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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 :

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Created by Oaken on 24.05.2012



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The Most Majestic Releases Of All Time

This list contains most beautiful, majestic and soul-touching releases I've ever experienced.
My most favorite genres are Black Metal, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, Ambient and Neo-Classical…

1.Anathema - The Silent Enigma
2.Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée
3.Deinonychus - The Silence Of December
4.Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta I - Fathers Of The Icy Age
5.Burzum - Filosofem

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Created by Roxana.M on 10.06.2015



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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

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Created by Auntie Sahar on 06.11.2013



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Top [Insert Round Number Here] Second Wave Black Metal Albums

***Limit 2 albums per artist***…

1.Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
2.Burzum - Filosofem
3.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
4.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
5.Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark

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Created by saw_you_drown on 05.05.2011



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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.Bathory - Hammerheart
5.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

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Created by AndyMetalFreak on 26.04.2021



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90s: The Essentials

In no particular order. Will be expanding as I listen to more albums. Only one album per band, be sure to check the rest of the discography by yourself.

1.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
2.System Of A Down - System Of A Down
3.Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler
4.Anacrusis - Manic Impressions
5.Death - Symbolic

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Created by Mikyz on 07.05.2010



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Blut Aus Nord- Best To Worst

Pretty simple. The best to worst of BaN.
I really don't like their melodic side and prefer their industrial/ dissonant sound, so I guess this list is very predictable.

1.Blut Aus Nord - MoRT
2.Blut Aus Nord - Thematic Emanation Of Archetypal Multiplicity
3.Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
4.Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses
5.Blut Aus Nord - What Once Was... Liber II

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Created by mz on 02.07.2022



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After A Year Of Metal: The Albums With The Biggest Impact

It's nearly been a year since I've started listening to metal. I've listened to many albums since then, but it took me some time to get used to some genres, band ideologies and listening…

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2.Suffocation - Pierced From Within
3.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
4.Agalloch - The Mantle
5.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

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Created by Oaken on 13.04.2012



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Metal Albums Ranked From WORSHIP To DISLIKE

Ratings go from:

WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe…

1.Æther Realm - Tarot
2.Abhoria - Abhoria
3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4.Agrypnie - Metamorphosis
5.Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function

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Created by Rinbel on 14.03.2022



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My Top Black Metal Albums (Ordered by Years)

Maximum three Albums per Year, starting in 1991…

1.Bathory - Twilight Of The Gods
2.Master's Hammer - Ritual
3.Samael - Worship Him
4.Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
5.Immortal - Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism

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Created by Sakuraba on 02.03.2013



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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

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Created by pandrstudios on 31.05.2022



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Albums Of My Life

No particular order…

1.Graveworm - As The Angels Reach The Beauty
2.Graveworm - Scourge Of Malice
3.Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid
4.Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst
5.Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

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Created by bundasmanu on 05.08.2019



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M0rkeleb's Overall Favorites

Simple ranking of all my favorite albums. Favorite song from the album in the notes. Sure to change/expand as I learn and explore more within metal.
2023: This was starting to get too long so I split…

1.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways
2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
3.Ayreon - 01011001
4.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All
5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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Created by M0rkeleb on 16.10.2015



M0rkeleb's Overall Favorites - 7s

I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking
2.Qrixkuor - Poison Palinopsia
3.Skepticism - Ordeal
4.Funeral Mist - Devilry
5.Zeal & Ardor - Zeal And Ardor

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Created by M0rkeleb on 31.12.2023