This list displays the top 100 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


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


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric Black Metal
- Year:2009
- Country:France


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Experimental Black Metal
- Year:2009
- Country:Germany


Temples of Torment
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2007
- Country:Greece



- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric / Pagan Black Metal
- Year:2006
- Country:United States



Black Thrash Attack
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black / Thrash Metal
- Year:1996
- Country:Norway


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric Black Metal
- Year:1996
- Country:France


Filosofem
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal / Ambient
- Year:1996
- Country:Norway


Dusk and Her Embrace
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Gothic Black Metal
- Year:1996
- Country:United Kingdom


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Symphonic Black Metal
- Year:1994
- Country:Norway


Vikingligr Veldi
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Pagan Black Metal
- Year:1994
- Country:Norway


Opus Nocturne
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1994
- Country:Sweden



Kommodus
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2020
- Country:Australia
“The self-titled Kommodus album is a different animal compared to the previous demos released. The riffs are much more thrashy and catchy, and the production is much more crisp (well, crisp for Raw ...”

+ Legacy score

The Olden Domain
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Pagan Black Metal
- Year:1997
- Country:Norway
“I've been listening to many old school albums lately. Metal in all forms is so ubiquitous now that it's easy for older albums and bands to get passed over. Even if they still exist and still ...”

+ Legacy score

- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2022
- Country:Netherlands


Kohanic Charmers
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2022
- Country:United States


Sumerian Tombs
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric Black Metal
- Year:2022
- Country:Germany


Kuoleman Kirjo
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2020
- Country:Finland


Hallucinogen
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Experimental Black Metal
- Year:2019
- Country:France


Age of Excuse
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2019
- Country:Poland


Old Man's Wyntar
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric Black Metal
- Year:2014
- Country:Germany


Henbane
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2013
- Country:Poland


Blood Geometry
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal / Funeral Doom
- Year:2012
- Country:Australia



- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric Black Metal
- Year:2011
- Country:Poland


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2011
- Country:Colombia


Murmuüre
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Experimental Black Metal
- Year:2010
- Country:France


No God No Satan
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2010
- Country:France


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2009
- Country:Australia


Microcosmos
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric / Pagan Black Metal
- Year:2009
- Country:Ukraine


Sanojesi Äärelle
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2008
- Country:Finland


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric / Pagan Black Metal
- Year:2007
- Country:Russia


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric / Pagan Black Metal
- Year:2007
- Country:China


Emissaries
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Pagan Black Metal
- Year:2006
- Country:Israel / Palestine


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2004
- Country:Germany


Geliebte des Regens
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2003
- Country:Germany


Casus Luciferi
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2003
- Country:Sweden


Inquisitors of Satan
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2002
- Country:France


Nocturnal Poisoning
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Depressive Black Metal
- Year:2002
- Country:United States


Tara
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black / Thrash Metal
- Year:2001
- Country:United States


Errances Oniriques
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Pagan Black Metal
- Year:2001
- Country:France


1184
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Pagan Black Metal
- Year:2001
- Country:Norway


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Symphonic Black Metal
- Year:1997
- Country:Norway


Hünengrab im Herbst
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1997
- Country:Germany


Thy Dying Light
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1996
- Country:United States


Poccolus
- Style:Pagan Black Metal
- Year:1996
- Country:Lithuania


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Melodic Black Metal
- Year:1996
- Country:Sweden



Ultima Thulée
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric Black Metal
- Year:1995
- Country:France


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Melodic Black Metal
- Year:1995
- Country:Sweden


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1995
- Country:Belgium


Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric Black Metal
- Year:1994
- Country:Norway


Transilvanian Hunger
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1994
- Country:Norway


Under a Funeral Moon
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1993
- Country:Norway


The Somberlain
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Melodic Black Metal
- Year:1993
- Country:Sweden
“It's hard to believe this album is thirty years old this month. It's also hard to believe it was made by four guys in their early twenties. Hell man even producer Dan Swano was only ...”

+ Legacy score

Ugra-Karma
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1993
- Country:Finland


To Mega Therion
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Old School Black Metal
- Year:1985
- Country:Switzerland


Nyx - Hymnejä Yölle
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2024
- Country:Finland
“Horna is definitely one of the most important black metal band ever and might be the most important that comes from Finland, so I don't think any introduction is needed for them. They've ...”


Nord...
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1996
- Country:Sweden
“By 1996 black metal had taken over in ScandanaviA orway's influence on bands sound was spreading fast. Swedish bands like Marduk, Sacramentum, Vinterland, and of course Dissection were carving ...”

+ Legacy score

Det Som Engang Var
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:1993
- Country:Norway
“Before we begin this review, i urge you to read the review for the debut Burzum Album if you haven't already Since these two albums are intertwined with each other and some information on that ...”

+ Legacy score

Blood Fire Death
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Pagan Black Metal
- Year:1988
- Country:Sweden
“Bathory is a band that no one needs to explain anything about! (Quorthon didn't find the need to explain it, so why should we?). It's magic. Black Metal wouldn't have been like it is if it wasn't for ...”

+ Legacy score

Dread Reaver
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2022
- Country:Norway


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Old School Black Metal
- Year:2022
- Country:United States


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2020
- Country:Germany


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2020
- Country:Colombia


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Experimental Black Metal
- Year:2019
- Country:France


Zeitgeist
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric Black Metal
- Year:2019
- Country:Germany


Strävan
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2019
- Country:Sweden


- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2016
- Country:Canada
“A pure masterpiece, this is what this album is. I have never heard something like this before. The first time I listened to this, I was shocked. I was like, how is it possible to make something this ...”



Dromers
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Black Metal
- Year:2014
- Country:Netherlands
“Despite seeing the name Fluisteraars pop up frequently in the site's searches over the years, I had never managed to bring myself round to actually checking them out. There was evidently some kind of ...”


Offenbarung
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Atmospheric Black Metal
- Year:2014
- Country:Germany


Echoes of Battle
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Epic / Atmospheric Black Metal
- Year:2013
- Country:United States


Old Mornings Dawn
- Type:Full-length
- Style:Epic / Atmospheric Black Metal
- Year:2013
- Country:Austria
