Australia
Atmospheric, ambient, and post-black metal from desert silence and coastal shadows
AbaddonBallarat, Victoria · Melodic Black Metal · Active
AfterwalkerBrisbane, Queensland · Ambient Black Metal · Active
AgommorahMelbourne, Victoria · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
AkrielMonto, Queensland · Atmospheric Doom Metal · Split-up
Al'TyrSydney, New South Wales · Melodic/Symphonic Black Metal · Active
Allergi mot LivetQueensland · Depressive/Post-Black Metal · Active
Anno DominiSydney, New South Wales · Symphonic Black/Death Metal · Active
AnonPerth, Western Australia · Melodic Black Metal · Active
AquilusMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black/Folk Metal/Neoclassical · Active
ArbrynthMelbourne, Victoria · Progressive Death/Folk Metal (early); Post-Metal (later) · Active
ArkhethOrange, New South Wales · Symphonic/Melodic Black Metal (early); Experimental Black Metal (later) · Active
Ascend from DarknessAdelaide, South Australia · Melodic Black Metal/Blackened Death Metal · Active
AsmodaiWollongong, New South Wales · Melodic Black/Death Metal · Active
Astral WinterLaunceston, Tasmania · Melodic Black Metal, Acoustic · Active
Atra VetosusLaunceston, Tasmania · Melodic Black Metal · Active
AvantgardPerth, Western Australia · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
AuldCanberra, Australian Capital Territory · Folk/Black Metal · Active
Calea DreamingCoffs Harbour, New South Wales · Atmospheric Post-Black Metal · Active
CaeteraBrisbane, Queensland · Melodic Death/Black Metal · Active
CarcharothMelbourne, Victoria · Progressive/Melodic Death/Black Metal · Active
Chapel PerilousMelbourne, Victoria · Melodic Black Metal · Active
ChagrinArmidale, New South Wales · Atmospheric Post-Black Metal · Active
Christian CosentinoGold Coast, Queensland · Symphonic/Post-Black Metal · Active
Claim the ThronePerth, Western Australia · Melodic Death/Folk Metal · Active
Close Your EyesCanberra, Australian Capital Territory · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
CrenellationBrisbane, Queensland · Raw Black Metal with Folk influences · Active
DarklordAdelaide, South Australia · Brutal Death/Symphonic Black Metal · Active
Dani VampiBrisbane, Queensland · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
DelugeAdelaide, South Australia · Melodic Death/Black Metal · Active
Demonical OrgyRipponlea, Victoria · Melodic Black Metal · Active
DiamorahWagga Wagga, New South Wales · Symphonic Gothic/Black Metal · Active
Dissonant WindsMargate, Tasmania · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
Disappear...Queensland · Depressive/Post-Black Metal · Active
DödSydney, New South Wales · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
Dream upon TombsBlackwood, Adelaide, South Australia · Melodic Death/Black Metal · Active
DrakkarusDubbo, New South Wales · Folk Metal · Active
EarthshineWarrnambool, Victoria · Atmospheric Doom/Post-Black Metal · Active
EchidnaUnknown · Melodic Death/Black Metal · Active
ElegeionMelbourne, Victoria (early); Qatar (later) · Atmospheric Doom/Gothic/Black Metal · Active
ElkenwoodBrisbane, Queensland · Atmospheric Black/Folk Metal · Active
Elk VeriSydney, New South Wales · Black/Folk/Viking Metal · Active
ElysiumSydney, New South Wales · Atmospheric Doom/Death Metal · Changed name
EmortuusPerth, Western Australia · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
Empress in ThornsBallina, New South Wales / France (later) · Atmospheric/Melodic Black/Death Metal · Split-up
Encircling SeaMelbourne, Victoria · Sludge/Doom/Black Metal/Post-Rock · Active
EnviktasNewcastle, New South Wales · Folk Metal · Active
ErebusMelbourne, Victoria · Melodic Black Metal · Active
Ex NihiloSydney, New South Wales · Post-Black Metal, Ambient · Active
FableVictoria · Epic/Folk Black Metal · Active
FarroreAdelaide, South Australia · Melodic Black Metal · Active
FaldirPerth, Western Australia · Black/Folk Metal · Active
FleshvoidAdelaide, South Australia / Alice Springs, Northern Territory · Melodic Symphonic Black Metal · Active
Forest NocturneSydney, New South Wales · Melodic Black Metal · Active
Gallows of GolgothaNew South Wales · Atmospheric Metal · Split-up
Gemynd BeaduNew South Wales · Atmospheric Metal · Split-up
GermWollongong, New South Wales · Post-Black Metal/Shoegaze/Electronica · Active
GloraBrisbane, Queensland · Melodic Black Metal · Active
GoremantleMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal · Active
GorestineBrisbane, Queensland · Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal/Ambient · Active
GreytombMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
GrimnirMelbourne, Victoria · Melodic Black/Death Metal · Active
Halo of TeethPerth, Western Australia · Post-Black Metal · Active
HellholeArmidale, New South Wales · Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal · Active
HellspawnMelbourne, Victoria · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
Hope DroneBrisbane, Queensland · Atmospheric Post-Black Metal · Active
Illimitable DolorSydney, New South Wales · Atmospheric Doom/Death Metal · Active
InclemencySydney, New South Wales · Atmospheric/Depressive Black Metal · Active
InhaleArmidale, New South Wales · Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal · Active
InhibitorPerth, Western Australia · Depressive/Post-Black Metal · Active
In Eden SlainMelbourne, Victoria · Melodic Death/Doom Metal with Folk influences · Active
InSomnius DeiMelbourne, Victoria · Ambient/Doom/Death Metal · Active
Internal HarvestMelbourne, Victoria · Experimental Post-Black/Doom Metal · Active
Internal PurgatoryMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
In ThroesMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal · Active
Intergalactic HolocaustHobart, Tasmania · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
IshjerteMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
IronwoodSydney, New South Wales (early); Sydney / Portland, Oregon (later) · Progressive/Folk Metal · Active
Judas KissSydney, New South Wales · Melodic Black Metal · Active
KaeruleanGold Coast/Brisbane, Queensland · Melodic Death/Black Metal · Active
Kinstrife & BloodEast Corrimal, Wollongong, New South Wales · Ambient Black Metal · Active
KingMelbourne, Victoria · Melodic Black/Death Metal · Active
KhaanMelbourne, Victoria · Death/Folk Metal · Active
Kivutar's BurdenSydney, New South Wales · Melodic Death/Folk Metal · Active
KnotsUnknown · Atmospheric Black Metal · Unknown
LachrymoseUnknown · Atmospheric Black Metal · Unknown
LamentiaUnknown · Atmospheric Black Metal · Unknown
LamortGeelong, Victoria · Symphonic Black/Death Metal · Active
LagersteinBrisbane, Queensland · Folk Metal · Active
Left Horn of the RamUnknown · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
Legion of OblivAeonMelbourne, Victoria · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
Lies Are All You HaveQueensland · Atmospheric/Industrial Gothic Doom Metal · Changed name
Lost in DesolationLaunceston, Tasmania · Atmospheric/Depressive Black Metal · Active
Lucifer's LegionBrisbane, Queensland · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
Luna NocteBrisbane, Queensland · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
Månen SkyggeUnknown · Atmospheric Black Metal/Trance · Active
MazikeenMelbourne, Victoria · Symphonic Death/Black Metal · Active
MedvetenhetensUnknown · Melodic Black Metal · Active
MesarthimUnknown · Atmospheric Black Metal/Trance · Active
MhorglPerth, Western Australia · Raw/Melodic Black Metal · Active
MiruthanNewcastle, New South Wales · Melodic Black/Death Metal · Active
MirrorshieldDubbo, New South Wales · Folk/Power Metal · Active
Moon DwellerHobart, Tasmania · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
MoonBrisbane, Queensland · Atmospheric / Raw Black Metal · Active
MornedhelUnknown · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
NachthimmelPerth, Western Australia · Atmospheric / Ambient Black Metal · Unknown
NasterionSydney, New South Wales · Melodic Black Metal · Active
NeathistUlverstone, Tasmania · Melodic Black/Death Metal · Active
Neither Man nor MachineUnknown · Post-Black Metal · Active
NekrasovMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal / Ambient · Active
NerthusPerth, Western Australia · Folk/Black Metal · Active
NeurothymiaHervey Bay / Gold Coast, Queensland · Melodic Black/Gothic Metal · Active
NontinuumNew South Wales (early); Melbourne, Victoria (later) · Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal · Active
Nox IgnisWollongong, New South Wales · Melodic Black/Death Metal · Active
OBrisbane, Queensland · Atmospheric Blackened Sludge Metal · Active
OarSydney, New South Wales · Post-Black Metal · Active
ObsidiethMelbourne, Victoria · Symphonic Melodic Death/Black Metal · Active
OmnipresenceMelbourne, Victoria · Melodic Black/Death Metal · Active
Old World ViperMelbourne, Victoria · Sludge/Post-Black Metal · Active
OthrsMelbourne, Victoria · Post-Black Metal · Active
OTSMelbourne, Victoria · Progressive/Melodic Black/Death Metal · Active
Ouroboric DeityMelbourne, Victoria · Experimental Black Metal/Post-Punk · Active
OrochiGold Coast, Queensland (early); Tokyo, Japan (later) · Power/Folk Metal/Rock · Active
Pagan OrderSydney, New South Wales · Black/Thrash Metal · Active
Paroxysmal DescentMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
Perdition OracleMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
Perpetual DawnAdelaide, South Australia · Melodic Folk/Black Metal · Active
PerplexusSydney, New South Wales · Folk Metal · Active
Pestilent SerpentMelbourne, Victoria · Black/Death Metal · Active
Plague CallMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
Plague of NecromancyMelbourne, Victoria · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
ПоганьArmidale, New South Wales · Atmospheric Post-Black/Death Metal · Active
PoltusSunshine Coast, Queensland · Black/Folk Metal · Active
Promethean MiseryBlue Mountains, New South Wales · Atmospheric Melodic Doom Metal · Active
ProliferateToowoomba, Queensland · Post-Black/Progressive Metal · Active
ПустотаArmidale, New South Wales · Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal · Active
ՌահվիրաYerevan · Black Metal · Active
RasthirSydney, New South Wales · Folk/Black Metal · Active
Ravens LoreMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
Realms and EvolutionAdelaide, South Australia · Melodic Black/Gothic Metal · Active
RemeteNew South Wales · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
Requiem in VoidMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
RequiteMelbourne, Victoria · Post-Black Metal · Active
Rooted in DespairWollongong, New South Wales · Depressive Black Metal/Post-Rock · Active
RUNMelbourne, Victoria · Post-Black Metal/Hardcore · Active
Rusted EarthSydney, New South Wales · Black/Post-Metal · Active
SamainPerth, Western Australia · Black Metal with Folk/Pagan/Progressive influences · Active
SárspellGeelong / Melbourne, Victoria · Melodic Black/Death Metal · Active
SaralisseAlbion Park Rail, Shellharbour, New South Wales · Melodic Progressive/Folk Metal · Active
Scourge of the SunMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
SearHelsinki · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
SeclusionMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal · Active
Seer's Firenetherlands · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
Shadows at the Edge of LightMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
ShangrenSydney, New South Wales · Folk/Death/Black Metal · Active
shapelessNew South Wales · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
ShroudMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
Shrouds of DesecrationMelbourne, Victoria · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
Skyborne ReveriesAdelaide, South Australia · Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal · Active
СкорбьArmidale, New South Wales · Depressive/Post-Black Metal · Active
SlaughtersunMelbourne, Victoria · Melodic Black Metal · Active
Solar ThornHobart, Tasmania · Melodic Death/Black Metal · Active
Somnium NoxSydney / Canberra · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
SomnolenceNorthcote, Victoria · Melodic Black/Death Metal · Active
Sorrows of the SkyMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
SphericalPerth, Western Australia · Melodic Black/Death Metal · Active
Splintered CompanyByaduk, Victoria · Melodic Black/Death Metal · Active
Stygian AbysmaMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Post-Black Metal · Active
StormtideMelbourne, Victoria · Symphonic Folk/Death Metal · Active
Stone of DesolationMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
Stone SovereignFawkner, Victoria (early); Orange, New South Wales (later) · Melodic Death/Folk Metal · Active
StridentMelbourne, Victoria · Melodic Black Metal · Active
Subterranean ManifestationMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
Sulphuric NightmaresMelbourne, Victoria · Raw Black Metal · Active
Surreal PerditionSydney, New South Wales · Melodic Black Metal · Active
SvartalfheimurSydney, New South Wales · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
Symphonic ChaosCanberra, Australian Capital Territory · Melodic/Atmospheric Death/Black Metal · Active
Take This LifeTasmania · Depressive/Post-Black Metal · Active
Tamerlan EmpireSydney, New South Wales · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
Tears of the DeceasedYerevan (early); Kraków, Poland (later) · Melodic Black Metal · Active
The DemonicMelbourne, Victoria · Melodic Black/Gothic Metal · Active
The Demon's NightmareBrisbane, Queensland · Melodic Black Metal · Active
The Ninth PathNorthcote, Victoria · Melodic Black Metal · Active
The PeregrineMelbourne, Victoria · Progressive/Post-Black Metal · Active
The VeilMelancholic and ambient black metal from Melbourne · Echoes of grief and spectral longing
Thornsnorway, · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
Thrown AwayArmidale, New South Wales · Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal · Active
Thundering DarknessMelbourne, Victoria · Symphonic Black Metal · Active
Twisted HornSydney, New South Wales · Post-Black Metal/Shoegaze · Active
UniverseMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal · Active
VaelMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
Vado MoriMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
Veil of AnguishMelbourne, Victoria · Depressive Black Metal · Active
VixentaBrisbane, Queensland · Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal · Active
Waste NotMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
WerifesteriaMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
WildeornesMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black/Folk Metal · Active
Woods of DesolationAustralia (exact location unknown) · Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal · Active
Wretched WorldMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active
ŽalostMelbourne, Victoria · Atmospheric Black Metal · Active