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.Bathory - Hammerheart

5.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

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All my favourite songs ranked in order best down.

1.Rush - 2112

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Jethro Tull - Aqualung

4.Rainbow - Rising

5.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

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1.Metallica - Lulu

2.Burzum - Filosofem

3.Metallica - St. Anger

4.Slayer - Undisputed Attitude

5.Sepultura - Nation

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1.The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet?

2.Tiamat - Wildhoney

3.My Dying Bride - A Line Of Deathless Kings

4.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

5.Samael - Ceremony Of Opposites

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What a harsh year this has been to fans of metal. We're not even through December and I'm still fearing that another one of our beloved musicians might get sick and die. The year certainly wasn't…

1.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

2.Ihsahn - After

3.Les Discrets - Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées

4.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

5.Sorgeldom - Inner Receivings

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One band, one album in alphabetical order. No EPs, demos, etc.
Favourite album: Mgła - With Hearts Toward None
Favourite song: Schammasch - "Above The Stars Of God"…

1.1914 - The Blind Leading The Blind

2.Abbath - Abbath

3.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

4.Aenaon - Hypnosophy

5.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

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List of albums that are often considered to be 'bad' (or at least not that good) however I can't agree with that opinions. This list also could be entitled: the most underrated albums of…

1.1349 - Revelations Of The Black Flame

2.Black Sabbath - Never Say Die

3.Black Sabbath - Born Again

4.Burzum - Hliðskjálf

5.Burzum - Belus

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A list of albums I listen to and rated with a small commentary. This list is not meant to have an order, or a best-to-worst classification.

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Album & Artist Impressions (Part…

1.Igorrr - Hallelujah

2.Strapping Young Lad - Strapping Young Lad

3.Cro-Mags - Revenge

4.Sepultura - Chaos A.D.

5.Blut Aus Nord - Hallucinogen

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1.Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythree

2.Vektor - Black Future

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

4.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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It's always changing.

1.Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty

2.Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet

3.Equilibrium - Sagas

4.Týr - Ragnarok

5.Finsterforst - Rastlos

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1.Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst

2.Cradle Of Filth - Dusk... And Her Embrace

3.Gorgoroth - Under The Sign Of Hell

4.Burzum - Det Som Engang Var

5.Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

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My top 3 albums per year starting in 1999.

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2.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

3.Finntroll - Midnattens Widunder

4.Shaman (FIN) - Idja

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There's some outstanding releases from this year. Overall not that special though.

1.Watain - Lawless Darkness

2.Dråpsnatt - Hymner Till Undergången

3.Equilibrium - Rekreatur

4.Ghost - Opus Eponymous

5.An Autumn For Crippled Children - Lost

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Entirely subjective viewpoint. Nothing more, and nothing less.

1.Burzum - Belus

2.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

3.Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones

4.Blood Of The Black Owl - A Banishing Ritual

5.Motörhead - The Wörld Is Yours

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2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010…

1.Rotting Christ - Aealo

2.Sabaton - Coat Of Arms

3.Parkway Drive - Deep Blue

4.Equilibrium - Rekreatur

5.Kylesa - Spiral Shadow

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