Black Metal

Subgenre of heavy metal music. Emerged 1985. Wikipedia

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106 artists with 2.7M combined listeners. 73% of them sit in the Black Metal / Melodic Death Metal / Blackgaze community on the map. It shares the most artists with Norwegian Black Metal.

Where Black Metal sits on the map

• Black Metal / Melodic Death Metal / Blackgaze · 77 artists (73%)
• Power Metal / Fantasy Metal / Symphonic Rock · 8 artists (8%)
• Old School Thrash / Thrash Metal / Crossover Thrash · 5 artists (5%)
• Technical Death Metal / Brutal Death Metal / Old School Thrash · 4 artists (4%)
• Progressive Metal / Progressive Rock / Prog Metal · 3 artists (3%)
• Modern Rock / American Metalcore / Metalcore · 2 artists (2%)

Strongest pairings in Black Metal

Black Metal artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Mayhem & Immortal · 21 shared playlists
2. Burzum & Mayhem · 21 shared playlists
3. Dimmu Borgir & Satyricon · 19 shared playlists
4. Alcest & Les Discrets · 19 shared playlists
5. Mayhem & Darkthrone · 19 shared playlists
6. Burzum & Darkthrone · 19 shared playlists
7. Dimmu Borgir & Immortal · 18 shared playlists
8. Immortal & Dark Funeral · 18 shared playlists
9. Burzum & Immortal · 17 shared playlists
10. Satyricon & Mayhem · 17 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Black Metal, for their size.

• Norwegian Black Metal · 12 shared artistsBoth: Immortal, Dark Funeral, Satyricon
• Symphonic Black Metal · 6 shared artistsBoth: Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, Advent Sorrow
• Finnish Death Metal · 5 shared artistsBoth: Kampfar, Absu, Bal-Sagoth
• Blackgaze · 11 shared artistsBoth: Dark Funeral, Alcest, Agalloch
• Pagan Black Metal · 7 shared artistsBoth: Burzum, Enslaved, Windir
• Atmospheric Black Metal · 6 shared artistsBoth: Burzum, Drudkh, Grima
• Old School Thrash · 13 shared artistsBoth: Dimmu Borgir, Behemoth, Immortal
• Melodic Metal · 6 shared artistsBoth: Cradle of Filth, Behemoth, Septicflesh

Artists

106 artists tagged Black Metal, ranked by listeners.

1. Cradle of Filth273.8K listeners
2. Dimmu Borgir202.0K listeners
3. Behemoth200.1K listeners
4. Immortal124.3K listeners
5. Dark Funeral108.6K listeners
6. Venom100.6K listeners · Old School Thrash
7. Satyricon97.8K listeners
8. Mayhem84.5K listeners
9. Darkthrone78.0K listeners
10. Bathory74.6K listeners · Old School Thrash
11. Belphegor61.6K listeners
12. Gorgoroth60.9K listeners
13. Emperor59.0K listeners
14. Rotting Christ56.1K listeners
15. Moonspell55.9K listeners · Gothic Metal
16. Burzum52.1K listeners
17. Marduk51.5K listeners
18. Alcest49.3K listeners · Shoegaze
19. Dissection43.0K listeners
20. Murderdolls41.5K listeners
21. Enslaved38.7K listeners
22. Watain37.0K listeners
23. Septicflesh33.7K listeners · Groove Metal
24. Celtic Frost33.6K listeners · Old School Thrash
25. Tiamat31.9K listeners · Gothic Metal
26. Samael31.1K listeners · Industrial Metal
27. Nargaroth29.3K listeners
28. Carpathian Forest29.2K listeners · Norwegian Black Metal
29. Ulver25.6K listeners
30. Summoning24.7K listeners · Tolkien Metal
31. Agalloch24.4K listeners
32. Mgła20.9K listeners
33. Carach Angren20.8K listeners
34. Borknagar18.1K listeners
35. Anaal Nathrakh17.3K listeners · Deathcore
36. Lifelover15.0K listeners · Depressive Black Metal
37. Windir14.4K listeners
38. Taake14.4K listeners
39. Impaled Nazarene14.1K listeners
40. Nocturnal Depression13.8K listeners
41. Månegarm13.0K listeners · Viking Metal
42. Silencer12.6K listeners · Chicano Rap
43. Wolves In The Throne Room12.2K listeners
44. Falkenbach11.8K listeners · Viking Metal
45. Inquisition11.4K listeners
46. Arcturus11.3K listeners
47. Incantation11.2K listeners
48. Hellhammer11.1K listeners · Old School Thrash
49. Drudkh10.6K listeners
50. Kanonenfieber10.2K listeners · Canadian Metal
51. Xasthur10.0K listeners · German Metal
52. Necrophobic9.7K listeners
53. Onslaught8.4K listeners · Old School Thrash
54. Naglfar8.1K listeners
55. Les Discrets8.0K listeners · Blackgaze
56. Old Man's Child8.0K listeners
57. Uada8.0K listeners
58. Black Light Burns7.8K listeners · Alternative Metal
59. Ragnarök7.2K listeners
60. Behexen7.2K listeners
61. Leviathan6.7K listeners
62. Archgoat6.4K listeners
63. Sargeist6.4K listeners
64. Amesoeurs6.3K listeners · Blackgaze
65. Kampfar6.3K listeners
66. Dark Fortress5.9K listeners
67. Absu5.8K listeners
68. Triptykon5.6K listeners
69. Urfaust5.3K listeners
70. Advent Sorrow5.1K listeners
71. Grima4.7K listeners
72. Skyforger4.6K listeners
73. Hellripper4.4K listeners
74. Lord Belial4.0K listeners
75. Nifelheim3.8K listeners · Thrash Metal
76. Heretoir3.7K listeners · Blackgaze
77. Ellende3.7K listeners
78. Austere3.7K listeners
79. Aether Realm3.5K listeners
80. Bal-Sagoth3.1K listeners
81. Violet Cold3.0K listeners · Blackgaze
82. Serge3.0K listeners · Comic
83. Ancient2.9K listeners
84. Guilt Trip2.7K listeners · Old School Thrash
85. Auðn2.5K listeners
86. Northland2.3K listeners
87. Totalselfhatred2.0K listeners
88. Mork1.5K listeners
89. Mörk Gryning1.5K listeners · Melodic Death Metal
90. None1.5K listeners · Korean R&B
91. Thorns1.4K listeners · Vocaloid
92. Ultar1.3K listeners · Blackgaze
93. Mithotyn1.3K listeners
94. Waldgeflüster1.2K listeners
95. Bifrost1.2K listeners · German Metal
96. XIV Dark Centuries1.0K listeners · German Metal
97. breath of the wild1.0K listeners · Atmospheric Black Metal
98. Nokturno1.0K listeners · Metal
99. Spectral1.0K listeners · Trance
100. Jonny Gray1.0K listeners · Thrash Metal
101. Vinterland1.0K listeners
102. The Lonely Goblin1.0K listeners
103. Antlers1.0K listeners
104. Kongh1.0K listeners · German Metal
105. Ashbringer1.0K listeners
106. Varang Nord1.0K listeners