This list displays the top 250 rated albums by average score, and is subject to change over time as more reviews are written. At least 2 reviews (or 1 legacy score) are required for an album to appear here.
This does not represent historically important or influential albums. For those, check out the Classic Black Metal Albums list.
Hungry for more? Be sure to check out the Top 250 Black Metal albums.
Nemesis Divina
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1996
- Country:Norway
“At first, when I was just starting to get into the world of Extreme Metal, I listened to Nemesis Divina but there was a detail, I didn't like it in any way... I was so wrong, too much!! Some time ...”
+ Legacy score
Alpenpässe
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2019
- Country:United States
“Yes. My favorite Black Metal album. Where do I start? This album takes me to fascinating places musically speaking. From the first seconds you know that you are about to experience something totally ...”
+ Legacy score
Herbstleyd
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1999
- Country:Germany
Pentagram
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1994
- Country:Norway
“Gorgoroth “Pentagram” Origin: Bergen, Norway Genre: Black Metal Label: Embassy Productions I used to attribute a certain level of rawness to Gorgoroth’s ‘94 debut ...”
+ Legacy score
Autumn Aurora
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric / Pagan Black Metal
- Year:2004
- Country:Ukraine
“Extremely good album from an extremely good band from Ukraine. The atmosphere on this album is awesome, walking in the woods while listening to this is an insane sensation that really makes one feel ...”
+ Legacy score
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1993
- Country:Sweden
“Marduk “Those of the Unlight” Origin: Norrköping, Östergötland, Sweden Genre: Black Metal Label: Osmose Productions Although most of the genre’s progenitors ...”
+ Legacy score
Consolamentum
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2010
- Country:Germany
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Pagan Black Metal
- Year:2007
- Country:Germany
Andacht
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric Black Metal
- Year:2007
- Country:Germany
Om
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric / Pagan Black Metal
- Year:2006
- Country:Romania
Desert Northern Hell
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2004
- Country:Norway
“Tsjuder “Desert Northern Hell” Origin: Oslo, Norway Genre: Black Metal Label: Season of Mist Fucking Tsjuder! The world of black metal’s most brutal band: thrash and ...”
+ Legacy score
Only True Believers
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2003
- Country:Sweden
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2002
- Country:Colombia
Virus West
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2001
- Country:Germany
Srontgorrth
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1999
- Country:Germany
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1995
- Country:Greece
“What can be said about this album. It is truly an underrated masterpiece. There is nothing similar to it especially due to the use of an 8-string bass instead of a rythm guitar makes it unique. The ...”
+ Legacy score
Carpathian Wolves
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Pagan Black Metal
- Year:1994
- Country:Poland
“Graveland “Carpathian Wolves” Origin: Wrocław, Lower Silesia, Poland Genre: Pagan Black Metal Label: Eternal Devils Poland’s Graveland - 21 full-length LP’s under their ...”
+ Legacy score
Dark Medieval Times
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1993
- Country:Norway
“Satyricon a legendary band... I didn't have the fortune to see him live... I don't like all that. What to say about his debut... An album that generates a nostalgia in me that transports me ...”
+ Legacy score
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Epic / Pagan Black Metal
- Year:2009
- Country:Ukraine
“To begin this review, I want everyone to know that Nokturnal Mortum is more than a black metal band, they are some genius of the music industry and this album is the proof. In this review I will ...”
+ Legacy score
Nekromanteion
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black / Death Metal
- Year:2012
- Country:Germany
Hoagascht
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric Black Metal
- Year:2012
- Country:Germany
Noregs Vaapen
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2011
- Country:Norway
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