Best Black Metal Bands | page 2

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
51	Belphegor 1992, Austria Death Metal, Black Metal	Conjuring the Dead (2014) #1749 Necrodaemon Terrorsathan 2020 (2020) [Single] The Last Supper (1994) #4627
52	Batushka 2015, Poland Black Metal	Литургия (Litourgiya) (2015) #302 Yekteníya VII (2015) [Single]
53	Sargeist 1999, Finland Black Metal	Satanic Black Devotion (2003) #741 Disciple of the Heinous Path (2005) #4100 Let the Devil In (2010) #5366
54	Ikuinen Kaamos 1997, Finland Progressive Death Metal, Black Metal	The Forlorn (2006) #847 Closure (2008) [EP] #1436 Fall of Icons (2010) #1930
55	Coldworld Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal	Melancholie² (2008) #727 Autumn (2016) #3063 The Stars Are Dead Now (2006) [EP] #6035
56	Samael 1987, Switzerland Black Metal, Industrial Metal, Electronic	Passage (1996) #1561 Solar Soul (2007) #2152 Ceremony of Opposites (1994) #2153
57	Saor 2013, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	Origins (2022) #829 Aura (2014) #834 Guardians (2016) #1819
58	Hail Spirit Noir 2010, Greece Black Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Avant-garde Metal	Pneuma (2012) #550 Fossil Gardens (2024) Mayhem in Blue (2016) #3933
59	Panopticon 2007, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	Roads to the North (2014) #1248 ...and Again into the Light (2021) #1774 Autumn Eternal (2015) #2279
60	Tempel 2003, United States Experimental Black Metal	The Moon Lit Our Path (2015) #351 On the Steps of the Temple (2012) #1454
61	Darkspace 1999, Switzerland Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Dark Space I (2003) #980 Dark Space III (2008) #2821 Dark Space III I (2014) #3701
62	Satanic Warmaster 1998, Finland Black Metal	Carelian Satanist Madness (2005) #2337 Strength and Honour (2001) #3687 Fimbulwinter (2014) #4029
63	Impiety 1990, Singapore Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) #492 Kaos Kommand 696 (2002) #1855 Versus All Gods (2019) #6707
64	Negură Bunget 1995, Romania Atmospheric Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	OM (2006) #941 'n Crugu Bradului (2002) #4293 Vîrstele Pămîntului (2010) #4479
65	Covenant 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Nexus Polaris (1998) #628 In Times Before the Light (1996) #3783 From the Storm of Shadows (1994) [Demo]
66	Katharsis Germany Black Metal	Fourth Reich (2009) [EP] #748 Kruzifixxion (2003) #1236 666 (2000) #4899
67	Obtained Enslavement 1989, Norway Death Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	Witchcraft (1997) #449 Soulblight (1998) #3381 The Shepherd and the Hounds of Hell (2000) #8806
68	Old Man's Child 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal	Revelation 666: Curse of Damnation (2000) #2717 Vermin (2005) #6165 In Defiance of Existence (2003) #6210
69	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #216 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #620 La masquerade infernale (1997) #1026
70	Harakiri for the Sky 2011, Austria Post-Black Metal	Harakiri for the Sky (2012) #1640 Aokigahara (2014) #2053 III: Trauma (2016) #5189
71	Keep of Kalessin 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Through Times of War (1997) #2567 Reptilian (2010) #2836 Armada (2006) #3611
72	Sarcófago 1985, Brazil Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal	The Laws of Scourge (1991) #1444 I.N.R.I. (1987) #5620 Rotting (1989) [EP] #8315
73	Eluveitie 2002, Switzerland Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Slania (2008) #1472 Origins (2014) #2705 Spirit (2006) #4602
74	Triptykon 2008, Switzerland Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Melana Chasmata (2014) #664 Eparistera Daimones (2010) #1799 Shatter (2010) [EP] #8684
75	Illnath 2000, Denmark Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Cast Into Fields of Evil Pleasure (2003) #1240 Angelic Voices Calling (2001) [EP] #3607 Three Nights in the Sewers of Sodom (2009) [Demo]
76	Abigor 1993, Austria Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Verwustung / Invoke the Dark Age (1994) #1242 Leytmotif Luzifer (The 7 Temptations of Man) (2014) Supreme Immortal Art (1998) #2043
77	Nargaroth 1996, Germany Black Metal	Black Metal Ist Krieg (A Dedication Monument) (2001) #6325 Prosatanica Shooting Angels (2004) Semper Fidelis (2007) #7612
78	Mystifier 1989, Brazil Black Metal, Death Metal	Göetia (1993) #681 Wicca (1992) #1020 The World Is So Good That Who Made It Doesn't Live Here (1996) #2268
79	Woods of Desolation 2005, Australia Black Metal	Torn Beyond Reason (2011) #1164 Sorh (2009) [EP] #2378 As the Stars (2014) #4481
80	Sodom 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Persecution Mania (1987) #160 Tapping the Vein (1992) #295 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) #6177
82	Nehëmah 1992, France Black Metal	Light of a Dead Star (2002) #747 Shadows From the Past... (2003) #4393 Requiem Tenebrae (2004) #7107
83	Blut aus Nord 1994, France Atmospheric Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal	Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses (2022) #1777 The Work Which Transforms God (2003) #2447 Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With the Stars (2009) #3026
84	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #897 Transience (2018) #1966 Convergence (2023) #2600
85	Peste Noire 2000, France Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	La Sanie des siècles - Panégyrique de la dégénérescence (2006) #1139 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) #582 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) #967 Чем холоднее ночь (2018) #2228 Fires (2021) #3230
88	Proclamation 2003, Spain War Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Advent of the Black Omen (2006) #680 Messiah of Darkness and Impurity (2008) #982 Execration of Cruel Bestiality (2009) #1860
89	Carach Angren 2003, Netherlands Symphonic Black Metal	Lammendam (2008) #3452 Death Came Through a Phantom Ship (2010) #5410 Ethereal Veiled Existance (2005) [EP]
90	Agalloch 1995, United States Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal	The Mantle (2002) #407 Ashes Against the Grain (2006) #621 Pale Folklore (1999) #765
91	Make a Change... Kill Yourself 2004, Denmark Depressive Black Metal	Make a Change... Kill Yourself (2005) #1274 Fri (2012) #4151 II (2007) #6311
92	Dismal Euphony 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides (1997) #1113 Soria Moria Slott (1996) #4307 Python Zero (2001)
93	Anti 2003, Germany Depressive Black Metal	The Insignificance of Life (2006) #800 Longing for the End (2005) [Demo] Anti (2021)
94	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #796 Myopia (2022) V (שמם) (2012) [Single]
95	Silencer 1995, Sweden Depressive Black Metal	Death - Pierce Me (2001) #4873 Death, Pierce Me (1998) [Demo]
96	Thy Serpent 1992, Finland Black Metal	Forests of Witchery (1996) #2149 Death (2000) [EP] #5179 Christcrusher (1998) #5983
97	Taake 1995, Norway Black Metal	Over Bjoergvin Graater Himmerik (2002) #3733 Nattestid Ser Porten Vid (1999) #4612 Et hav av avstand (2023)
98	Watain 1998, Sweden Black Metal	Lawless Darkness (2010) #2377 The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain (2022) #3285 The Wild Hunt (2013) #7377
99	Moonlight Sorcery 2018, Finland Melodic Black Metal	Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle (2023) #814 Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity (2022) [EP] #3570 Nightwind: The Conqueror from the Stars (2023) [EP]
100	Oathean 1993, Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Endless Pain and Darkness (2021) #5162 Ten Days in Lachrymation (2001) #6832 Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness (2004) #8547

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