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Critics' Highest Rated Black Metal Albums of All Time
Deafheaven
Sunbather
89
critic score
(23)
Altar of Plagues
Teethed Glory and Injury
87
critic score
(7)
Watain
The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain
87
critic score
(5)
Mork
Dypet
86
critic score
(6)
Dark Funeral
We Are The Apocalypse
86
critic score
(5)
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Users' Highest Rated Black Metal Albums of 2024
Ὁπλίτης [Hoplites]
Παραμαινομένη
77
user score
(571)
Knoll
As Spoken
73
user score
(101)
Vemod
The Deepening
70
user score
(110)
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Users' Highest Rated Black Metal Albums of All Time
Weakling
Dead as Dreams
87
user score
(203)
Deafheaven
Sunbather
86
user score
(2,987)
Emperor
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
86
user score
(274)
Emperor
In the Nightside Eclipse
85
user score
(537)
Agalloch
Ashes Against the Grain
85
user score
(448)
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Recent Black Metal Albums
Necrophobic
In the Twilight Grey
85
critic score
(4)
Ehtëk
∆’díurd Ïəb Ádar≬m’al
Smiertakrył
Pachavańnie
Ilat Mahru
Incipit Akkadian
Wenduag
Cave Cursed
Eagle's Nest
A Legacy Reborn... Forever Written in Blood
Drape
Under The Majestic Black Mist
The Pilgrims Of Carossa
The Pilgrims of Carossa
Unholy Craft
Saa Mørkt, Saa Mektig
Inferna
Arcana Illum Negativa
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Critics' Top Black Metal Artists
Liturgy
Darkthrone
Watain
Krallice
Immortal
Abbath
Nachtmystium
Satyricon
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By Year
1982
1
1983
4
1984
5
1985
3
1986
5
1987
9
1988
11
1989
5
1990
12
1991
21
1992
28
1993
54
1994
72
1995
100
1996
95
1997
80
1998
65
1999
75
2000
62
2001
72
2002
64
2003
83
2004
101
2005
108
2006
112
2007
137
2008
112
2009
135
2010
125
2011
116
2012
156
2013
159
2014
161
2015
197
2016
216
2017
287
2018
305
2019
374
2020
482
2021
574
2022
500
2023
397
2024
54
5,734 releases
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