My Favorite Black Metal Albums
*in no order* |
| 1 |  | Caladan Brood
Echoes Of Battle
my all time fav bm album, one of the few albums i have given a 10 |
| 2 |  | Batushka
Litourgiya
so what if it is gimmicky, its fantastic! |
| 3 |  | Bathory
Blood Fire Death
classic masterpiece |
| 4 |  | Burzum
Filosofem
see above ^ |
| 5 |  | Mare Cognitum
Luminiferous Aether
brutal one second, beautiful the next |
| 6 |  | Mesarthim
The Great Filter
my favorite release of theirs, a great ep |
| 7 |  | Ulver
Bergtatt - Et eeventyr i 5 capitler
one of the albums that got me into the genre, the first 3 tracks are masterpieces |
| 8 |  | Emperor
In the Nightside Eclipse
beautiful ethereal, amazing. |
| 9 |  | Emperor
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
complex bm with a bite |
| 10 |  | Midnight Odyssey
Funerals from the Astral Sphere
a big one, but a killer ambient/cosmic bm album, def one of my top 10 of the genre |
| 11 |  | Mgla
Exercises in Futility
2nd best bm album of the 2010's |
| 12 |  | Agalloch
Ashes Against the Grain
killer riffs, vocals and production |
| 13 |  | Agalloch
The Mantle
winter personified |
| 14 |  | Dodecahedron
Kwintessens
intense, chaotic and amazing |
| 15 |  | Summoning
Oath Bound
This is a stand-in for pretty much the entire band's discography. it all could easily be put here. |
| 16 |  | Moonsorrow
Verisäkeet
slightly bloated but still amazing folk bm record |
| 17 |  | Primordial
To the Nameless Dead
ridiculously good riffs, vocals and production |
| 18 |  | Craft
Terror Propaganda - Second Black Metal Attack
on the surface it looks like a shitty Transylvanian hunger ripoff, but riff city awaits. |
| 19 |  | Aquilus
Griseus
at least 40 percent of this album is pure orchestra, and its amazing. Loss is one of the best songs i have discovered this year. |
| 20 |  | Alrakis
Alpha Eri
M20 and Ghost of Jupiter are masterpieces |
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