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Dark, Harrowing, And Ravaging Albums To Ruin Your Day
These obviously won't ruin your day. Chances are if you are into these styles you'll love this selection. No stylistic borders, but I'm limiting myself to one album per band. These aren't…
| 1. | Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis |
| 2. | Abruptum - Potestates Apocalypsis |
| 3. | Absolutus - Pugnare In Iis Quae Obtinere Non Possis |
| 4. | Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius |
| 5. | Aderlating - Spear Of Gold And Seraphim Bone Pt. 1 |
| + 95 more |
The Best Of Unorthodox Black Metal
Within the past decade, black metal has seen bands from all over the world incorporating new sounds to the genre and changing its delivery like never before. As great as the classic bands are, BM bands…
| 1. | Necromantia - Crossing The Fiery Path |
| 2. | Ved Buens Ende - Written In Waters |
| 3. | Woods Of Belial - Deimos XIII |
| 4. | Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum |
| 5. | Blut Aus Nord - MoRT |
| + 47 more |
My Favorite Atmospheric Black Metal Albums (WIP)
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…
| 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 : |
| + 60 more |
BitterCOld's Top 50 Of The Zeroes
The "better half" of my top 100 of the Zeroes. In list format, now with album covers!
| 1. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 2. | Negură Bunget - OM |
| 3. | Primordial - To The Nameless Dead |
| 4. | Neurosis - Given To The Rising |
| 5. | Mastodon - Crack The Skye |
| + 45 more |
My Favourite Black Metal Albums
- My TOP 75 from 90s (and 80s), 00s and 10s.
- Each TOP 75 ordered from my most favourite down.
- One album for every band in one TOP 75.
- Only full-lengths or EPs/demos with more than half an hour.
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- Each TOP 75 ordered from my most favourite down.
- One album for every band in one TOP 75.
- Only full-lengths or EPs/demos with more than half an hour.
…
| 1. | Windir - Arntor |
| 2. | Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver |
| 3. | Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter |
| + 223 more |
Apothecary's Awesome Album Art Anthology
I know I probably speak for a lot of people when I say that, very often, the artwork that a band chooses for a particular album can be the icing on the cake, essential to giving a visual depiction that…
| 1. | Aarni - Bathos |
| 2. | Absu - The Sun Of Tiphareth |
| 3. | Atheist - Unquestionable Presence |
| 4. | Bathory - Blood Fire Death |
| 5. | Blue Öyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin |
| + 26 more |
Black Metal: The Expansion Pack
My initial rendition was looking at the USBM scene. Next I opted to dive into where it arguably all began… Norway. My most recent exploration was into Switzerland’s scene. Rather than repeatedly coming…
| 1. | Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry |
| 2. | Funeral Mourning - Drown In Solitude |
| 3. | Ill Omen - Æ.Thy.Rift |
| 4. | Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason |
| 5. | Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason |
| + 151 more |
1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
WORK IN PROGESS! Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that…
| 1. | High Tide - Sea Shanties |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 4. | Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come |
| 5. | Josefus - Dead Man |
| + 1242 more |
Black Metal
My favorite black metal album’s…
| 1. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 2. | Akhlys - Melinoë |
| 3. | Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs |
| 4. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| 5. | Blut Aus Nord - Hallucinogen |
| + 53 more |
BitterCOld's Albums of 2008, the "Dirty Dozen"
Just an at-a-glance list corresponding to my Best of 2008 blog. Hooray.
| 1. | Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale |
| 2. | Enslaved - Vertebrae |
| 3. | Skepticism - Alloy |
| 4. | Darkthrone - Dark Thrones And Black Flags |
| 5. | Darkspace - III |
| + 7 more |
My Top Metal 2000-2009
My top metal album's from 2000-2009
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Shining - V - Halmstad |
| 3. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 4. | Corrupted - El Mundo Frio |
| 5. | Rotting Christ - Theogonia |
| + 35 more |
Worthwhile Albums Of 2008
This list, like the others, is only in alphabetical order. If I had to pick a favorite then it would be Darkspace's 'III' hands down.
| 1. | Ásmegin - Arv |
| 2. | A Forest Of Stars - The Corpse Of Rebirth |
| 3. | Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God |
| 4. | Averse Sefira - Advent Parallax |
| 5. | Black Lotus - Harvest Of Seasons |
| + 18 more |