Melodic black metal is a subgenre of black metal that incorporates elements of melody and harmony into its typically aggressive and dark sound. It often features atmospheric and symphonic elements, as well as complex guitar riffs and solos. The vocals are usually harsh and raspy, and the lyrics often deal with themes of darkness, nature, and mythology. Bands in this genre often use keyboards and orchestral arrangements to create a grandiose and epic sound.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
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1 | 45 | 44 | 39 | 89 | 1 | 25 | 134 | 211837 | |
2 | 45 | 44 | 26 | 84 | 9 | 27 | 118 | 165953 | |
3 | 31 | 82 | 20 | 89 | 4 | 17 | 129 | 78872 | |
4 | 30 | 55 | 28 | 91 | 0 | 18 | 114 | 71214 | |
5 | 28 | 81 | 31 | 51 | 45 | 21 | 130 | 15998 | |
6 | 28 | 59 | 19 | 87 | 2 | 15 | 117 | 58243 | |
7 | 28 | 78 | 25 | 71 | 13 | 8 | 119 | 34320 | |
8 | 27 | 40 | 43 | 95 | 1 | 39 | 126 | 33244 | |
9 | 27 | 44 | 26 | 84 | 12 | 19 | 136 | 47416 | |
10 | 26 | 37 | 38 | 95 | 0 | 13 | 123 | 55224 | |
11 | 26 | 43 | 21 | 87 | 4 | 11 | 150 | 37339 | |
12 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 92 | 0 | 8 | 132 | 22796 | |
13 | 24 | 42 | 29 | 87 | 1 | 20 | 138 | 29889 | |
14 | 24 | 22 | 32 | 96 | 0 | 11 | 130 | 42482 | |
15 | 24 | 19 | 37 | 93 | 0 | 23 | 132 | 21138 | |
16 | 24 | 14 | 29 | 66 | 22 | 16 | 136 | 11100 | |
17 | 22 | 44 | 21 | 92 | 0 | 19 | 144 | 4800 | |
18 | 22 | 66 | 26 | 73 | 21 | 10 | 140 | 15187 | |
19 | 21 | 15 | 33 | 88 | 0 | 15 | 136 | 9826 | |
20 | 21 | 52 | 35 | 96 | 0 | 13 | 142 | 5072 | |
21 | 20 | 58 | 21 | 79 | 17 | 13 | 127 | 12712 | |
22 | 20 | 52 | 23 | 78 | 7 | 8 | 129 | 26344 | |
23 | 19 | 19 | 35 | 85 | 0 | 24 | 100 | 6578 | |
24 | 18 | 66 | 16 | 97 | 0 | 13 | 111 | 15892 | |
25 | 18 | 2 | 33 | 94 | 0 | 13 | 144 | 13350 | |
26 | 17 | 75 | 17 | 77 | 0 | 8 | 136 | 20075 | |
27 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 69 | 13 | 27 | 96 | 11208 | |
28 | 15 | 79 | 28 | 97 | 0 | 4 | 125 | 2545 | |
29 | 15 | 86 | 20 | 87 | 8 | 18 | 147 | 7627 | |
30 | 15 | 44 | 30 | 83 | 0 | 9 | 133 | 2351 | |
31 | 14 | 10 | 39 | 97 | 0 | 14 | 150 | 4353 | |
32 | 14 | 35 | 14 | 88 | 0 | 6 | 121 | 9454 | |
33 | 14 | 87 | 16 | 88 | 0 | 19 | 145 | 11043 | |
34 | 13 | 86 | 19 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 130 | 14210 | |
35 | 13 | 91 | 21 | 57 | 45 | 4 | 119 | 3130 | |
36 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 88 | 0 | 13 | 139 | 6757 | |
37 | 11 | 40 | 13 | 99 | 0 | 14 | 171 | 4731 | |
38 | 11 | 67 | 37 | 94 | 0 | 11 | 117 | 924 | |
39 | 11 | 45 | 20 | 97 | 0 | 6 | 113 | 1646 | |
40 | 10 | 89 | 21 | 100 | 0 | 7 | 140 | 5973 | |
41 | 10 | 90 | 15 | 83 | 19 | 25 | 118 | 6985 | |
42 | 10 | 62 | 16 | 86 | 0 | 20 | 109 | 3188 | |
43 | 9 | 64 | 35 | 98 | 0 | 12 | 76 | 3098 | |
44 | 9 | 79 | 23 | 96 | 0 | 16 | 111 | 5554 | |
45 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 84 | 0 | 5 | 168 | 980 | |
46 | 8 | 91 | 19 | 87 | 0 | 10 | 152 | 3230 | |
47 | 8 | 76 | 34 | 84 | 0 | 18 | 130 | 3365 | |
48 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6577 | |
49 | 8 | 52 | 19 | 96 | 0 | 4 | 109 | 6573 | |
50 | 8 | 74 | 15 | 99 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 4343 | |
51 | 7 | 88 | 24 | 88 | 0 | 5 | 145 | 3839 | |
52 | 7 | 83 | 12 | 82 | 0 | 8 | 161 | 1759 | |
53 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 89 | 0 | 14 | 137 | 2837 | |
54 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3447 | |
55 | 6 | 79 | 17 | 99 | 0 | 8 | 117 | 1920 | |
56 | 6 | 73 | 24 | 85 | 0 | 5 | 156 | 3587 | |
57 | 6 | 92 | 28 | 94 | 0 | 5 | 154 | 3530 | |
58 | 6 | 76 | 24 | 94 | 0 | 5 | 153 | 5702 | |
59 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497 | |
60 | 5 | 85 | 9 | 88 | 0 | 27 | 85 | 1995 | |
61 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1706 | |
62 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 880 | |
63 | 4 | 44 | 22 | 85 | 0 | 15 | 136 | 2860 | |
64 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2075 | |
65 | 4 | 91 | 26 | 85 | 0 | 4 | 145 | 2042 | |
66 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 100 | 0 | 7 | 120 | 1734 | |
67 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 89 | 0 | 15 | 116 | 531 | |
68 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1777 | |
69 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 798 | |
70 | 3 | 95 | 34 | 30 | 84 | 46 | 127 | 901 | |
71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1030 | |
72 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 99 | 0 | 5 | 101 | 2399 | |
73 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 568 | |
74 | 2 | 83 | 21 | 96 | 0 | 12 | 190 | 958 | |
75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1068 | |
76 | 2 | 85 | 31 | 96 | 0 | 5 | 158 | 509 | |
77 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 766 | |
78 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 86 | 0 | 17 | 83 | 1236 | |
79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 774 | |
80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 328 | |
81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 465 | |
82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1696 | |
83 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 100 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 434 | |
84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 779 | |
85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 318 | |
86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | |
87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 227 | |
88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 260 | |
89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | |
90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 314 | |
91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 327 | |
92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 307 | |
93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 487 | |
94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202 | |
95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | |
96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 481 | |
97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | |
98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 219 | |
99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | |
100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | |
101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |
102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | |
103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 | |
104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177 | |
105 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 89 | 0 | 33 | 84 | 150 | |
106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 499 | |
107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 363 | |
108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 401 | |
109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 |