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) #789 Stormblåst (1996) #969 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) #1060
2	Anorexia Nervosa 1995, France Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Drudenhaus (2000) #80 Redemption Process (2004) #539 New Obscurantis Order (2001) #784
3	Graveworm 1992, Italy Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	As the Angels Reach the Beauty (1999) #334 Scourge of Malice (2001) #709 Engraved in Black (2003) #3864
4	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #74 The Somberlain (1993) #1827 Reinkaos (2006) #4972
5	Sad Legend 1997, Korea Melodic Black Metal	Sad Legend (1998) #81 The Revenge of Soul (2009) #2204 Promo 1997 (1997) [Demo]
6	Chthonic 1995, Taiwan Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Takasago Army (2011) #595 武徳 / Bú-Tik (2013) #2656 賽德克巴萊 (2005) #2857
7	Harakiri for the Sky 2011, Austria Blackgaze, Melodic Black Metal, Post-Black Metal	Harakiri for the Sky (2012) #758 Aokigahara (2014) #1124 III: Trauma (2016) #3643
8	Rotting Christ 1987, Greece Melodic Black Metal, Grindcore, Gothic Metal, Death Metal	Thy Mighty Contract (1993) #1083 Their Greatest Spells (2018) [Compilation] Theogonia (2007) #2686
9	Windir 1994, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Black Metal	Arntor (1999) #830 Valfar, ein Windir (2004) [Compilation] SognaMetal (2005) [Video]
10	Keep of Kalessin 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Through Times of War (1997) #1501 Reptilian (2010) #2046 Armada (2006) #2820
11	Illnath 2000, Denmark Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Cast Into Fields of Evil Pleasure (2003) #1283 Angelic Voices Calling (2001) [EP] #3243 Three Nights in the Sewers of Sodom (2009) [Demo]
12	Naglfar 1992, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Diabolical (1998) #2091 Sheol (2003) #2827 Vittra (1995) #4204
13	Necrophobic 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal	The Nocturnal Silence (1993) #841 Dawn of the Damned (2020) #3316 Darkside (1997) #4785
14	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #1482 Eternal (2008) #4638 Songs of Requiem (2005) #6468
15	Covenant 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Nexus Polaris (1998) #1146 In Times Before the Light (1996) #2985 From the Storm of Shadows (1994) [Demo]
16	Dismal Euphony 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides (1997) #980 Soria Moria Slott (1996) #1775 Python Zero (2001)
17	Catamenia 1995, Finland Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Chaos Born (2003) #2713 Eternal Winter's Prophecy (2000) #4491 Halls of Frozen North (1998) #5791
18	Melechesh 1993, Israel Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Enki (2015) #2741 The Epigenesis (2010) #3072 Sphynx (2003) #5423
19	Shylmagoghnar 2013, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #777 Transience (2018) #2567
20	Abigail Williams 2004, United States Melodic Black Metal, Deathcore, Atmospheric Black Metal	Walk Beyond the Dark (2019) #3314 In the Absence of Light (2010) #3822 In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns (2008) #5259
21	Oathean 1993, Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Ten Days in Lachrymation (2001) #6121 Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness (2004) #6564 Oathean (2010) #7069
22	Diabolical Masquerade Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Progressive Metal	Nightwork (1998) #1535 Ravendusk in My Heart (1996) #4659 Death's Design (2001) #6128
23	Obsequiae 2007, United States Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Aria of Vernal Tombs (2015) #3358 The Palms of Sorrowed Kings (2019) Suspended in the Brume of Eos (2011) #6141
24	Sunoi Korea Melodic Black Metal	Within the Depths of a Dream... a Moment's Respite (2005) #1838
25	Dornenreich 1996, Austria Melodic Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Her von welken Nächten (2001) #2423 Hexenwind (2005) #3695 In Luft geritzt (2008)
26	Dark Fortress 1994, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Ylem (2010) #4939 Séance (2006) Eidolon (2008) #6222
27	Hecate Enthroned 1995, United Kingdom Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre (1998) #3352 The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) #4342 Virulent Rapture (2013)
28	Alghazanth 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	The Three-Faced Pilgrim (2013) Vinum Intus (2011) #2823 Wreath of Thevetat (2008) #3237
29	Ancient Norway Melodic Black Metal	Svartalvheim (1994) #3547 Det Glemte Riket (1999) [Compilation] The Halls of Eternity (1999)
30	Sacramentum Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Far Away From the Sun (1996) #2673 The Coming of Chaos (1997) Sedes Impiorum (1992) [Demo]
31	Astral Winter 2008, Australia Melodic Black Metal	Winter Enthroned (2011) #2971 Perdition (2013) #3930 Illustrations of Death (2009) [Demo]
32	Dawn 1990, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) (1998) #627 Apparition (1992) [Demo] Nær sólen gar niþer for evogher (1994)
33	Enslavement Of Beauty 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Mere Contemplations (2007) Traces O' Red (1999) Megalomania (2001) #6082
34	Dark Ambition Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Tears of Daewongoon (2007) #2890 Gallows of Empire (2012) #6119 Crimson Temptation (2003) [EP]
35	Sear Bliss 1993, Greece Atmospheric Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	The Arcane Odyssey (2007) Letters from the Edge (2018) Glory and Perdition (2004) #5070
36	Zonaria 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Infamy and the Breed (2007) #5394 The Cancer Empire (2008) #6806 Arrival of the Red Sun (2012) #6954
37	Cor Scorpii 2004, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Monument (2008) #1802 Attergangar (2005) [Demo] Ruin (2018)
38	Autumnblaze 1996, Germany Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Doom Metal	Every Sun Is Fragile (2013) Mute Boy, Sad Girl (2002) Perdition Diaries (2009)
39	Mystic Circle 1992, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Drachenblut (1998) The Great Beast (2001) Infernal Satanic Verses (1999) #5029
40	Siebenburgen Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Delictum (2000) #4080 Grimjaur (1998) Plagued Be Thy Angel (2001)

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