Best Symphonic Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Cradle of Filth 1991, United Kingdom Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Cruelty and the Beast (1998) #104 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #112 Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay (2017) #232
2	Dimmu Borgir 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) #753 Stormblåst (1996) #927 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) #1059
3	Anorexia Nervosa 1995, France Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Drudenhaus (2000) #56 Redemption Process (2004) #431 New Obscurantis Order (2001) #750
4	Dark Mirror ov Tragedy 2003, Korea Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	The Lord ov Shadows (2018) #657 The Pregnant of Despair (2009) #1908 The Lunatic Chapters of Heavenly Creatures (2014) #2396
5	Illnath 2000, Denmark Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Cast Into Fields of Evil Pleasure (2003) #1201 Angelic Voices Calling (2001) [EP] #2465 Three Nights in the Sewers of Sodom (2009) [Demo]
6	Old Man's Child 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal	Revelation 666: Curse of Damnation (2000) #2330 The Pagan Prosperity (1997) Vermin (2005) #3728
7	Carach Angren 2003, Netherlands Symphonic Black Metal	Lammendam (2008) #2898 This Is No Fairytale (2015) #3269 Ethereal Veiled Existance (2005) [EP]
8	Elffor 1995, Spain Symphonic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Son of the Shades (2002) Heriotz Sustraiak (2012) Unblessed Woods (2006)
9	Limbonic Art 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal	Ad Noctum - Dynasty of Death (1999) #3273 Volume I-IV (2001) [Compilation] Moon in the Scorpio (1996) #3621
10	Serenity in Murder 2009, Japan Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Highest of Dystopia (2015) #1677 The Eclipse (2017) The First Frisson of the World (2011) #3009
11	The Bishop of Hexen 1994, Israel Symphonic Black Metal	The Nightmarish Compositions (2006) #2272 Ancient Hymns of Legends & Lore (1996) [Demo] Archives of an Enchanted Philosophy (1997) #3645
12	Alghazanth 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	The Three-Faced Pilgrim (2013) Vinum Intus (2011) Wreath of Thevetat (2008)
13	Lux Occulta 1994, Poland Symphonic Black Metal	Dionysos (1997) Forever Alone Immortal (1996) Maior Arcana: (The Words That Turn Flesh into Light) (1998)
14	Deathcode Society 2009, France Symphonic Black Metal	Ite Missa Est (2009) [EP] Eschatonizer (2015) #2159 The Armageddon Carnival (2018) [Live]
15	Tvangeste Russia Symphonic Black Metal	Damnation of Regiomontum (2000) #2378 Firestorm (2004) #3924 Blood Dreams (1997) [Single]
16	Methad Korea Symphonic Black Metal	Methad / Skyggen (2014) [Split] Teaching of the Moon (2013) [EP] #4274 When the Moon Rise (2013) [Single]
17	Obscurcis Romancia 1998, Canada Symphonic Black Metal	Theatre of Deception (2012) #1566 Le Règne Du Seigneur De Perdition (2001) [Demo] Obscurcis Romancia (2003) [EP]
18	Stormlord 1991, Italy Symphonic Black Metal	Mare Nostrum (2008) Hesperia (2013) The Curse of Medusa (2002) [EP]
19	Anthelion 2001, Taiwan Symphonic Black Metal	Bloodshed Rebefallen (2007) #2118 Manjusaka (2010) [EP] Bloodstained Anthelion (2004) [EP]
20	Meridies 2015, Korea Symphonic Black Metal, Death Metal	Frustatim (2016) [Split] On a Submerged Islet (2015) The Night Song (2016) [Single]
21	Troll Norway Symphonic Black Metal, Industrial Black Metal	Drep De Kristne (1996) #3339 Neo-Satanic Supremacy (2010) Trollstorms Over Nidingjuv (1995) [Demo]
22	Worthless Life 2012, United States Symphonic Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	The Forest Weeps for Thee (2015) Winter Wolves (2014) Dark October (2013)
23	Agathodaimon 1995, Germany Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Phoenix (2009) Blacken the Angel (1998) Serpent's Embrace (2004)
24	Enid 1997, Germany Symphonic Black Metal	Abschiedsreigen (2000) Seelenspiegel (2002) Nachtgedanken (1999)
25	Tyrant Japan Symphonic Black Metal	Under the Dark Mystic Sky (1997) Legend (2002) Grimoires (2005)
26	Araxas 2009, Austria Symphonic Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Dunkelheit (2009) [Demo] Das Ende der Gezeiten (2009) [Demo] With Fear in My Head (2009) [Demo]
27	Opera IX 1988, Italy Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	The Black Opera: Symphoniae Mysteriorum in Laudem Tenebrarum (2000) Maleventum (2002) The Call of the Wood (1995)
28	...And Oceans 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Industrial Metal	The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts (1998) A.M.G.O.D. (2001) Cypher (2002)
29	Kataxu 1994, Poland Symphonic Black Metal	Hunger of Elements (2005) #3923 Roots Thunder (2000) North (1995) [Demo]
30	Vesania 1997, Poland Symphonic Black Metal, Death Metal	God the Lux (2005) Distractive Killusions (2007) Reh (1998) [Demo]

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