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A list by
blackbaker
Created
June 14, 2025
Entries
206
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My personal taste
206.
1.
Saor - Amidst The Ruins
👑10👑 - Atmospheric Black/Folk Metal
206.
2.
Dormant Ordeal - Tooth And Nail
9.2 - Death Metal
206.
3.
Gràb - Kremess
9.1 - Black Metal
206.
4.
Hæresis - Si Vis Pacem Para Bellvm
9.0 - Black Metal
206.
5.
Thron - Vurias
8.9 - Black Metal
206.
6.
Anzv - Kur
8.8 - Death/Black Metal
206.
7.
Autrest - Burning Embers, Forgotten Wolves
8.8 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
8.
Blackbraid - Blackbraid III
8.8 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
9.
Pillars Of Cacophony - Paralipomena
8.8 - Technical Death/Black Metal
206.
10.
Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Innern
8.8 - Black Metal
206.
11.
Unviâr - Disglaç
8.8 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
12.
Endrøm - The Last Swordsman
8.7 - Melodic Black Metal/Crust
206.
13.
Blood Abscission - I I
8.7 - Black Metal
206.
14.
Varnheim - Void
8.7 - Black Metal
206.
15.
Aephanemer - Utopie
8.7 - Symphonic/Melodic Death Metal
206.
16.
In Mourning - The Immortal
8.7 - Progressive/Melodic Death Metal
206.
17.
Centuries Of Decay - A Monument To Oblivion
8.7 - Progressive Death Metal
206.
18.
Baest - Colossal
8.7 - Death Metal
206.
19.
Howling Giant - Crucible & Ruin
8.7 - Stoner Rock/Metal
206.
20.
Hierophany - Tenebrario
8.7 - Black Metal
206.
21.
Evoking Winds - Echoes
8.7 - Atmospheric Black/Folk Metal
206.
22.
In The Woods... - Otra
8.6 - Progressive Black Metal
206.
23.
Riverside - Live ID.
8.6 - Progressive Rock/Metal
206.
24.
Havamal - Age Of The Gods
8.6 - Melodic Death/Pagan Metal
206.
25.
Martröð - Draumsýnir Eldsins
8.6 - Black Metal
206.
26.
Bloody Valkyria - In Our Home, Across The Fog
8.6 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
27.
Lucifer's Child - The Illuminant
8.6 - Black Metal
206.
28.
Istapp - Sól Tér Sortna
8.6 - Melodic Black Metal
206.
29.
A Flock Named Murder - Incendiary Sanctum
8.6 - Black Metal/Sludge
206.
30.
Lord Belial - Unholy Trinity
8.6 - Black Metal
206.
31.
The Halo Effect - March Of The Unheard
8.5 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
32.
Midnight Silence - Overgrown Paths
8.5 - Black Metal
206.
33.
Bloedmaan - Vampyric War In Blood
8.5 - Melodic Black Metal
206.
34.
1914 - Viribus Unitis
8.5 - Black/Death Metal
206.
35.
Coroner - Dissonance Theory
8.5 - Technical Thrash Metal
206.
36.
Apocalypse Orchestra - A Plague Upon Thee
8.5 - Folk/Doom Metal
206.
37.
Naxatras - V
8.5 - Psychedelic Rock
206.
38.
Angrrsth - Złudnia
8.5 - Black Metal
206.
39.
Ovader - Asagrim
8.5 - Pagan Black Metal
206.
40.
Svart Vinter - Isvind
8.5 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
41.
Hate - Bellum Regiis
8.5 - Blackened Death Metal
206.
42.
Ereb Altor - Hälsingemörker
8.5 - Pagan/Doom Metal
206.
43.
Zmarłym - Wielkie Zanikanie
8.5 - Black Metal
206.
44.
Afargang - Andvake
8.5 - Progressive/Folk Metal
206.
45.
Allegaeon - The Ossuary Lens
8.5 - Technical Death Metal
206.
46.
Nephylim - Circuition
8.5 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
47.
Grima - Nightside
8.5 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
48.
Atlantic - Timeworn
8.5 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
49.
Arkhaaik - Uihtis
8.5 - Black/Death Metal
206.
50.
Les Bâtards Du Roi - Les Chemins De L'exil
8.5 - Melodic Black Metal
206.
51.
Frostshock - Hibernation's End
8.5 - Melodic Death/Thrash Metal
206.
52.
Mors Principium Est - Darkness Invisible
8.4 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
53.
One Of Nine - Dawn Of The Iron Shadow
8.4 - Melodic Black Metal
206.
54.
Psychonaut - World Maker
8.4 - Post-Metal
206.
55.
Kaunis Kuolematon - Kun Valo Minussa Kuoli
8.4 - Melodic Death/Doom Metal
206.
56.
Jord - Emellan Träden
8.4 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
57.
Nøkk - Heartless
8.4 - Black Metal
206.
58.
Lik (SWE) - Necro
8.4 - Death Metal
206.
59.
Outlaw - Opus Mortis
8.4 - Black Metal
206.
60.
Disarmonia Mundi - The Dormant Stranger
8.4 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
61.
The Great Sea - Noble Art Of Desolation
8.4 - Black Metal
206.
62.
Austere - The Stillness Of Dissolution
8.4 - Depressive Black Metal
206.
63.
Aeon Winds - An Ode To The Mountains
8.4 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
64.
Nite - Cult Of The Serpent Sun
8.4 - Black/Heavy Metal
206.
65.
Brainblast - Colossus Suprema
8.4 - Symphonic/Technical Death Metal
206.
66.
Ondfødt - Dimsvall
8.4 - Black Metal
206.
67.
Symbiotic Growth - Beyond The Sleepless Aether
8.4 - Progressive Black Metal
206.
68.
The Infernal Deceit - The True Harmful Black
8.4 - Black/Death Metal
206.
69.
Valhalore - Beyond The Stars
8.4 - Folk Metal
206.
70.
Walg - V
8.3 - Melodic Black Metal
206.
71.
Void Droid - Mythic
8.3 - Stoner Metal
206.
72.
Drudkh - Shadow Play
8.3 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
73.
Amorphis - Borderland
8.3 - Melodic Metal
206.
74.
Eluveitie - Ànv
8.3 - Folk Metal
206.
75.
An Abstract Illusion - The Sleeping City
8.3 - Progressive Death Metal
206.
76.
Paradise Lost - Ascension
8.3 - Doom Metal
206.
77.
Faidra - Dies Irae
8.3 - Black Metal
206.
78.
The Great Old Ones - Kadath
8.3 - Post-Black Metal
206.
79.
Grand Cadaver - The Rot Beneath
8.3 - Death Metal
206.
80.
Havukruunu - Tavastland
8.3 - Black Metal
206.
81.
...And Oceans - The Regeneration Itinerary
8.3 - Symphonic Black Metal
206.
82.
Before The Dawn - Cold Flare Eternal
8.3 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
83.
Elderwind - Older Than Ancient
8.3 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
84.
Häxkapell - Om Jordens Blod Och Urgravens Grepp
8.3 - Black Metal
206.
85.
Retromorphosis - Psalmus Mortis
8.3 - Technical Death Metal
206.
86.
Sumerian Tombs - Age Of Eternal Night
8.3 - Black Metal
206.
87.
Silence of the Nemeta - Towards the Chimaera
8.2 - Atmospheric Black/Folk Metal
206.
88.
The Reticent - Please
8.2 - Progressive Metal
206.
89.
Destinity - Ascension
8.2 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
90.
Malphas - Extinct
8.2 - Black Metal
206.
91.
Schreigarm - Mara Comes and Darkness Shall Reign
8.2 - Black Metal
206.
92.
Dawns Revival - Luminous Skies
8.2 Melodic Death/Black Metal
206.
93.
Trivax - The Great Satan
8.2 - Death/Black Metal
206.
94.
Frantic Amber - Death Becomes Her
8.2 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
95.
Kal-El - Astral Voyager Vol. 1
8.2 - Stoner/Doom Metal
206.
96.
Månegarm - Edsvuren
8.2 - Folk/Black Metal
206.
97.
Nightbearer - Defiance
8.2 - Death Metal
206.
98.
The Vintage Caravan - Portals
8.2 - Hard Rock
206.
99.
Thormesis - Nevertheless
8.2 - Melodic Black Metal
206.
100.
Under Ruins - Age Of The Void
8.2 - Epic Heavy/Power Metal
206.
101.
Atavistia - The Winter Way (Reforged)
8.1 - Symphonic/Melodic Death Metal
206.
102.
Bask - The Turning
8.1 - Stoner Rock
206.
103.
Skaldr - Saṃsṛ
8.1 - Melodic Black Metal
206.
104.
Drudensang - Geysterzvvang
8.1 - Black Metal
206.
105.
Fluisteraars - Kronieken Van Het Verdwenen Kasteel - III - Grunsfoort
8.1 - Black Metal
206.
106.
Suotana - Ounas II
8.1 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
107.
Demon King - Death Knell
8.0 - Technical Death Metal
206.
108.
Dimholt - MetaForm
8.0 - Black Metal
206.
109.
Order Of The Ebon Hand - XI: Justice
8.0 - Black Metal
206.
110.
Lunatic Soul - The World Under Unsun
8.0 - Progressive Rock
206.
111.
Nyrak - Phoenix Mortis
8.0 - Black Metal
206.
112.
Amalekim - Shir Hashirim
8.0 - Black Metal
206.
113.
Soul Demise - Against The Abyss
8.0 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
114.
Sparzanza - From Dust To Darkness
8.0 - Stoner/Alternative Metal
206.
115.
Behölder - In The Temple Of The Tyrant
8.0 - Epic Doom Metal
206.
116.
Obscura - A Sonication
8.0 - Technical Death Metal
206.
117.
Owls Woods Graves - Strix
8.0 - Black Metal/Crust
206.
118.
Green Carnation - A Dark Poem Part I: The Shores Of Melancholia
8.0 - Progressive/Gothic Metal
206.
119.
Behemoth - The Shit Ov God
8.0 - Black/Death Metal
206.
120.
Aran Angmar - Ordo Diabolicum
8.0 - Black Metal
206.
121.
Serenity In Murder - Timeless Reverie
8.0 - Symphonic/Melodic Death Metal
206.
122.
Khan - That Fair And Warlike Form // Return To Dust
8.0 - Stoner/Psychedelic Rock
206.
123.
Nihilvm - Ancient Cosmic Emanation
8.0 - Black/Death Metal
206.
124.
Khepra - Anatomy Of Sin
7.9 - Symphonic/Melodic Death Metal
206.
125.
After Earth - Dark Night Of The Soul
7.9 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
126.
Abigail Williams - A Void Within Existence
7.9 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
127.
Dark Seal - Arrivals
7.9 - Pagan Black Metal
206.
128.
Vígljós - Tome II: Ignis Sacer
7.9 - Black Metal
206.
129.
Decline Of The I - Wilhelm
7.9 - Post-Black Metal
206.
130.
Malakhim - And In Our Hearts The Devil Sings
7.9 - Black Metal
206.
131.
Buried Realm - The Dormant Darkness
7.9 - Technical Death Metal
206.
132.
Fractal Universe - The Great Filters
7.9 - Technical Death Metal
206.
133.
Hanging Garden - The Unending
7.9 - Melodic Doom/Death Metal
206.
134.
Novembre - Words Of Indigo
7.9 - Progressive/Gothic Metal
206.
135.
Darvaza - We Are Him
7.9 - Black Metal
206.
136.
Stoned Jesus - Songs To Sun
7.9 - Stoner Metal
206.
137.
Acherontas - Nekyia - The Necromantic Patterns
7.8 - Black Metal
206.
138.
Cytotoxin - Biographyte
7.8 - Brutal Death Metal
206.
139.
Omnium Gatherum - May The Bridges We Burn Light The Way
7.8 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
140.
Asphagor - The Aphotic Vortex
7.8 - Black Metal
206.
141.
Mío - Hva nå?
7.8 - Experimental Folk Rock
206.
142.
Zero Degree - What We Become
7.8 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
143.
Shagor - Lyksalver
7.8 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
144.
Medico Peste - Aesthetic Of Hunger
7.8 - Black Metal
206.
145.
Fragments Of Unbecoming - Dawnbringer: Chapter VII - The Amber Emperor
7.8 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
146.
Ninkharsag - The Black Swords Of Winter
7.8 - Black Metal
206.
147.
Taär - Catharsis Till Dawn
7.8 - Black Metal
206.
148.
Trold - I Skovens Rige
7.8 - Folk Metal
206.
149.
Voidhra - Only Cold Winds Will Carry My Name
7.8 - Black Metal
206.
150.
Sabhankra - Nocturnal Elegies
7.8 - Melodic Black Metal
206.
151.
Warbringer - Wrath And Ruin
7.8 - Thrash Metal
206.
152.
Forsaken Hill - The Fortress Of Solitude
7.8 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
153.
Revocation - New Gods, New Masters
7.8 - Technical Death/Thrash Metal
206.
154.
Ade - Supplicium
7.7 - Death Metal
206.
155.
Frosted Undergrowth - Unchained
7.7 - Black Metal
206.
156.
Voodus - Emanating Sparks
7.7 - Melodic Black Metal
206.
157.
Harvst - Mahlstrom
7.7 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
158.
Erocis - The Sunken Lands
7.7 - Folk Metal
206.
159.
Orbit Culture - Death Above Life
7.7 - Modern Metal
206.
160.
USQUAM - Ex Nihilo
7.7 - Melodic Black Metal
206.
161.
Brotthogg - Ved Veis Ende
7.7 - Melodic Death/Black Metal
206.
162.
Vintersorg - Vattenkrafternas Spel
7.7 - Black/Folk Metal
206.
163.
Gaahls Wyrd - Braiding The Stories
7.7 - Black Metal
206.
164.
Veilburner - Longing For Triumph, Reeking Of Tragedy
7.7 - Experimental Black/Death Metal
206.
165.
Crimson Shadows - Whispers Of War
7.7 - Melodic Death/Power Metal
206.
166.
Monograf - Occultation
7.6 - Folk/Post-Metal
206.
167.
Blut Aus Nord - Ethereal Horizons
7.6 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
168.
Deserted Fear - Veins Of Fire
7.6 - Death Metal
206.
169.
Empeiria - The Ascent: Szenen der Katharsis
7.6 - Black Metal
206.
170.
Gasbrand - Fading Away In Nothingness
7.6 - Black Metal
206.
171.
Cult Of Fire - The One, Who Is Made Of Smoke
7.6 - Black Metal
206.
172.
Year Of The Cobra - Year Of The Cobra
7.6 - Stoner/Doom Metal
206.
173.
Bläkken - Światowstręt
7.5 - Black/Death Metal
206.
174.
Balmog - Laio
7.5 - Black Metal
206.
175.
Finistère - Am Grauen Meer
7.5 - Post-Black Metal
206.
176.
Scour - Gold
7.5 - Black Metal
206.
177.
Hollow Decay - Anchor Of Madness
7.4 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
178.
Sunken - Lykke
7.4 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
179.
Harakiri For The Sky - Scorched Earth
7.4 - Post-Black Metal
206.
180.
Labyrinthus Stellarum - Rift In Reality
7.4 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
181.
Nightfall - Children Of Eve
7.4 - Death Metal
206.
182.
Voidfallen - The Rituals Of Resilience
7.4 - Symphonic/Melodic Death Metal
206.
183.
Hangatyr - Sumpf Der Fäule
7.3 - Black Metal
206.
184.
Enthroned - Ashspawn
7.3 - Black Metal
206.
185.
Morild - Disse Fugle Får Ingen At Se
7.3 - Atmospheric Black Metal
206.
186.
Svntarer - Exitus Triumphalis
7.3 - Sludge/Post-Metal/Black Metal
206.
187.
Feuerschwanz - Knightclub
7.3 - Folk Metal
206.
188.
Ildaruni - Divinum Sanguinem
7.3 - Folk/Black Metal
206.
189.
Avatarium - Between You, God, The Devil And The Dead
7.2 - Doom Metal
206.
190.
Goath - IV: Silencing The Prophets Of Deceit
7.2 - Black Metal
206.
191.
Avdagata - The Apocalyptic Aeon
7.2 - Melodic Black/Death Metal
206.
192.
Urn - Demon Steel
7.2 - Black/Thrash Metal
206.
193.
Kaosophia - Beyond the Black Horizon
7.2 - Black Metal
206.
194.
Sun After Dark - Tatkraft
7.1 - Black/Gothic Metal
206.
195.
Katatonia - Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State
7.1 - Progressive/Alternative Metal
206.
196.
Wode - Uncrossing The Keys
7.1 - Death/Black Metal
206.
197.
Nachtschatten - Polaris
7.1 - Melodic Death Metal
206.
198.
Ramchat - Rmut
7.0 - Pagan/Black Metal
206.
199.
Orm - Guld
7.0 - Melodic Black Metal
206.
200.
Lloth - Archees Legeones
6.9 - Melodic Black Metal
206.
201.
The Stone - Kletva
6.9 - Black Metal
206.
202.
Witchcraft - Idag
6.9 - Doom Metal
206.
203.
Imperial Crystalline Entombment - Abominable Astral Summoning
6.8 - Black Metal
206.
204.
Mehrwertsteuer - Krone Der Schöpfung
6.8 - Black/Death Metal
206.
205.
Bergsvriden - I Haggans Afton
6.8 - Black/Folk Metal
206.
206.
Æxylium - Myth Of Mankind
6.5 - Folk Metal
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