This list displays the top 10 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.

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Reviews for Satyricon - Nemesis Divina

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 ...

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98% 4.9 star rating
1 Review
+ Legacy score
Reviews for Mayhem (NOR) - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

Mayhem is a band whose legend of death precedes them. An overrated discography to their name, but nonetheless a collective of the utmost importance to Black Metal. After all, where would the genre be ...

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97% 4.9 star rating
1 Review
+ Legacy score
Reviews for Taake - Hordalands Doedskvad
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97% 4.9 star rating
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Reviews for Nargaroth - Herbstleyd
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97% 4.9 star rating
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Reviews for Gorgoroth - Pentagram
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Pentagram

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 ...

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97% 4.9 star rating
1 Review
+ Legacy score
Reviews for Drudkh - Autumn Aurora

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 ...

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96% 4.8 star rating
1 Review
+ Legacy score
Reviews for Marduk - Those of the Unlight

Marduk “Those of the Unlight” Origin: Norrköping, Östergötland, Sweden Genre: Black Metal Label: Osmose Productions Although most of the genre’s progenitors ...

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96% 4.8 star rating
1 Review
+ Legacy score
Reviews for Ascension (DEU) - Consolamentum
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96% 4.8 star rating
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Reviews for Drautran - Throne of the Depths
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96% 4.8 star rating
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Reviews for Lunar Aurora - Andacht
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Andacht

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96% 4.8 star rating
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