Best Melodic Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Progressive Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Portal of I (2012) #49 Urn (2017) #512 Citadel (2014) #541
2	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #43 The Somberlain (1993) #1299 Live Legacy (2003) [Live]
3	Sad Legend 1997, Korea Melodic Black Metal	Sad Legend (1998) #104 The Revenge of Soul (2009) #2871 Promo 1997 (1997) [Demo]
4	Graveworm 1992, Italy Melodic Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	As the Angels Reach the Beauty (1999) #428 Scourge of Malice (2001) #600 Engraved in Black (2003) #5041
5	閃靈 (Chthonic) 1995, Taiwan Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	高砂軍 (Takasago Army) (2011) #522 賽德克巴萊 (Seediq Bale) (2005) #2965 武德 (Bu-Tik) (2013) #4896
6	Rotting Christ 1987, Greece Melodic Black Metal, Grindcore, Gothic Metal, Death Metal	Their Greatest Spells (2018) [Compilation] Thy Mighty Contract (1993) #2053 Theogonia (2007) #2230
7	Windir 1994, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Black Metal	Arntor (1999) #441 Valfar, ein Windir (2004) [Compilation] SognaMetal (2005) [Video]
8	Naglfar 1992, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Diabolical (1998) #2175 Vittra (1995) #3611 Sheol (2003) #3791
9	Oathean 1993, Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Endless Pain and Darkness (2021) #4918 Ten Days in Lachrymation (2001) #6499 Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness (2004) #8127
10	Catamenia 1995, Finland Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Chaos Born (2003) #3156 Eternal Winter's Prophecy (2000) #4860 Halls of Frozen North (1998)
11	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #1968 Eternal (2008) #5686 Songs of Requiem (2005) #7635
12	Moonlight Sorcery 2018, Finland Melodic Black Metal	Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle (2023) #973 Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity (2022) [EP] #3401 Nightwind: The Conqueror from the Stars (2023) [EP]
13	Melechesh 1993, Israel Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Enki (2015) #3317 The Epigenesis (2010) #4454 Emissaries (2006) #5630
14	Dawn 1990, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) (1998) #943 Apparition (1992) [Demo] Nær sólen gar niþer for evogher (1994) #6065
15	Sacramentum Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Far Away From the Sun (1996) #1946 Finis Malorum (1995) [EP] Thy Black Destiny (1999)
16	Sunoi Korea Melodic Black Metal	Within the Depths of a Dream... a Moment's Respite (2005) #2075
17	Dark Fortress 1994, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Ylem (2010) #5634 Séance (2006) Eidolon (2008) #7553
18	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #854 Transience (2018) #1923 Convergence (2023) #1998
19	Old Man's Child 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal	Revelation 666: Curse of Damnation (2000) #2730 Vermin (2005) #5419 In Defiance of Existence (2003) #5902
20	Thy Serpent 1992, Finland Black Metal	Forests of Witchery (1996) #2448 Death (2000) [EP] #4936 Christcrusher (1998) #5701
21	...And Oceans 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Industrial Metal	The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts (1998) #6040 As in Gardens, So in Tombs (2023) #6713 Cosmic World Mother (2020) #7797
22	Covenant 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Nexus Polaris (1998) #706 In Times Before the Light (1996) #3614 From the Storm of Shadows (1994) [Demo]
23	Dismal Euphony 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides (1997) #1078 Soria Moria Slott (1996) #4133 Python Zero (2001)
24	Ancient Norway Melodic Black Metal	Svartalvheim (1994) #4162 Mad Grandiose Bloodfiends (1997) Det Glemte Riket (1999) [Compilation]
25	Keep of Kalessin 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Through Times of War (1997) #2495 Reptilian (2010) #2726 Armada (2006) #3445
26	Hecate Enthroned 1995, United Kingdom Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre (1998) #4866 The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) #5013 Virulent Rapture (2013)
27	Enslavement Of Beauty 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Mere Contemplations (2007) Traces O' Red (1999) Megalomania (2001) #7384
28	Diabolical Masquerade Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Progressive Metal	Nightwork (1998) #1239 Ravendusk in My Heart (1996) #5661 Death's Design (2001) #7443
29	Obsequiae 2007, United States Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Aria of Vernal Tombs (2015) #4362 Suspended in the Brume of Eos (2011) The Palms of Sorrowed Kings (2019)
30	Dark Ambition Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Tears of Daewongoon (2007) #4353 Gallows of Empire (2012) #8206 Crimson Temptation (2003) [EP]
31	Arthemesia Finland Melodic Black Metal	Devs - Iratvs (2001) #1764 a.O.a. (2009) Demo '98 (1998) [Demo]
32	Zonaria 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Infamy and the Breed (2007) #6670 The Cancer Empire (2008) #8228 Arrival of the Red Sun (2012) #8398
33	Thulcandra 2003, Germany Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Hail the Abyss (2023) #5613 Fallen Angel's Dominion (2010) #6846 Ascension Lost (2015) #7352
34	Necrophobic 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Black Metal	The Nocturnal Silence (1993) #779 Darkside (1997) #4359 Dawn of the Damned (2020) #4837
35	Uada 2014, United States Black Metal	Crepuscule Natura (2023) #4068 Cult of a Dying Sun (2018) #4340 Djinn (2020) #6380
36	Siebenburgen Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Delictum (2000) #5319 Grimjaur (1998) Loreia (1997) #8246
37	Dornenreich 1996, Austria Melodic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Her von welken Nächten (2001) Hexenwind (2005) Nicht Um Zu Sterben (1997)
38	Cor Scorpii 2004, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Monument (2008) #2135 Ruin (2018) Attergangar (2005) [Demo]
39	Cult of Fire 2010, Czech Republic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान (2013) #183 Triumvirát (2012) #229 Čtvrtá symfonie ohně (2014) [EP] #663
40	Wormwood 2014, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Ghostlands: Wounds from a Bleeding Earth (2017) #3077 Arkivet (2021) Nattarvet (2019)
41	Dimmu Borgir 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) #686 Stormblåst (1996) #1059 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) #1312
42	Mystic Circle 1992, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Drachenblut (1998) #4712 Erzdämon (2023) Infernal Satanic Verses (1999) #6664
43	Kvist 1993, Norway Melodic Black Metal	For kunsten maa vi evig vike (1996) #4303 Demo (1994) [Demo]
44	Abyssos Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Fhinsthanian Nightbreed (1999) #5820 Together We Summon the Dark (1997) #8248 Wherever the Witches Might Fly (1996) [Demo]
45	Skeletonwitch 2003, United States Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Devouring Radiant Light (2018) #2774 Breathing the Fire (2009) #4148 Serpents Unleashed (2013) #4307
46	Blackbraid 2022, United States Black Metal	Blackbraid II (2023) #1606 Blackbraid I (2022) #4472 Barefoot Ghost Dance on Blood Soaked Soil (2022) [Single]
47	Woods of Ypres 2002, Canada Melodic Black Metal, Doom Metal	Woods IV: the Green Album (2009) #6541 Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth (2004) Against the Seasons: Cold Winter Songs from the Dead Summer Heat (2002) [EP]
48	Astral Winter 2008, Australia Melodic Black Metal	Perdition (2013) #4774 Winter Enthroned (2011) #5646 Illustrations of Death (2009) [Demo]
49	Cradle of Filth 1991, United Kingdom Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Cruelty and the Beast (1998) #72 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #139 V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein (1996) [EP] #169
50	Abigail Williams 2004, United States Melodic Black Metal, Deathcore, Atmospheric Black Metal	Walk Beyond the Dark (2019) #3335 In the Absence of Light (2010) #5891 In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns (2008) #6399

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