Global statistics
| Total albums | 94,809 |
| Total bands | 39,987 |
| Total countries | 143 |
| Average albums / band | 2.37 |
| Average albums / country | 663.00 |
| Average bands / country | 279.63 |
| Total album reviews | 288 |
| Total news items | 1,106 |
| Total band profiles | 61 |
Albums by country
 United States | 16,931 |
 Germany | 7,354 |
 Russia | 4,517 |
 France | 4,433 |
 Italy | 4,104 |
 Sweden | 3,861 |
 Finland | 3,751 |
 Brazil | 3,637 |
 United Kingdom | 3,528 |
 Canada | 3,492 |
 Norway | 3,367 |
 Poland | 3,132 |
 Australia | 2,267 |
 Greece | 1,889 |
 Spain | 1,861 |
 Mexico | 1,847 |
 Netherlands | 1,776 |
 Chile | 1,591 |
 Ukraine | 1,330 |
 Colombia | 1,269 |
 Portugal | 1,250 |
 Austria | 988 |
 Belgium | 916 |
 Japan | 901 |
 Argentina | 842 |
 Denmark | 821 |
 Czech Republic | 817 |
 Switzerland | 769 |
 Hungary | 751 |
 Indonesia | 682 |
 Belarus | 460 |
 Turkey | 451 |
 Peru | 421 |
 Romania | 416 |
 Slovakia | 410 |
 China | 350 |
 Ireland | 334 |
 Ecuador | 331 |
 Malaysia | 331 |
 New Zealand | 302 |
 Croatia | 299 |
 Bulgaria | 294 |
 Serbia | 281 |
 Singapore | 260 |
 Iceland | 257 |
 Venezuela | 238 |
 Slovenia | 224 |
Bands by country
| United States | 7,319 |
| Germany | 2,959 |
| France | 1,899 |
| Russia | 1,791 |
| Brazil | 1,738 |
| Italy | 1,676 |
| Canada | 1,470 |
| United Kingdom | 1,451 |
| Finland | 1,440 |
| Sweden | 1,374 |
| Poland | 1,215 |
| Norway | 1,153 |
| Mexico | 934 |
| Australia | 838 |
| Chile | 796 |
| Spain | 792 |
| Netherlands | 730 |
| Greece | 704 |
| Colombia | 639 |
| Ukraine | 504 |
| Portugal | 477 |
| Argentina | 422 |
| Austria | 415 |
| Indonesia | 404 |
| Belgium | 380 |
| Denmark | 332 |
| Czech Republic | 320 |
| Switzerland | 315 |
| Hungary | 294 |
| Japan | 243 |
| Turkey | 212 |
| Ecuador | 200 |
| Peru | 195 |
| Belarus | 192 |
| Romania | 190 |
| Slovakia | 183 |
| Malaysia | 166 |
| China | 165 |
| Ireland | 146 |
| Croatia | 143 |
| Bulgaria | 140 |
| New Zealand | 136 |
| Serbia | 127 |
| Iceland | 116 |
| Venezuela | 112 |
 Bolivia | 102 |
 Costa Rica | 98 |
Genre distribution
| Black Metal | 40,654 |
| Black / Death Metal | 9,423 |
| Black / Thrash Metal | 4,093 |
| Atmospheric Black Metal | 3,902 |
| Melodic Black Metal | 3,891 |
| Black Metal / Ambient | 3,305 |
| Depressive Black Metal | 3,295 |
| Pagan Black Metal | 3,257 |
| Experimental Black Metal | 3,165 |
| Black / Doom Metal | 2,421 |
| Post-Black Metal | 2,350 |
| Symphonic Black Metal | 2,278 |
| Old School Black Metal | 1,904 |
| Experimental Black / Death Metal | 1,685 |
| Black Metal / Punk | 1,520 |
| Gothic Black Metal | 1,010 |
Albums by year
| 1996 | 823 |
| 1997 | 896 |
| 1998 | 1,007 |
| 1999 | 1,178 |
| 2000 | 1,096 |
| 2001 | 1,308 |
| 2002 | 1,468 |
| 2003 | 1,809 |
| 2004 | 2,207 |
| 2005 | 2,362 |
| 2006 | 2,340 |
| 2007 | 2,569 |
| 2008 | 2,692 |
| 2009 | 2,762 |
| 2010 | 2,925 |
| 2011 | 3,076 |
| 2012 | 3,351 |
| 2013 | 3,545 |
| 2014 | 3,768 |
| 2015 | 3,899 |
| 2016 | 4,201 |
| 2017 | 4,694 |
| 2018 | 4,965 |
| 2019 | 5,359 |
| 2020 | 6,604 |
| 2021 | 6,303 |
| 2022 | 5,726 |
| 2023 | 5,064 |
| 2024 | 3,670 |
| 2025 | 300 |
Most popular user searches
| burzum | 7,632 |
| darkthrone | 7,464 |
| mayhem | 7,037 |
| marduk | 6,298 |
| taake | 6,047 |
| immortal | 5,578 |
| dimmu borgir | 5,095 |
| emperor | 5,084 |
| gorgoroth | 4,992 |
| bathory | 4,943 |
| norway | 4,887 |
| behemoth | 4,681 |
| enslaved | 4,668 |
| cradle of filth | 4,543 |
| dark funeral | 4,502 |
| summoning | 4,492 |
| satyricon | 4,432 |
| mgla | 4,328 |
| watain | 4,210 |
| nargaroth | 4,194 |
| horna | 4,103 |
| graveland | 4,077 |
| drudkh | 3,927 |
| inquisition | 3,840 |
| ulver | 3,835 |
| blut aus nord | 3,808 |
| 1994 | 3,716 |
| dissection | 3,664 |
| 2014 | 3,495 |
| satanic warmaster | 3,468 |
| xasthur | 3,310 |
| shining | 3,263 |
| windir | 3,242 |
| agalloch | 3,185 |
| leviathan | 3,101 |
| rotting christ | 3,091 |
| deathspell omega | 3,087 |
| 2015 | 3,081 |
| beherit | 3,018 |
| goat fetus | 3,017 |
| 1349 | 2,928 |
| 2013 | 2,869 |
| tsjuder | 2,859 |
| behexen | 2,800 |
| lunar aurora | 2,788 |
| sargeist | 2,784 |
| ragnarok | 2,777 |
| absurd | 2,701 |
| armagedda | 2,676 |
| urgehal | 2,671 |
| abigor | 2,603 |
| 2012 | 2,580 |
| belphegor | 2,571 |
| sodom | 2,567 |
| 2016 | 2,527 |
| carpathian forest | 2,523 |
| arckanum | 2,510 |
| venom | 2,503 |
| samael | 2,468 |
| 2011 | 2,461 |
| judas iscariot | 2,432 |
| moonsorrow | 2,411 |
| impaled nazarene | 2,379 |
| absu | 2,377 |
| darkspace | 2,332 |
| thrash | 2,332 |
| gehenna | 2,297 |
| al namrood | 2,290 |
| borknagar | 2,290 |
| striborg | 2,290 |
| 2010 | 2,286 |
| kampfar | 2,283 |
| moonblood | 2,272 |
| peste noire | 2,253 |
| enthroned | 2,232 |
| nokturnal mortum | 2,212 |
| celtic frost | 2,211 |
| nagelfar | 2,190 |
| sigh | 2,160 |
| dark fortress | 2,132 |
| alcest | 2,129 |
| setherial | 2,110 |
| urfaust | 2,104 |
| thulcandra | 2,070 |
| naglfar | 2,059 |
| lord belial | 2,058 |
| slayer | 1,960 |
| primordial | 1,930 |
| sweden | 1,921 |
| wolves in the throne room | 1,912 |
| winterfylleth | 1,911 |
| carach angren | 1,847 |
| deafheaven | 1,794 |
| limbonic art | 1,775 |
| hellhammer | 1,767 |
| desaster | 1,749 |
| coldworld | 1,726 |
| endstille | 1,718 |
| aura noir | 1,715 |
| drowning the light | 1,672 |
| dark opus | 1,669 |
| pagan | 1,632 |
| finland | 1,629 |
| sarcofago | 1,606 |
| woods of desolation | 1,582 |
| nachtmystium | 1,572 |
| sabbat | 1,489 |
| 1996 | 1,470 |
| 1995 | 1,470 |
| bane | 1,402 |
| colombia | 1,396 |
| mutiilation | 1,335 |
| death | 1,330 |
| hate forest | 1,274 |
| aquilus | 1,267 |
| lifelover | 1,181 |
| chile | 1,167 |
| craft | 1,158 |
| negura bunget | 1,124 |
| ancient | 1,123 |
| archgoat | 1,122 |
| evilfeast | 1,120 |
| falkenbach | 1,090 |
| kreator | 1,076 |
| arcturus | 1,071 |
| pest | 1,054 |
| goatmoon | 1,035 |
| bethlehem | 1,004 |
| panopticon | 985 |
| necrophobic | 977 |
| the ruins of beverast | 957 |
| melechesh | 952 |
| wedard | 923 |
| sacramentum | 913 |
| katharsis | 906 |
| krieg | 884 |
| epic | 881 |
| gris | 874 |
| khors | 870 |
| vreid | 870 |
| destroyer 666 | 867 |
| old mans child | 849 |
| pagan black metal | 847 |
| lustre | 840 |
| thorns | 819 |
| 2018 | 813 |
| forgotten tomb | 792 |
| funeral mist | 786 |
| batushka | 786 |
| mercyful fate | 765 |
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