50 Greatest Black Metal Bands

Black Metal Bands Bathory and Emperor album covers
Criteria: Black Metal Bands were chosen for Popularity, Impact, Influence (within the world of metal)

Last Updated: 2010-01-18
Greatest Black Metal Bands
  1. Bathory
  2. Mayhem
  3. Emperor
  4. Darkthrone
  5. Burzum
  6. Dissection
  7. Immortal
  8. Dimmu Borgir
  9. Cradle of Filth
10. Satyricon
11. Samael
12. Gorgoroth
13. Mutiilation
14. Ulver
15. Borknagar
16. Sarcofago
17. Hellhammer
18. Old Man's Child
19. Rotting Christ
20. Impaled Nazarene
21. Windir
22. Marduk
23. Carpathian Forest
24. Moonspell
25. Enslaved
26. Vlad Tepes
27. In the Woods...
28. Tormentor
29. Hecate Enthroned
30. Taake
31. Sacramentum
32. Thorns
33. Demoncy
34. Black Funeral
35. Ildjarn
36. Moonsorrow
37. Judas Iscariot
38. Beherit
39. Summoning
40. Ved Buens Ende
41. Nokturnal Mortum
42. Graveland
43. Hades Almighty
44. Absu
45. Barathrum
46. Sortsind
47. Blut Aus Nord
48. Lord Belial
49. Blasphemy
50. Xasthur

Bathory album cover
Mayhem album cover
Emperor album cover
darkthrone album cover


Bathory - "One Rode to Asa Bay"









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