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) #591 Stormblåst (1996) #1094 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) #1221
2	Anorexia Nervosa 1995, France Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Drudenhaus (2000) #94 Redemption Process (2004) #649 New Obscurantis Order (2001) #929
3	Graveworm 1992, Italy Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	As the Angels Reach the Beauty (1999) #399 Scourge of Malice (2001) #729 Engraved in Black (2003) #4797
4	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #68 The Somberlain (1993) #1480 Rebirth of Dissection (2006) [Video]
5	Sad Legend 1997, Korea Melodic Black Metal	Sad Legend (1998) #83 The Revenge of Soul (2009) #2476 Promo 1997 (1997) [Demo]
6	Chthonic 1995, Taiwan Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Takasago Army (2011) #656 賽德克巴萊 (2005) #2760 武徳 / Bú-Tik (2013) #3647
7	Windir 1994, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Black Metal	Arntor (1999) #575 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) #922 Aokigahara (2014) #1517 III: Trauma (2016) #3903
9	Rotting Christ 1987, Greece Melodic Black Metal, Grindcore, Gothic Metal, Death Metal	Their Greatest Spells (2018) [Compilation] Thy Mighty Contract (1993) #1624 Theogonia (2007) #3140
10	Naglfar 1992, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Diabolical (1998) #1937 Sheol (2003) #3324 Vittra (1995) #4625
11	Necrophobic 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal	The Nocturnal Silence (1993) #877 Dawn of the Damned (2020) #4598 Darkside (1997) #5379
12	Illnath 2000, Denmark Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Cast Into Fields of Evil Pleasure (2003) #1306 Angelic Voices Calling (2001) [EP] #3316 Three Nights in the Sewers of Sodom (2009) [Demo]
13	Keep of Kalessin 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Through Times of War (1997) #1787 Reptilian (2010) #2400 Armada (2006) #3319
14	Covenant 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Nexus Polaris (1998) #937 In Times Before the Light (1996) #3497 From the Storm of Shadows (1994) [Demo]
15	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #1729 Eternal (2008) #5077 Songs of Requiem (2005) #7246
16	Oathean 1993, Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Endless Pain and Darkness (2021) #3166 Ten Days in Lachrymation (2001) #6675 Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness (2004) #7485
17	Shylmagoghnar 2013, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #720 Transience (2018) #1906
18	Catamenia 1995, Finland Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Chaos Born (2003) #3070 Eternal Winter's Prophecy (2000) #5710 Halls of Frozen North (1998) #6710
19	Dismal Euphony 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides (1997) #1001 Soria Moria Slott (1996) #4071 Python Zero (2001)
20	Dawn 1990, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) (1998) #804 Sorgh på Svarte Vingar Fløgh (1996) [EP] Apparition (1992) [Demo]
21	Abigail Williams 2004, United States Melodic Black Metal, Deathcore, Atmospheric Black Metal	Walk Beyond the Dark (2019) #3230 In the Absence of Light (2010) #4454 In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns (2008) #6094
22	Melechesh 1993, Israel Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Enki (2015) #3216 The Epigenesis (2010) #4263 Sphynx (2003) #5400
23	Diabolical Masquerade Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Progressive Metal	Nightwork (1998) #1260 Ravendusk in My Heart (1996) #5399 Death's Design (2001) #7078
24	Sacramentum Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Far Away From the Sun (1996) #2097 Finis Malorum (1995) [EP] Thy Black Destiny (1999)
25	Hecate Enthroned 1995, United Kingdom Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre (1998) #3923 The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) #4762 Virulent Rapture (2013)
26	Sunoi Korea Melodic Black Metal	Within the Depths of a Dream... a Moment's Respite (2005) #2416
27	Dark Fortress 1994, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Ylem (2010) #5372 Séance (2006) Eidolon (2008) #7181
28	Obsequiae 2007, United States Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Aria of Vernal Tombs (2015) #3939 The Palms of Sorrowed Kings (2019) Suspended in the Brume of Eos (2011) #7091
29	Alghazanth 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	The Three-Faced Pilgrim (2013) Vinum Intus (2011) #2527 Wreath of Thevetat (2008) #3791
30	Ancient Norway Melodic Black Metal	Svartalvheim (1994) #3966 Det Glemte Riket (1999) [Compilation] The Halls of Eternity (1999)
31	Dornenreich 1996, Austria Melodic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Her von welken Nächten (2001) #2857 Hexenwind (2005) #2953 Nicht Um Zu Sterben (1997)
32	Astral Winter 2008, Australia Melodic Black Metal	Winter Enthroned (2011) #4080 Perdition (2013) #4544 Illustrations of Death (2009) [Demo]
33	Stormkeep 2017, United States Melodic Black Metal, Dungeon Synth	Tales of Othertime (2021) #964 Galdrum (2020) Promotional Tape MMXVIII (2018) [Demo]
34	Sear Bliss 1993, Greece Atmospheric Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Glory and Perdition (2004) #5803 The Arcane Odyssey (2007) Letters from the Edge (2018)
35	Enslavement Of Beauty 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Mere Contemplations (2007) Traces O' Red (1999) Megalomania (2001) #7017
36	Siebenburgen Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Delictum (2000) #5065 Grimjaur (1998) Plagued Be Thy Angel (2001)
37	Dark Ambition Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Tears of Daewongoon (2007) #3393 Gallows of Empire (2012) #7064 Crimson Temptation (2003) [EP]
38	Goatmoon 2002, Finland Black Metal, Pagan Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	What once was... ...Shall be again (2023) Death Before Dishonour (2004) #6194 Finnish Steel Storm (2007) #8016
39	Zonaria 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Infamy and the Breed (2007) #6239 The Cancer Empire (2008) #7843 Arrival of the Red Sun (2012) #8006
40	Nightfall 1991, Greece Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	At Night We Prey (2021) Athenian Echoes (1995) Eons Aura (1995) [EP]
41	Mystic Circle 1992, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Drachenblut (1998) #4488 The Great Beast (2001) Infernal Satanic Verses (1999) #5798
42	Susperia 2000, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Melodic Thrash Metal	Cut From Stone (2007) Attitude (2009) Predominance (2001)
43	Cor Scorpii 2004, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Monument (2008) #2107 Ruin (2018) Attergangar (2005) [Demo]
44	Autumnblaze 1996, Germany Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Doom Metal	Every Sun Is Fragile (2013) Mute Boy, Sad Girl (2002) Perdition Diaries (2009)
45	Arthemesia Finland Melodic Black Metal	Devs - Iratvs (2001) #2082 a.O.a. (2009) Demo '98 (1998) [Demo]
46	Wormwood 2014, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Ghostlands: Wounds from a Bleeding Earth (2017) #3010 Arkivet (2021) Nattarvet (2019)
47	Abyssos Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Fhinsthanian Nightbreed (1999) #5545 Together We Summon the Dark (1997) #7297 Wherever the Witches Might Fly (1996) [Demo]
48	Niflheim 2001, Korea Melodic Black Metal	A Feast of Darkness (2003) [EP] #7715 Dreaming Under the Moon (2004) [EP] #7934 A Period (2006) [Single]
49	Woods of Ypres 2002, Canada Melodic Black Metal, Doom Metal	Woods IV: the Green Album (2009) #6224 Against the Seasons: Cold Winter Songs from the Dead Summer Heat (2002) [EP] Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth (2004)
50	Kanonenfieber 2020, Germany Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Menschenmühle (2021) #4171 Der Füsilier (2022) [EP] Stop the War (2022) [Single]

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