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* Updating this as I get around to doing song-by-song on RYM.
* 1 album per band
* limiting this to actual black metal releases, as opposed to releases by bands that were, at one time, black metal.
>> Some bands really do incorporate a lot of both death metal or doom (or avant garde or folk, etc) and black metal in their albums, so I consider them to be 'black metal adjacent' even if it might not be 'purely black metal'

Created by: sgtrobo | 26.11.2021


1. Weakling - Dead As Dreams
2000 - Raw Atmospheric BM {10/10}
2. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
1995 --> Meloblack {9.9/10}
3. Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum
2007 --> Dissoblack {10/10}
4. Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
2013 --> Atmospheric Epic BM {10/10}
5. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
2020 --> Psychedelic BM {10/10}
6. Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury
2013 - {9.9/10}
7. Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion
2021 - Atmospheric Epic BM {10/10}
8. Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
1993 - {9.8/10}
9. Agalloch - The Mantle
2002 - Blackened Folk {9.9/10}
10. Thorns - Thorns
2001 - Industrial BM {9.8/10}
11. Schammasch - Triangle
2016 -- Progressive Ambient BM {10/10}
12. Svartidauði - Flesh Cathedral
2012 --> Dissoblack {9.9/10}
13. Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
1987 --> 1st Wave BM {9.8/10}
14. Veilburner - Lurkers In The Capsule Of Skull
2021 - Dissoblack {9.8/10}
15. Forteresse - Métal Noir Québécois
2006 - {9.8/10}
16. Dawn - Slaughtersun (Crown Of The Triarchy)
1998 - {9.8/10}
17. Ved Buens Ende - Written In Waters
1995 - Avant Garde BM {9.8/10}
18. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
1994 - {9.8/10}
19. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
1997 - {9.8/10}
20. Aquilus - Griseus
2011 - Symphonic BM {9.75/10}
21. Apotheosis - Farthest From The Sun
2002 - {9.75/10}
22. Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
2007 - {9.75/10}
23. Silencer - Death - Pierce Me
2001 - DSBM {9.7/10}
24. Sacramentum - Far Away From The Sun
1996 - {9.7/10}
25. Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon
2010 -Atmospheric Epic BM - {9.6/10}
26. Akhlys - The Dreaming I
2015 - {9.6/10}
27. Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver
1999 - Ambient BM {9.6/10}
28. Imperial Triumphant - Vile Luxury
2018 - {9.6/10}
29. Mizmor - Yodh
2016 - Black/Doom {9.6/10}
30. Summoning - Stronghold
1999 - Atmospheric BM {9.6/10}
31. Walknut - Graveforests And Their Shadows
2007 - Atmospheric Raw BM {9.6/10}
32. Zhrine - Unortheta
2016 - Death/Dissoblack {9.6/10}
33. Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota
2020 - {9.6/10}
34. Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape
2001 - Avant Garde BM {9.5/10}
35. Thy Catafalque - Vadak
2021 - {9.4/10}
36. Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
1999 - {/10}
37. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
1994
38. The Ruins Of Beverast - Rain Upon The Impure
2006 - {9.4/10}
39. Kvist - For Kunsten Maa Vi Evig Vike
1996 - {9.2/10}
40. Lurker Of Chalice - Lurker Of Chalice
2005 - Black Sludge {9.1/10}
41. Tchornobog - Tchornobog
2017 - Death/Black Metal {9.0/10}
42. Mastery - Valis
2015 - Avant Garde Black {8.6/10}
43. .
44. Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas
2012 - Industrial Blackened Grindcore - {/10}
45. Arizmenda - Stillbirth In The Temple Of Venus
2014 - Atmospheric BM - {/10}
46. Batushka - Litourgiya
2015 - Black Metal {/10}
47. Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
2003 - {/10}
48. Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
2010 - {/10}
49. Hoth - Oathbreaker
2014 - {/10}
50. Lord Belial - Enter The Moonlight Gate
1997
51. Murmuüre - Murmuüre
2010 - {/10}
52. Plaga - Magia Gwiezdnej Entropii
2013 - {/10}
53. Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
1996 - {/10}
54. Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise
2014
55. Urfaust - Der Freiwillige Bettler
2010
56. Vinterland - Welcome My Last Chapter
1996 - {/10}
57. Windir - Likferd
2003 - {/10}


Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Comments: 7   Visited by: 22 users
29.11.2021 - 16:30
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Cool bands! Interesting choice for Necrophobic. I would've gone with their debut. Do you think their debut is more DM than BM?

Also, could you add the corresponding images to the albums? I find the album art sometimes more recognizable than the band name
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02.12.2021 - 01:19
sgtrobo
Written by F3ynman on 29.11.2021 at 16:30

Cool bands! Interesting choice for Necrophobic. I would've gone with their debut. Do you think their debut is more DM than BM?

yep! See #11:
https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6298

Darkside, Dawn, and Mark are all damned close for me, but I think Darkside is the most "black metal" of their albums, so I chose to include that one

Written by F3ynman on 29.11.2021 at 16:30
Also, could you add the corresponding images to the albums? I find the album art sometimes more recognizable than the band name

good call, done! (thanks)
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13.02.2022 - 16:17
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
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If you're looking for BM suggestions, make sure you check out Lord Belial - Enter the Moonlight Gate
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13.02.2022 - 18:30
sgtrobo
Written by F3ynman on 13.02.2022 at 16:17

If you're looking for BM suggestions, make sure you check out Lord Belial - Enter the Moonlight Gate

always looking for suggestions for kickass music
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13.07.2022 - 19:16
AndyMetalFreak
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Great list! Some real good one's here
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14.07.2022 - 23:33
mz
The closest black metal list to my taste that I have seen thus far, although you are much more into old school/ 2nd wave bm than me.
Check my list also as you might find something likable there:
https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=3171
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15.07.2022 - 02:09
sgtrobo
Written by mz on 14.07.2022 at 23:33

you are much more into old school/ 2nd wave bm than me.

not necessarily. This is just what I have done song-by-song ratings for on rateyourmusic. There are a lot of newer albums I love, but haven't gotten to yet. They will be jumping up the rankings once I get the song-by-song done on RYM.
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