| Borknagar |
Norway |
Black Metal (early), Progressive Viking/Folk Metal (later) |
54 |
| Vulture Industries |
Norway |
Avant-garde Black Metal |
34 |
| Solefald |
Norway |
Post-Black Metal/Avant-garde |
31 |
| Emperor |
Norway |
Black Metal |
29 |
| Ulver |
Norway |
Black/Folk Metal (1993-1997), Ambient/Avant-garde/Electronica (1998-) |
27 |
| ICS Vortex |
Norway |
Blackened Progressive Metal |
18 |
| Ihsahn |
Norway |
Extreme Progressive Metal |
16 |
| Age of Silence |
Norway |
Avant-garde Progressive Metal |
15 |
| Peccatum |
Norway |
Avant-Garde Extreme Metal (early), Avant-Garde Rock (later) |
14 |
| Covenant |
Norway |
Melodic Black Metal |
12 |
| Winds |
Norway |
Neoclassical Progressive Metal |
11 |
| Aberrant Vascular |
Finland |
Operatic Avant-garde Metal |
11 |
| Quadrivium |
Norway |
Avant-garde/Symphonic Black Metal |
10 |
| Transcending Bizarre? |
Greece |
Avant-garde/Post-Black Metal |
9 |
| Diabolical Masquerade |
Sweden |
Avant-garde Atmospheric Black Metal |
9 |
| Sigh |
Japan |
Black/Avant-garde Metal |
8 |
| Korovakill |
Austria |
Avant-garde Black Metal |
8 |
| Thy Catafalque |
Hungary |
Avant-garde Metal |
7 |
| Sear Bliss |
Hungary |
Atmospheric Black Metal |
5 |
| Ved Buens Ende |
Norway |
Avant-garde/Black Metal |
5 |
| (see more) |