Best Atmospheric Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Summoning 1993, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Dol Guldur (1997) #255 Stronghold (1999) #387 Old Mornings Dawn (2013) #529
2	Burzum 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient	Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) #89 Det som engang var (1993) #562 Filosofem (1996) #706
3	Alcest 1999, France Shoegaze, Blackgaze, Post-Metal	Écailles de lune (2010) #71 Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007) #207 Les voyages de l'âme (2012) #795
4	Drudkh 2002, Ukraine Black Metal	Autumn Aurora (2004) #696 Кров у наших криницях (Blood in Our Wells) (2006) #797 Всі належать ночі (All Belong to the Night) (2022)
5	Mesarthim 2015, Australia Atmospheric Black Metal	The Great Filter (2016) [EP] #1279 Vacuum Solution (2021) [EP] Arrival (2023)
6	Lustre 2008, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	The Ashes of Light (2020) #1200 Reverence (2023) [EP] A Thirst for Summer Rain (2022) #1848
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) #1257 ...and Again into the Light (2021) #1778 Autumn Eternal (2015) #2271
9	Coldworld Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Melancholie² (2008) #728 Autumn (2016) #3058 The Stars Are Dead Now (2006) [EP] #6020
10	Saor 2013, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	Origins (2022) #830 Aura (2014) #836 Guardians (2016) #1822
11	Elderwind 2009, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Dark Ambient	Волшебство живой природы (2012) #969 Чем холоднее ночь (2018) #2223 Fires (2021) #3226
12	Agalloch 1995, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	The Mantle (2002) #410 Ashes Against the Grain (2006) #624 Pale Folklore (1999) #764
13	Aquilus Australia Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Griseus (2011) #869 Bellum II (2024) Bellum I (2021) #6694
14	Mare Cognitum 2011, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	Phobos Monolith (2014) #1392 Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine (2020) [Split] Luminiferous Aether (2016) #2926
15	Negură Bunget 1995, Romania Atmospheric Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	OM (2006) #944 'n Crugu Bradului (2002) #4284 Vîrstele Pămîntului (2010) #4468
16	Caladan Brood 2008, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Echoes of Battle (2013) #846
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) #708 Anomie (2017) #976 Desperate Dreams (2015) #1258
19	Gris Canada Black Metal	Il était une forêt... (2007) #1241 À l'âme enflammée, l'âme constellée... (2013) #3655 Neurasthénie (2006)
20	Ulver 1993, Norway Black Metal, Ambient, Electronica, New Wave	Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995) #1960 Kveldssanger (1996) #2834 Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden (1997) #3008
21	Ethereal Shroud 2013, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	They Became the Falling Ash (2015) #925 Trisagion (2021) #1497 Absolution\|Emptiness (2013) [Demo]
22	Eldamar 2015, Norway Atmospheric Black Metal	The Force of the Ancient Land (2016) #3085 A Dark Forgotten Past (2017) #7918 Astral Journeys Pt. I : Creation (2024)
23	Basarabian Hills 2011, Moldova Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Groping in a Misty Spread (2014) #1759 The Path of Hope (2021) Enveloped in the Velvet Cloak of Midnight (2015) #4029
24	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #897 Transience (2018) #1972 Convergence (2023) #2594
25	Moongates Guardian 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Dungeon Synth	...and in the Glade a Light Was Seen (2015) #5015 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) #2273 The Shadowed Road (2018) #3551 Premonitions (2020)
27	Fen 2006, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Dustwalker (2013) #1370 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) #2432
29	Enisum 2006, Italy Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	Arpitanian Lands (2015) #1075 Moth's Illusion (2019) Forgotten Mountains (2023)
30	Imperium Dekadenz 2004, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal	Dis Manibvs (2016) #2171 Into Sorrow Evermore (2023) When We Are Forgotten (2019)
31	White Ward 2012, Ukraine Post-Black Metal, Dark Jazz	False Light (2022) #1163 Futility Report (2017) #2967 Debemur Morti (2021) [EP]
32	폐허 (Ruined) 2001, Korea Dark Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	맞불놀이 (2011) #2864 흉가 (The Haunted House) (2002) #4262 Songs for Darkspirits (2005)
33	The Great Old Ones 2009, France Post-Black Metal	Tekeli-Li (2014) #3180 EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy (2017) #4176 Cosmicism (2019) #5050
34	Skyforest 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Aftermath (2014) #4789 Unity (2016) #5991 A New Dawn (2020)
35	Dreams of Nature Colombia Atmospheric Black Metal	Magic Transcendence (2016) #881 Spirit of Nature (2015) #1760 Naturaleza Ancestral (2019) [Compilation]
36	Sear Bliss 1993, Hungary Atmospheric Black Metal	Glory and Perdition (2004) #6351 The Arcane Odyssey (2007) #6559 Heavenly Down (2024) #6704
37	Veldes 2012, Slovenia Atmospheric Black Metal	Descent (2015) [EP] Storm Borrower (2018) [EP] Flameless (2019)
38	Aara 2018, Switzerland Atmospheric Black Metal	Triade III: Nyx (2023) #813 Eiger (2024) En Ergô Einai (2020) #2429
39	Vallendusk 2011, Indonesia Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Homeward Path (2015) #3186 Heralds of Strife (2021) Black Clouds Gathering (2013) #5271
40	Ancient Wisdom 1993, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Cometh Doom, Cometh Death (2004) #5189 ...And the Physical Shape of Light Bled (2000) #5973 The Calling (1997)
41	Evilfeast 1998, Poland Atmospheric Black Metal	Elegies of the Stellar Wind (2017) #2419 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) #2714 Reclamation: Part 1 (2024) #2776
43	Grima 2014, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Frostbitten (2022) #1354 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) #1651 Blood Vaults - the Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer (2013) #3540
45	Blut aus Nord 1994, France Atmospheric Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal	Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses (2022) #1781 The Work Which Transforms God (2003) #2443 Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With the Stars (2009) #3020
46	Nae'blis Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Sketches of Reality (2007) #1901 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) #2928 Lebensnehmer (2019)
49	Eneferens 2016, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	The Bleakness of Our Constant (2018) #1721 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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