) #3557 In the Absence of Light (2010) #6323 In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns (2008) #6863

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