Best Black Metal Bands | page 5

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
201	Havukruunu 2005, Finland Pagan Black Metal	Uinuos syömein sota (2020) #2180 Kelle surut soi (2017) #2774 Havulinnaan (2015)
202	Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult 1997, Germany Black Metal	Follow the Calls for Battle (2001) #4636 Nocturnal March (2004) #5394 Hora Nocturna (2006) #6192
203	Midnight Odyssey 2007, Australia Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains (2019) Funerals from the Astral Sphere (2011) #3399 Closer to the Sky (2024) [EP]
204	厄鬼 2009, Korea Black Metal, Doom Metal, Dark Ambient	凶夢 (Hideous Dreams) (2017) #1222 靈樹林 (Forest of Ghost) (2015) #1645 厄鬼 / K.F.R (2016) [Split]
205	Akhlys 2009, United States Black Metal	The Dreaming I (2015) #731 Melinoë (2020) #3565 House of the Black Geminus (2024)
206	Enisum 2006, Italy Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	Arpitanian Lands (2015) #1068 Moth's Illusion (2019) Forgotten Mountains (2023)
207	Seth 1995, France Black Metal	La Morsure du Christ (2021) #2625 Les Blessures de l'Âme (1998) #4984 La France des maudits (2024) #6523
208	Alghazanth 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	The Three-Faced Pilgrim (2013) Vinum Intus (2011) #2658 Wreath of Thevetat (2008) #4117
209	Endless Dismal Moan 2001, Japan Black Metal	Lord of Nightmare (2006) #3111 Endless Dismal Moan (2004) #3149 Ruin (2007)
210	Dark Fortress 1994, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Ylem (2010) #5919 Séance (2006) Eidolon (2008) #7954
211	Thy Light 2005, Brazil Depressive Black Metal	No Morrow Shall Dawn (2013) #878 Suici.De.pression (2007) [Demo] Thy Light (2021) [EP]
212	Ellende 2011, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal	Ellenbogengesellschaft (2022) Todbringer (2016) #2937 Lebensnehmer (2019)
213	A Light in the Dark 2012, Russia Blackgaze, Post-Rock	Vanished (2016) [EP] A Long Journey Home (2017) #3938 From One Day to Another (2012) #4744
214	Moonsorrow 1995, Finland Folk Metal, Viking Metal, Black Metal	Voimasta Ja Kunniasta (2001) #850 Suden Uni (2001) #1534 Kivenkantaja (2003) #1807
215	Hecate Enthroned 1995, United Kingdom Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre (1998) #5104 The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) #5274 Virulent Rapture (2013)
216	Aura Noir 1993, Norway Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Black Thrash Attack (1996) #3585 Deep Tracts of Hell (1998) Out to Die (2012) #7211
217	Déhà Belgium Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Funeral Doom Metal, Post-Metal, Electronic, Neo Classical, Dark Ambient	Contrasts II (2020) Ave Maria II (2021) Averses II (2023)
218	Ævangelist 2010, United States Black Metal, Death Metal	Omen Ex Simulacra (2013) De Masticatione Mortuorum in Tumulis (2012) Writhes in the Murk (2014) #3402
219	An Autumn for Crippled Children 2008, Netherlands Blackgaze, Post-Black Metal	Lost (2010) #7619 Only the Ocean Knows (2012) #7862 Closure (2023)
220	Elysian Blaze 2003, Australia Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Cold Walls and Apparitions (2005) #840 The Virtue of Suffering (2018) [Single] Beneath Silent Faces (2007)
221	Winterfylleth 2007, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Pagan Black Metal	The Divination of Antiquity (2014) #6129 The Dark Hereafter (2016) The Imperious Horizon (2024)
222	Wedard Germany Black Metal	Wo die Ewigkeit die Zeit berührt (2008) #1897 Eiskrieg II (2011) [EP] Einsamer Winterweg (2006) #4001
223	Mortifera 2001, France Black Metal	Vastiia Tenebrd Mortifera (2004) #4418 Complainte d'une Agonie Celeste (2003) [EP] #7294 Bleüu de morte (2013)
224	Azaghal 1998, Finland Black Metal	Nemesis (2012) #1705 Of Beasts and Vultures (2002) Omega (2008) #5753
225	Luror 1994, Germany Black Metal	The Iron Hand of Blackest Terror (2003) #3841 Cease to Live (2008) #5708 Lucifer's dawn / Triumphant: I walk the infernal path, forever! (2007) [Compilation]
226	Desaster 1988, Germany Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Divine Blasphemies (2002) #1322 Tyrants of the Netherworld (2000) #6591 Hellfire's Dominion (1998)
227	Vallendusk 2011, Indonesia Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Homeward Path (2015) #3190 Heralds of Strife (2021) Black Clouds Gathering (2013) #5278
228	Germ 2003, Australia Post-Black Metal	Escape (2016) #2587 Grief (2013) #5136 Wish (2012)
229	Emyn Muil 2012, Italy Atmospheric Black Metal	Túrin Turambar Dagnir Glaurunga (2013) #2927 Afar Angathfark (2020) #3944 Elenion Ancalima (2017) #8193
230	The Great Old Ones 2009, France Post-Black Metal	Tekeli-Li (2014) #3184 EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy (2017) #4178 Cosmicism (2019) #5060
231	Azarath 1998, Poland Death Metal, Black Metal	Blasphemers' Maledictions (2011) #3462 Infernal Blasting (2003) #4948 Diabolic Impious Evil (2005)
232	Bulldozer 1980, Italy Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	IX (1987) #4982 The Day of Wrath (1985) #6466 Alive...in Poland (1990) [Live]
233	Trail of Tears 1997, Norway Gothic Metal, Symphonic Gothic Metal, Black Metal	Disclosure in Red (1998) #3144 Bloodstained Endurance (2009) #3757 Oscillation (2013) #4145
234	Kampfar 1994, Norway Pagan Black Metal	Fra Underverdenen (1999) Kampfar (1996) [EP] Til klovers takt (2022)
235	Tribulation 2004, Sweden Death Metal, Gothic Metal	The Formulas of Death (2013) The Children of the Night (2015) #1566 Down Below (2018) #3650
236	Serenity in Murder 2009, Japan Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Highest of Dystopia (2015) #2255 The First Frisson of the World (2011) #2526 The Eclipse (2017) #2588
237	Goatlord 1985, United States Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal	Reflections of the Solstice (1991) #3333 Sodomize the Goat (1988) [Demo] Distorted Birth: the Demos (2003) [Compilation]
238	Odraza 2009, Poland Black Metal	Rzeczom (2020) #933 Esperalem tkane (2014) Kir (2015) [EP]
239	Abyssic Hate Australia Black Metal	Suicidal Emotions (2000) #3637 Cleansing of an Ancient Race (1994) [Demo] Eternal Damnation (1998) [EP]
240	Maniac Butcher Czech Republic Black Metal	Lucan-Antikrist (1996) Barbarians (1995) Masakr (2010) #5766
241	Helheim 1992, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal	Jormundgand (1995) #1734 Woduridar (2021) Åsgårds Fall (2010) [EP]
242	Trist Czech Republic Depressive Black Metal, Doom Metal	Stíny (2006) #2741 Zrcadlení melancholie (2007) #2956 Sebevraľední andělé (2007)
243	Emptiness 1998, Belgium Death Metal, Post-Metal	Nothing But the Whole (2014) #1269 Not for Music (2017) Guilty to Exist (2004)
244	Batushka 2018, Poland Black Metal	Панихида (2019) #1558
245	Austere 2005, Australia Depressive Black Metal	To Lay Like Old Ashes (2009) #5680 Only the Wind Remembers (2008) [EP] Beneath the Threshold (2024)
246	Forteresse 2006, Canada Black Metal	Thèmes pour la rébellion (2016) #2933 Metal Noir Quebecois (2006) Les Hivers De Notre Epoque (2008) #6339
247	Bestial Warlust 1993, Australia Black Metal, Death Metal	Vengeance War Till Death (1994) #6834 Storming Bestial Legions - Live '96 (2017) [Live] Blood & Valour (1995) #8543
248	Blackbraid 2022, United States Black Metal	Blackbraid II (2023) #2182 Blackbraid I (2022) #4673 Barefoot Ghost Dance on Blood Soaked Soil (2022) [Single]
249	Lantlôs 2005, Germany Blackgaze, Post-Metal	Melting Sun (2014) #1687 .neon (2010) #5475 Agape (2011) #7965
250	Forgotten Woods 1991, Norway Black Metal, Doom Metal	The Curse of Mankind (1996) #2202 As the Wolves Gather (1994) #7072 Race of Cain (2007)

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