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Dark Funeral - We Are The Apocalypse
March 18, 2022
Critic Score
89
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Watain - The Agony & Ecstasy Of Watain
April 29, 2022
Critic Score
87
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Cobalt - Slow Forever
March 25, 2016
Critic Score
87
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Kvelertak - Kvelertak
June 21, 2010
Critic Score
86
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5
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Myrkur - Mareridt
September 15, 2017
Critic Score
86
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6
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Behemoth - The Satanist
February 3, 2014
Critic Score
85
11
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7
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Inter Arma - Sulphur English
April 12, 2019
Critic Score
85
8
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8
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Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
August 18, 2009
Critic Score
85
10
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9
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Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury
April 30, 2013
Critic Score
84
5
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10
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Alcest - Écailles de Lune
March 29, 2010
Critic Score
84
6
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11
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Goatwhore - Vengeful Ascension
June 23, 2017
Critic Score
84
6
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12
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Darkthrone - Old Star
May 31, 2019
Critic Score
83
7
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13
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Mayhem - Daemon
October 25, 2019
Critic Score
82
5
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14
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Zeal and Ardor - Stranger Fruit
June 8, 2018
Critic Score
82
8
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15
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Behemoth - I Loved You at Your Darkest
October 5, 2018
Critic Score
82
10
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16
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Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
November 23, 2010
Critic Score
82
6
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17
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Skeletonwitch - Devouring Radiant Light
July 20, 2018
Critic Score
82
8
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18
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Kvelertak - Meir
March 25, 2013
Critic Score
81
13
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19
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Liturgy - Aesthethica
May 10, 2011
Critic Score
81
11
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20
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Panopticon - Roads to the North
August 31, 2014
Critic Score
81
5
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21
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Liturgy - Origin of the Alimonies
November 20, 2020
Critic Score
81
6
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22
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Nachtmystium - Silencing Machine
July 31, 2012
Critic Score
80
7
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23
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Darkthrone - Eternal Hails
June 25, 2021
Critic Score
80
5
reviews
Amazon
24
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Blut aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta III – Saturnian Poetry
October 10, 2014
Critic Score
80
5
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25
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Leviathan - Scar Sighted
March 3, 2015
Critic Score
80
7
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