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) #518 Citadel (2014) #549
2	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #44 The Somberlain (1993) #1175 Live Legacy (2003) [Live]
3	Sad Legend 1997, Korea Melodic Black Metal	Sad Legend (1998) #110 The Revenge of Soul (2009) #2907 Promo 1997 (1997) [Demo]
4	Graveworm 1992, Italy Melodic Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	As the Angels Reach the Beauty (1999) #439 Scourge of Malice (2001) #608 Engraved in Black (2003) #5135
5	閃靈 (Chthonic) 1995, Taiwan Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	高砂軍 (Takasago Army) (2011) #528 賽德克巴萊 (Seediq Bale) (2005) #2998 武德 (Bu-Tik) (2013) #4969
6	Rotting Christ 1987, Greece Melodic Black Metal, Grindcore, Gothic Metal, Death Metal	Their Greatest Spells (2018) [Compilation] Thy Mighty Contract (1993) #2058 Theogonia (2007) #2239
7	Windir 1994, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Black Metal	Arntor (1999) #450 Valfar, ein Windir (2004) [Compilation] SognaMetal (2005) [Video]
8	Naglfar 1992, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Diabolical (1998) #1957 Vittra (1995) #3171 Sheol (2003) #3837
9	Oathean 1993, Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Endless Pain and Darkness (2021) #4995 Ten Days in Lachrymation (2001) #6597 Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness (2004) #8252
10	Catamenia 1995, Finland Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Chaos Born (2003) #3192 Eternal Winter's Prophecy (2000) #4932 Halls of Frozen North (1998)
11	Moonlight Sorcery 2018, Finland Melodic Black Metal	Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle (2023) #976 Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity (2022) [EP] #3450 Nightwind: The Conqueror from the Stars (2023) [EP]
12	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #1976 Eternal (2008) #5785 Songs of Requiem (2005) #7743
13	Melechesh 1993, Israel Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Enki (2015) #3366 The Epigenesis (2010) #4516 Emissaries (2006) #5724
14	Dawn 1990, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) (1998) #959 Apparition (1992) [Demo] Nær sólen gar niþer for evogher (1994) #6161
15	Sacramentum Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Far Away From the Sun (1996) #1952 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) #2084
17	Dark Fortress 1994, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Ylem (2010) #5728 Séance (2006) Eidolon (2008) #7662
18	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #872 Transience (2018) #1927 Convergence (2023) #2539
19	Old Man's Child 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal	Revelation 666: Curse of Damnation (2000) #2754 Vermin (2005) #5508 In Defiance of Existence (2003) #5995
20	Thy Serpent 1992, Finland Black Metal	Forests of Witchery (1996) #2462 Death (2000) [EP] #5014 Christcrusher (1998) #5801
21	...And Oceans 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Industrial Metal	The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts (1998) #5781 As in Gardens, So in Tombs (2023) #6815 Cosmic World Mother (2020) #7919
22	Covenant 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Nexus Polaris (1998) #711 In Times Before the Light (1996) #3661 From the Storm of Shadows (1994) [Demo]
23	Dismal Euphony 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides (1997) #1096 Soria Moria Slott (1996) #4184 Python Zero (2001)
24	Ancient Norway Melodic Black Metal	Svartalvheim (1994) #4210 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) #2514 Reptilian (2010) #2750 Armada (2006) #3496
26	Hecate Enthroned 1995, United Kingdom Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre (1998) #4938 The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) #5101 Virulent Rapture (2013)
27	Enslavement Of Beauty 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Mere Contemplations (2007) Traces O' Red (1999) Megalomania (2001) #7493
28	Diabolical Masquerade Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Progressive Metal	Nightwork (1998) #1260 Ravendusk in My Heart (1996) #5759 Death's Design (2001) #7552
29	Obsequiae 2007, United States Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Aria of Vernal Tombs (2015) #4410 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) #4398 Gallows of Empire (2012) #8335 Crimson Temptation (2003) [EP]
31	Arthemesia Finland Melodic Black Metal	Devs - Iratvs (2001) #1767 a.O.a. (2009) Demo '98 (1998) [Demo]
32	Zonaria 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Infamy and the Breed (2007) #6773 The Cancer Empire (2008) #8358 Arrival of the Red Sun (2012) #8521
33	Thulcandra 2003, Germany Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Hail the Abyss (2023) #5704 Fallen Angel's Dominion (2010) #6944 Ascension Lost (2015) #7459
34	Wormwood 2014, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Ghostlands: Wounds from a Bleeding Earth (2017) #3109 Arkivet (2021) The Star (2024)
35	Necrophobic 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Black Metal	The Nocturnal Silence (1993) #750 Darkside (1997) #4407 Dawn of the Damned (2020) #4907
36	Uada 2014, United States Black Metal	Crepuscule Natura (2023) #4118 Cult of a Dying Sun (2018) #4384 Djinn (2020) #6479
37	Siebenburgen Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Delictum (2000) #5408 Grimjaur (1998) Loreia (1997) #8376
38	Dornenreich 1996, Austria Melodic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Her von welken Nächten (2001) Hexenwind (2005) Nicht Um Zu Sterben (1997)
39	Cor Scorpii 2004, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Monument (2008) #2146 Ruin (2018) Attergangar (2005) [Demo]
40	Cult of Fire 2010, Czech Republic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान (2013) #185 Triumvirát (2012) #229 Čtvrtá symfonie ohně (2014) [EP] #670
41	Dimmu Borgir 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) #636 Stormblåst (1996) #1076 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) #1327
42	Mystic Circle 1992, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Drachenblut (1998) #4780 Erzdämon (2023) Infernal Satanic Verses (1999) #6767
43	Kvist 1993, Norway Melodic Black Metal	For kunsten maa vi evig vike (1996) #4342 Demo (1994) [Demo]
44	Abyssos Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Fhinsthanian Nightbreed (1999) #5918 Together We Summon the Dark (1997) #8378 Wherever the Witches Might Fly (1996) [Demo]
45	Skeletonwitch 2003, United States Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Devouring Radiant Light (2018) #2803 Serpents Unleashed (2013) #4346 Breathing the Fire (2009) #4445
46	Blackbraid 2022, United States Black Metal	Blackbraid II (2023) #2129 Blackbraid I (2022) #4535 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) #6638 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) #4843 Winter Enthroned (2011) #5741 Illustrations of Death (2009) [Demo]
49	Cradle of Filth 1991, United Kingdom Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Cruelty and the Beast (1998) #71 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #118 V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein (1996) [EP] #173
50	Abigail Williams 2004, United States Melodic Black Metal, Deathcore, Atmospheric Black Metal	Walk Beyond the Dark (2019) #3385 In the Absence of Light (2010) #5986 In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns (2008) #6501

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