Database statistics

Global statistics

Total albums	62,559
Total bands	26,624
Total countries	139

Average albums / band	2.35
Average albums / country	450.06
Average bands / country	191.54

Total album reviews	42
Total news items	370
Total band profiles	46

Albums by country

United States	9,931
Germany	5,127
France	3,043
Italy	2,871
Russia	2,841
Sweden	2,801
Norway	2,557
Finland	2,471
Brazil	2,323
Poland	2,300
United Kingdom	2,258
Canada	2,152
Australia	1,481
Greece	1,373
Spain	1,271
Mexico	1,248
Netherlands	1,211
Chile	1,015
Ukraine	904
Colombia	846
Portugal	841
Austria	695
Belgium	639
Denmark	558
Hungary	544
Czech Republic	542
Japan	518
Switzerland	512
Argentina	507
Indonesia	413
Peru	320
Romania	289
Turkey	277
Slovakia	273
Belarus	255
Malaysia	241
Bulgaria	232
China	226
Ecuador	220
Ireland	218
Croatia	217
Serbia	207
New Zealand	192
Iceland	187
Singapore	184
Slovenia	174

Venezuela	167
Iran	149
Israel / Palestine	141
Bolivia	140
Philippines	136
Bosnia & Herzegovina	125
Estonia	125
Lithuania	124
India	94
Costa Rica	88
South Africa	83
Paraguay	81
South Korea	78
Latvia	68
Thailand	55
Egypt	54
Uruguay	53
Taiwan	51
Armenia	50
Guatemala	50
El Salvador	42
Malta	39
North Macedonia	38
Puerto Rico	38
Sri Lanka	37
Cyprus	36
Kazakhstan	33
Luxembourg	33
Cuba	31
Georgia	30
Honduras	27
Lebanon	27
Syria	25
Panama	23
Vietnam	23
Algeria	21
Moldova	21
Iraq	20
Tunisia	20
Bahrain	19
Dominican Republic	18
Bangladesh	17
Jordan	17
Nicaragua	16
Brunei	15
Saudi Arabia	15

Pakistan	14
Kyrgyzstan	12
Azerbaijan	11
Faroe Islands	11
Greenland	10
Nepal	10
Montenegro	9
Albania	7
United Arab Emirates	7
Burma	6
Jamaica	6
Morocco	6
Barbados	5
Hong Kong	5
Monaco	5
Angola	4
Belize	4
Madagascar	4
Svalbard	4
Cambodia	3
Gibraltar	3
Guernsey	3
Kenya	3
Libya	3
Turkmenistan	3
Uzbekistan	3
Andorra	2
Guam	2
Mongolia	2
Reunion Island	2
Tajikistan	2
Afghanistan	1
Ethiopia	1
French Polynesia	1
Guyana	1
Jersey	1
Kuwait	1
Laos	1
Liechtenstein	1
Maldives	1
Mozambique	1
Oman	1
Qatar	1
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1
Trinidad and Tobago	1
Uganda	1

Bands by country

United States	4,345
Germany	2,078
France	1,358
Italy	1,209
Russia	1,098
Brazil	1,096
United Kingdom	974
Sweden	960
Canada	958
Finland	921
Poland	866
Norway	842
Mexico	635
Australia	586
Spain	558
Greece	536
Chile	535
Netherlands	509
Colombia	454
Portugal	329
Ukraine	321
Austria	304
Argentina	267
Belgium	266
Switzerland	228
Indonesia	220
Hungary	219
Denmark	216
Czech Republic	208
Japan	178
Peru	152
Ecuador	136
Slovakia	133
Malaysia	130
Turkey	129
Romania	126
China	114
Bulgaria	110
Belarus	108
Croatia	104
Ireland	97
New Zealand	93
Serbia	92
Iceland	91
Bolivia	85
Venezuela	85

Slovenia	74
Israel / Palestine	69
Singapore	68
Philippines	63
India	60
Bosnia & Herzegovina	56
Estonia	54
Lithuania	54
South Africa	51
Costa Rica	47
Iran	46
Paraguay	45
South Korea	38
Uruguay	30
Guatemala	29
Latvia	29
El Salvador	27
Thailand	26
North Macedonia	24
Sri Lanka	23
Cyprus	21
Egypt	19
Luxembourg	19
Dominican Republic	17
Honduras	17
Taiwan	17
Lebanon	16
Puerto Rico	15
Cuba	14
Georgia	14
Malta	14
Panama	14
Syria	14
Armenia	13
Kazakhstan	13
Bangladesh	12
Moldova	11
Algeria	10
Brunei	10
Jordan	10
Vietnam	10
Nicaragua	9
Tunisia	9
Iraq	8
Bahrain	7
Montenegro	6

Morocco	6
Pakistan	6
Azerbaijan	5
Greenland	5
Saudi Arabia	5
United Arab Emirates	5
Albania	4
Faroe Islands	4
Nepal	4
Barbados	3
Burma	3
Jamaica	3
Kenya	3
Kyrgyzstan	3
Libya	3
Angola	2
Belize	2
Cambodia	2
Gibraltar	2
Guernsey	2
Hong Kong	2
Madagascar	2
Monaco	2
Mongolia	2
Svalbard	2
Uzbekistan	2
Afghanistan	1
Andorra	1
Ethiopia	1
French Polynesia	1
Guam	1
Guyana	1
Jersey	1
Kuwait	1
Laos	1
Liechtenstein	1
Maldives	1
Mozambique	1
Oman	1
Qatar	1
Reunion Island	1
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1
Tajikistan	1
Trinidad and Tobago	1
Turkmenistan	1
Uganda	1

Genre distribution

Black Metal	28,184
Black Metal / Death	6,834
Black Metal / Thrash	2,914
Melodic Black Metal	2,592
Pagan Black Metal	2,518
Atmospheric Black Metal	2,397
Depressive Black Metal	2,008
Black Metal / Ambient	1,853
Symphonic Black Metal	1,713
Black Metal / Doom	1,604
Post-Black Metal	1,398
Experimental Black Metal	1,343
Old School Black Metal	1,130
Black Metal / Punk	864
Gothic Black Metal	750

Progressive Black Metal	577
Funeral Doom	538
Industrial Black Metal	507
Black Metal / Noise	413
Atmospheric / Pagan Black Metal	388
Pagan Metal	359
Black Metal / Grindcore	334
Black Metal / Funeral Doom	223
Epic / Pagan Black Metal	200
Thrash Metal	179
Death Metal	166
Ambient	150
Epic / Atmospheric Black Metal	137
Epic Black Metal	132
Ambient / Folk	85

Albums by year

1980	1
1981	2
1982	6
1983	12
1984	27
1985	36
1986	47
1987	57
1988	58
1989	73
1990	103
1991	134
1992	213
1993	353

1994	472
1995	614
1996	682
1997	741
1998	842
1999	992
2000	912
2001	1,110
2002	1,264
2003	1,550
2004	1,874
2005	2,011
2006	2,012
2007	2,196

2008	2,302
2009	2,375
2010	2,536
2011	2,695
2012	2,873
2013	3,010
2014	3,159
2015	3,267
2016	3,570
2017	3,962
2018	4,166
2019	4,244
2020	4,720
2021	1,286

Most collected albums

Darkthrone - The Cult Is Alive	3
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky	3
Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon	3
Burzum - Filosofem	3
Bölzer - Soma	2
Darkthrone - F.O.A.D	2
Marduk - Panzer Division Marduk	2
Darkthrone - Soulside Journey	2
Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam	2
Darkthrone - Panzerfaust	2

Burzum - Det Som Engang Var	2
Gorgoroth - Antichrist	2
Burzum - Belus	2
Gorgoroth - Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt	2
Immortal - Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism	2
Taake - Nattestid Ser Porten Vid	2
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss	2
Gorgoroth - Pentagram	2
The Ruins of Beverast - Unlock the Shrine (Reliquary of the White Abyss)	2
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger	2

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas	2
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter	2
Gorgoroth - Under the Sign of Hell	2
Taake - Hordalands Doedskvad	2
The Ruins of Beverast - Rain upon the Impure	2
Asaradel - Fallen Angel	1
Spells of Misery - Wretched Doom Above	1
Kriegsmaschine - Apocalypticists	1
Mork (NOR) - Katedralen	1
Demiser - Through the Gate Eternal	1

Most popular user searches

burzum	5,728
mayhem	5,275
darkthrone	5,245
marduk	4,758
norway	4,723
taake	4,710
immortal	4,515
bathory	4,050
emperor	3,983
gorgoroth	3,908
behemoth	3,666
dimmu borgir	3,665
satyricon	3,644
dark funeral	3,590
mgla	3,586
summoning	3,580
1994	3,509
enslaved	3,501
watain	3,487
2014	3,454
nargaroth	3,440
inquisition	3,118
2015	3,046
dissection	3,026
drudkh	3,000
cradle of filth	2,987
ulver	2,973
graveland	2,935
horna	2,918
xasthur	2,835
2013	2,827
satanic warmaster	2,821
windir	2,796
shining	2,785
goat fetus	2,777
agalloch	2,719
blut aus nord	2,641
leviathan	2,622
deathspell omega	2,553
beherit	2,547
2012	2,542
2016	2,491
rotting christ	2,448
behexen	2,424
2011	2,421
tsjuder	2,407
1349	2,383
sargeist	2,364
lunar aurora	2,359
armagedda	2,359

thrash	2,322
al namrood	2,260
arckanum	2,257
urgehal	2,250
2010	2,232
carpathian forest	2,127
belphegor	2,107
darkspace	2,080
absu	2,079
impaled nazarene	2,048
judas iscariot	2,031
gehenna	2,003
kampfar	1,998
ragnarok	1,997
celtic frost	1,950
abigor	1,950
enthroned	1,929
dark fortress	1,927
moonblood	1,920
samael	1,893
sodom	1,890
borknagar	1,884
nagelfar	1,873
alcest	1,855
peste noire	1,831
thulcandra	1,817
setherial	1,811
venom	1,797
absurd	1,794
sweden	1,789
naglfar	1,789
lord belial	1,758
moonsorrow	1,752
sigh	1,732
urfaust	1,726
nokturnal mortum	1,715
winterfylleth	1,711
carach angren	1,666
dark opus	1,662
wolves in the throne room	1,624
coldworld	1,622
primordial	1,613
deafheaven	1,604
hellhammer	1,598
desaster	1,595
aura noir	1,583
endstille	1,580
slayer	1,551
striborg	1,523
finland	1,483

pagan	1,479
woods of desolation	1,468
limbonic art	1,391
sarcofago	1,379
colombia	1,362
1996	1,348
1995	1,319
nachtmystium	1,290
bane	1,282
aquilus	1,181
drowning the light	1,162
death	1,140
chile	1,121
lifelover	958
mutiilation	928
negura bunget	902
evilfeast	866
epic	856
ancient	852
craft	845
archgoat	804
pest	799
katharsis	787
hate forest	774
2018	773
panopticon	769
the ruins of beverast	756
falkenbach	751
arcturus	745
melechesh	736
sabbat	722
old mans child	700
bethlehem	688
lustre	687
pagan black metal	674
vreid	673
altar of plagues	671
sacramentum	669
destroyer 666	664
thorns	649
funeral mist	645
wedard	644
gris	640
anaal nathrakh	639
krieg	619
kreator	614
ondskapt	602
mercyful fate	596
khors	596
solstafir	584

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Last album update: 10th May, 2021
Last news update: 10th May, 2021

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Total reviews: 42
Total news items: 370
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Total band profiles: 46

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