Best Black Metal Bands | page 2

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
51	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)
52	Belphegor 1992, Austria Death Metal, Black Metal	Conjuring the Dead (2014) #1753 Necrodaemon Terrorsathan 2020 (2020) [Single] The Last Supper (1994) #4672
53	Sargeist 1999, Finland Black Metal	Satanic Black Devotion (2003) #749 Disciple of the Heinous Path (2005) #4138 Let the Devil In (2010) #5410
54	Ikuinen Kaamos 1997, Finland Progressive Death Metal, Black Metal	The Forlorn (2006) #849 Closure (2008) [EP] #1438 Fall of Icons (2010) #1935
55	Coldworld Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Melancholie² (2008) #735 Autumn (2016) #3090 The Stars Are Dead Now (2006) [EP] #6089
56	Darkspace 1999, Switzerland Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Dark Space I (2003) #1039 Dark Space III (2008) #2845 Dark Space III I (2014) #3732
57	Samael 1987, Switzerland Black Metal, Industrial Metal, Electronic	Passage (1996) #1562 Solar Soul (2007) #2163 Ceremony of Opposites (1994) #2164
58	Panopticon 2007, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	Roads to the North (2014) #1243 ...and Again into the Light (2021) #1781 Autumn Eternal (2015) #2291
59	Saor 2013, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	Origins (2022) #833 Aura (2014) #838 Guardians (2016) #1828
60	Hail Spirit Noir 2010, Greece Black Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Avant-garde Metal	Pneuma (2012) #590 Fossil Gardens (2024) Mayhem in Blue (2016) #3975
61	Tempel 2003, United States Experimental Black Metal	The Moon Lit Our Path (2015) #356 On the Steps of the Temple (2012) #1450
62	Satanic Warmaster 1998, Finland Black Metal	Carelian Satanist Madness (2005) #2516 Strength and Honour (2001) #3717 Fimbulwinter (2014) #4068
63	Impiety 1990, Singapore Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) #494 Kaos Kommand 696 (2002) #1863 Versus All Gods (2019) #6757
64	Negură Bunget 1995, Romania Atmospheric Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	OM (2006) #950 'n Crugu Bradului (2002) #4332 Vîrstele Pămîntului (2010) #4515
65	Covenant 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Nexus Polaris (1998) #631 In Times Before the Light (1996) #3817 From the Storm of Shadows (1994) [Demo]
66	Katharsis Germany Black Metal	Fourth Reich (2009) [EP] #756 Kruzifixxion (2003) #1231 666 (2000) #4946
67	Obtained Enslavement 1989, Norway Death Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Witchcraft (1997) #447 Soulblight (1998) #3405 The Shepherd and the Hounds of Hell (2000) #8880
68	Old Man's Child 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal	Revelation 666: Curse of Damnation (2000) #2739 Vermin (2005) #6215 In Defiance of Existence (2003) #6265
69	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #216 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #587 La masquerade infernale (1997) #1026
70	Harakiri for the Sky 2011, Austria Post-Black Metal	Harakiri for the Sky (2012) #1645 Aokigahara (2014) #2062 III: Trauma (2016) #5233
71	Keep of Kalessin 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Through Times of War (1997) #2584 Reptilian (2010) #2857 Armada (2006) #3637
72	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #1443 I.N.R.I. (1987) #5674 Rotting (1989) [EP] #8383
73	Eluveitie 2002, Switzerland Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Slania (2008) #1468 Origins (2014) #2727 Spirit (2006) #4648
74	Triptykon 2008, Switzerland Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Melana Chasmata (2014) #664 Eparistera Daimones (2010) #1810 Shatter (2010) [EP] #8752
75	Illnath 2000, Denmark Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Cast Into Fields of Evil Pleasure (2003) #1235 Angelic Voices Calling (2001) [EP] #3632 Three Nights in the Sewers of Sodom (2009) [Demo]
76	Abigor 1993, Austria Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Verwustung / Invoke the Dark Age (1994) #1238 Leytmotif Luzifer (The 7 Temptations of Man) (2014) Supreme Immortal Art (1998) #2053
77	Nargaroth 1996, Germany Black Metal	Black Metal Ist Krieg (A Dedication Monument) (2001) #6378 Prosatanica Shooting Angels (2004) Semper Fidelis (2007) #7690
78	Mystifier 1989, Brazil Black Metal, Death Metal	Göetia (1993) #678 Wicca (1992) #1020 The World Is So Good That Who Made It Doesn't Live Here (1996) #2279
79	Woods of Desolation 2005, Australia Black Metal	Torn Beyond Reason (2011) #945 Sorh (2009) [EP] #2396 As the Stars (2014) #4518
80	Sodom 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Persecution Mania (1987) #167 Tapping the Vein (1992) #298 Code Red (1999) #405
81	Graveland 1991, Poland Pagan Black Metal, Viking Metal	Will Stronger Than Death (2007) Ogień przebudzenia (2014) Fire Chariot of Destruction (2005) #6229
82	Nehëmah 1992, France Black Metal	Light of a Dead Star (2002) #755 Shadows From the Past... (2003) #4431 Requiem Tenebrae (2004) #7163
83	Blut aus Nord 1994, France Atmospheric Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal	Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses (2022) #1784 The Work Which Transforms God (2003) #2465 Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With the Stars (2009) #3053
84	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #899 Transience (2018) #1973 Convergence (2023) #2616
85	Peste Noire 2000, France Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	La Sanie des siècles - Panégyrique de la dégénérescence (2006) #1133 Le retour des pastoureaux (2021) Macabre Transcendance... (2002) [Demo]
86	Black Witchery 1999, United States War Metal, Black Metal	Desecration of the Holy Kingdom (2001) #585 Inferno of Sacred Destruction (2010) #1419 Hellstorm of Evil Vengeance (1999) [Split]
87	Elderwind 2009, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal, Dark Ambient	Волшебство живой природы (2012) #979 Чем холоднее ночь (2018) #2243 Fires (2021) #3253
88	Proclamation 2003, Spain War Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Advent of the Black Omen (2006) #677 Messiah of Darkness and Impurity (2008) #987 Execration of Cruel Bestiality (2009) #1868
89	Carach Angren 2003, Netherlands Symphonic Black Metal	Lammendam (2008) #3479 Death Came Through a Phantom Ship (2010) #5455 Ethereal Veiled Existance (2005) [EP]
90	Agalloch 1995, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	The Mantle (2002) #441 Ashes Against the Grain (2006) #580 Pale Folklore (1999) #770
91	Make a Change... Kill Yourself 2004, Denmark Depressive Black Metal	Make a Change... Kill Yourself (2005) #1271 Fri (2012) #4191 II (2007) #6365
92	Dismal Euphony 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides (1997) #1106 Soria Moria Slott (1996) #4345 Python Zero (2001)
93	Anti 2003, Germany Depressive Black Metal	The Insignificance of Life (2006) #805 Longing for the End (2005) [Demo] Anti (2021)
94	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #801 Myopia (2022) V (שמם) (2012) [Single]
95	Silencer 1995, Sweden Depressive Black Metal	Death - Pierce Me (2001) #5216 Death, Pierce Me (1998) [Demo]
96	Thy Serpent 1992, Finland Black Metal	Forests of Witchery (1996) #2682 Death (2000) [EP] #5225 Christcrusher (1998) #6032
97	Taake 1995, Norway Black Metal	Over Bjoergvin Graater Himmerik (2002) #3761 Nattestid Ser Porten Vid (1999) #4578 Et hav av avstand (2023)
98	Watain 1998, Sweden Black Metal	Lawless Darkness (2010) #2395 The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain (2022) #3310 The Wild Hunt (2013) #7443
99	Moonlight Sorcery 2018, Finland Melodic Black Metal	Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle (2023) #821 Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity (2022) [EP] #3592 Nightwind: The Conqueror from the Stars (2023) [EP]
100	Oathean 1993, Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Endless Pain and Darkness (2021) #5207 Ten Days in Lachrymation (2001) #6892 Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness (2004) #8618

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