Fave BM (and BM-adjacent) Albums

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Fave BM (and BM-adjacent) Albums

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A list by
sgtrobo
Created
November 26, 2021
Entries
45
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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'
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Weakling - Dead As Dreams
2000 - Raw Atmospheric BM {10/10}
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Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
2010--> Dissoblack {10/10}
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Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
2013 --> Atmospheric Epic BM {10/10}
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Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
1995 --> Meloblack {1010}
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Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury
2013 --> Atmospheric BM {10/10}
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Schammasch - Triangle
2016 -- Progressive Ambient BM {10/10}
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Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
2020 --> Psychedelic BM {10/10}
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Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
1996 --> 2nd wave BM {10/10}
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Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion
2021 - Atmospheric Epic BM {10/10}
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Sigh - In Somniphobia
2012 - Avant Garde Progressive BM -{10/10}
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Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
2007 - Celtic BM {9.9/10}
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Veilburner - The Duality Of Decapitation And Wisdom
2024 - Dissoblack {9.9/10}
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Forteresse - Métal Noir Québécois
2006 - Atmospheric BM {9.9/10}
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Agalloch - The Mantle
2002 - Blackened Folk {9.9/10}
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Thorns - Thorns
2001 - Industrial BM {9.9/10}
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Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
1987 --> 1st Wave BM {9.8/10}
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Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
1999 - {9.8/10}
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Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation Of The Black Widow
2009 - Industrial Blackened Grindcore - {9.8/10}
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Dawn - Slaughtersun (Crown Of The Triarchy)
1998 - Melodic BM {9.8/10}
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Mayhem - Grand Declaration Of War
2000 -->Avant Garde BM {9.8/10}
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Svartidauði - Flesh Cathedral
2012 --> Dissoblack {9.8/10}
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Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
1997 - {9.8/10}
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Aquilus - Griseus
2011 - Symphonic BM {9.75/10}
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Apotheosis - Farthest From The Sun
2002 - {9.75/10}
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Silencer - Death - Pierce Me
2001 - DSBM {9.7/10}
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Sacramentum - Far Away From The Sun
1996 - {9.7/10}
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Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon
2010 -Atmospheric Epic BM - {9.6/10}
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Akhlys - The Dreaming I
2015 - {9.6/10}
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Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver
1999 - Ambient BM {9.6/10}
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Imperial Triumphant - Vile Luxury
2018 - {9.6/10}
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Mizmor - Yodh
2016 - Black/Doom {9.6/10}
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Summoning - Stronghold
1999 - Atmospheric BM {9.6/10}
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Walknut - Graveforests And Their Shadows
2007 - Atmospheric Raw BM {9.6/10}
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Zhrine - Unortheta
2016 - Death/Dissoblack {9.6/10}
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Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota
2020 - {9.6/10}
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Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape
2001 - Avant Garde BM {9.5/10}
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Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With The Stars
2009 - Atmospheric Meloblack {9.5/10}
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Thy Catafalque - Vadak
2021 - {9.4/10}
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Ved Buens Ende - Those Who Caress The Pale
1994 - Avant Garde BM {9.4/10}
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Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
1994
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The Ruins Of Beverast - Rain Upon The Impure
2006 - {9.4/10}
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Kvist - For Kunsten Maa Vi Evig Vike
1996 - {9.2/10}
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Lurker Of Chalice - Lurker Of Chalice
2005 - Black Sludge {9.1/10}
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Tchornobog - Tchornobog
2017 - Death/Black Metal {9.0/10}
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Mastery - Valis
2015 - Avant Garde Black {9.0/10}
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F3ynman
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29.11.2021 - 16:30
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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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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
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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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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
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Great list! Some real good one's here
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14.07.2022 - 23:33
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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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Written by [user id=110592] 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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