Best Melodic Black Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Extreme Progressive Metal	Portal of I (2012) #52 Citadel (2014) #490 Urn (2017) #501
2	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #44 The Somberlain (1993) #1084 Live Legacy (2003) [Live]
3	Sad Legend 1997, Korea Melodic Black Metal	Sad Legend (1998) #102 The Revenge of Soul (2009) #2977 Promo 1997 (1997) [Demo]
4	Graveworm 1992, Italy Melodic Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	As the Angels Reach the Beauty (1999) #416 Scourge of Malice (2001) #626 Engraved in Black (2003) #5252
5	閃靈 (Chthonic) 1995, Taiwan Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	高砂軍 (Takasago Army) (2011) #547 賽德克巴萊 (Seediq Bale) (2005) #3069 武德 (Bu-Tik) (2013) #5086
6	Rotting Christ 1987, Greece Melodic Black Metal, Grindcore, Gothic Metal, Death Metal	Their Greatest Spells (2018) [Compilation] Thy Mighty Contract (1993) #1724 Theogonia (2007) #2278
7	Windir 1994, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Black Metal	Arntor (1999) #476 Valfar, ein Windir (2004) [Compilation] SognaMetal (2005) [Video]
8	Naglfar 1992, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Diabolical (1998) #2247 Vittra (1995) #3249 Sheol (2003) #3931
9	Moonlight Sorcery 2018, Finland Melodic Black Metal	Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle (2023) #813 Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity (2022) [EP] #3538 Nightwind: The Conqueror from the Stars (2023) [EP]
10	Oathean 1993, Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Endless Pain and Darkness (2021) #5112 Ten Days in Lachrymation (2001) #6757 Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness (2004) #8448
11	Catamenia 1995, Finland Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Chaos Born (2003) #3271 Eternal Winter's Prophecy (2000) #5050 Halls of Frozen North (1998)
12	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #2008 Eternal (2008) #5917 Songs of Requiem (2005) #7940
13	Melechesh 1993, Israel Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Enki (2015) #3895 The Epigenesis (2010) #4613 Emissaries (2006) #5859
14	Dawn 1990, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) (1998) #1120 Apparition (1992) [Demo] Nær sólen gar niþer for evogher (1994) #6305
15	Sacramentum Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Far Away From the Sun (1996) #1988 Finis Malorum (1995) [EP] Thy Black Destiny (1999)
16	Sunoi Korea Melodic Black Metal	Within the Depths of a Dream... a Moment's Respite (2005) #2118
17	Dark Fortress 1994, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Ylem (2010) #5863 Séance (2006) Eidolon (2008) #7862
18	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #893 Transience (2018) #1962 Convergence (2023) #2588
19	Old Man's Child 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal	Revelation 666: Curse of Damnation (2000) #2820 Vermin (2005) #5638 In Defiance of Existence (2003) #6142
20	Thy Serpent 1992, Finland Black Metal	Forests of Witchery (1996) #2056 Death (2000) [EP] #5126 Christcrusher (1998) #5930
21	...And Oceans 1995, Finland Symphonic Black Metal, Industrial Metal	The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts (1998) #5913 As in Gardens, So in Tombs (2023) #6974 Cosmic World Mother (2020) #8116
22	Covenant 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Nexus Polaris (1998) #728 In Times Before the Light (1996) #3606 From the Storm of Shadows (1994) [Demo]
23	Dismal Euphony 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides (1997) #1113 Soria Moria Slott (1996) #4268 Python Zero (2001)
24	Ancient Norway Melodic Black Metal	Svartalvheim (1994) #4296 Mad Grandiose Bloodfiends (1997) Det Glemte Riket (1999) [Compilation]
25	Keep of Kalessin 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Through Times of War (1997) #2553 Reptilian (2010) #2814 Armada (2006) #3582
26	Hecate Enthroned 1995, United Kingdom Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre (1998) #5055 The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) #5219 Virulent Rapture (2013)
27	Enslavement Of Beauty 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Mere Contemplations (2007) Traces O' Red (1999) Megalomania (2001) #7689
28	Diabolical Masquerade Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Progressive Metal	Nightwork (1998) #1298 Ravendusk in My Heart (1996) #5891 Death's Design (2001) #7752
29	Obsequiae 2007, United States Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Aria of Vernal Tombs (2015) #4499 Suspended in the Brume of Eos (2011) The Palms of Sorrowed Kings (2019)
30	Dark Ambition Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Tears of Daewongoon (2007) #4489 Gallows of Empire (2012) #8532 Crimson Temptation (2003) [EP]
31	Wormwood 2014, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Ghostlands: Wounds from a Bleeding Earth (2017) #3180 Arkivet (2021) #4184 The Star (2024)
32	Arthemesia Finland Melodic Black Metal	Devs - Iratvs (2001) #1811 a.O.a. (2009) Demo '98 (1998) [Demo]
33	Uada 2014, United States Black Metal	Crepuscule Natura (2023) #4196 Cult of a Dying Sun (2018) #5206 Djinn (2020) #6638
34	Zonaria 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Infamy and the Breed (2007) #6931 The Cancer Empire (2008) #8558 Arrival of the Red Sun (2012) #8725
35	Thulcandra 2003, Germany Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Hail the Abyss (2023) #5838 Fallen Angel's Dominion (2010) #7112 Ascension Lost (2015) #7651
36	Necrophobic 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Black Metal	The Nocturnal Silence (1993) #768 Darkside (1997) #3861 Dawn of the Damned (2020) #5024
37	Siebenburgen Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Delictum (2000) #5531 Grimjaur (1998) Loreia (1997) #8574
38	Dornenreich 1996, Austria Melodic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Her von welken Nächten (2001) Hexenwind (2005) Nicht Um Zu Sterben (1997)
39	Cor Scorpii 2004, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Monument (2008) #2187 Ruin (2018) Attergangar (2005) [Demo]
40	Cult of Fire 2010, Czech Republic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान (2013) #190 Triumvirát (2012) #243 Čtvrtá symfonie ohně (2014) [EP] #683
41	Dimmu Borgir 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) #546 Stormblåst (1996) #1095 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) #1363
42	Mystic Circle 1992, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Drachenblut (1998) #4894 Erzdämon (2023) Infernal Satanic Verses (1999) #6924
43	Kvist 1993, Norway Melodic Black Metal	For kunsten maa vi evig vike (1996) #4432 Demo (1994) [Demo]
44	Abyssos Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Fhinsthanian Nightbreed (1999) #5176 Together We Summon the Dark (1997) #7754 Wherever the Witches Might Fly (1996) [Demo]
45	Skeletonwitch 2003, United States Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Devouring Radiant Light (2018) #2867 Serpents Unleashed (2013) #4435 Breathing the Fire (2009) #4534
46	Blackbraid 2022, United States Black Metal	Blackbraid II (2023) #2164 Blackbraid I (2022) #4632 Barefoot Ghost Dance on Blood Soaked Soil (2022) [Single]
47	Woods of Ypres 2002, Canada Melodic Black Metal, Doom Metal	Woods IV: the Green Album (2009) #6798 Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth (2004) Against the Seasons: Cold Winter Songs from the Dead Summer Heat (2002) [EP]
48	Astral Winter 2008, Australia Melodic Black Metal	Perdition (2013) #4959 Winter Enthroned (2011) #5877 Illustrations of Death (2009) [Demo]
49	Cradle of Filth 1991, United Kingdom Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Cruelty and the Beast (1998) #74 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #120 V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein (1996) [EP] #164
50	Abigail Williams 2004, United States Melodic Black Metal, Deathcore, Atmospheric Black Metal	Walk Beyond the Dark (2019) #3474 In the Absence of Light (2010) #6129 In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns (2008) #6660

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