| Immortal |
Norway |
Black Metal |
281 |
| Bathory |
Sweden |
Black/Viking Metal, Thrash Metal |
142 |
| I |
Norway |
Heavy/Black Metal |
142 |
| Abbath |
Norway |
Black Metal |
86 |
| Ereb Altor |
Sweden |
Epic Doom/Viking Metal (early); Viking/Black Metal (later) |
27 |
| Enslaved |
Norway |
Progressive Black/Viking Metal |
27 |
| Primordial |
Ireland |
Celtic Folk/Black Metal |
20 |
| Nite |
United States |
Blackened Heavy Metal |
16 |
| Havukruunu |
Finland |
Pagan Black Metal |
11 |
| Twilight of the Gods |
International |
Heavy Metal |
8 |
| Byfrost |
Norway |
Black/Thrash Metal |
6 |
| Enthroned Serpent |
Greece |
Black Metal |
6 |
| Inquisition |
Colombia |
Thrash Metal (early); Black Metal (later) |
5 |
| Morrigan |
Germany |
Black Metal |
5 |
| Albert Bell's Sacro Sanctus |
Malta |
Blackened Heavy/Doom Metal |
5 |
| Dissection |
Sweden |
Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal |
4 |
| Ulvegr |
Ukraine |
Black Metal |
4 |
| Χειμώνας |
Greece |
Black Metal |
4 |
| Lord Belial |
Sweden |
Black Metal |
4 |