Best Black Metal Bands | page 5

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
201	Midnight 2003, United States Black Metal, Speed Metal	Rebirth by Blasphemy (2020) #3244 Hellish Expectations (2024) #3314 Complete and Total Fucking Midnight (2005) [Compilation]
202	Moonsorrow 1995, Finland Folk Metal, Viking Metal, Black Metal	Voimasta Ja Kunniasta (2001) #852 Kivenkantaja (2003) #1414 Suden Uni (2001) #1535
203	Havukruunu 2005, Finland Pagan Black Metal	Uinuos syömein sota (2020) #2195 Kelle surut soi (2017) #2796 Havulinnaan (2015)
204	Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult 1997, Germany Black Metal	Follow the Calls for Battle (2001) #4681 Nocturnal March (2004) #5439 Hora Nocturna (2006) #6244
205	Midnight Odyssey 2007, Australia Atmospheric Black Metal, Ambient	Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains (2019) Funerals from the Astral Sphere (2011) #3422 Closer to the Sky (2024) [EP]
206	厄鬼 2009, Korea Black Metal, Doom Metal, Dark Ambient	凶夢 (Hideous Dreams) (2017) #1216 靈樹林 (Forest of Ghost) (2015) #1651 厄鬼 / K.F.R (2016) [Split]
207	Enisum 2006, Italy Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal	Arpitanian Lands (2015) #1069 Moth's Illusion (2019) Forgotten Mountains (2023)
208	Seth 1995, France Black Metal	La Morsure du Christ (2021) #2642 Les Blessures de l'Âme (1998) #5030 La France des maudits (2024) #6576
209	The Great Old Ones 2009, France Post-Black Metal	Kadath (2025) Tekeli-Li (2014) #3205 EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy (2017) #4219
210	Alghazanth 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	The Three-Faced Pilgrim (2013) Vinum Intus (2011) #2678 Wreath of Thevetat (2008) #4155
211	Endless Dismal Moan 2001, Japan Black Metal	Lord of Nightmare (2006) #3130 Endless Dismal Moan (2004) #3169 Ruin (2007)
212	Dark Fortress 1994, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Ylem (2010) #5965 Séance (2006) Eidolon (2008) #8025
213	Thy Light 2005, Brazil Depressive Black Metal	No Morrow Shall Dawn (2013) #879 Suici.De.pression (2007) [Demo] Thy Light (2021) [EP]
214	Ellende 2011, Austria Atmospheric Black Metal	Ellenbogengesellschaft (2022) Todbringer (2016) #2957 Lebensnehmer (2019)
215	A Light in the Dark 2012, Russia Blackgaze, Post-Rock	Vanished (2016) [EP] A Long Journey Home (2017) #3980 From One Day to Another (2012) #4787
216	Hecate Enthroned 1995, United Kingdom Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) #5319 Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre (1998) #5350 Virulent Rapture (2013)
217	Aura Noir 1993, Norway Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Black Thrash Attack (1996) #3609 Deep Tracts of Hell (1998) Out to Die (2012) #7267
218	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)
219	Ævangelist 2010, United States Black Metal, Death Metal	Omen Ex Simulacra (2013) De Masticatione Mortuorum in Tumulis (2012) Writhes in the Murk (2014) #3425
220	An Autumn for Crippled Children 2008, Netherlands Blackgaze, Post-Black Metal	Lost (2010) #7696 Only the Ocean Knows (2012) #7938 Closure (2023)
221	Elysian Blaze 2003, Australia Depressive Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Cold Walls and Apparitions (2005) #844 The Virtue of Suffering (2018) [Single] Beneath Silent Faces (2007)
222	Winterfylleth 2007, United Kingdom Atmospheric Black Metal, Pagan Black Metal	The Divination of Antiquity (2014) #6184 The Dark Hereafter (2016) The Imperious Horizon (2024)
223	Wedard Germany Black Metal	Wo die Ewigkeit die Zeit berührt (2008) #1902 Eiskrieg II (2011) [EP] Einsamer Winterweg (2006) #4040
224	Mortifera 2001, France Black Metal	Vastiia Tenebrd Mortifera (2004) #4451 Complainte d'une Agonie Celeste (2003) [EP] #7354 Bleüu de morte (2013)
225	Azaghal 1998, Finland Black Metal	Nemesis (2012) #1708 Of Beasts and Vultures (2002) Omega (2008) #5809
226	Luror 1994, Germany Black Metal	The Iron Hand of Blackest Terror (2003) #3882 Cease to Live (2008) #5764 Lucifer's dawn / Triumphant: I walk the infernal path, forever! (2007) [Compilation]
227	Desaster 1988, Germany Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Divine Blasphemies (2002) #1321 Tyrants of the Netherworld (2000) #6643 Hellfire's Dominion (1998)
228	Vallendusk 2011, Indonesia Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze	Homeward Path (2015) #3211 Heralds of Strife (2021) Black Clouds Gathering (2013) #5323
229	Germ 2003, Australia Post-Black Metal	Escape (2016) #2604 Grief (2013) #5180 Wish (2012)
230	Emyn Muil 2012, Italy Atmospheric Black Metal	Túrin Turambar Dagnir Glaurunga (2013) #2946 Afar Angathfark (2020) #3986 Elenion Ancalima (2017) #8266
231	Azarath 1998, Poland Death Metal, Black Metal	Blasphemers' Maledictions (2011) #3490 Infernal Blasting (2003) #4994 Diabolic Impious Evil (2005)
232	Bulldozer 1980, Italy Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal	IX (1987) #5028 The Day of Wrath (1985) #6515 Alive...in Poland (1990) [Live]
233	Trail of Tears 1997, Norway Gothic Metal, Symphonic Gothic Metal, Black Metal	Disclosure in Red (1998) #3163 Bloodstained Endurance (2009) #3791 Oscillation (2013) #4058
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) #1568 Down Below (2018) #3677
236	Serenity in Murder 2009, Japan Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Highest of Dystopia (2015) #2267 The First Frisson of the World (2011) #2543 The Eclipse (2017) #2605
237	Goatlord 1985, United States Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal	Reflections of the Solstice (1991) #3357 Sodomize the Goat (1988) [Demo] Distorted Birth: the Demos (2003) [Compilation]
238	Odraza 2009, Poland Black Metal	Rzeczom (2020) #940 Esperalem tkane (2014) Kir (2015) [EP]
239	Abyssic Hate Australia Black Metal	Suicidal Emotions (2000) #3660 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) #5823
241	Helheim 1992, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal	Jormundgand (1995) #1739 Woduridar (2021) Åsgårds Fall (2010) [EP]
242	Trist Czech Republic Depressive Black Metal, Doom Metal	Stíny (2006) #2763 Zrcadlení melancholie (2007) #2980 Sebevraľední andělé (2007)
243	Emptiness 1998, Belgium Death Metal, Post-Metal	Nothing But the Whole (2014) #1266 Not for Music (2017) Guilty to Exist (2004)
244	Batushka 2018, Poland Black Metal	Панихида (2019) #1559
245	Austere 2005, Australia Depressive Black Metal	To Lay Like Old Ashes (2009) #5737 Only the Wind Remembers (2008) [EP] Beneath the Threshold (2024)
246	Forteresse 2006, Canada Black Metal	Thèmes pour la rébellion (2016) #2953 Metal Noir Quebecois (2006) Les Hivers De Notre Epoque (2008) #6392
247	Bestial Warlust 1993, Australia Black Metal, Death Metal	Vengeance War Till Death (1994) #6894 Storming Bestial Legions - Live '96 (2017) [Live] Blood & Valour (1995) #8614
248	Blackbraid 2022, United States Black Metal	Blackbraid II (2023) #2198 Blackbraid I (2022) #4717 Barefoot Ghost Dance on Blood Soaked Soil (2022) [Single]
249	Lantlôs 2005, Germany Blackgaze, Post-Metal	Melting Sun (2014) #1691 .neon (2010) #5526 Agape (2011) #8034
250	Forgotten Woods 1991, Norway Black Metal, Doom Metal	The Curse of Mankind (1996) #2218 As the Wolves Gather (1994) #7129 Race of Cain (2007)

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