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    Top 100 Black metal albums

    1 Agalloch
    The Mantle (2002)
    9.15
    1753
    2 Agalloch
    Ashes Against The Grain (2006)
    9.13
    1616
    3 Dissection
    Storm Of The Light's Bane (1995)
    9.08
    1182
    4 Immortal
    At The Heart Of Winter (1999)
    9.01
    1115
    5 Mgła
    Exercises In Futility (2015)
    8.9
    614
    6 Emperor
    Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk (1997)
    8.89
    1055
    7 Summoning
    Stronghold (1999)
    8.86
    679
    8 Primordial
    To The Nameless Dead (2007)
    8.84
    734
    9 Mercyful Fate
    Don't Break The Oath (1984)
    8.83
    726
    10 Windir
    1184 (2001)
    8.82
    575
    11 Mercyful Fate
    Melissa (1983)
    8.82
    749
    12 Moonspell
    Wolfheart (1995)
    8.81
    884
    13 Bathory
    Hammerheart (1990)
    8.81
    755
    14 Emperor
    In The Nightside Eclipse (1994)
    8.79
    1081
    15 Enslaved
    Axioma Ethica Odini (2010)
    8.77
    951
    16 Shining
    V - Halmstad (2007)
    8.75
    489
    17 Bathory
    Blood Fire Death (1988)
    8.75
    763
    18 Tharaphita
    Iidsetel Sünkjatel Radadel (2007)
    8.71
    28
    19 Vinterland
    Welcome My Last Chapter (1996)
    8.71
    151
    20 Dimmu Borgir
    Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997)
    8.71
    1147
    21 Gris
    Il Était Une Forêt... (2007)
    8.71
    136
    22 Aquilus
    Griseus (2011)
    8.7
    416
    23 Summoning
    Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame (2001)
    8.69
    452
    24 Rotting Christ
    Theogonia (2007)
    8.69
    698
    25 Immortal
    Sons Of Northern Darkness (2002)
    8.68
    1013
    26 Draugnim
    Northwind's Ire (2008)
    8.68
    37
    27 Sigh
    Imaginary Sonicscape (2001)
    8.65
    193
    28 Mayhem
    De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
    8.65
    881
    29 Negură Bunget
    OM (2006)
    8.64
    387
    30 Agalloch
    Pale Folklore (1999)
    8.64
    945
    31 Ulver
    Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler (1995)
    8.64
    506
    32 Thy Catafalque
    Rengeteg (2011)
    8.64
    319
    33 Windir
    Likferd (2003)
    8.63
    347
    34 Batushka
    Litourgiya (2015)
    8.63
    400
    35 Alcest
    Écailles De Lune (2010)
    8.63
    692
    36 Caladan Brood
    Echoes Of Battle (2013)
    8.63
    441
    37 Shylmagoghnar
    Emergence (2014)
    8.63
    250
    38 Deathspell Omega
    Paracletus (2010)
    8.63
    346
    39 Thy Catafalque
    Róka Hasa Rádió (2009)
    8.62
    190
    40 Satyricon
    Nemesis Divina (1996)
    8.62
    630
    41 Darkspace
    Dark Space III (2008)
    8.62
    181
    42 Dawn
    Slaughtersun (Crown Of The Triarchy) (1998)
    8.62
    147
    43 Dissection
    The Somberlain (1993)
    8.62
    687
    44 Windir
    Arntor (1999)
    8.62
    402
    45 Mgła
    With Hearts Toward None (2012)
    8.61
    313
    46 Drudkh
    Autumn Aurora (2004)
    8.61
    344
    47 Drudkh
    Кров У Наших Криницях (Blood In Our Wells) (2006)
    8.61
    318
    48 Primordial
    The Gathering Wilderness (2005)
    8.61
    401
    49 Gris
    À L'Âme Enflammée, L'Äme Constellée... (2013)
    8.6
    161
    50 Deathspell Omega
    Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum (2007)
    8.6
    313
    51 Graveworm
    As The Angels Reach The Beauty (1999)
    8.6
    230
    52 Enslaved
    Isa (2004)
    8.6
    584
    53 Agalloch
    Marrow Of The Spirit (2010)
    8.6
    1021
    54 Summoning
    Oath Bound (2006)
    8.6
    452
    55 Diabolical Masquerade
    Nightwork (1998)
    8.59
    211
    56 Cradle Of Filth
    Cruelty And The Beast (1998)
    8.58
    819
    57 Embraced
    Amorous Anathema (1998)
    8.58
    24
    58 Samael
    Ceremony Of Opposites (1994)
    8.58
    306
    59 Taake
    Nattestid... (1999)
    8.58
    174
    60 Nocte Obducta
    Nektar Teil II: Seen, Flüsse, Tagebücher (2005)
    8.58
    50
    61 Cradle Of Filth
    Dusk... And Her Embrace (1996)
    8.58
    828
    62 Verdunkeln
    Einblick In Den Qualenfall (2007)
    8.57
    54
    63 Taake
    ...Doedskvad (2005)
    8.57
    227
    64 Thurisaz
    Scent Of A Dream (2004)
    8.57
    83
    65 Wyrd
    Heathen (2001)
    8.57
    40
    66 Lurker Of Chalice
    Lurker Of Chalice (2005)
    8.57
    130
    67 Necrophobic
    The Nocturnal Silence (1993)
    8.57
    204
    68 Ultar
    Kadath (2016)
    8.57
    21
    69 Cobalt
    Eater Of Birds (2007)
    8.57
    90
    70 Enslaved
    Below The Lights (2003)
    8.57
    498
    71 Vordven
    Towards The Frozen Stream (1999)
    8.56
    32
    72 Lunar Aurora
    Andacht (2007)
    8.56
    78
    73 Melechesh
    Emissaries (2006)
    8.56
    286
    74 Covenant
    Nexus Polaris (1998)
    8.56
    214
    75 Dornenreich
    Bitter Ist's Dem Tod Zu Dienen (1999)
    8.56
    50
    76 Mithotyn
    Gathered Around The Oaken Table (1999)
    8.56
    50
    77 Dimmu Borgir
    Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001)
    8.56
    986
    78 Todtgelichter
    Angst (2010)
    8.55
    141
    79 Samael
    Passage (1996)
    8.55
    323
    80 Mistur
    Attende (2009)
    8.55
    86
    81 Mgła
    Age Of Excuse (2019)
    8.55
    498
    82 Les Discrets
    Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées (2010)
    8.55
    243
    83 Wolves In The Throne Room
    Two Hunters (2007)
    8.55
    296
    84 Forefather
    Steadfast (2008)
    8.55
    161
    85 Darkestrah
    Epos (2007)
    8.54
    39
    86 Vintersorg
    Till Fjälls (1998)
    8.54
    168
    87 Woods Of Desolation
    Torn Beyond Reason (2011)
    8.54
    199
    88 Burzum
    Hvis Lyset Tar Oss (1994)
    8.54
    628
    89 Deathspell Omega
    Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice (2004)
    8.53
    273
    90 Sigh
    Hangman's Hymn: Musikalische Exequien (2007)
    8.53
    184
    91 Kartikeya
    Mahayuga (2011)
    8.53
    32
    92 Burzum
    Filosofem (1996)
    8.53
    742
    93 Darkestrah
    The Great Silk Road (2008)
    8.52
    33
    94 Lord Belial
    Enter The Moonlight Gate (1997)
    8.52
    124
    95 Bathory
    Twilight Of The Gods (1991)
    8.52
    482
    96 Darkthrone
    A Blaze In The Northern Sky (1992)
    8.51
    557
    97 Summoning
    Old Mornings Dawn (2013)
    8.51
    604
    98 Weakling
    Dead As Dreams (2000)
    8.51
    124
    99 Lifelover
    Konkurs (2008)
    8.51
    109
    100 Opera IX
    The Black Opera: Symphoniae Mysteriorum In Laudem Tenebrarum (2000)
    8.51
    102