1. Opeth - Still Life

2. Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges

3. Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black

4. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

5. Demons And Wizards - Demons And Wizards

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Yeah... a very conventional idea for a list, but i couldn't resist in the end finally making this one.
A list of my personal favorites from the blackest metal of them all.
Ordered by personal preferences and updated periodically with only one album/ep/demo per band.
Please enjoy, you might also find some of your likings in here. ^^
...and if not, it can't be helped.

1. Summoning - Stronghold

2. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness

3. Midnight Odyssey - Firmament

4. Eismalsott - Best Before: Spring

5. Dornenreich - Bitter Ist's Dem Tod Zu Dienen

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1. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

2. Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields

3. Agalloch - The Mantle

4. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

5. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

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A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions are welcome. My favourite genres are Doom, Black and Gothic Metal, but I also like Progressive, Thrash and Death Metal. All albums on this list are at least worth an 8/10 rating. I included genres of each album as well.

1. 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room

2. Ablaze In Hatred - Deceptive Awareness

3. A Forest Of Stars - The Corpse Of Rebirth

4. After Forever - Prison Of Desire

5. Agalloch - Pale Folklore

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Another one fro' Jir. This time it is 99!

1. Root - The Book

2. Kamelot - The Fourth Legacy

3. Chthonic - Where The Ancestors' Souls Gathered

4. Empyrium - Where At Night The Wood Grouse Plays

5. Dødheimsgard - 666 International

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This is a favorites list, not a guide or anything of that sort. It just highlights the albums that I've enjoyed listening to and spinned extensively since last November (When I got into this monolithic genre.) One entry for each band. The descriptions aren't necessarily descriptions of the music. I just wrote what came to my mind. I will update with new albums frequently.
EDIT: Got to 50 entries, so I guess I'll stop for now. I want more time to revisit these 50, get into the other albums of the bands listed below and delve into other genres of metal. I guess that taking a break from black metal (at least new stuff) will ensure that I won't get bored of it. It is likely that I'll continue this list by the half of July.

1. A Forest Of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring

2. Addaura - Burning For The Ancient

3. Agalloch - Pale Folklore

4. Alcest - Écailles De Lune

5. Alda - : Tahoma :

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...in no particular order

1. Opeth - Ghost Reveries

2. Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone

3. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

5. Amon Amarth - Versus The World

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In no particular order. Stars ★ indicate personal favourites are random.

Inferior Other Folk Lists:
•Lokaeda's
•Diabolos'
•Starchild's
•Angel Lament's

1. Arkona - Goi, Rode, Goi!

2. Arkona - Vozrozhdenie

3. Arkona - Ot Serdca K Nebu

4. Arkona - Vo Slavu Velikim!

5. Darkestrah - The Great Silk Road

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1. Tristania - Beyond The Veil

2. Estatic Fear - A Sombre Dance

3. Anathema - Judgement

4. Lake Of Tears - Forever Autumn

5. Agalloch - Pale Folklore

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The ten albums which the general atmosphere is the heaviest and the most impressive i heard

1. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

2. Agalloch - Pale Folklore

3. Katatonia - Brave Murder Day

4. Opeth - Morningrise

5. Pan.thy.monium - Khaooos & Kon-Fus-Ion

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1. Death - Human

2. Opeth - Still Life

3. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

4. Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

5. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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This is the list for my favorite albums. It will with no doubt change from time to time and some may disappear or move from a spot to another.

1. Agalloch - The Mantle

2. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3. Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

4. For my Pain - Fallen

5. Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

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As mentioned, these are the biggest piles of shit I have sat through. Usually when I hear some complete crap I instantly turn it off or sometimes I listen to a couple of songs just to make sure it really is that bad. Now I'm presenting myself a new kind of challenge; to listen these albums completely! After all, with such a large fanbase, how could they be bad... yeah right.

1. The Haunted - Unseen

2. Bullet For My Valentine - Fever

3. Sonic Syndicate - We Rule The Night

4. Trivium - Ember To Inferno

5. Cryptopsy - The Unspoken King

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Best Folkish albums I've heard so far...!! Please feel free to post your Suggestions!!

1. Agalloch - The Mantle

2. Ensiferum - Iron

3. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

4. Blackmore's Night - Under A Violet Moon

5. Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon

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Slow/Post/Depress/Funeral/Love/Gloom/Beauty/Sorrow/Obscure/Cold/Avantgarde/Atmospheric/Diferente...

1. A Forest Of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring

2. Ablaze In Hatred - Deceptive Awareness

3. Agalloch - Pale Folklore

4. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5. Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans

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