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Oct 27
Ne Obliviscaris
Urn
75
critic score
(5)
82
user score
(106)
Sep 22
Wolves in the Throne Room
Thrice Woven
74
critic score
(13)
71
user score
(71)
Sep 15
Myrkur
Mareridt
84
critic score
(7)
72
user score
(71)
Mar 21
Sadness
Leave
83
user score
(60)
Mar 17
Fen
Winter
79
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(43)
May 5
The Ruins of Beverast
Exuvia
90
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(41)
Sep 1
Septicflesh
Codex Omega
85
critic score
(4)
79
user score
(38)
Jan 20
Ashenspire
Speak Not of the Laudanum Quandary
68
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(33)
Nov 21
Krallice
Go Be Forgotten
84
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(29)
Oct 17
Xanthochroid
Of Erthe And Axen Act II
73
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(28)
Aug 22
Xanthochroid
Of Erthe and Axen: Act I
75
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(26)
Sep 22
Cradle of Filth
Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay
76
critic score
(5)
73
user score
(22)
May 5
Succumb
Succumb
73
user score
(21)
Oct 20
Yellow Eyes
Immersion Trench Reverie
100
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(19)
Oct 31
La Torture Des Ténèbres
IV: Memoirs of a Machine Girl
73
user score
(18)
Mar 17
Dodecahedron
Kwintessens
73
critic score
(3)
75
user score
(18)
Feb 10
Wiegedood
De Doden Hebben het Goed II
75
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(18)
Aug 25
Der Weg Einer Freiheit
Finisterre
75
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(17)
Sep 22
Satyricon
Deep Calleth Upon Deep
75
critic score
(2)
69
user score
(16)
Jul 28
Tchornobog
Tchornobog
52
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(16)
Apr 21
Ghost Bath
Starmourner
66
critic score
(4)
64
user score
(15)
Nov 24
Thantifaxath
Void Masquerading as Matter
80
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(14)
May 12
Ulsect
Ulsect
80
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(14)
Oct 27
Blut aus Nord
Deus Salutis Meae
64
critic score
(3)
72
user score
(14)
Sep 15
Belphegor
Totenritual
75
critic score
(2)
70
user score
(13)
Jan 27
The Great Old Ones
EOD : A Tale of Dark Legacy
76
critic score
(4)
74
user score
(13)
Jun 16
Carach Angren
Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten
75
critic score
(3)
72
user score
(13)
Aug 25
Sacred Son
Sacred Son
61
user score
(13)
Aug 11
Cormorant
Diaspora
77
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(13)
May 22
Al-Namrood
Enkar
70
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(13)
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Jan 2
Laster
Ons Vrije Fatum
60
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(13)
Apr 29
Havukruunu
Kelle Surut Soi
80
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(12)
Jul 10
Jute Gyte
Oviri
73
user score
(12)
Apr 14
Hellripper
Coagulating Darkness
74
user score
(11)
Mar 17
Woe
Hope Attrition
76
user score
(10)
Oct 31
Malokarpatan
Nordkarpatenland
69
user score
(10)
Sep 29
Celeste
Infidèle(s)
67
user score
(10)
Apr 11
NONE
None
83
user score
(10)
May 8
Nokturnal Mortum
Істина [Verity]
76
user score
(10)
Oct 7
Tetragrammacide
Primal Incinerators of Moral Matrix
70
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(10)
Oct 24
Sadness
Sun Into Water
77
user score
(10)
Nov 17
Chaos Moon
Eschaton Mémoire
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(8)
Apr 14
Nightbringer
Terra Damnata
70
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(8)
Nov 24
Taake
Kong Vinter
66
critic score
(4)
66
user score
(8)
Mar 10
Black Cilice
Banished From Time
82
user score
(7)
May 5
Weregoat
Pestilential Rites of Infernal Fornication
70
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(7)
Sep 12
My Useless Life
My Useless Life
73
user score
(7)
Jun 23
Goatwhore
Vengeful Ascension
82
critic score
(7)
74
user score
(7)
Oct 13
Altarage
Endinghent
72
critic score
(3)
69
user score
(7)
Jan 13
Black Anvil
As Was
75
critic score
(7)
74
user score
(7)
Feb 1
Ungfell
Tôtbringære
90
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(7)
Feb 3
If I Could Kill Myself
Ballad of the Broken
25
user score
(7)
Mar 10
Pillorian
Obsidian Arc
68
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(6)
May 31
Progenie Terrestre Pura
oltreLuna
73
user score
(6)
Oct 27
Krallice with Dave Edwardson
Loüm
76
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(6)
Oct 27
Dawn Ray'd
The Unlawful Assembly
73
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(5)
Sep 8
Grift
Arvet
70
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(5)
Jun 30
Vintersorg
Till fjälls, del II
75
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(5)
May 26
Wreche
Wreche
40
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(5)
Aug 25
Drudkh & Paysage D'Hiver
Десь блукає журба (Somewhere Sadness Wanders) / Schnee (IV)
72
user score
(5)
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