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) #390 Old Mornings Dawn (2013) #530
2	Burzum 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient	Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) #92 Det som engang var (1993) #558 Filosofem (1996) #715
3	Alcest 1999, France Shoegaze, Blackgaze, Post-Metal	Écailles de lune (2010) #72 Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007) #209 Les voyages de l'âme (2012) #794
4	Drudkh 2002, Ukraine Black Metal	Autumn Aurora (2004) #696 Кров у наших криницях (Blood in Our Wells) (2006) #796 Всі належать ночі (All Belong to the Night) (2022)
5	Mesarthim 2015, Australia Atmospheric Black Metal	The Great Filter (2016) [EP] #1266 Vacuum Solution (2021) [EP] Arrival (2023)
6	Lustre 2008, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	The Ashes of Light (2020) #1191 Reverence (2023) [EP] A Thirst for Summer Rain (2022) #1849
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) #1243 ...and Again into the Light (2021) #1777 Autumn Eternal (2015) #2282
9	Coldworld Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Melancholie² (2008) #728 Autumn (2016) #3066 The Stars Are Dead Now (2006) [EP] #6050
10	Saor 2013, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	Origins (2022) #830 Aura (2014) #835 Guardians (2016) #1823
11	Elderwind 2009, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Dark Ambient	Волшебство живой природы (2012) #966 Чем холоднее ночь (2018) #2234 Fires (2021) #3233
12	Agalloch 1995, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	The Mantle (2002) #443 Ashes Against the Grain (2006) #620 Pale Folklore (1999) #766
13	Aquilus Australia Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Griseus (2011) #868 Bellum II (2024) Bellum I (2021) #6733
14	Mare Cognitum 2011, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	Phobos Monolith (2014) #1384 Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine (2020) [Split] Luminiferous Aether (2016) #2938
15	Negură Bunget 1995, Romania Atmospheric Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	OM (2006) #938 'n Crugu Bradului (2002) #4301 Vîrstele Pămîntului (2010) #4489
16	Caladan Brood 2008, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Echoes of Battle (2013) #845
17	Downfall of Nur Argentina Atmospheric Black Metal	Umbras de Barbagia (2015) #438 Umbras e Forestas (2014) [EP] Jhanas-Nur (2013) [Demo]
18	Violet Cold 2013, Azerbaijan Blackgaze, Post-Rock	Noir Kid (2020) #709 Anomie (2017) #973 Desperate Dreams (2015) #1244
19	Gris Canada Black Metal	Il était une forêt... (2007) #1229 À l'âme enflammée, l'âme constellée... (2013) #3667 Neurasthénie (2006)
20	Ulver 1993, Norway Black Metal, Ambient, Electronica, New Wave	Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler (1995) #1959 Kveldssanger (1996) #2849 Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden (1997) #3018
21	Ethereal Shroud 2013, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	They Became the Falling Ash (2015) #921 Trisagion (2021) #1491 Absolution\|Emptiness (2013) [Demo]
22	Eldamar 2015, Norway Atmospheric Black Metal	The Force of the Ancient Land (2016) #3090 A Dark Forgotten Past (2017) #7972 Astral Journeys Pt. I : Creation (2024)
23	Basarabian Hills 2011, Moldova Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Groping in a Misty Spread (2014) #1755 The Path of Hope (2021) Enveloped in the Velvet Cloak of Midnight (2015) #4039
24	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #895 Transience (2018) #1971 Convergence (2023) #2603
25	Moongates Guardian 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Dungeon Synth	...and in the Glade a Light Was Seen (2015) #5040 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) #2284 The Shadowed Road (2018) #3565 Premonitions (2020)
27	Fen 2006, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Dustwalker (2013) #1363 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) #2439
29	Enisum 2006, Italy Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	Arpitanian Lands (2015) #1065 Moth's Illusion (2019) Forgotten Mountains (2023)
30	Imperium Dekadenz 2004, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal	Dis Manibvs (2016) #2186 Into Sorrow Evermore (2023) When We Are Forgotten (2019)
31	White Ward 2012, Ukraine Post-Black Metal, Dark Jazz	False Light (2022) #1157 Futility Report (2017) #2980 Debemur Morti (2021) [EP]
32	폐허 (Ruined) 2001, Korea Dark Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	맞불놀이 (2011) #2879 흉가 (The Haunted House) (2002) #4278 Songs for Darkspirits (2005)
33	The Great Old Ones 2009, France Post-Black Metal	Kadath (2025) Tekeli-Li (2014) #3185 EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy (2017) #4185
34	Skyforest 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Aftermath (2014) #4815 Unity (2016) #6015 A New Dawn (2020)
35	Dreams of Nature Colombia Atmospheric Black Metal	Magic Transcendence (2016) #881 Spirit of Nature (2015) #1756 Naturaleza Ancestral (2019) [Compilation]
36	Sear Bliss 1993, Hungary Atmospheric Black Metal	Glory and Perdition (2004) #6388 The Arcane Odyssey (2007) #6597 Heavenly Down (2024) #6744
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) #2436
39	Vallendusk 2011, Indonesia Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Homeward Path (2015) #3191 Heralds of Strife (2021) Black Clouds Gathering (2013) #5289
40	Ancient Wisdom 1993, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Cometh Doom, Cometh Death (2004) #5209 ...And the Physical Shape of Light Bled (2000) #5998 The Calling (1997)
41	Evilfeast 1998, Poland Atmospheric Black Metal	Elegies of the Stellar Wind (2017) #2427 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) #2730 Reclamation: Part 1 (2024) #2796
43	Grima 2014, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Frostbitten (2022) #1346 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) #1649 Blood Vaults - the Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer (2013) #3553
45	Blut aus Nord 1994, France Atmospheric Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal	Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses (2022) #1780 The Work Which Transforms God (2003) #2451 Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With the Stars (2009) #3030
46	Nae'blis Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Sketches of Reality (2007) #1900 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) #2941 Lebensnehmer (2019)
49	Eneferens 2016, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	The Bleakness of Our Constant (2018) #1717 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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