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) #491 Urn (2017) #500
2	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #39 The Somberlain (1993) #824 Live Legacy (2003) [Live]
3	Sad Legend 1997, Korea Melodic Black Metal	Sad Legend (1998) #104 The Revenge of Soul (2009) #2996 Promo 1997 (1997) [Demo]
4	Graveworm 1992, Italy Melodic Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	As the Angels Reach the Beauty (1999) #419 Scourge of Malice (2001) #627 Engraved in Black (2003) #5307
5	閃靈 (Chthonic) 1995, Taiwan Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	高砂軍 (Takasago Army) (2011) #545 賽德克巴萊 (Seediq Bale) (2005) #3085 武德 (Bu-Tik) (2013) #5135
6	Rotting Christ 1987, Greece Melodic Black Metal, Grindcore, Gothic Metal, Death Metal	Their Greatest Spells (2018) [Compilation] Thy Mighty Contract (1993) #1726 Theogonia (2007) #2295
7	Windir 1994, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Black Metal	Arntor (1999) #477 Valfar, ein Windir (2004) [Compilation] SognaMetal (2005) [Video]
8	Naglfar 1992, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Diabolical (1998) #1894 Sheol (2003) #3253 Vittra (1995) #3269
9	Moonlight Sorcery 2018, Finland Melodic Black Metal	Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle (2023) #814 Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity (2022) [EP] #3570 Nightwind: The Conqueror from the Stars (2023) [EP]
10	Oathean 1993, Korea Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	The Endless Pain and Darkness (2021) #5162 Ten Days in Lachrymation (2001) #6832 Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness (2004) #8547
11	Catamenia 1995, Finland Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal	Chaos Born (2003) #3292 Eternal Winter's Prophecy (2000) #5099 Halls of Frozen North (1998)
12	Moonshine 1996, Korea Gothic Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Wake Up the Moon (2001) #2018 Eternal (2008) #5969 Songs of Requiem (2005) #8034
13	Melechesh 1993, Israel Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Enki (2015) #3926 The Epigenesis (2010) #4655 Emissaries (2006) #5915
14	Dawn 1990, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy) (1998) #1119 Apparition (1992) [Demo] Nær sólen gar niþer for evogher (1994) #6373
15	Sacramentum Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Far Away From the Sun (1996) #1994 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) #2130
17	Dark Fortress 1994, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Ylem (2010) #5919 Séance (2006) Eidolon (2008) #7954
18	Shylmagoghnar 2004, Netherlands Melodic Black Metal	Emergence (2014) #897 Transience (2018) #1966 Convergence (2023) #2600
19	Old Man's Child 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal	Revelation 666: Curse of Damnation (2000) #2717 Vermin (2005) #6165 In Defiance of Existence (2003) #6210
20	Thy Serpent 1992, Finland Black Metal	Forests of Witchery (1996) #2149 Death (2000) [EP] #5179 Christcrusher (1998) #5983
21	...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
22	Covenant 1992, Norway Melodic Black Metal	Nexus Polaris (1998) #628 In Times Before the Light (1996) #3783 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) #4307 Python Zero (2001)
24	Ancient Norway Melodic Black Metal	Svartalvheim (1994) #4335 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) #2567 Reptilian (2010) #2836 Armada (2006) #3611
26	Hecate Enthroned 1995, United Kingdom Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre (1998) #5104 The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty (1997) #5274 Virulent Rapture (2013)
27	Enslavement Of Beauty 1995, Norway Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Mere Contemplations (2007) Traces O' Red (1999) Megalomania (2001) #7776
28	Diabolical Masquerade Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Progressive Metal	Nightwork (1998) #1300 Ravendusk in My Heart (1996) #5945 Death's Design (2001) #7843
29	Obsequiae 2007, United States Melodic Black Metal, Folk Metal	Aria of Vernal Tombs (2015) #4548 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) #4537 Gallows of Empire (2012) #8633 Crimson Temptation (2003) [EP]
31	Wormwood 2014, Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Ghostlands: Wounds from a Bleeding Earth (2017) #3197 The Star (2024) #3238 Arkivet (2021) #4219
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) #4232 Cult of a Dying Sun (2018) #5262 Djinn (2020) #6712
34	Zonaria 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Infamy and the Breed (2007) #7001 The Cancer Empire (2008) #8658 Arrival of the Red Sun (2012) #8829
35	Thulcandra 2003, Germany Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Hail the Abyss (2023) #5893 Fallen Angel's Dominion (2010) #7189 Ascension Lost (2015) #7738
36	Necrophobic 1989, Sweden Death Metal, Black Metal	The Nocturnal Silence (1993) #658 Darkside (1997) #3892 Dawn of the Damned (2020) #5071
37	Siebenburgen Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Delictum (2000) #5590 Grimjaur (1998) Loreia (1997) #8675
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) #2205 Ruin (2018) Attergangar (2005) [Demo]
40	Cult of Fire 2010, Czech Republic Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान (2013) #193 Triumvirát (2012) #244 Čtvrtá symfonie ohně (2014) [EP] #686
41	Dimmu Borgir 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) #543 Stormblåst (1996) #1092 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) #1369
42	Mystic Circle 1992, Germany Melodic Black Metal	Drachenblut (1998) #4940 Erzdämon (2023) Infernal Satanic Verses (1999) #6994
43	Kvist 1993, Norway Melodic Black Metal	For kunsten maa vi evig vike (1996) #4475 Demo (1994) [Demo]
44	Abyssos Sweden Melodic Black Metal	Fhinsthanian Nightbreed (1999) #5232 Together We Summon the Dark (1997) #7845 Wherever the Witches Might Fly (1996) [Demo]
45	Skeletonwitch 2003, United States Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Devouring Radiant Light (2018) #2889 Serpents Unleashed (2013) #4480 Breathing the Fire (2009) #4582
46	Blackbraid 2022, United States Black Metal	Blackbraid II (2023) #2182 Blackbraid I (2022) #4673 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) #6867 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) #5006 Winter Enthroned (2011) #5932 Illustrations of Death (2009) [Demo]
49	Cradle of Filth 1991, United Kingdom Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Cruelty and the Beast (1998) #76 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #118 Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay (2017) #163
50	Abigail Williams 2004, United States Melodic Black Metal, Deathcore, Atmospheric Black Metal	Walk Beyond the Dark (2019) #3500 In the Absence of Light (2010) #6196 In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns (2008) #6736

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