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Top 100 Black metal albums


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    Top 100 Black metal albums

    1 Agalloch
    The Mantle (2002)
    9.15
    1790
    2 Agalloch
    9.12
    1642
    3 Dissection
    9.08
    1219
    4 Immortal
    9
    1143
    5 Mgła
    8.89
    634
    6 Emperor
    8.88
    1073
    7 Primordial
    8.84
    747
    8 Summoning
    Stronghold (1999)
    8.83
    699
    9 Windir
    1184 (2001)
    8.82
    584
    10 Mercyful Fate
    Melissa (1983)
    8.82
    768
    11 Moonspell
    Wolfheart (1995)
    8.82
    902
    12 Mercyful Fate
    8.82
    745
    13 Bathory
    Hammerheart (1990)
    8.81
    774
    14 Emperor
    8.78
    1103
    15 Enslaved
    8.77
    968
    16 Bathory
    8.74
    782
    17 Vinterland
    8.73
    160
    18 Shining
    V - Halmstad (2007)
    8.73
    497
    19 Rotting Christ
    Theogonia (2007)
    8.71
    716
    20 Dimmu Borgir
    8.71
    1167
    21 Aquilus
    Griseus (2011)
    8.7
    427
    22 Gris
    8.7
    144
    23 Immortal
    8.69
    1041
    24 Kartikeya
    Mahayuga (2011)
    8.67
    33
    25 Summoning
    8.66
    468
    26 Draugnim
    8.65
    43
    27 Agalloch
    8.64
    962
    28 Batushka
    Litourgiya (2015)
    8.64
    420
    29 Thy Catafalque
    8.64
    195
    30 Mayhem
    8.64
    902
    31 Shylmagoghnar
    Emergence (2014)
    8.64
    254
    32 Deathspell Omega
    Paracletus (2010)
    8.64
    351
    33 Satyricon
    8.63
    650
    34 Ulver
    8.63
    522
    35 Negură Bunget
    OM (2006)
    8.63
    392
    36 Alcest
    8.63
    709
    37 Thy Catafalque
    Rengeteg (2011)
    8.63
    326
    38 Sigh
    8.63
    200
    39 Caladan Brood
    8.63
    451
    40 Dissection
    8.62
    707
    41 Windir
    Likferd (2003)
    8.62
    355
    42 Nocte Obducta
    8.61
    51
    43 Windir
    Arntor (1999)
    8.61
    414
    44 Enslaved
    Isa (2004)
    8.6
    598
    45 Graveworm
    8.6
    232
    46 Drudkh
    8.6
    325
    47 Primordial
    8.6
    403
    48 Summoning
    Oath Bound (2006)
    8.6
    464
    49 Drudkh
    8.59
    350
    50 Gris
    8.59
    166
    51 Agalloch
    8.59
    1042
    52 Dawn
    8.59
    162
    53 Deathspell Omega
    8.59
    322
    54 Embraced
    8.58
    26
    55 Cobalt
    8.58
    93
    56 Cradle Of Filth
    8.58
    825
    57 Diabolical Masquerade
    Nightwork (1998)
    8.58
    212
    58 Samael
    8.58
    313
    59 Lurker Of Chalice
    8.57
    131
    60 Mgła
    8.57
    325
    61 Covenant
    8.57
    221
    62 Lunar Aurora
    Andacht (2007)
    8.57
    79
    63 Dornenreich
    8.57
    54
    64 Melechesh
    Emissaries (2006)
    8.57
    290
    65 Samael
    Passage (1996)
    8.57
    333
    66 Wolves In The Throne Room
    Two Hunters (2007)
    8.56
    301
    67 Darkestrah
    8.56
    36
    68 Darkestrah
    Epos (2007)
    8.56
    41
    69 Mistur
    Attende (2009)
    8.56
    89
    70 Enslaved
    8.56
    513
    71 Forefather
    Steadfast (2008)
    8.56
    163
    72 Cradle Of Filth
    8.56
    836
    73 Dimmu Borgir
    8.56
    1008
    74 Verdunkeln
    8.56
    55
    75 Darkspace
    8.55
    182
    76 Mgła
    8.54
    508
    77 Taake
    Nattestid... (1999)
    8.54
    179
    78 Necrophobic
    8.54
    213
    79 Rotting Christ
    8.54
    381
    80 Taake
    ...Doedskvad (2005)
    8.54
    231
    81 Sigh
    8.53
    186
    82 Wyrd
    Heathen (2001)
    8.53
    43
    83 Vordven
    8.53
    34
    84 Les Discrets
    8.53
    249
    85 Woods Of Desolation
    8.53
    199
    86 Vintersorg
    Till Fjälls (1998)
    8.53
    171
    87 Shade Empire
    Omega Arcane (2013)
    8.52
    419
    88 Burzum
    Filosofem (1996)
    8.52
    757
    89 Bathory
    8.52
    495
    90 Todtgelichter
    Angst (2010)
    8.51
    144
    91 Hades
    8.51
    53
    92 Opera IX
    8.51
    105
    93 Burzum
    8.51
    643
    94 Cobalt
    Gin (2009)
    8.51
    108
    95 Tharaphita
    8.51
    35
    96 Deathspell Omega
    8.51
    279
    97 The Ruins Of Beverast
    8.5
    119
    98 Lord Belial
    8.5
    125
    99 Summoning
    8.5
    618
    100 Vintersorg
    8.5
    165