Best Black Metal Bands | page 6

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
251	Primordial 1993, Ireland Folk Metal, Pagan Black Metal	Redemption At the Puritan's Hand (2011) Exile Amongst the Ruins (2018) #6960 Imrama (1995)
252	Skyforest 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Aftermath (2014) #4848 Unity (2016) #6051 A New Dawn (2020)
253	Dreams of Nature Colombia Atmospheric Black Metal	Magic Transcendence (2016) #883 Spirit of Nature (2015) #1758 Naturaleza Ancestral (2019) [Compilation]
254	Evol 1993, Italy Atmospheric Metal, Folk Black Metal	Dreamquest (1996) #4429 Ancient abbey (1998) The Saga of the Horned King (1995) #7175
255	...And Oceans 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Industrial Metal	The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts (1998) #6013 As in Gardens, So in Tombs (2023) #7103 Cosmic World Mother (2020) #8285
256	Borgne 1998, Switzerland Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Temps Morts (2021) Return to the Past (2015) [Compilation] Entraves de l'âme (2010)
257	Dødheimsgard 1994, Norway Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Industrial Metal	Black Medium Current (2023) #3740 A Umbra Omega (2015) #5065 666 International (1999) #6836
258	Sear Bliss 1993, Hungary Atmospheric Black Metal	Glory and Perdition (2004) #6426 The Arcane Odyssey (2007) #6635 Heavenly Down (2024) #6782
259	Wolfnacht 1998, Greece Black Metal	Heidentum (2002) #5825 Töten für W.O.T.A.N. (2003) Eine Flamme im Dunkeln (2020) #7838
260	Veldes 2012, Slovenia Atmospheric Black Metal	Descent (2015) [EP] Storm Borrower (2018) [EP] Flameless (2019)
261	Aara 2018, Switzerland Atmospheric Black Metal	Triade III: Nyx (2023) #818 Eiger (2024) En Ergô Einai (2020) #2450
262	Ancient Wisdom 1993, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Cometh Doom, Cometh Death (2004) #5239 ...And the Physical Shape of Light Bled (2000) #6034 The Calling (1997)
263	Armaggedon 2002, France Black Metal	I.N.R.I. (I, Nazarene, Recognize My Impurity) (2009) #5811 Ave Satan (2006) Anthems of the black Order (2003) [EP]
264	Hellripper 2014, United Kingdom Black Metal, Speed Metal	Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags (2023) #2969 The Affair of the Poisons (2020) #5116 Fork-Tongued Messiah / Punk Rock Classic (2024) [EP]
265	Baptism Finland Black Metal	Grim Arts of Melancholy (2008) #5530 Morbid wings of Sathanas (2005) #6803 As the Darkness Enters (2012)
266	Enthroned 1993, Belgium Black Metal	XES Haereticum (2004) #5692 Black Goat Ritual: Live in thy Flesh (2005) [Live] Carnage in Worlds Beyond (2002)
267	Falkenbach 1989, Germany Viking Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal	...Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri... (1998) #1276 ...En Their Medh Riki Fara... (1996) #1475 Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty (2003) #3929
268	Havohej 1993, United States Black Metal, Ritual Ambient, Noise	Dethrone the Son of God (1993) #4147 Table of Uncreation (2019) Kembatinan Premaster (2009)
269	Nocturnal 2000, Germany Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Violent Revenge (2009) #2222 Storming Evil (2014) #3829 Possessed Creations (2010) [Compilation]
270	Deathcode Society 2009, France Symphonic Black Metal	Ite Missa Est (2009) [EP] #2786 Eschatonizer (2015) #3426 Unlightenment (2023)
271	Abhor 1995, Italy Black Metal	Ab Luna Lucenti, Ab Noctua Protecti (2011) #3504 Occulta Religio (2018) Ritualia Stramonium (2015)
272	Spectral Lore 2005, Greece Ambient, Black Metal	Voyager (2015) [EP] Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine (2020) [Split] III (2014) #2233
273	Schammasch 2009, Switzerland Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Contradiction (2014) Triangle (2016) #2435 Hearts of No Light (2019)
274	Dolorian Finland Black Metal, Doom Metal	When All the Laughter Has Gone (1999) #2978 Dolorian (2001) #6911 Voidwards (2006)
275	Zeal and Ardor 2014, United States Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal	Stranger Fruit (2018) #2641 Devil Is Fine (2016) #4420 Live in London (2019) [Live]
276	Endstille 2000, Germany Black Metal	Frühlingserwachen (2003) #4142 Dominanz (2004) #6294 Endstilles Reich (2007)
277	Ondskapt 2000, Sweden Black Metal	Draco Sit Mihi Dux (2003) #1552 Arisen from the Ashes (2010) Grimoire Ordo Devus (2020)
278	Khors 2004, Ukraine Atmospheric Black Metal	Where the Word Acquires Eternity (2020) За межами тваринного (Beyond the Bestial) (2018) [EP] Мудрість століть (Wisdom of Centuries) (2012)
279	Evil 2011, Japan Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Possessed by Evil (2021) #2749 邪悪を讃えよ (Rites of Evil) (2017) #5193 Evil / Lurking Fear (2014) [Split]
280	Carpathian Forest 1990, Norway Black Metal	Strange Old Brew (2000) #4990 Black Shining Leather (1998) #6615 Morbid Fascination of Death (2001) #6868
281	Belenos 1995, France Pagan Black Metal	Errances Oniriques (2001) #3756 Spicilège (2002) #4143 Argoat (2019)
282	Ancient Norway Melodic Black Metal	Svartalvheim (1994) #4372 Mad Grandiose Bloodfiends (1997) Det Glemte Riket (1999) [Compilation]
283	Evilfeast 1998, Poland Atmospheric Black Metal	Elegies of the Stellar Wind (2017) #2440 Funeral Sorcery (2005) Mysteries of the Nocturnal Forest (2004)
284	Surrender of Divinity 1996, Thailand Black Metal	Oriental Hell Rhythmics (2001) #2032 Manifest Blasphemy: the Abortion of the Immaculate Conception (2006) #3860 Sabbatical SiameseChristBeheading (2006) [Split]
285	Grima 2014, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Frostbitten (2022) #1350 Will of the Primordial (2019) Tales of the Enchanted Woods (2017)
286	Armagedda 2000, Sweden Black Metal	The Final War Approaching (2002) #7160 Only True Believers (2003) #7866 Svindeldjup Ättestup (2020)
287	Bilskirnir 1996, Germany Black Metal	Wotan Redivivus (2013) Wotansvolk (2007) #5994 In Solitary Silence (2018) [EP]
288	Aborym 1992, Italy Industrial Black Metal	Kali Yuga Bizarre (1999) #5273 Fire Walk With Us (2001) #7007 With No Human Intervention (2003) #8087
289	Manes Norway Electro Avant-garde metal	Under ein Blodraud Maane (1999) #1995 Be All End All (2014) Slow Motion Death Sequence (2018)
290	Cold Body Radiation Netherlands Black Metal, Shoegaze	the orphean lyre (2017) #5094 A Clear Path (2014) Deer Twillight (2011) #7379
291	Absurd 1992, Germany Black Metal, RAC, Pagan Black Metal	Thuringian Pagan Madness (1995) [Demo] Der Funfzehnjahrige Krieg (2008) #3474 Facta Loquuntur (1996) #7865
292	Axis of Advance 1998, Canada Black Metal, Death Metal, War Metal	The List (2002) Purify (2006) [EP] Obey (2004) #5490
293	Yoth Iria 2019, Greece Melodic Black Metal	As the Flame Withers (2021) #1349 Blazing Inferno (2024) #1724 Under His Sway (2020) [EP]
294	Enslavement Of Beauty 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Mere Contemplations (2007) Traces O' Red (1999) Megalomania (2001) #7852
295	Hypothermia 2001, Sweden Black Metal	Skogens Hjärta (2010) #2397 Sjuklig Intention (2006) [Split] Veins (2006) #8343
296	Urgehal 1992, Norway Satanic Black Metal	Atomkinder (2001) #4640 Goatcraft Torment (2006) Through Thick Fog Till Death (2003) #5790
297	Forefather 1997, United Kingdom Viking Black Metal	Steadfast (2008) #6506 Deep Into Time (1999) #8204 Ours Is the Kingdom (2004)
298	Nifelheim 1990, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Nifelheim (1995) #2982 Devil's Force (1998) Servants of Darkness (2000)
299	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #825 Conjure and Command (2011) #2628 Live – Only Deaf is Real (2007) [Live]
300	Sadistik Exekution 1985, Australia Death Metal, Black Metal	Fukk (2002) We Are Death... Fukk You! (1994) #3823 The Magus (1991) #7796

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