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Best melodic black metal artists of the 2010s

Streaming rewrote every incentive underneath a record: its length, its release date, whether it needed a single at all. Trap production became pop's default rhythm, and a lot of the decade's best artists arrived through a laptop rather than a label.

Everyone who released a melodic black metal album in the 2010s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Cradle of Filth№ 1Cradle of Filth2 albums here4.0Weighted score4.0 avg · 50 ratings
  1. 2Ne ObliviscarisNe Obliviscaris1 album here3.83.7 avg · 3 ratings
  2. 3AgathodaimonAgathodaimon1 album here3.63.2 avg · 3 ratings
  3. 4Rotting ChristRotting Christ5 albums here3.63.3 avg · 4 ratings
  4. 5VreidVreid5 albums here3.42.9 avg · 6 ratings
  5. 6ThurisazThurisaz3 albums here2 ratings
  6. 7MelecheshMelechesh1 album here1 rating
  7. 8Eternal HelcaraxeEternal Helcaraxe3 albums here1 rating
  8. 9AncientAncient1 album here1 rating
  9. 10IskaldIskald3 albums here1 rating
  10. 11IstappIstapp2 albums here1 rating
  11. 12UADAUADA3 albums here
  12. 13Sorg Uten TårerSorg Uten Tårer4 albums here
  13. 14Naglfar1 album here

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