Best Black Metal Bands | page 5

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
201	Alghazanth 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	The Three-Faced Pilgrim (2013) Vinum Intus (2011) #2579 Wreath of Thevetat (2008) #3973
202	Endless Dismal Moan 2001, Japan Black Metal	Lord of Nightmare (2006) #2228 Endless Dismal Moan (2004) #3044 Ruin (2007)
203	Dark Fortress 1994, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Ylem (2010) #5659 Séance (2006) Eidolon (2008) #7578
204	Midnight 2003, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Hellish Expectations (2024) #2690 Rebirth by Blasphemy (2020) Complete and Total Fucking Midnight (2005) [Compilation]
205	Thy Light 2005, Brazil Depressive Black Metal	No Morrow Shall Dawn (2013) #838 Suici.De.pression (2007) [Demo] Thy Light (2021) [EP]
206	Uada 2014, United States Black Metal	Crepuscule Natura (2023) #4088 Cult of a Dying Sun (2018) #4352 Djinn (2020) #6406
207	A Light in the Dark 2012, Russia Blackgaze, Post-Rock	Vanished (2016) [EP] A Long Journey Home (2017) #3786 From One Day to Another (2012) #4562
208	Moonsorrow 1995, Finland Folk Metal, Viking Metal, Black Metal	Voimasta Ja Kunniasta (2001) #748 Suden Uni (2001) #1481 Kivenkantaja (2003) #1769
209	Hecate Enthroned 1995, United Kingdom Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre (1998) #4888 The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) #5042 Virulent Rapture (2013)
210	Aura Noir 1993, Norway Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Black Thrash Attack (1996) #3435 Deep Tracts of Hell (1998) Out to Die (2012) #6888
211	Déhà Belgium Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Funeral Doom Metal, Post-Metal, Electronic, Neo Classical, Dark Ambient	Contrasts II (2020) Ave Maria II (2021) Averses II (2023)
212	Ævangelist 2010, United States Black Metal, Death Metal	Omen Ex Simulacra (2013) De Masticatione Mortuorum in Tumulis (2012) Writhes in the Murk (2014) #3267
213	An Autumn for Crippled Children 2008, Netherlands Blackgaze, Post-Black Metal	Lost (2010) #7266 Only the Ocean Knows (2012) #7486 Closure (2023)
214	Elysian Blaze 2003, Australia Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Cold Walls and Apparitions (2005) #691 The Virtue of Suffering (2018) [Single] Beneath Silent Faces (2007)
215	Winterfylleth 2007, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Pagan Black Metal	The Divination of Antiquity (2014) #5865 The Dark Hereafter (2016) The Mercian Sphere (2010) #6172
216	Wedard Germany Black Metal	Wo die Ewigkeit die Zeit berührt (2008) #1856 Eiskrieg II (2011) [EP] Einsamer Winterweg (2006) #3861
217	Mortifera 2001, France Black Metal	Vastiia Tenebrd Mortifera (2004) #4258 Complainte d'une Agonie Celeste (2003) [EP] #6962 Bleüu de morte (2013)
218	Gaerea 2016, Portugal Black Metal	Mirage (2022) #2636 Limbo (2020) Gaerea (2016) [EP]
219	Luror 1994, Germany Black Metal	The Iron Hand of Blackest Terror (2003) #3698 Cease to Live (2008) #5456 Lucifer's dawn / Triumphant: I walk the infernal path, forever! (2007) [Compilation]
220	Desaster 1988, Germany Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Divine Blasphemies (2002) #1264 Hellfire's Dominion (1998) Tyrants of the Netherworld (2000)
221	Vallendusk 2011, Indonesia Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Homeward Path (2015) #3084 Heralds of Strife (2021) Black Clouds Gathering (2013) #5045
222	Germ 2003, Australia Post-Black Metal	Escape (2016) #2523 Grief (2013) #4919 Wish (2012)
223	Emyn Muil 2012, Italy Atmospheric Black Metal	Túrin Turambar Dagnir Glaurunga (2013) #2827 Afar Angathfark (2020) #3793 Elenion Ancalima (2017) #7806
224	The Great Old Ones 2009, France Post-Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Tekeli-Li (2014) #3078 EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy (2017) #4041 Cosmicism (2019) #4848
225	Bulldozer 1980, Italy Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	IX (1987) #4768 The Day of Wrath (1985) #6173 Alive...in Poland (1990) [Live]
226	Ellende 2011, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal	Ellenbogengesellschaft (2022) Todbringer (2016) #2831 Lebensnehmer (2019)
227	Trail of Tears 1997, Norway Gothic Metal, Symphonic Gothic Metal, Black Metal	Disclosure in Red (1998) Bloodstained Endurance (2009) #3611 Oscillation (2013) #4007
228	Kampfar 1994, Norway Pagan Black Metal	Fra Underverdenen (1999) Til klovers takt (2022) Mellom Skogkledde Aaser (1997) #7636
229	Serenity in Murder 2009, Japan Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Highest of Dystopia (2015) #2190 The First Frisson of the World (2011) #2463 The Eclipse (2017) #2524
230	Goatlord 1985, United States Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal	Reflections of the Solstice (1991) #3209 Sodomize the Goat (1988) [Demo] Distorted Birth: the Demos (2003) [Compilation]
231	Odraza 2009, Poland Black Metal	Rzeczom (2020) #908 Esperalem tkane (2014) Kir (2015) [EP]
232	Abyssic Hate Australia Black Metal	Suicidal Emotions (2000) #3491 Cleansing of an Ancient Race (1994) [Demo] Eternal Damnation (1998) [EP]
233	Maniac Butcher Czech Republic Black Metal	Lucan-Antikrist (1996) Masakr (2010) #5521 Krvestreb (1997)
234	Helheim 1992, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal	Jormundgand (1995) #1682 Woduridar (2021) Åsgårds Fall (2010) [EP]
235	Trist Czech Republic Depressive Black Metal, Doom Metal	Stíny (2006) #2649 Zrcadlení melancholie (2007) #2852 Sebevraľední andělé (2007)
236	Emptiness 1998, Belgium Death Metal, Post-Metal	Nothing But the Whole (2014) #1334 Not for Music (2017) Guilty to Exist (2004)
237	Austere 2005, Australia Depressive Black Metal	To Lay Like Old Ashes (2009) #5432 Only the Wind Remembers (2008) [EP] Beneath the Threshold (2024)
238	Forteresse 2006, Canada Black Metal	Thèmes pour la rébellion (2016) #2830 Metal Noir Quebecois (2006) Les Hivers De Notre Epoque (2008) #6055
239	Tribulation 2004, Sweden Death Metal, Gothic Metal	The Formulas of Death (2013) The Children of the Night (2015) #1870 Down Below (2018) #4242
240	Bestial Warlust 1993, Australia Black Metal, Death Metal	Vengeance War Till Death (1994) #6529 Storming Bestial Legions - Live '96 (2017) [Live] Blood & Valour (1995) #8151
241	Blackbraid 2022, United States Black Metal	Blackbraid II (2023) #1614 Blackbraid I (2022) #4488 Barefoot Ghost Dance on Blood Soaked Soil (2022) [Single]
242	Lantlôs 2005, Germany Blackgaze, Post-Metal	Melting Sun (2014) #1648 .neon (2010) #5232 Agape (2011) #7587
243	Forgotten Woods 1991, Norway Black Metal, Doom Metal	The Curse of Mankind (1996) #2140 As the Wolves Gather (1994) #6765 Race of Cain (2007)
244	Primordial 1993, Ireland Folk Metal, Pagan Black Metal	Redemption At the Puritan's Hand (2011) Exile Amongst the Ruins (2018) #6602 Imrama (1995)
245	Skyforest 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Aftermath (2014) #4607 Unity (2016) #5749 A New Dawn (2020)
246	Dreams of Nature Colombia Atmospheric Black Metal	Magic Transcendence (2016) #842 Spirit of Nature (2015) #1717 Naturaleza Ancestral (2019) [Compilation]
247	Evol 1993, Italy Atmospheric Metal, Folk Black Metal	Dreamquest (1996) #4227 Ancient abbey (1998) The Saga of the Horned King (1995) #6804
248	...And Oceans 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Industrial Metal	The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts (1998) #5707 As in Gardens, So in Tombs (2023) #6739 Cosmic World Mother (2020) #7825
249	Dødheimsgard 1994, Norway Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Industrial Metal	Black Medium Current (2023) #4489 A Umbra Omega (2015) #4807 666 International (1999) #5303
250	Wolfnacht 1998, Greece Black Metal	Heidentum (2002) #5524 Töten für W.O.T.A.N. (2003) Eine Flamme im Dunkeln (2020) #7398

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