Best Melodic Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Dimmu Borgir 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) #843 Stormblåst (1996) #1049 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) #1130
2	Anorexia Nervosa 1995, France Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Drudenhaus (2000) #82 Redemption Process (2004) #585 New Obscurantis Order (2001) #838
3	Graveworm 1992, Italy Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	As the Angels Reach the Beauty (1999) #369 Scourge of Malice (2001) #755 Engraved in Black (2003) #4079
4	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #73 The Somberlain (1993) #1551 Reinkaos (2006) #5268
5	Sad Legend 1997, Korea Melodic Black Metal	Sad Legend (1998) #81 The Revenge of Soul (2009) #2535 Promo 1997 (1997) [Demo]
6	Chthonic 1995, Taiwan Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Takasago Army (2011) #607 賽德克巴萊 (2005) #2484 武徳 / Bú-Tik (2013) #3116
7	Windir 1994, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Black Metal	Arntor (1999) #567 Valfar, ein Windir (2004) [Compilation] SognaMetal (2005) [Video]
8	Harakiri for the Sky 2011, Austria Blackgaze, Melodic Black Metal, Post-Black Metal	Harakiri for the Sky (2012) #785 Aokigahara (2014) #1098 III: Trauma (2016) #3671
9	Rotting Christ 1987, Greece Melodic Black Metal, Grindcore, Gothic Metal, Death Metal	Thy Mighty Contract (1993) #1146 Their Greatest Spells (2018) [Compilation] Theogonia (2007) #2849
10	Keep of Kalessin 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Through Times of War (1997) #1596 Reptilian (2010) #2160 Armada (2006) #3005
11	Naglfar 1992, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Diabolical (1998) #2206 Sheol (2003) #3012 Vittra (1995) #4459
12	Illnath 2000, Denmark Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Cast Into Fields of Evil Pleasure (2003) #1367 Angelic Voices Calling (2001) [EP] #3446 Three Nights in the Sewers of Sodom (2009) [Demo]
13	Necrophobic 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal	The Nocturnal Silence (1993) #858 Dawn of the Damned (2020) #4199 Darkside (1997) #4922
14	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #1573 Eternal (2008) #4712 Songs of Requiem (2005) #6870
15	Covenant 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Nexus Polaris (1998) #1139 In Times Before the Light (1996) #3143 From the Storm of Shadows (1994) [Demo]
16	Oathean 1993, Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Endless Pain and Darkness (2021) #2965 Ten Days in Lachrymation (2001) #6504 Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness (2004) #6964
17	Dismal Euphony 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides (1997) #812 Soria Moria Slott (1996) #1703 Python Zero (2001)
18	Shylmagoghnar 2013, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #804 Transience (2018) #2511
19	Catamenia 1995, Finland Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Chaos Born (2003) #2879 Eternal Winter's Prophecy (2000) #4766 Halls of Frozen North (1998) #6178
20	Melechesh 1993, Israel Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Enki (2015) #2907 The Epigenesis (2010) #3262 Sphynx (2003) #5768
21	Abigail Williams 2004, United States Melodic Black Metal, Deathcore, Atmospheric Black Metal	Walk Beyond the Dark (2019) #3522 In the Absence of Light (2010) #4038 In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns (2008) #5600
22	Dawn 1990, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) (1998) #678 Sorgh på Svarte Vingar Fløgh (1996) [EP] Apparition (1992) [Demo]
23	Diabolical Masquerade Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Progressive Metal	Nightwork (1998) #1622 Ravendusk in My Heart (1996) #4936 Death's Design (2001) #6512
24	Obsequiae 2007, United States Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Aria of Vernal Tombs (2015) #3570 The Palms of Sorrowed Kings (2019) Suspended in the Brume of Eos (2011) #6525
25	Sunoi Korea Melodic Black Metal	Within the Depths of a Dream... a Moment's Respite (2005) #1939
26	Dark Fortress 1994, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Ylem (2010) #5235 Séance (2006) Eidolon (2008) #6603
27	Hecate Enthroned 1995, United Kingdom Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre (1998) #3562 The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) #4610 Virulent Rapture (2013)
28	Ancient Norway Melodic Black Metal	Svartalvheim (1994) #3592 Det Glemte Riket (1999) [Compilation] The Halls of Eternity (1999)
29	Dornenreich 1996, Austria Melodic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Her von welken Nächten (2001) #2578 Hexenwind (2005) #2671 Nicht Um Zu Sterben (1997)
30	Alghazanth 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	The Three-Faced Pilgrim (2013) Vinum Intus (2011) #3008 Wreath of Thevetat (2008) #3440
31	Sacramentum Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Far Away From the Sun (1996) #2579 The Coming of Chaos (1997) Sedes Impiorum (1992) [Demo]
32	Astral Winter 2008, Australia Melodic Black Metal	Winter Enthroned (2011) #3170 Perdition (2013) #4153 Illustrations of Death (2009) [Demo]
33	Enslavement Of Beauty 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Mere Contemplations (2007) Traces O' Red (1999) Megalomania (2001) #6459
34	Siebenburgen Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Delictum (2000) #4345 Grimjaur (1998) Plagued Be Thy Angel (2001)
35	Dark Ambition Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Tears of Daewongoon (2007) #3080 Gallows of Empire (2012) #6500 Crimson Temptation (2003) [EP]
36	Sear Bliss 1993, Greece Atmospheric Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Glory and Perdition (2004) #5383 The Arcane Odyssey (2007) Letters from the Edge (2018)
37	Zonaria 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Infamy and the Breed (2007) #5740 The Cancer Empire (2008) #7227 Arrival of the Red Sun (2012) #7388
38	Nightfall 1991, Greece Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	At Night We Prey (2021) Athenian Echoes (1995) Eons Aura (1995) [EP]
39	Cor Scorpii 2004, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Monument (2008) #1899 Attergangar (2005) [Demo] Ruin (2018)
40	Autumnblaze 1996, Germany Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Doom Metal	Every Sun Is Fragile (2013) Mute Boy, Sad Girl (2002) Perdition Diaries (2009)

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