Best Atmospheric Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Summoning 1993, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Dol Guldur (1997) #256 Stronghold (1999) #413 Old Mornings Dawn (2013) #533
2	Burzum 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient	Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) #91 Det som engang var (1993) #562 Filosofem (1996) #702
3	Alcest 1999, France Shoegaze, Blackgaze, Post-Metal	Écailles de lune (2010) #71 Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007) #209 Les voyages de l'âme (2012) #798
4	Drudkh 2002, Ukraine Black Metal	Autumn Aurora (2004) #699 Кров у наших криницях (Blood in Our Wells) (2006) #800 Всі належать ночі (All Belong to the Night) (2022)
5	Mesarthim 2015, Australia Atmospheric Black Metal	The Great Filter (2016) [EP] #1271 Vacuum Solution (2021) [EP] Arrival (2023)
6	Lustre 2008, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	The Ashes of Light (2020) #1194 Reverence (2023) [EP] A Thirst for Summer Rain (2022) #1863
7	Njiqahdda United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Psychedelic Rock	False Legends (2013) [EP] the Path of Liberation from Birth and Death (2012) Nji. Njiijn. Njiiijn. (2008)
8	Panopticon 2007, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	Roads to the North (2014) #1245 ...and Again into the Light (2021) #1793 Autumn Eternal (2015) #2298
9	Coldworld Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Melancholie² (2008) #736 Autumn (2016) #3100 The Stars Are Dead Now (2006) [EP] #6110
10	Saor 2013, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	Origins (2022) #835 Aura (2014) #946 Guardians (2016) #1841
11	Elderwind 2009, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Dark Ambient	Волшебство живой природы (2012) #979 Чем холоднее ночь (2018) #2245 Fires (2021) #3262
12	Agalloch 1995, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	The Mantle (2002) #444 Ashes Against the Grain (2006) #581 Pale Folklore (1999) #772
13	Aquilus Australia Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Griseus (2011) #867 Bellum II (2024) Bellum I (2021) #6786
14	Mare Cognitum 2011, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	Phobos Monolith (2014) #1394 Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine (2020) [Split] Luminiferous Aether (2016) #2966
15	Negură Bunget 1995, Romania Atmospheric Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	OM (2006) #948 'n Crugu Bradului (2002) #4349 Vîrstele Pămîntului (2010) #4531
16	Caladan Brood 2008, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Echoes of Battle (2013) #847
17	Downfall of Nur Argentina Atmospheric Black Metal	Umbras de Barbagia (2015) #439 Umbras e Forestas (2014) [EP] Jhanas-Nur (2013) [Demo]
18	Violet Cold 2013, Azerbaijan Blackgaze, Post-Rock	Noir Kid (2020) #719 Anomie (2017) #982 Desperate Dreams (2015) #1246
19	Gris Canada Black Metal	Il était une forêt... (2007) #1231 À l'âme enflammée, l'âme constellée... (2013) #3697 Neurasthénie (2006)
20	Ulver 1993, Norway Black Metal, Ambient, Electronica, New Wave	Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995) #1950 Kveldssanger (1996) #2876 Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden (1997) #3051
21	Ethereal Shroud 2013, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	They Became the Falling Ash (2015) #927 Trisagion (2021) #1497 Absolution\|Emptiness (2013) [Demo]
22	Eldamar 2015, Norway Atmospheric Black Metal	The Force of the Ancient Land (2016) #3123 A Dark Forgotten Past (2017) #8046 Astral Journeys Pt. I : Creation (2024)
23	Basarabian Hills 2011, Moldova Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Groping in a Misty Spread (2014) #1769 The Path of Hope (2021) Enveloped in the Velvet Cloak of Midnight (2015) #4084
24	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #1059 Transience (2018) #1981 Convergence (2023) #2626
25	Moongates Guardian 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Dungeon Synth	...and in the Glade a Light Was Seen (2015) #5085 Till the Wind of the Morning (2021) Summoned by Middle Earth - A Tribute to Summoning (Part I) (2016)
26	Sojourner 2015, International Atmospheric Black Metal	Empires of Ash (2016) #2300 The Shadowed Road (2018) #3591 Premonitions (2020)
27	Fen 2006, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Dustwalker (2013) #1372 Winter (2017) The Dead Light (2019)
28	Elffor 1995, Spain Symphonic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	The Black Sentinel (2023) The Crescent Moon Palace (2024) Where the Damned Dwells (2022) #2462
29	Enisum 2006, Italy Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	Arpitanian Lands (2015) #1071 Moth's Illusion (2019) Forgotten Mountains (2023)
30	Imperium Dekadenz 2004, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal	Dis Manibvs (2016) #2193 Into Sorrow Evermore (2023) When We Are Forgotten (2019)
31	White Ward 2012, Ukraine Post-Black Metal, Dark Jazz	False Light (2022) #1156 Futility Report (2017) #3011 Debemur Morti (2021) [EP]
32	폐허 (Ruined) 2001, Korea Dark Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	맞불놀이 (2011) #2906 흉가 (The Haunted House) (2002) #4327 Songs for Darkspirits (2005)
33	The Great Old Ones 2009, France Post-Black Metal	Kadath (2025) Tekeli-Li (2014) #3214 EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy (2017) #4230
34	Aara 2018, Switzerland Atmospheric Black Metal	Triade III: Nyx (2023) #820 Eiger (2024) En Ergô Einai (2020) #2459
35	Skyforest 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Aftermath (2014) #4864 Unity (2016) #6073 A New Dawn (2020)
36	Dreams of Nature Colombia Atmospheric Black Metal	Magic Transcendence (2016) #883 Spirit of Nature (2015) #1770 Naturaleza Ancestral (2019) [Compilation]
37	Sear Bliss 1993, Hungary Atmospheric Black Metal	Glory and Perdition (2004) #6444 The Arcane Odyssey (2007) #6653 Heavenly Down (2024) #6799
38	Veldes 2012, Slovenia Atmospheric Black Metal	Descent (2015) [EP] Storm Borrower (2018) [EP] Flameless (2019)
39	Vallendusk 2011, Indonesia Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Homeward Path (2015) #3220 Heralds of Strife (2021) Black Clouds Gathering (2013) #5339
40	Ancient Wisdom 1993, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Cometh Doom, Cometh Death (2004) #5256 ...And the Physical Shape of Light Bled (2000) #6056 The Calling (1997)
41	Evilfeast 1998, Poland Atmospheric Black Metal	Elegies of the Stellar Wind (2017) #2449 Funeral Sorcery (2005) Mysteries of the Nocturnal Forest (2004)
42	Amiensus 2010, United States Progressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Folk Metal, Black Metal, Post-Rock	Reclamation Pt. II (2024) Ascension (2015) #2755 Reclamation: Part 1 (2024) #2825
43	Grima 2014, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Frostbitten (2022) #1356 Will of the Primordial (2019) Tales of the Enchanted Woods (2017)
44	The Ruins of Beverast 2003, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (2009) Exuvia (2017) #1663 Blood Vaults - the Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer (2013) #3581
45	Blut aus Nord 1994, France Atmospheric Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal	Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses (2022) #1796 The Work Which Transforms God (2003) #2473 Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With the Stars (2009) #3064
46	Nae'blis Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Sketches of Reality (2007) #1911 Beyond the Light (2004) Confusion & Apathy - in the Fog of a Surreal Daydream (2010)
47	Severoth 2012, Ukraine Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Самітність (2016) Шляхом світла (2024) When the Night Falls... (2018)
48	Ellende 2011, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal	Ellenbogengesellschaft (2022) Todbringer (2016) #2969 Lebensnehmer (2019)
49	Eneferens 2016, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	The Bleakness of Our Constant (2018) #1729 In the Hours Beneath (2016) The Inward Cold (2016)
50	Spell of Dark 2009, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Ghost from the Past (2021) The Vastness (2019) Running Over the Horizon (2021) [EP]

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