| Black Metal albums with 10 votes or less |
| 1 |  | Ancient Wisdom
For Snow Covered the Northland
This has a great cold atmosphere, chilling riffs and decent vocals and drums. The songs are pretty memorable and melodic, it seems a little ahead of its time to me. A classic right here from Sweden!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5maN-aDRBg |
| 2 |  | Anguished
Cold
Possessed Demoness delivers perfect tortured vocals about satan over simple, yet cold and brutal atmospheric black metal riffs. One of my favorites, but not for everyone, you have to be into pretty harsh screechy vocals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOK2lXx19Fo |
| 3 |  | Hastur Evocation
When Bestial Moans Compose a Sweet Symphony
A fun and imaginative tape with some epic/melodic black metal elements to it. the band didn't release anything else as far as I know. The drums are guitars are well done for a demo, there are plenty of transitions between melodic clean sections, blasts, and riffs. From Italy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K13zUl4wMRc |
| 4 |  | Malignant Eternal
Tarnet
Classic with everything you could want from a black metal album. The spooky castle on the cover is a pretty good representation of the music. The riffs are great, the atmosphere is thick, the vocals are spot on. One of my favorite bm albums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXrKydCesW0 |
| 5 |  | Malignant Eternal
Malignant Eternal – 20th Century Beast: The Glory
This is more to the point with the riffs and has less atmosphere than Tarnet, but still excellent and really overlooked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q9LWbRV39o |
| 6 |  | Old Morgul
The Keys of New Realm
An obscure kvlt ripper. This band is from Finland, Old Morgul seemingly has 1 other release but i this is all i've seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPT2iUHBWM4 |
| 7 |  | Black Countess
Child Of The Demonic Moon
Melodic/symphonic black metal from Russia with gothic, romantic, and sexual themes. This artist has more popular releases but I enjoy this one the most, it's fun and has a halloween-ish campy vibe to it. I usually put it on around halloween.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iHNm75d1t0 |
| 8 |  | Alghazanth
Behind the Frozen Forest
Frozen black metal goodness from Finland, this is their first release.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2eZqoEwCsM |
| 9 |  | Moonfrost (FIN)
Polar Night Darkness
This has all the standard black metal elements of the time, but it's done really well in a classic trve cult style complete with corpsepaint. This is the only release by the band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TXV82JUM1k |
| 10 |  | Black Witchery
Summoning Of Infernal Legions
Quintessential black metal, and another one of my favorites of the genre. 2 songs of blasphemous fury. This is probably my fav black metal song evaar!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_zp1rxUhY0 |
| 11 |  | Black Witchery
Evil Shall Prevail EP
Another great release by Black Witchery, this tape is darker than their later full-length stuff and better Imo, no death metal influences and standard sounding bm songs here, just darkness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2S9nIWRO_U |
| 12 |  | Fangorn (AT)
Poems Of Mountains And Forests (demo)
"Fangorn is an ancient wood where the Ents live in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth." This is a one man band consisting of Falagar, who has this single release as Fangorn and another project called Rivendell. From Austria. Check it if you are into Caladan Brood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6CrHKH3-08 |
| 13 |  | Aeba
Im Schattenreich
Black metal from Germany with some symphonic elements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3FrI3pmnXY |
| 14 |  | Black Messiah
Sceptre Of Black Knowledge
Sick symphonic folk black metal from Germany.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gno1rMUQQvo |
| 15 |  | Daemonicium
Through Time And Death
Symphonic black metal from Poland, this is their only album but they do have a cdr demo out there. Pretty epic and well crafted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLisUMiZWIk |
| 16 |  | Darzamat
In The Opium Of Black Veil
Symphonic black metal with a fantasy style, I put this ep on a few times a year. It’s very light and almost cute but still m/.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_9lUrQm3f8 |
| 17 |  | Fairytale Abuse
Perversions of Angel VI
Black metal with keyboards from Denmark, this is their second full-length.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-PF_6xGLik |
| 18 |  | Lord (FRA)
Behind the Curtain of Darkness
French black metal with some symphonic sections, very overlooked for some reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO7ziOlzDYM |
| 19 |  | Incitatus
Incitatus
An odd little demo from a band with no other releases, sludgy riffs with black metal blasts. |
| 20 |  | Nefandus
The Nightwinds Carried Our Names
This should be given more respect, I don’t see it around much but it rules. From Sweden.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtLXFWdJbWc |
| 21 |  | Ophthalamia
Via Dolorosa
Somewhat melodic black metal that’s pretty solid. It has a light harmonic sound to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWEnY_Fr_Yc |
| 22 |  | Thy Worshiper
Popiol - Introibo ad Altare Dei
A beautiful precursor to the more modern sensibility of black metal, this album has a lot of melody, folk, and whimsy to its sound. The instruments and vocals have a romantic passion to them, this one is definitely an overlooked gem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttm6KFDsAus |
| 23 |  | Tartaros
The Grand Psychotic Castle
More awesome spooky castle music, this is a great one man band demo from Norway. Classic demo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYDrlKgDoCA |
| 24 |  | Christ Agony
Moonlight Act III
Dang, I thought this would be more popular. Melodic black metal from Poland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ6ZikZfnuk |
| 25 |  | Mortuary Drape
Mourn Path
Gothic black metal from Italy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWlPpkqar0w |
| 26 |  | Sad Legend
Sad Legend
새드 레전드 South Korean melodic black metal!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW-r2Ok7Tfo |
| 27 |  | Seth
Les Blessures de lAme
Melodic black metal from France.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl19ccu96Qw |
| 28 |  | Pagan Reign
Destinies of Bygone Faith
Russian folk black metal. This has an awesome balance of melodic folk and black metal riffs and blasts, with some keyboards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY6t5HkjV2Q |
| 29 |  | Erzebet
Por Siempre Necrolust
I think this is a one man band, at least for this release. Sorta weird and very raw demo tape from Columbia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOcWQWf1CAA |
| 30 |  | Lucifer's Hammer
The Burning Church
Black/death metal tape from Michigan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmSoK_9lups |
| 31 |  | Moonblood
Rehearsal 11 - Worshippers of the Grim Sepulchral
Holy hell this is some raw evil black metal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oGZZPsPSQk |
| 32 |  | Satanic Warmaster
...of the Night
A pretty cool demo tape, I really like the style of it. It's more fantasy and less evil/satanic in style than the rest of their releases. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAWjCW2xbqs&t=642s |
| 33 |  | Drowning the Light
Vampyric Winter
Australian atmospheric black metal artist with quite a few releases, I've been listening to this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2FxSAvhkOg |
| 34 |  | Drowning the Light
The Weeping Moon |
| 35 |  | Drowning the Light
Through The Noose of Existence
This intro is too sick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-gUbOvPt3w |
| 36 |  | Blattaria
Blattaria
Blattaria is very different than most of the stuff on this list. This is a harsh swirling psychedelic rock album with black metal blast elements and warped tortured vocals. https://blattaria.bandcamp.com/album/blattaria |
| 37 |  | Impaled Northern Moonforest
Return Of The Necrowizard
The return of the darkest darkness imaginable, it's Impaled Northern Moonforest!!! This was Seth Putnam's last release. I have it on vinyl hand numbered by Seth. Side B contains the first album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8cPTlFpx9o |
| 38 |  | Sacrilegium
Wicher
Polish black metal with keys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrmnbldZiUQ |
| 39 |  | Azaghal
Of Beasts And Vultures
Finnish black metal with some badass art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiN4RwGSojw |
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