Best Melodic Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Progressive Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Portal of I (2012) #50 Urn (2017) #514 Citadel (2014) #542
2	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #48 The Somberlain (1993) #1306 Live Legacy (2003) [Live]
3	Sad Legend 1997, Korea Melodic Black Metal	Sad Legend (1998) #105 The Revenge of Soul (2009) #2860 Promo 1997 (1997) [Demo]
4	Graveworm 1992, Italy Melodic Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	As the Angels Reach the Beauty (1999) #428 Scourge of Malice (2001) #596 Engraved in Black (2003) #5017
5	閃靈 (Chthonic) 1995, Taiwan Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	高砂軍 (Takasago Army) (2011) #523 賽德克巴萊 (Seediq Bale) (2005) #2956 武德 (Bu-Tik) (2013) #4874
6	Rotting Christ 1987, Greece Melodic Black Metal, Grindcore, Gothic Metal, Death Metal	Their Greatest Spells (2018) [Compilation] Thy Mighty Contract (1993) #2044 Theogonia (2007) #2219
7	Windir 1994, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Black Metal	Arntor (1999) #439 Valfar, ein Windir (2004) [Compilation] SognaMetal (2005) [Video]
8	Naglfar 1992, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Diabolical (1998) #2167 Vittra (1995) #3596 Sheol (2003) #3774
9	Oathean 1993, Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Endless Pain and Darkness (2021) #4895 Ten Days in Lachrymation (2001) #6460 Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness (2004) #8074
10	Catamenia 1995, Finland Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Chaos Born (2003) #3141 Eternal Winter's Prophecy (2000) #4837 Halls of Frozen North (1998)
11	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #1960 Eternal (2008) #5653 Songs of Requiem (2005) #7588
12	Moonlight Sorcery 2018, Finland Melodic Black Metal	Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle (2023) #971 Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity (2022) [EP] #3391 Nightwind: The Conqueror from the Stars (2023) [EP]
13	Melechesh 1993, Israel Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Enki (2015) #3307 The Epigenesis (2010) #4435 Emissaries (2006) #5604
14	Dawn 1990, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) (1998) #942 Apparition (1992) [Demo] Nær sólen gar niþer for evogher (1994) #6028
15	Sacramentum Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Far Away From the Sun (1996) #1939 Finis Malorum (1995) [EP] Thy Black Destiny (1999)
16	Sunoi Korea Melodic Black Metal	Within the Depths of a Dream... a Moment's Respite (2005) #2068
17	Dark Fortress 1994, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Ylem (2010) #5608 Séance (2006) Eidolon (2008) #7506
18	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #854 Transience (2018) #1914 Convergence (2023) #1992
19	Old Man's Child 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal	Revelation 666: Curse of Damnation (2000) #2720 Vermin (2005) #5392 In Defiance of Existence (2003) #5866
20	Thy Serpent 1992, Finland Black Metal	Forests of Witchery (1996) #2439 Death (2000) [EP] #4914 Christcrusher (1998) #5667
21	...And Oceans 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Industrial Metal	The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts (1998) #6004 As in Gardens, So in Tombs (2023) #6669 Cosmic World Mother (2020) #7749
22	Covenant 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Nexus Polaris (1998) #703 In Times Before the Light (1996) #3599 From the Storm of Shadows (1994) [Demo]
23	Dismal Euphony 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides (1997) #1079 Soria Moria Slott (1996) #4113 Python Zero (2001)
24	Ancient Norway Melodic Black Metal	Svartalvheim (1994) #4144 Mad Grandiose Bloodfiends (1997) Det Glemte Riket (1999) [Compilation]
25	Keep of Kalessin 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Through Times of War (1997) #2487 Reptilian (2010) #2717 Armada (2006) #3431
26	Hecate Enthroned 1995, United Kingdom Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre (1998) #4843 The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) #4992 Virulent Rapture (2013)
27	Enslavement Of Beauty 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Mere Contemplations (2007) Traces O' Red (1999) Megalomania (2001) #7336
28	Diabolical Masquerade Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Progressive Metal	Nightwork (1998) #1243 Ravendusk in My Heart (1996) #5631 Death's Design (2001) #7395
29	Obsequiae 2007, United States Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Aria of Vernal Tombs (2015) #4343 Suspended in the Brume of Eos (2011) The Palms of Sorrowed Kings (2019)
30	Dark Ambition Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Tears of Daewongoon (2007) #4337 Gallows of Empire (2012) #8153 Crimson Temptation (2003) [EP]
31	Arthemesia Finland Melodic Black Metal	Devs - Iratvs (2001) #1766 a.O.a. (2009) Demo '98 (1998) [Demo]
32	Zonaria 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Infamy and the Breed (2007) #6626 The Cancer Empire (2008) #8173 Arrival of the Red Sun (2012) #8345
33	Thulcandra 2003, Germany Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Hail the Abyss (2023) #5589 Fallen Angel's Dominion (2010) #6803 Ascension Lost (2015) #7303
34	Necrophobic 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Black Metal	The Nocturnal Silence (1993) #776 Dawn of the Damned (2020) #4814 Darkside (1997) #4930
35	Uada 2014, United States Black Metal	Crepuscule Natura (2023) #4052 Cult of a Dying Sun (2018) #4324 Djinn (2020) #6340
36	Siebenburgen Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Delictum (2000) #5294 Grimjaur (1998) Loreia (1997) #8191
37	Dornenreich 1996, Austria Melodic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Her von welken Nächten (2001) Hexenwind (2005) Nicht Um Zu Sterben (1997)
38	Cor Scorpii 2004, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Monument (2008) #2130 Ruin (2018) Attergangar (2005) [Demo]
39	Cult of Fire 2010, Czech Republic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान (2013) #183 Triumvirát (2012) #229 Čtvrtá symfonie ohně (2014) [EP] #659
40	Wormwood 2014, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Ghostlands: Wounds from a Bleeding Earth (2017) #3066 Arkivet (2021) Nattarvet (2019)
41	Dimmu Borgir 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) #682 Stormblåst (1996) #1060 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) #1319
42	Mystic Circle 1992, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Drachenblut (1998) #4692 Erzdämon (2023) Infernal Satanic Verses (1999) #6620
43	Kvist 1993, Norway Melodic Black Metal	For kunsten maa vi evig vike (1996) #4286 Demo (1994) [Demo]
44	Abyssos Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Fhinsthanian Nightbreed (1999) #5784 Together We Summon the Dark (1997) #8193 Wherever the Witches Might Fly (1996) [Demo]
45	Skeletonwitch 2003, United States Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Devouring Radiant Light (2018) #2765 Breathing the Fire (2009) #4129 Serpents Unleashed (2013) #4290
46	Blackbraid 2022, United States Black Metal	Blackbraid II (2023) #1602 Blackbraid I (2022) #4453 Barefoot Ghost Dance on Blood Soaked Soil (2022) [Single]
47	Woods of Ypres 2002, Canada Melodic Black Metal, Doom Metal	Woods IV: the Green Album (2009) #6498 Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth (2004) Against the Seasons: Cold Winter Songs from the Dead Summer Heat (2002) [EP]
48	Astral Winter 2008, Australia Melodic Black Metal	Perdition (2013) #4751 Winter Enthroned (2011) #5618 Illustrations of Death (2009) [Demo]
49	Cradle of Filth 1991, United Kingdom Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Cruelty and the Beast (1998) #73 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #138 V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein (1996) [EP] #168
50	Abigail Williams 2004, United States Melodic Black Metal, Deathcore, Atmospheric Black Metal	Walk Beyond the Dark (2019) #3325 In the Absence of Light (2010) #5854 In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns (2008) #6359

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