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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 |
2012
My tastes seem to have changed quite a bit since I originally made this list. I have since updated it to better reflect my opinions of 2012 in retrospect. A well rounded and impressive year for metal.
| 1. | Indesinence - Vessels Of Light And Decay |
| 2. | Faal - The Clouds Are Burning |
| 3. | Agruss - Morok |
| 4. | Lord Mantis - Pervertor |
| 5. | Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry |
| + 45 more |
Songs Of Ice And Fire: A Journey Through Icelandic Black Metal
The Icelandic Black Metal scene received quite a bit of hype and love in the middle of the last decade. As with most things, the supply of greatness couldn't live up to the demand. We have a handful…
| 1. | Misþyrming - Söngvar Elds Og Óreiðu |
| 2. | Wormlust - The Feral Wisdom |
| 3. | Almyrkvi - Umbra |
| 4. | Carpe Noctem - In Terra Profugus |
| 5. | Wormlust - The Wormlust Collective |
| + 35 more |
The Timeless
1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 3. | Krallice - Diotima |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Deathspell Omega - Kénôse |
| + 166 more |
My Album Of The Year, 1970-present
Here's my AotY for each year from 1970, with a runner up (or two) following.
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't on Metal Storm, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson, but Pink Floyd would've…
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't on Metal Storm, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson, but Pink Floyd would've…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Deep Purple - In Rock |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| 5. | Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards |
| + 114 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (S)
This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…
| 1. | S.V.E.S.T. - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Le Diable Est Ma Raison |
| 2. | Sabachthani - Miserable Endings |
| 3. | Sabaoth - Les Illuminations |
| 4. | Sabaton - Carolus Rex |
| 5. | Sabbat - Dreamweaver |
| + 361 more |
Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time
1 album per band per subgenre
work in progress, updating as I go through the song-by-song ratings on RateYourMusic.com
I will typically update my black metal faves - https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6924
and…
work in progress, updating as I go through the song-by-song ratings on RateYourMusic.com
I will typically update my black metal faves - https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6924
and…
| 1. | Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime |
| 2. | King Diamond - Abigail |
| 3. | Voivod - Dimension Hatröss |
| 4. | Mastodon - Crack The Skye |
| 5. | Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris |
| + 115 more |
The Most Essential Albums Of My Life (one Per Band, Alphabetical)
Inspired by lists of my BFF AnthropOcean (https://metalstorm.net/users/lists.php?user_id=341301) I deciced to create a list of the most important and influential records/bands here as well. These are either…
| 1. | A.I.(d) - Schematic Emergency |
| 2. | A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step |
| 3. | A Storm Of Light - Forgive Us Our Trespasses |
| 4. | Aara - Triade III: Nyx |
| 5. | After The Burial - Rareform |
| + 213 more |
The Timeless Ver2
1. Only ESPECIALLY favorite (a bit more stringently than ver1 and rating 10 is not enough)
2. All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
3. Only studio albums & EPs
4. The genre is primary…
2. All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
3. Only studio albums & EPs
4. The genre is primary…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Cynic - Focus |
| 3. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 4. | Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice |
| 5. | Deathspell Omega - Kénôse |
| + 81 more |
Fave BM (and BM-adjacent) Albums
* Updating this as I get around to doing song-by-song on RYM.
* 1 album per band
* limiting this to actual black metal releases, as opposed to releases by bands that were, at one time, black metal.
>>…
* 1 album per band
* limiting this to actual black metal releases, as opposed to releases by bands that were, at one time, black metal.
>>…
| 1. | Weakling - Dead As Dreams |
| 2. | Deathspell Omega - Paracletus |
| 3. | Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury |
| + 40 more |
AJ's Ranking Of 2012
My top 50 of the year. Rated 8 & Above
Alcest, Gojira, Les discrets and Blut Aus Nord make the french connection . Allez les bleus!
Black Sabbath announced their reunion, Wintersun reappeared…
Alcest, Gojira, Les discrets and Blut Aus Nord make the french connection . Allez les bleus!
Black Sabbath announced their reunion, Wintersun reappeared…
| 1. | Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage |
| 2. | Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme |
| 3. | Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension |
| 4. | Cult Of Fire - Triumvirát |
| 5. | Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées... |
| + 45 more |