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) #6900 Imrama (1995)
252	Skyforest 2013, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Aftermath (2014) #4800 Unity (2016) #6002 A New Dawn (2020)
253	Dreams of Nature Colombia Atmospheric Black Metal	Magic Transcendence (2016) #882 Spirit of Nature (2015) #1754 Naturaleza Ancestral (2019) [Compilation]
254	Evol 1993, Italy Atmospheric Metal, Folk Black Metal	Dreamquest (1996) #4390 Ancient abbey (1998) The Saga of the Horned King (1995) #7120
255	...And Oceans 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Industrial Metal	The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts (1998) #5965 As in Gardens, So in Tombs (2023) #7045 Cosmic World Mother (2020) #8213
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) #3710 A Umbra Omega (2015) #5021 666 International (1999) #6779
258	Sear Bliss 1993, Hungary Atmospheric Black Metal	Glory and Perdition (2004) #6374 The Arcane Odyssey (2007) #6584 Heavenly Down (2024) #6729
259	Wolfnacht 1998, Greece Black Metal	Heidentum (2002) #5769 Töten für W.O.T.A.N. (2003) Eine Flamme im Dunkeln (2020) #7764
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) #811 Eiger (2024) En Ergô Einai (2020) #2431
262	Ancient Wisdom 1993, Sweden Atmospheric Black Metal	Cometh Doom, Cometh Death (2004) #5197 ...And the Physical Shape of Light Bled (2000) #5985 The Calling (1997)
263	Armaggedon 2002, France Black Metal	I.N.R.I. (I, Nazarene, Recognize My Impurity) (2009) #5755 Ave Satan (2006) Anthems of the black Order (2003) [EP]
264	Hellripper 2014, United Kingdom Black Metal, Speed Metal	Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags (2023) #2947 The Affair of the Poisons (2020) #5072 Fork-Tongued Messiah / Punk Rock Classic (2024) [EP]
265	Baptism Finland Black Metal	Grim Arts of Melancholy (2008) #5480 Morbid wings of Sathanas (2005) #6750 As the Darkness Enters (2012)
266	Enthroned 1993, Belgium Black Metal	XES Haereticum (2004) #5636 Black Goat Ritual: Live in thy Flesh (2005) [Live] Carnage in Worlds Beyond (2002)
267	Havohej 1993, United States Black Metal, Ritual Ambient, Noise	Dethrone the Son of God (1993) #4109 Table of Uncreation (2019) Kembatinan Premaster (2009)
268	Nocturnal 2000, Germany Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Violent Revenge (2009) #2207 Storming Evil (2014) #3793 Possessed Creations (2010) [Compilation]
269	Deathcode Society 2009, France Symphonic Black Metal	Ite Missa Est (2009) [EP] #2764 Eschatonizer (2015) #3403 Unlightenment (2023)
270	Abhor 1995, Italy Black Metal	Ab Luna Lucenti, Ab Noctua Protecti (2011) #3477 Occulta Religio (2018) Ritualia Stramonium (2015)
271	Spectral Lore 2005, Greece Ambient, Black Metal	Voyager (2015) [EP] Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine (2020) [Split] III (2014) #2218
272	Schammasch 2009, Switzerland Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Contradiction (2014) Triangle (2016) #2417 Hearts of No Light (2019)
273	Dolorian Finland Black Metal, Doom Metal	When All the Laughter Has Gone (1999) #2954 Dolorian (2001) #6853 Voidwards (2006)
274	Zeal and Ardor 2014, United States Avant-garde Metal, Black Metal	Stranger Fruit (2018) #2624 Devil Is Fine (2016) #4379 Live in London (2019) [Live]
275	Endstille 2000, Germany Black Metal	Frühlingserwachen (2003) #4104 Dominanz (2004) #6239 Endstilles Reich (2007)
276	Falkenbach 1989, Germany Viking Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal	...Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri... (1998) #1278 ...En Their Medh Riki Fara... (1996) #1449 Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty (2003) #3887
277	Ondskapt 2000, Sweden Black Metal	Draco Sit Mihi Dux (2003) #1551 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) #2728 邪悪を讃えよ (Rites of Evil) (2017) #5147 Evil / Lurking Fear (2014) [Split]
280	Carpathian Forest 1990, Norway Black Metal	Strange Old Brew (2000) #4944 Black Shining Leather (1998) #6565 Morbid Fascination of Death (2001) #6809
281	Belenos 1995, France Pagan Black Metal	Errances Oniriques (2001) #3727 Spicilège (2002) #4105 Argoat (2019)
282	Ancient Norway Melodic Black Metal	Svartalvheim (1994) #4335 Mad Grandiose Bloodfiends (1997) Det Glemte Riket (1999) [Compilation]
283	Evilfeast 1998, Poland Atmospheric Black Metal	Elegies of the Stellar Wind (2017) #2422 Funeral Sorcery (2005) Mysteries of the Nocturnal Forest (2004)
284	Surrender of Divinity 1996, Thailand Black Metal	Oriental Hell Rhythmics (2001) #2022 Manifest Blasphemy: the Abortion of the Immaculate Conception (2006) #3821 Sabbatical SiameseChristBeheading (2006) [Split]
285	Grima 2014, Russia Atmospheric Black Metal	Frostbitten (2022) #1351 Will of the Primordial (2019) Tales of the Enchanted Woods (2017)
286	Bilskirnir 1996, Germany Black Metal	Wotan Redivivus (2013) Wotansvolk (2007) #5950 In Solitary Silence (2018) [EP]
287	Aborym 1992, Italy Industrial Black Metal	Kali Yuga Bizarre (1999) #5229 Fire Walk With Us (2001) #6950 With No Human Intervention (2003) #8016
288	Manes Norway Electro Avant-garde metal	Under ein Blodraud Maane (1999) #1990 Be All End All (2014) Slow Motion Death Sequence (2018)
289	Cold Body Radiation Netherlands Black Metal, Shoegaze	the orphean lyre (2017) #5050 A Clear Path (2014) Deer Twillight (2011) #7314
290	Absurd 1992, Germany Black Metal, RAC, Pagan Black Metal	Thuringian Pagan Madness (1995) [Demo] Der Funfzehnjahrige Krieg (2008) #3447 Facta Loquuntur (1996) #7789
291	Axis of Advance 1998, Canada Black Metal, Death Metal, War Metal	The List (2002) Purify (2006) [EP] Obey (2004) #5441
292	Yoth Iria 2019, Greece Black Metal	As the Flame Withers (2021) #1350 Blazing Inferno (2024) #2237 Under His Sway (2020) [EP]
293	Opertus 2012, Czech Republic Neoclassical, Darkwave, Orchestral	Chorea Ultima (2013) Moudrosti Cesta (2012) #2393 Dark Tunes Vol·III (2022) [Compilation]
294	Enslavement Of Beauty 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Mere Contemplations (2007) Traces O' Red (1999) Megalomania (2001) #7776
295	Hypothermia 2001, Sweden Black Metal	Skogens Hjärta (2010) #2379 Sjuklig Intention (2006) [Split] Veins (2006) #8274
296	Forefather 1997, United Kingdom Viking Black Metal	Steadfast (2008) #6457 Deep Into Time (1999) #8129 Ours Is the Kingdom (2004)
297	Nifelheim 1990, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Nifelheim (1995) #2958 Devil's Force (1998) Servants of Darkness (2000)
298	Toxic Holocaust 1999, United States Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal	An Overdose of Death... (2008) #818 Conjure and Command (2011) #2612 Live – Only Deaf is Real (2007) [Live]
299	Sadistik Exekution 1985, Australia Death Metal, Black Metal	Fukk (2002) We Are Death... Fukk You! (1994) #3788 The Magus (1991) #7720
300	Lord Belial Sweden Black Metal	The Black Curse (2008) Rapture (2022) Enter the Moonlight Gate (1997) #7361

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