Best Black Metal Bands | page 5

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
201	Uada 2014, United States Black Metal	Crepuscule Natura (2023) #4316 Cult of a Dying Sun (2018) #5353 Djinn (2020) #6825
202	Besatt 1991, Poland Black Metal	Deep into the Darkness Part.1 (2013) [Boxed set] Deep into the Darkness Part.2 (2013) [Boxed set] Hellstorm (2001) #4385
203	Gaerea 2016, Portugal Black Metal	Mirage (2022) #2904 Coma (2024) #4151 Limbo (2020)
204	Midnight 2003, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Rebirth by Blasphemy (2020) #3260 Hellish Expectations (2024) #3334 Complete and Total Fucking Midnight (2005) [Compilation]
205	Moonsorrow 1995, Finland Folk Metal, Viking Metal, Black Metal	Voimasta Ja Kunniasta (2001) #859 Kivenkantaja (2003) #1427 Suden Uni (2001) #1541
206	Havukruunu 2005, Finland Pagan Black Metal	Uinuos syömein sota (2020) #2193 Kelle surut soi (2017) #2807 Havulinnaan (2015)
207	Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult 1997, Germany Black Metal	Follow the Calls for Battle (2001) #4734 Nocturnal March (2004) #5484 Hora Nocturna (2006) #6304
208	Midnight Odyssey 2007, Australia Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains (2019) Funerals from the Astral Sphere (2011) #3443 Closer to the Sky (2024) [EP]
209	厄鬼 2009, Korea Black Metal, Doom Metal, Dark Ambient	凶夢 (Hideous Dreams) (2017) #1217 靈樹林 (Forest of Ghost) (2015) #1658 厄鬼 / K.F.R (2016) [Split]
210	Enisum 2006, Italy Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	Arpitanian Lands (2015) #1075 Moth's Illusion (2019) Forgotten Mountains (2023)
211	Seth 1995, France Black Metal	La Morsure du Christ (2021) #2651 Les Blessures de l'Âme (1998) #5081 La France des maudits (2024) #6638
212	The Great Old Ones 2009, France Post-Black Metal	Kadath (2025) Tekeli-Li (2014) #3222 EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy (2017) #4260
213	Endless Dismal Moan 2001, Japan Black Metal	Lord of Nightmare (2006) #3145 Endless Dismal Moan (2004) #3186 Ruin (2007)
214	Thy Light 2005, Brazil Depressive Black Metal	No Morrow Shall Dawn (2013) #881 Suici.De.pression (2007) [Demo] Thy Light (2021) [EP]
215	Ellende 2011, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal	Ellenbogengesellschaft (2022) Todbringer (2016) #2976 Lebensnehmer (2019)
216	Grima 2014, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Frostbitten (2022) #1356 Will of the Primordial (2019) Tales of the Enchanted Woods (2017)
217	A Light in the Dark 2012, Russia Blackgaze, Post-Rock	Vanished (2016) [EP] A Long Journey Home (2017) #4015 From One Day to Another (2012) #4838
218	Hecate Enthroned 1995, United Kingdom Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) #5366 Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre (1998) #5400 Virulent Rapture (2013)
219	Aura Noir 1993, Norway Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Black Thrash Attack (1996) #3627 Deep Tracts of Hell (1998) Out to Die (2012) #7330
220	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)
221	Ævangelist 2010, United States Black Metal, Death Metal	Omen Ex Simulacra (2013) De Masticatione Mortuorum in Tumulis (2012) Writhes in the Murk (2014) #3446
222	An Autumn for Crippled Children 2008, Netherlands Blackgaze, Post-Black Metal	Lost (2010) #7759 Only the Ocean Knows (2012) #8003 Closure (2023)
223	Elysian Blaze 2003, Australia Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Cold Walls and Apparitions (2005) #851 The Virtue of Suffering (2018) [Single] Beneath Silent Faces (2007)
224	Winterfylleth 2007, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Pagan Black Metal	The Divination of Antiquity (2014) #6244 The Dark Hereafter (2016) The Imperious Horizon (2024)
225	Wedard Germany Black Metal	Wo die Ewigkeit die Zeit berührt (2008) #1904 Eiskrieg II (2011) [EP] Einsamer Winterweg (2006) #4078
226	Mortifera 2001, France Black Metal	Vastiia Tenebrd Mortifera (2004) #4494 Complainte d'une Agonie Celeste (2003) [EP] #7414 Bleüu de morte (2013)
227	Azaghal 1998, Finland Black Metal	Nemesis (2012) #1712 Of Beasts and Vultures (2002) Omega (2008) #5860
228	Luror 1994, Germany Black Metal	The Iron Hand of Blackest Terror (2003) #3912 Cease to Live (2008) #5816 Lucifer's dawn / Triumphant: I walk the infernal path, forever! (2007) [Compilation]
229	Desaster 1988, Germany Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Divine Blasphemies (2002) #1327 Tyrants of the Netherworld (2000) #6708 Hellfire's Dominion (1998)
230	Vallendusk 2011, Indonesia Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Homeward Path (2015) #3228 Heralds of Strife (2021) Black Clouds Gathering (2013) #5371
231	Germ 2003, Australia Post-Black Metal	Escape (2016) #2611 Grief (2013) #5229 Wish (2012)
232	Emyn Muil 2012, Italy Atmospheric Black Metal	Túrin Turambar Dagnir Glaurunga (2013) #2966 Afar Angathfark (2020) #4021 Elenion Ancalima (2017) #8333
233	Aara 2018, Switzerland Atmospheric Black Metal	Triade III: Nyx (2023) #825 Eiger (2024) En Ergô Einai (2020) #2455
234	Azarath 1998, Poland Death Metal, Black Metal	Blasphemers' Maledictions (2011) #3508 Infernal Blasting (2003) #5044 Diabolic Impious Evil (2005)
235	Bulldozer 1980, Italy Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	IX (1987) #5079 The Day of Wrath (1985) #6578 Alive...in Poland (1990) [Live]
236	Trail of Tears 1997, Norway Gothic Metal, Symphonic Gothic Metal, Black Metal	Disclosure in Red (1998) #3180 Bloodstained Endurance (2009) #3814 Oscillation (2013) #4097
237	Kampfar 1994, Norway Pagan Black Metal	Fra Underverdenen (1999) Kampfar (1996) [EP] Til klovers takt (2022)
238	Tribulation 2004, Sweden Death Metal, Gothic Metal	The Formulas of Death (2013) The Children of the Night (2015) #1572 Down Below (2018) #3694
239	Serenity in Murder 2009, Japan Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Highest of Dystopia (2015) #2271 The First Frisson of the World (2011) #2551 The Eclipse (2017) #2612
240	Goatlord 1985, United States Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal	Reflections of the Solstice (1991) #3375 Sodomize the Goat (1988) [Demo] Distorted Birth: the Demos (2003) [Compilation]
241	Odraza 2009, Poland Black Metal	Rzeczom (2020) #941 Esperalem tkane (2014) Kir (2015) [EP]
242	Abyssic Hate Australia Black Metal	Suicidal Emotions (2000) #3679 Cleansing of an Ancient Race (1994) [Demo] Eternal Damnation (1998) [EP]
243	Forteresse 2006, Canada Black Metal	Thèmes pour la rébellion (2016) #2972 Metal Noir Quebecois (2006) Les Hivers De Notre Epoque (2008) #6454
244	Maniac Butcher Czech Republic Black Metal	Lucan-Antikrist (1996) Barbarians (1995) Masakr (2010) #5874
245	Helheim 1992, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal	Jormundgand (1995) #1746 Woduridar (2021) Åsgårds Fall (2010) [EP]
246	Trist Czech Republic Depressive Black Metal, Doom Metal	Stíny (2006) #2772 Zrcadlení melancholie (2007) #2997 Sebevraľední andělé (2007)
247	Emptiness 1998, Belgium Death Metal, Post-Metal	Nothing But the Whole (2014) #1271 Not for Music (2017) Guilty to Exist (2004)
248	Batushka 2018, Poland Black Metal	Панихида (2019) #1469
249	Austere 2005, Australia Depressive Black Metal	To Lay Like Old Ashes (2009) #5788 Only the Wind Remembers (2008) [EP] Beneath the Threshold (2024)
250	Bestial Warlust 1993, Australia Black Metal, Death Metal	Vengeance War Till Death (1994) #6953 Storming Bestial Legions - Live '96 (2017) [Live] Blood & Valour (1995) #8684

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