| Cradle of Filth |
United Kingdom |
Death Metal (early); Symphonic Black Metal (mid); Extreme Gothic Metal (later) |
83 |
| Dimmu Borgir |
Norway |
Symphonic Black Metal |
44 |
| Agathodaimon |
Germany |
Symphonic/Melodic Gothic/Black Metal |
44 |
| Siebenbürgen |
Sweden |
Melodic Black Metal (early); Melodic Black/Gothic Metal (later) |
42 |
| Evil Lucifera |
Italy |
Symphonic Black Metal |
30 |
| Catamenia |
Finland |
Melodic Black Metal (early); Melodic Death/Gothic Metal (later) |
27 |
| Sad Legend |
Korea, South |
Melodic Black Metal |
22 |
| Stormlord |
Italy |
Death Metal (early); Symphonic Black/Power Metal (later) |
21 |
| Anorexia Nervosa |
France |
Death Metal (early); Symphonic Black Metal (later) |
18 |
| Hecate Enthroned |
United Kingdom |
Symphonic/Melodic Black Metal |
18 |
| Black Countess |
Russia |
Black/Doom/Gothic Metal |
18 |
| Theatres des Vampires |
Italy |
Melodic Black/Gothic Metal (early); Gothic Metal (later) |
17 |
| Enslavement of Beauty |
Norway |
Melodic Black/Gothic Metal |
15 |
| Crematory |
Germany |
Gothic/Death Metal (early); Industrial/Gothic Metal (later) |
13 |
| Eternal Tears of Sorrow |
Finland |
Melodic/Symphonic Death Metal |
13 |
| Embraced |
Sweden |
Melodic Death/Black Metal |
12 |
| Darzamat |
Poland |
Symphonic Black/Gothic Metal |
11 |
| Vampiria |
Argentina |
Melodic Black/Gothic Metal |
10 |
| 閃靈 |
Taiwan |
Melodic Black/Death/Folk Metal |
10 |
| Shade Empire |
Finland |
Symphonic Industrial Death/Black Metal |
9 |
| Black Omen |
Türkiye |
Melodic Black Metal |
9 |
| Voices of Decay |
Italy |
Melodic Black Metal (early); Melodic Death Metal (later) |
8 |
| Twilight Ophera |
Finland |
Melodic Black Metal |
8 |
| Thurisaz |
Belgium |
Atmospheric Death/Black Metal |
7 |
| Illnath |
Denmark |
Symphonic/Melodic Black Metal (early); Melodic Death Metal (later) |
6 |
| Meadows End |
Sweden |
Symphonic/Melodic Death Metal |
6 |
| Ador Dorath |
Czechia |
Melodic Gothic/Black Metal |
6 |
| Ancient Ceremony |
Germany |
Melodic Death/Black/Gothic Metal |
6 |
| Evenfall |
Italy |
Symphonic Black/Gothic Metal (early); Gothic Metal (later) |
6 |
| Luna Obscura |
Greece |
Symphonic Gothic Metal |
6 |
| Rotting Christ |
Greece |
Melodic Black Metal, Gothic Metal |
5 |
| Fleshgod Apocalypse |
Italy |
Symphonic/Technical Death Metal |
5 |
| Capitollium |
Ukraine |
Symphonic Black Metal |
5 |
| Kråke |
Norway |
Symphonic Black Metal |
5 |
| Dark |
Germany |
Death/Gothic Metal (early); Gothic Metal (later) |
5 |
| Moonspell |
Portugal |
Gothic Metal |
4 |
| Abigail Williams |
United States |
Symphonic Black Metal/Metalcore (early); Atmospheric Black Metal (later) |
4 |
| Atrium Noctis |
Germany |
Melodic Black Metal |
4 |
| Sangre Maldita |
Mexico |
Gothic/Death Metal |
4 |
| Syn Ze Șase Tri |
Romania |
Symphonic Black Metal |
4 |
| Tyrant |
Japan |
Symphonic Black Metal |
4 |
| Endlesshade |
Ukraine |
Blackened Doom/Death Metal |
3 |
| Aurora Black |
United States |
Melodic Death/Black Metal |
3 |
| Blackness |
Russia |
Melodic Death/Black Metal |
3 |
| Cadaveria |
Italy |
Black/Gothic Metal |
3 |
| Inner Fear |
Czechia |
Extreme Symphonic/Gothic Metal |
3 |
| Nocticula |
Ukraine |
Melodic Black Metal |
3 |
| Scars of Chaos |
France |
Symphonic Extreme Metal |
3 |
| (show top 20 only) |