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1
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Deafheaven - Sunbather
June 11, 2013
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
,
Post-Metal
Critic Score
89
23
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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2
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Kvelertak - Kvelertak
June 21, 2010
Black 'n' Roll
,
Hardcore Punk
,
Hard Rock
Critic Score
86
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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3
.
Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury
April 30, 2013
Atmospheric Black Metal
,
Post-Black Metal
Critic Score
85
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
4
.
Imperial Triumphant - Vile Luxury
July 13, 2018
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Black Metal
,
Dissonant Death Metal
Critic Score
84
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
5
.
Mayhem - Daemon
October 25, 2019
Black Metal
Critic Score
84
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
6
.
Myrkur - Mareridt
September 15, 2017
Dark Folk
,
Atmospheric Black Metal
,
Gothic Metal
Critic Score
84
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
7
.
Inter Arma - Sulphur English
April 12, 2019
Sludge Metal
,
Doom Metal
,
Atmospheric Black Metal
Critic Score
83
9
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8
.
Panopticon - Roads to the North
August 31, 2014
Atmospheric Black Metal
Critic Score
83
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
9
.
Krallice - Diotima
April 26, 2011
Black Metal
Critic Score
82
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
10
.
Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
November 23, 2010
Atmospheric Black Metal
,
Post-Metal
,
Folk Metal
,
Dark Folk
Critic Score
82
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11
.
Goatwhore - Vengeful Ascension
June 23, 2017
Death Metal
,
Black Metal
Critic Score
82
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
12
.
Alcest - Kodama
September 30, 2016
Blackgaze
,
Post-Metal
,
Post-Black Metal
Critic Score
82
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13
.
Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
July 13, 2018
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
Critic Score
82
32
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14
.
Kvelertak - Meir
March 25, 2013
Hardcore Punk
,
Black 'n' Roll
Critic Score
81
15
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
15
.
Darkthrone - Old Star
May 31, 2019
Black Metal
,
Heavy Metal
,
Raw Black Metal
Critic Score
81
9
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
16
.
Liturgy - Aesthethica
May 10, 2011
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Black Metal
Critic Score
81
11
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
17
.
Behemoth - I Loved You at Your Darkest
October 5, 2018
Black Metal
,
Blackened Death Metal
Critic Score
81
11
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
.
Nachtmystium - Silencing Machine
July 31, 2012
Black Metal
Critic Score
80
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19
.
Blut aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta III – Saturnian Poetry
October 10, 2014
Atmospheric Black Metal
,
Metal
Critic Score
80
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20
.
Zeal and Ardor - Stranger Fruit
June 8, 2018
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Black Metal
,
Blues Rock
Critic Score
80
9
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21
.
Skeletonwitch - Devouring Radiant Light
July 20, 2018
Thrash Metal
,
Melodic Black Metal
Critic Score
80
9
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
.
Panopticon - Autumn Eternal
October 16, 2015
Atmospheric Black Metal
Critic Score
79
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
23
.
Alcest - Écailles de Lune
March 29, 2010
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
,
Shoegaze
Critic Score
79
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
.
Mount Eerie - Ocean Roar
September 4, 2012
Post-Rock
,
Drone
,
Post-Metal
,
Shoegaze
,
Atmospheric Black Metal
Critic Score
79
15
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25
.
Deafheaven - New Bermuda
October 2, 2015
Blackgaze
,
Atmospheric Black Metal
Critic Score
79
24
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
1
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