Global statistics
| Total albums | 95,636 |
| Total bands | 40,354 |
| Total countries | 143 |
| Average albums / band | 2.37 |
| Average albums / country | 668.78 |
| Average bands / country | 282.20 |
| Total album reviews | 345 |
| Total news items | 1,121 |
| Total band profiles | 61 |
Albums by country
 United States | 17,074 |
 Germany | 7,391 |
 Russia | 4,557 |
 France | 4,498 |
 Italy | 4,138 |
 Sweden | 3,898 |
 Finland | 3,776 |
 Brazil | 3,670 |
 United Kingdom | 3,554 |
 Canada | 3,529 |
 Norway | 3,379 |
 Poland | 3,158 |
 Australia | 2,279 |
 Greece | 1,912 |
 Spain | 1,872 |
 Mexico | 1,871 |
 Netherlands | 1,787 |
 Chile | 1,607 |
 Ukraine | 1,346 |
 Colombia | 1,275 |
 Portugal | 1,256 |
 Austria | 1,001 |
 Belgium | 925 |
 Japan | 904 |
 Argentina | 855 |
 Czech Republic | 827 |
 Denmark | 823 |
 Switzerland | 778 |
 Hungary | 761 |
 Indonesia | 690 |
 Belarus | 468 |
 Turkey | 462 |
 Romania | 422 |
 Peru | 421 |
 Slovakia | 413 |
 China | 353 |
 Ireland | 336 |
 Ecuador | 331 |
 Malaysia | 331 |
 New Zealand | 304 |
 Croatia | 300 |
 Bulgaria | 298 |
 Serbia | 284 |
 Iceland | 262 |
 Singapore | 261 |
 Venezuela | 248 |
 Slovenia | 224 |
Bands by country
| United States | 7,383 |
| Germany | 2,979 |
| France | 1,931 |
| Russia | 1,812 |
| Brazil | 1,752 |
| Italy | 1,689 |
| Canada | 1,486 |
| United Kingdom | 1,462 |
| Finland | 1,450 |
| Sweden | 1,390 |
| Poland | 1,225 |
| Norway | 1,158 |
| Mexico | 942 |
| Australia | 844 |
| Chile | 805 |
| Spain | 798 |
| Netherlands | 735 |
| Greece | 712 |
| Colombia | 643 |
| Ukraine | 508 |
| Portugal | 481 |
| Argentina | 427 |
| Austria | 422 |
| Indonesia | 409 |
| Belgium | 387 |
| Denmark | 333 |
| Czech Republic | 324 |
| Switzerland | 316 |
| Hungary | 296 |
| Japan | 245 |
| Turkey | 217 |
| Ecuador | 200 |
| Belarus | 196 |
| Peru | 195 |
| Romania | 191 |
| Slovakia | 184 |
| China | 167 |
| Malaysia | 166 |
| Ireland | 147 |
| Croatia | 144 |
| Bulgaria | 141 |
| New Zealand | 137 |
| Serbia | 128 |
| Iceland | 120 |
| Venezuela | 115 |
 Bolivia | 102 |
 Costa Rica | 99 |
Genre distribution
| Black Metal | 40,953 |
| Black / Death Metal | 9,458 |
| Black / Thrash Metal | 4,108 |
| Atmospheric Black Metal | 3,951 |
| Melodic Black Metal | 3,917 |
| Depressive Black Metal | 3,364 |
| Black Metal / Ambient | 3,341 |
| Pagan Black Metal | 3,284 |
| Experimental Black Metal | 3,176 |
| Black / Doom Metal | 2,433 |
| Post-Black Metal | 2,372 |
| Symphonic Black Metal | 2,288 |
| Old School Black Metal | 1,915 |
| Experimental Black / Death Metal | 1,788 |
| Black Metal / Punk | 1,528 |
| Gothic Black Metal | 1,021 |
Albums by year
| 1996 | 824 |
| 1997 | 899 |
| 1998 | 1,012 |
| 1999 | 1,186 |
| 2000 | 1,101 |
| 2001 | 1,310 |
| 2002 | 1,475 |
| 2003 | 1,813 |
| 2004 | 2,210 |
| 2005 | 2,370 |
| 2006 | 2,344 |
| 2007 | 2,576 |
| 2008 | 2,703 |
| 2009 | 2,769 |
| 2010 | 2,938 |
| 2011 | 3,084 |
| 2012 | 3,358 |
| 2013 | 3,551 |
| 2014 | 3,773 |
| 2015 | 3,904 |
| 2016 | 4,211 |
| 2017 | 4,702 |
| 2018 | 4,973 |
| 2019 | 5,367 |
| 2020 | 6,624 |
| 2021 | 6,319 |
| 2022 | 5,745 |
| 2023 | 5,111 |
| 2024 | 3,764 |
| 2025 | 760 |
Most popular user searches
| burzum | 7,963 |
| darkthrone | 7,803 |
| mayhem | 7,568 |
| marduk | 6,677 |
| taake | 6,307 |
| immortal | 5,807 |
| emperor | 5,365 |
| dimmu borgir | 5,344 |
| gorgoroth | 5,229 |
| behemoth | 5,206 |
| bathory | 5,193 |
| enslaved | 5,029 |
| norway | 4,930 |
| cradle of filth | 4,754 |
| summoning | 4,740 |
| mgla | 4,698 |
| satyricon | 4,666 |
| dark funeral | 4,662 |
| graveland | 4,491 |
| watain | 4,443 |
| horna | 4,415 |
| nargaroth | 4,371 |
| drudkh | 4,108 |
| inquisition | 4,101 |
| ulver | 4,063 |
| dissection | 3,935 |
| blut aus nord | 3,918 |
| 1994 | 3,852 |
| xasthur | 3,816 |
| shining | 3,757 |
| satanic warmaster | 3,718 |
| 2014 | 3,506 |
| windir | 3,446 |
| deathspell omega | 3,361 |
| agalloch | 3,339 |
| sodom | 3,253 |
| rotting christ | 3,242 |
| leviathan | 3,236 |
| ragnarok | 3,228 |
| beherit | 3,129 |
| 1349 | 3,110 |
| 2015 | 3,091 |
| goat fetus | 3,071 |
| tsjuder | 3,022 |
| behexen | 2,951 |
| sargeist | 2,944 |
| samael | 2,942 |
| absurd | 2,940 |
| armagedda | 2,917 |
| venom | 2,882 |
| 2013 | 2,878 |
| lunar aurora | 2,826 |
| urgehal | 2,823 |
| belphegor | 2,801 |
| striborg | 2,797 |
| abigor | 2,733 |
| arckanum | 2,668 |
| kampfar | 2,651 |
| moonsorrow | 2,606 |
| 2012 | 2,590 |
| carpathian forest | 2,575 |
| 2016 | 2,534 |
| darkspace | 2,529 |
| borknagar | 2,528 |
| judas iscariot | 2,517 |
| gehenna | 2,504 |
| absu | 2,479 |
| 2011 | 2,472 |
| nagelfar | 2,456 |
| impaled nazarene | 2,446 |
| celtic frost | 2,361 |
| al namrood | 2,359 |
| moonblood | 2,348 |
| thrash | 2,341 |
| peste noire | 2,326 |
| enthroned | 2,321 |
| urfaust | 2,312 |
| alcest | 2,304 |
| 2010 | 2,301 |
| sigh | 2,300 |
| nokturnal mortum | 2,277 |
| naglfar | 2,244 |
| slayer | 2,228 |
| setherial | 2,223 |
| dark fortress | 2,168 |
| thulcandra | 2,145 |
| lord belial | 2,138 |
| sabbat | 2,066 |
| primordial | 2,030 |
| winterfylleth | 1,987 |
| wolves in the throne room | 1,973 |
| sweden | 1,949 |
| aura noir | 1,918 |
| limbonic art | 1,914 |
| hellhammer | 1,910 |
| carach angren | 1,871 |
| coldworld | 1,867 |
| deafheaven | 1,866 |
| endstille | 1,838 |
| desaster | 1,810 |
| pagan | 1,760 |
| dark opus | 1,757 |
| sarcofago | 1,751 |
| drowning the light | 1,751 |
| nachtmystium | 1,744 |
| finland | 1,658 |
| mutiilation | 1,631 |
| pest | 1,611 |
| woods of desolation | 1,607 |
| death | 1,588 |
| bane | 1,567 |
| 1995 | 1,561 |
| 1996 | 1,497 |
| lifelover | 1,404 |
| colombia | 1,404 |
| craft | 1,403 |
| hate forest | 1,363 |
| archgoat | 1,309 |
| aquilus | 1,307 |
| krieg | 1,287 |
| kreator | 1,278 |
| arcturus | 1,248 |
| melechesh | 1,242 |
| ancient | 1,203 |
| falkenbach | 1,199 |
| negura bunget | 1,196 |
| chile | 1,180 |
| bethlehem | 1,174 |
| evilfeast | 1,164 |
| necrophobic | 1,156 |
| goatmoon | 1,138 |
| khors | 1,093 |
| sacramentum | 1,088 |
| gris | 1,087 |
| panopticon | 1,080 |
| the ruins of beverast | 1,076 |
| epic | 1,045 |
| katharsis | 1,041 |
| wedard | 994 |
| thorns | 958 |
| old mans child | 946 |
| vreid | 945 |
| batushka | 910 |
| destroyer 666 | 884 |
| lustre | 878 |
| forgotten tomb | 870 |
| pagan black metal | 864 |
| 2018 | 826 |
| funeral mist | 822 |
| mercyful fate | 797 |
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