Best Avant-garde Metal Albums
29 albums
| Rank | cover art | Artist name | Album title | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
The Sham Mirrors (2002) | 93.6 | 23 | 3 | |
| 2 |  |
Imaginary Sonicscape (2001) | 93.7 | 18 | 0 | |
| 3 |  |
Pandora's Piñata (2012) | 92.7 | 17 | 0 | |
| 4 |  |
Porno Virus (1998) | 92.1 | 10 | 1 | |
| 5 |  |
Scenes From Hell (2010) | 91.1 | 12 | 1 | |
| 6 |  |
Obscura (1998) | 92.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| 7 |  |
91.5 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 8 |  |
La masquerade infernale (1997) | 89.3 | 15 | 2 | |
| 9 |  |
In Somniphobia (2012) | 89.1 | 14 | 1 | |
| 10 |  |
Undertow (1993) | 88.3 | 16 | 1 | |
| 11 |  |
Opiate (1992) [EP] | 91.6 | 5 | 1 | |
| 12 |  |
Into the Pandemonium (1987) | 84.2 | 27 | 1 | |
| 13 |  |
Pure (2016) | 91 | 5 | 0 | |
| 14 |  |
Arcturian (2015) | 85.3 | 18 | 2 | |
| 15 |  |
Under ein Blodraud Maane (1999) | 90.6 | 5 | 1 | |
| 16 |  |
Angel Dust (1992) | 87.3 | 8 | 0 | |
| 17 |  |
Origin (2009) | 89 | 5 | 1 | |
| 18 |  |
Ex Eye (2017) | 86.9 | 8 | 0 | |
| 19 |  |
Ordo ad Chao (2007) | 82.6 | 11 | 2 | |
| 20 |  |
In a Flesh Aquarium (2006) | 83.1 | 9 | 0 | |
| 21 |  |
85.6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 22 |  |
It's All Happening (2009) | 85 | 5 | 0 | |
| 23 |  |
Les Cris De La Nuit (2012) | 85 | 5 | 1 | |
| 24 |  |
Colored Sands (2013) | 82.9 | 7 | 0 | |
| 25 |  |
Pacifisticuffs (2017) | 84 | 5 | 0 | |
| 26 |  |
Graveward (2015) | 78.6 | 7 | 0 | |
| 27 |  |
Grand Declaration of War (2000) | 70.4 | 14 | 1 | |
| 28 |  |
Ruining It for Everybody (2011) | 63 | 5 | 0 | |
| 29 |  |
Nemesis (2016) | 58 | 5 | 2 |
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