Best of Black Metal
in no real order, just my favorite black metal records |
| 1 |  | Mare Cognitum
Luminiferous Aether
incredible atmosphere and riffs |
| 2 |  | Leviathan
Scar Sighted
strange, creepy and experimental |
| 3 |  | Lurker Of Chalice
Lurker Of Chalice
extremely diverse mix of black, ambient, doom and more. |
| 4 |  | Aquilus
Griseus
a true masterpiece, one of the only 18 albums i have ever given a 10/10 to. |
| 5 |  | Alrakis
Echoes From Eta Carinae
Not for everyone, but i really like this slow burner of a song. |
| 6 |  | Summoning
Oath Bound
featuring their (imo) best song, land of the dead, this albums is an atmospheric giant of an album |
| 7 |  | Summoning
Old Mornings Dawn
2nd favorite summoning album, extremely well made. |
| 8 |  | Summoning
Stronghold
last summoning album for this list, although almost all of their albums could make it though. Great, epic sound on this one. |
| 9 |  | Dodecahedron
Kwintessens
a wild ride, dodecahedron comes from the deathspell omega camp of craziness and it works very well |
| 10 |  | Agalloch
The Mantle
masterpiece, another 10/10 for me |
| 11 |  | Agalloch
Ashes Against the Grain
a fantastic and fun followup to the mantle |
| 12 |  | Mgla
Exercises in Futility
one of the best bm albums of the 2010s imo |
| 13 |  | Emperor
In the Nightside Eclipse
no explanation needed |
| 14 |  | Emperor
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
same as above |
| 15 |  | Midnight Odyssey
Funerals from the Astral Sphere
awesome production and a great spacey feel, this album is super long but worth it. |
| 16 |  | Oranssi Pazuzu
Värähtelijä
weird, dissonant and very, very good. |
| 17 |  | Khonsu
The Xun Protectorate
awesome synthy scifi themed bm, has very nice sounding production and songwriting. Perfect for those not used to the typical black metal happenings. |
| 18 |  | Ulver
Bergtatt - Et eeventyr i 5 capitler
Classic Masterpiece, great clean singing and riffs. *almost* perfect to me. |
| 19 |  | Skyforest
Unity
very uplifting post/symphonic black metal |
| 20 |  | Obsidian Gate
The Nightspectral Voyage
Very cheesy but very good symphonic BM |
| 21 |  | Mesarthim
The Great Filter
a great 21 minute trek through space and time. |
| 22 |  | Mesarthim
The Density Parameter
who knew trance electronics would work so well with black metal? |
| 23 |  | Burzum
Filosofem
classic album |
| 24 |  | Bathory
Blood Fire Death
best album of the first wave imo |
| 25 |  | Almagest
Almagest
very promising debut ep |
| 26 |  | Drudkh
Autumn Aurora
awesome drums and riffs |
| 27 |  | Immortal
At the Heart of Winter |
| 28 |  | Darkthrone
A Blaze in the Northern Sky |
| 29 |  | Paysage d'Hiver
Das Tor
this album sounds like how winter feels |
| 30 |  | Leviathan
Massive Conspiracy Against All Life |
| 31 |  | The Ruins Of Beverast
Blood Vaults - The Blazing Gospels of Heinrich... |
| 32 |  | Evilfeast
Elegies of the Stellar Wind |
| 33 |  | Leviathan
The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide |
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