The following albums have been given our All-Time Classic award. This includes perennial favourites that have withstood the test of time, career highlights, historically important, influential, distinguished, or otherwise noteworthy albums in the evolution of Black Metal, along with the occasional hidden gem and a few modern classics.
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal / Ambient
- Year:1999
- Country:Ukraine
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Industrial Black Metal
- Year:1999
- Country:Italy
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Epic / Atmospheric Black Metal
- Year:1999
- Country:Austria
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Pagan Black Metal
- Year:1999
- Country:Norway
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1999
- Country:France
“A raw Black Metal album that I find pretty good, the best of this cool band from France, in my opinion. Let's talk about the good points and the bad points. The good point of this album is the insane ...”
+ Legacy score
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1999
- Country:United States
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1999
- Country:United States
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2000
- Country:Denmark
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black / Thrash Metal
- Year:2000
- Country:Australia
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Epic / Pagan Black Metal
- Year:2000
- Country:Austria
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2000
- Country:United States
“A murder of crows atop a pile of human skulls in the middle of a desolate desert landscape. An apocalyptic scene indeed. That is what you see when you open this album. Physically and metaphorically. ...”
+ Legacy score
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Symphonic Black Metal
- Year:2000
- Country:Portugal
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2000
- Country:Germany
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black / Death Metal
- Year:2000
- Country:Italy
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black / Thrash Metal
- Year:2000
- Country:Germany
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Experimental Black Metal
- Year:2000
- Country:Norway