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2021
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Black Metal
Critics' Highest Rated Black Metal Albums of All Time
Deafheaven
Sunbather
90
critic score
(21)
Cobalt
Slow Forever
87
critic score
(6)
Imperial Triumphant
Alphaville
86
critic score
(5)
Behemoth
The Satanist
85
critic score
(11)
Altar of Plagues
Teethed Glory and Injury
84
critic score
(5)
Darkthrone
Old Star
84
critic score
(5)
Alcest
Écailles de Lune
84
critic score
(6)
Goatwhore
Vengeful Ascension
82
critic score
(5)
Agalloch
Marrow of the Spirit
82
critic score
(6)
Skeletonwitch
Devouring Radiant Light
82
critic score
(8)
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Users' Highest Rated Black Metal Albums of 2021
Panopticon
...And Again Into the Light
77
user score
(193)
Lorna Shore
...And I Return to Nothingness
75
user score
(55)
Këkht Aräkh
Pale Swordsman
74
user score
(37)
Wolves in the Throne Room
Primordial Arcana
74
user score
(138)
Kauan
Ice Fleet
73
user score
(93)
Mare Cognitum
Solar Paroxysm
73
user score
(71)
Spectral Wound
A Diabolic Thirst
72
user score
(119)
Harakiri For The Sky
Mære
72
user score
(81)
The Ruins of Beverast
The Thule Grimoires
71
user score
(93)
Portrayal of Guilt
We Are Always Alone
70
user score
(188)
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Recent Black Metal Albums
Sulfure
Exorde du vide
Plebeian Grandstand
Rien ne suffit
Stormkeep
Tales of Othertime
Cantique Lépreux
Sectes
Malebranche
Morcelé
Funeral Chant
Dawn of Annihilation
Ambroxiak
Detritus of Elysian Creation
Nordicwinter
Le dernier adieu
Cradle of Filth
Existence Is Futile
79
critic score
(4)
The Gavel
The Gavel
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By Year
1982
1
1983
1
1984
3
1985
2
1986
3
1987
4
1988
4
1989
2
1990
4
1991
11
1992
12
1993
20
1994
21
1995
21
1996
25
1997
21
1998
15
1999
24
2000
17
2001
20
2002
13
2003
26
2004
30
2005
34
2006
40
2007
44
2008
38
2009
54
2010
48
2011
41
2012
48
2013
52
2014
60
2015
71
2016
80
2017
106
2018
122
2019
170
2020
201
2021
171
1,681 releases
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