This is a list of artists described as unblack metal, a genre of music which is musically and stylistically similar to black metal but whose artists profess Christianity and either promote the religion in their lyrics, oppose the Satanism and paganism promoted by black metal, or both.

Note that this list only includes bands described as unblack metal. Christian bands that are described only as black metal are not included, but can be found on the list of Christian metal artists and lists of black metal bands.

Band Country Formed Notes
Admonish Sweden 1994 [1]
Antestor Norway 1990 [2]
Armageddon Holocaust Indonesia 1999 [3]
Ascending King United States 2015 [4]
The Autumn League Australia 2011 [5]
Batushka Poland 2015 [6]
Christageddon United States 2010 [7]
Crimson Moonlight Sweden 1997 [8]
Demoniciduth Switzerland 1998 [9]
Drottnar Norway 1996 [10]
Elgibbor Poland 1999 [11]
Frosthardr Norway 1997 [12]
Frost Like Ashes United States 2001 [13][14]
Grave Declaration Norway 2006 [15]
Holy Blood Ukraine 1999 [16]
Hope for the Dying United States 2006 [17]
Horde Australia 1994 [18]
Hortor Mexico 2004 [19]
Lengsel Norway 1995 [20]
O, Majestic Winter United States 2008 [21]
Renascent Finland 2003 [13]
Sanctifica Sweden 1996 [22]
Shadows of Paragon Sweden 2001 [23]
Skald in Veum Sweden 2013 [24]
Slechtvalk Netherlands 1997 [25]
Symphony of Heaven United States 2017 [26]
Temple of Perdition Finland/U.S. 2017 [27]
Vaakevandring Norway 1999 [28]
Vardøger Norway 1996 [29]
Vials of Wrath United States 2011 [30]

References

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  2. Born, R. "Antestor". MusicMight. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  3. "Armageddon Holocaust". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  4. Beard, Mason (May 18, 2017). "Nosral Recordings (Rottweiler Records) Announces New Signing". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  5. Tibos, Ivan. "The Autumn League". Concrete Web. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  6. "Batushka | Idartes en casa". Concrete Web. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  7. Strother, Eric (December 2, 2014). "Album Review: Christageddon: Metal Unblack". Untombed Zine. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  8. Born, R. "Crimson Moonlight". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  9. Pneuma 2014, "Demoniciduth".
  10. Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Drottnar". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  11. xFiruath (17 January 2011). "Fire of Unblack Metal Band Elgibbor Talks Christianity in Black Metal". Metal Underground. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  12. Moberg 2015, p. 38.
  13. 1 2 xFiruath. "Unearthing the Metal Underground: The Unblack Metal Scene". Metal Underground. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  14. Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Frost Like Ashes". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  15. Strother, Eric (12 August 2013). "Album Review: Grave Declaration - When Dying Souls Scream Praise". Untombed Zine. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  16. Morrow, Matt (18 January 2006). Bombworks Records interview. The Whipping Post. Retrieved 20 October 2007. "David: Without a question, Holy Blood has been our top seller. Waves Are Dancing has been the best seller, but The Wanderer has certainly been no slouch."
  17. Outburn (22 October 2016). "Hope for the Dying". Outburn (83). ISSN 1542-1309. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  18. Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Horde". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  19. Strother, Eric. "Album review: Hortor - Dios de Dioses". Untombed Zine. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  20. Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Lengsel". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  21. Croteau, Justin (August 2013). "A Cold Day's Night: O' Majestic Winter Are Forging Their Own Path". HM Magazine. pp. 74–80. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  22. Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Sanctifica". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  23. Manna, Fabio. "SHADOW OF PARAGON: Fear of Being Forever Lost (Ep)" (in Italian). Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  24. Huncherick, Sean (6 January 2016). "Eight Overlooked Albums of 2015". HM Magazine. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  25. Born, R. "Slechtvalk". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  26. Beard, Mason (November 23, 2017). "Album Review: Symphony of Heaven - The Season of Death". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  27. Beard, Mason (February 5, 2018). "A new Unblack band joins Vision of God Records". The Metal Onslaught Magazine. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  28. Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Vaakevandring". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  29. Plantinga, Jakob (January 11, 2016). "Vardøger – Ghost Notes". Rocklife.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  30. Turner, Logan (11 October 2015). "Vials of Wrath – Days Without Names". HM Magazine. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

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