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Top 50 Black Metal Albums

I've been listened to Black Metal since the late 2000s starting with Emperor and Dimmu Borgir. Since then, I've discover dozens of amazing bands thanks to MS and it has become one of my favourite genres, especially the more melodic/symphonic/epic bands.

So here are my favourites of the genre with my rating, its sub-genre and release year:

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of black metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

1.Agalloch - The Mantle
2.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
4.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
5.Windir - 1184

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Created by nonZero on 19.02.2024



Top 2010

1.Rotting Christ - Aealo
2.Sabaton - Coat Of Arms
3.Parkway Drive - Deep Blue
4.Equilibrium - Rekreatur
5.Sabaton - The Art Of War

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Created by Liafev on 17.01.2024



AJ's Ranking Of 2010

My Top 50, albums rated 8 & above. Only LPs

RIP: Ronnie James Dio

Album count: 206
Average rating: 6.84

1.Alcest - Écailles De Lune
2.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
3.Ihsahn - After
4.Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent
5.Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards

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Created by AJ The Great on 22.10.2023



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Hidden Title Tracks – Album Titles That Come From A Song`s Lyrics

Almost all album titles fall in one of two categories: The album shares the title with one of its songs (the title track) or, alternatively, the album title is independent from the songs (no title track).

However, there are examples of songs that have a central link to the album title without sharing the same name. In these cases, certain lyrics from the song were chosen as the album title.

This (alphabetical) list shows the names of these “hidden title tracks” and the central lyrics that gave the name to the corresponding album.

Please feel free to suggest more of your favorite metal/hard rock examples of these “hidden title tracks”.



1.40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky
2.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays
3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4.Agalloch - The Mantle
5.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

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Created by Plattner on 06.07.2023



Albums To Check Out

1.Disembowelment - Transcendence Into The Peripheral
2.Weakling - Dead As Dreams
3.Greylotus - Dawnfall
4.John Petrucci - An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess [Collaboration]
5.John Petrucci - Suspended Animation

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Created by em6568 on 05.06.2023



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Best Of 2010s

Only the 9s or 10s / 10 are here. Roughly ordered in time.

1.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit
2.Kingcrow - Phlegethon
3.Crippled Black Phoenix - I, Vigilante
4.Igorrr - Nostril
5.Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones

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Created by SS on 03.04.2023



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Top 50

Subject to change from time to time. (Currently in a remaking process)

1.Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen
2.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
3.Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil
4.Opeth - Still Life
5.Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel

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Created by MR11MAIDEN on 28.09.2022



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My Top 50 Albums Of 2010-2019

1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate
2.Kauan - Sorni Nai
3.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
4.Wilderun - Veil Of Imagination
5.Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)

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Created by JHK on 26.04.2022



My Top 30 Albums Of 2010

1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
2.Ihsahn - After
3.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit
4.Alcest - Écailles De Lune
5.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One

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Created by JHK on 18.04.2022



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Most Interesting Interludes/Intros/Outros

(This list is a work in progress)

In this list I intend to compile all of my favorite interludes, intros, outros, short acoustic tracks, instrumentals, non-metal or otherwise atypical songs from the metal multiverse. Of course the definitions for each of the above are quite fluid, so you may personally disagree with my decision to consider one of these tracks as such.

Last updated on 23 June 2023.

1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
2.Bathory - Blood Fire Death
3.Melechesh - Emissaries
4.Agalloch - The Mantle
5.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

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Created by Qualeen on 05.04.2022



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Andy top black metal albums

My favourite black metal albums listed and ranked, all varieties within the black metal genre.

1.Summoning - Oath Bound
2.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
3.Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
4.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
5.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

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Created by AndyMetalFreak on 26.04.2021



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MS Meta(l) List Of The 2010's - Top 200

Input:
10 years
20 decade lists
749 bands
973 albums

Output:
200 top albums from 2010-2019

FAQ

How are the points calculated?
Simple math.

Ranked top lists:
1st place = 150 pts.
2nd place = 149 pts.
...
100th place = 51 pts.
...
150th place = 1 pt.

Alphabetically sorted lists:
Each place = 100 pts.

1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
2.Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance
3.Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole
4.Esoteric - A Pyrrhic Existence
5.Tribulation - The Formulas Of Death

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Created by Starvynth on 24.05.2020



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JokeR's Top Hunnid From 2010 - 2019

To commemorate the top 100 albums of 2010 - 2019 I thought I would follow suit and make a list of my own. This has been a very challenging task to say the least. As I reflected on the releases from the last 10 years, it became increasingly difficult to settle on album rankings. In the interest of getting my top 100 published I am potentially releasing the list a little prematurely. The top 30 or so are quite firm. I don't anticipate much change in those albums, however, there could be some mobility throughout the rest of the list.

1.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All
2.Esoteric - A Pyrrhic Existence
3.Un - Sentiment
4.Mournful Congregation - The Incubus Of Karma
5.Ulcerate - Shrines Of Paralysis

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 17.05.2020



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50 Favorite Metal (And Metal-Adjacent) Albums Of The 2010's

I haven't used this website seriously in a long time, but I think it would be fun to catalog my favorite Metal releases from the past decade.

1.Devin Townsend - Empath
2.Darkspace - Dark Space III I
3.Kayo Dot - Hubardo
4.Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
5.Deftones - Koi No Yokan

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Created by FullyOttoMatic on 21.03.2020



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My Favorite Albums

1.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields
2.Thurisaz - Scent Of A Dream
3.Opeth - Morningrise
4.Empyrium - A Wintersunset...
5.Anathema - Eternity

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Created by berkayhalfm on 26.01.2020