Best Black Metal Bands | page 2

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
51	Naglfar 1992, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Diabolical (1998) #1957 Vittra (1995) #3150 Sheol (2003) #3813
52	Coldworld Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Melancholie² (2008) #708 Autumn (2016) #2958 The Stars Are Dead Now (2006) [EP] #5778
53	Belphegor 1992, Austria Death Metal, Black Metal	Conjuring the Dead (2014) #1886 Necrodaemon Terrorsathan 2020 (2020) [Single] The Devils (2022) #4866
54	Ikuinen Kaamos 1997, Finland Progressive Death Metal, Black Metal	The Forlorn (2006) #871 Closure (2008) [EP] #1387 Fall of Icons (2010) #1892
55	Saor 2013, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Pagan Black Metal	Origins (2022) #791 Aura (2014) #853 Forgotten Paths (2019) #1288
56	Panopticon 2007, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	Roads to the North (2014) #1208 ...and Again into the Light (2021) #1736 the rime of memory (2023) #1742
57	Tempel 2003, United States Experimental Black Metal	The Moon Lit Our Path (2015) #346 On the Steps of the Temple (2012) #1146
58	Darkspace 1999, Switzerland Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Dark Space I (2003) #944 Dark Space III (2008) #2728 Dark Space III I (2014) #3550
59	Samael 1987, Switzerland Black Metal, Industrial Metal, Electronic	Passage (1996) #1515 Ceremony of Opposites (1994) #1621 Solar Soul (2007) #2100
60	Sargeist 1999, Finland Black Metal	Satanic Black Devotion (2003) #702 Disciple of the Heinous Path (2005) #3954 Let the Devil In (2010) #5130
61	Satanic Warmaster 1998, Finland Black Metal	Carelian Satanist Madness (2005) #2285 Strength and Honour (2001) #3535 Fimbulwinter (2014) #3894
62	Negură Bunget 1995, Romania Atmospheric Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	OM (2006) #918 'n Crugu Bradului (2002) #4136 Vîrstele Pămîntului (2010) #4316
63	Hail Spirit Noir 2010, Greece Black Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Avant-garde Metal	Pneuma (2012) #529 Mayhem in Blue (2016) #3778 Oi Magoi (2014) #6594
64	Katharsis Germany Black Metal	Fourth Reich (2009) [EP] #727 Kruzifixxion (2003) #1200 666 (2000) #4693
65	Impiety 1990, Singapore Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) #439 Kaos Kommand 696 (2002) #1265 Versus All Gods (2019) #6403
66	Old Man's Child 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal	Revelation 666: Curse of Damnation (2000) #2745 Vermin (2005) #5443 In Defiance of Existence (2003) #5928
67	Covenant 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Nexus Polaris (1998) #707 In Times Before the Light (1996) #3634 From the Storm of Shadows (1994) [Demo]
68	Harakiri for the Sky 2011, Austria Blackgaze, Melodic Black Metal, Post-Black Metal	Harakiri for the Sky (2012) #1594 Aokigahara (2014) #2011 III: Trauma (2016) #3779
69	Keep of Kalessin 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Through Times of War (1997) #2504 Reptilian (2010) #2741 Armada (2006) #3462
70	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #1519 I.N.R.I. (1987) #5372 Rotting (1989) [EP] #7924
71	Illnath 2000, Denmark Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Cast Into Fields of Evil Pleasure (2003) #1386 Angelic Voices Calling (2001) [EP] #3456 Three Nights in the Sewers of Sodom (2009) [Demo]
72	Nargaroth 1996, Germany Black Metal	Black Metal Ist Krieg (A Dedication Monument) (2001) #6616 Prosatanica Shooting Angels (2004) Semper Fidelis (2007) #7260
73	Mystifier 1989, Brazil Black Metal, Death Metal	Göetia (1993) #658 Wicca (1992) #753 The World Is So Good That Who Made It Doesn't Live Here (1996) #2203
74	Eluveitie 2002, Switzerland Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Slania (2008) #1418 Origins (2014) #2620 Everything Remains As It Never Was (2010) #4465
75	Obtained Enslavement 1989, Norway Death Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Witchcraft (1997) #500 Soulblight (1998) #4329 The Shepherd and the Hounds of Hell (2000) #8400
76	Woods of Desolation 2005, Australia Black Metal	Torn Beyond Reason (2011) #1130 Sorh (2009) [EP] #2327 As the Stars (2014) #4319
77	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #210 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #632 La masquerade infernale (1997) #1074
78	Triptykon 2008, Switzerland Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Melana Chasmata (2014) #646 Eparistera Daimones (2010) #1912 Shatter (2010) [EP] #8288
79	Nehëmah 1992, France Black Metal	Light of a Dead Star (2002) #726 Shadows From the Past... (2003) #4231 Requiem Tenebrae (2004) #7245
80	Abigor 1993, Austria Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Leytmotif Luzifer (The 7 Temptations of Man) (2014) Verwustung / Invoke the Dark Age (1994) #1747 Supreme Immortal Art (1998) #2003
81	Blut aus Nord 1994, France Atmospheric Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal	Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses (2022) The Work Which Transforms God (2003) #2392 Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With the Stars (2009) #2920
82	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #858 Transience (2018) #1927 Convergence (2023) #2002
83	Peste Noire 2000, France Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	La Sanie des siècles - Panégyrique de la dégénérescence (2006) #1172 Le retour des pastoureaux (2021) Macabre Transcendance... (2002) [Demo]
84	Black Witchery 1999, United States War Metal, Black Metal	Desecration of the Holy Kingdom (2001) #556 Inferno of Sacred Destruction (2010) #1372 Hellstorm of Evil Vengeance (1999) [Split]
85	Elderwind 2009, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Dark Ambient	Волшебство живой природы (2012) #934 Чем холоднее ночь (2018) #2163 Fires (2021) #3119
86	Proclamation 2003, Spain War Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Advent of the Black Omen (2006) #656 Messiah of Darkness and Impurity (2008) #947 Execration of Cruel Bestiality (2009) #1827
87	Sodom 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Persecution Mania (1987) #155 Tapping the Vein (1992) #303 Code Red (1999) #344
88	Carach Angren 2003, Netherlands Symphonic Black Metal	Lammendam (2008) #3302 Death Came Through a Phantom Ship (2010) #5169 Ethereal Veiled Existance (2005) [EP]
89	Make a Change... Kill Yourself 2004, Denmark Depressive Black Metal	Make a Change... Kill Yourself (2005) #1231 Fri (2012) #4012 II (2007) #6035
90	Dismal Euphony 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides (1997) #1079 Soria Moria Slott (1996) #4151 Python Zero (2001)
91	Anti 2003, Germany Depressive Black Metal	The Insignificance of Life (2006) #770 Longing for the End (2005) [Demo] Anti (2021)
92	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #767 Myopia (2022) V (שמם) (2012) [Single]
93	Agalloch 1995, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	The Mantle (2002) #455 Ashes Against the Grain (2006) #600 Pale Folklore (1999) #762
94	Thy Serpent 1992, Finland Black Metal	Forests of Witchery (1996) #2456 Death (2000) [EP] #4962 Christcrusher (1998) #5726
95	Graveland 1991, Poland Pagan Black Metal, Viking Metal	Ogień przebudzenia (2014) Creed of Iron (2000) #5730 Fire Chariot of Destruction (2005) #5731
96	Silencer 1995, Sweden Depressive Black Metal	Death - Pierce Me (2001) #5037 Death, Pierce Me (1998) [Demo]
97	Taake 1995, Norway Black Metal	Over Bjoergvin Graater Himmerik (2002) #3584 Nattestid Ser Porten Vid (1999) #4449 Et hav av avstand (2023)
98	Watain 1998, Sweden Black Metal	Lawless Darkness (2010) #2707 The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain (2022) #2873 The Wild Hunt (2013) #6791
99	Oathean 1993, Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Endless Pain and Darkness (2021) #4941 Ten Days in Lachrymation (2001) #6525 Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness (2004) #8155
100	Solefald 1995, Norway Progressive Metal, Post-Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	The Linear Scaffold (1997) #808 In Harmonia Universali (2003) Red for Fire : an Icelandic Odyssey Part l (2005)

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