Best Black Metal Bands

754 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
451	Lorn 2002, Italy Black Metal	The Path to the Black Infinity (2004) Arrayed Claws (2017) [EP] Subconscious Metamorphosis (2013)
452	Von Goat United States Black Metal	Disappear (2012) #1755 Septic Illumination (2010)
453	Old Forest 1998, United Kingdom Black Metal	Sutwyke (2023) Black Forests of Eternal Doom (2019) Graveside (2024)
454	Raise Hell 1995, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Wicked Is My Game (2002) City of the Damned (2006) Not Dead Yet (2000)
455	Skáphe 2014, United States Black Metal	Skáphe³ (2020) Kosmískur hryllingur (2019) Skáphe (2014)
456	Inquinamentum 2007, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Lost/Risen (2015) [EP] Void (2015) #6714 Lustrum (2012)
457	Wiegedood 2014, Belgium Atmospheric Black Metal	There's Always Blood at the End of the Road (2022) De doden hebben het goed II (2017) De doden hebben het goed (2015)
458	Epäihminen 2004, Finland Ambient, Black Metal	Epäihminen IV (2015) VII (2017) V (2017)
459	Falgar Puerto Rico Black Metal, Neofolk	Lejanía (2014) Viento y fango (2015) La dama del alba (2013)
460	Caveman Cult United States War Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Savage War Is Destiny (2016) Rituals of Savagery (2014) [Demo] Supremacía Primordial (2018) [EP]
461	Bewitched 1995, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Pentagram Prayer (1997) Diabolical Desecration (1996) At the Gates of Hell (1999)
462	Astarte 1997, Greece Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Quod Superius Sicut Inferius (2002) Doomed Dark Years (1998) #6912 Demonized (2007)
463	Agathodaimon 1995, Germany Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Phoenix (2009) Blacken the Angel (1998) #6405 Serpent's Embrace (2004)
464	Woods of Ypres 2002, Canada Melodic Black Metal, Doom Metal	Woods IV: the Green Album (2009) #6927 Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth (2004) Against the Seasons: Cold Winter Songs from the Dead Summer Heat (2002) [EP]
465	Nekroholocaust 1987, United States Black Metal, Death Metal	In Memories of Fire (2005) #1904 Necrophagia (1987) [EP] Death of the Ball Turret Gunner (2019) [EP]
466	Fleurety 1991, Norway Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Progressive Metal	Min tid skal komme (1995) #3723 Black snow (1993) [Demo] Last-Minute Lies (1999) [EP]
467	Darkwoods My Betrothed 1994, Finland Black Metal	Angel of Carnage Unleashed (2021) Witch Hunts (1998) #6625 Dark Aureoles Gathering (1994) [Demo]
468	Mechina 2004, United States Symphonic Metal, Industrial Metal	Progenitor (2016) #1058 Andromeda (2011) [Single] As Embers Turn to Dust (2017)
469	Liturgy 2005, United States Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal	H.A.Q.Q. (2019) #6567 Renihilation (2009) Aesthethica (2011) #8925
470	Astral Winter 2008, Australia Melodic Black Metal	Perdition (2013) #5051 Winter Enthroned (2011) #5976 Illustrations of Death (2009) [Demo]
471	Сивый Яр 2006, Russia Pagan Black Metal	Поминальные холсты (2015) Из тьмы вымерших деревень (2014) Как Прежде Плыли Зори (The Dawns Were Drifting As Before) (2013)
472	Ninkharsag 2009, United Kingdom Black Metal	The Dread March of Solemn Gods (2021) #5656 The Blood of Celestial Kings (2015) Destroyed by Design (2011) [Demo]
473	Serpents Athirst 2011, Sri Lanka Black Metal	Heralding Ceremonial Mass Obliteration (2015) [EP] #2044 Prevail (2011) [Split] Prevail (2012) [Demo]
474	Tetragrammacide 2012, India Black Metal, Death Metal, War Metal, Noise	Typho-Tantric Aphorisms from the Arachneophidian Qur'an (2023) #2457 Primal Incinerators of Moral Matrix (2017) #4712 Typhonian Wormholes: Indecipherable Anti-Structural Formulæ (2015) [EP]
475	Dödsrit 2017, Sweden Black Metal, Crust Punk	Spirit Crusher (2018) Mortal Coil (2021) Nocturnal Will (2024)
476	Apati Sweden Black Metal	Morgondagen Inställd I Brist På Intresse MMXVIII (2018) Morgondagen Inställd I Brist På Intresse (2010) Eufori (2009) #8329
477	Nocte Obducta 1995, Germany Avant-garde Black Metal	Umbriel (Das Schweigen zwischen den Sternen) (2013) Nektar - Teil 1: Zwölf Monde, eine Hand voll Träume (2004) Nektar - Teil 2: Seen, Flüsse, Tagebücher (2005)
478	葬尸湖 1998, China Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	奕秋 / Afterimage of Autumn (2007) #4649 深庭 \| Resentment in the Ancient Courtyard (2019) [EP] Autuman of Sad Ode / Siming of Loulan (2005) [Split]
479	Goatmoon 2002, Finland Black Metal, Pagan Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	What once was... ...Shall be again (2023) Death Before Dishonour (2004) #7639 Godless North / Goatmoon (2013) [Split]
480	Grand Belial's Key 1992, United States Black Metal	Mocking the Philanthropist (1997) #4746 Castrate the Redeemer (2001) [Compilation] Goat of a Thousand Young (1992) [Demo]
481	Falls of Rauros 2005, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	Vigilance Perennial (2017) The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood (2011) #7934 Hail Wind and Hewn Oak (2008)
482	Varathron 1988, Greece Black Metal	Untrodden Corridors of Hades (2014) His Majesty at the Swamp (1993) #4042 Patriarchs of Evil (2018)
483	Battle Dagorath 2002, International Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Abyss Horizons (2020) Cursed Storm of Ages (2013) Ancient Wraith (2011)
484	Draugnim 1999, Finland Pagan Black Metal	Verum Malum (2024) #5517 Horizons Low (2010) Northwind's Ire (2008)
485	Earth and Pillars Italy Atmospheric Black Metal	Earth II (2019) Earth I (2014) #6710 Pillars I (2016)
486	Nihil Domination 2003, Ecuador Black Metal, Death Metal	Sado Perverser Goat Insulter (2010) #3577 Sudamerican Worship to Sathanas (2010) [Compilation] Baphometic Goat of Thermonuclear War (2012) [Split]
487	Prosternatur International Black Metal	Abyssus Abyssum Invocat (2016) #2498 Secretum Secretorum (2018) [Split] Mortuus et Sepultus (2020)
488	Acathexis 2016, International Black Metal	Acathexis (2018) Immerse (2024) #4283 Torment Is Flesh (2018) [Split]
489	Amystery 2001, Germany Black Metal	All Hail the Cult (2010) Extermination, Followed by Cryptic Silence (2007) #6627 Grim Satanic Blessing (2008)
490	Krohm United States Black Metal	The Haunting Presence (2007) #4495 Slayer of Lost Martyrs/Crown of the Ancients (2005) [Compilation] A World Through Dead Eyes (2004) #9129
491	Frostmoon Eclipse 1994, Italy Black Metal	Dead and Forever Gone (2005) Another Face of Hell (2007) The End Stands Silent (2011)
492	Nocturnal Breed 1996, Norway Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Aggressor (1997) The Tools of the Trade (2000) Fields of Rot (2007)
493	Tyrant Japan Symphonic Black Metal	Under the Dark Mystic Sky (1997) Legend (2002) #5019 Grimoires (2005)
494	Godkiller Monaco Electronic Metal, Black Metal	The Rebirth of the Middle Ages (1996) [EP] #3563 Deliverance (2000) Ad Majorem Satanae Gloriam (1994) [Demo]
495	Gratzug 2011, Germany Black Metal	V: Meyster (2016) #4216 Mondtore (2012) #8238 Pestabtei (2011) [Demo]
496	Deadlife 2010, Sweden Depressive Black Metal	Worthless Existence (2014) [EP] Porphyria (2016) Slutskedet (2013)
497	Ammanas 2018, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	somewhere far beyond (2024) Solitude (2023) An Evening in Silent Peace (2024)
498	Beastcraft 2003, Norway Black Metal	Dawn of the Serpent (2006) [Compilation] Into the Burning Pit of Hell (2005) #8196 Baptised in Blood and Goatsemen (2007) #8344
499	Akerbeltz Spain Black Metal	Tabellae Defixionum (2001) #5715 A Wave of Darkness (2000) #7758 Akerbeltz / Avangh Dhür / Morbid Yell / Hellthrone (2007) [Split]
500	Profanum 1993, Poland Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Dark Ambient	Profanum Aeternum - Eminence of Satanic Imperial Art (1997) #4739 Flowers of Our Black Misanthropy (1996) Musaeum Esotericum (2001)

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