Best Avant-garde Metal Albums
82 albums
| Rank | Cover art | Artist / Album | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | The Sham Mirrors (2002) | 94.5 | 24 | 3 |
| 2 |  | Imaginary Sonicscape (2001) | 92.8 | 20 | 0 |
| 3 |  | Pandora's Piñata (2012) | 92 | 17 | 0 |
| 4 |  | Uroboros (2008) | 93.8 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 |  | Rzeczom (2020) | 92.5 | 10 | 0 |
| 6 |  | Porno Virus (1998) | 91.9 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 |  | La masquerade infernale (1997) | 88.3 | 24 | 4 |
| 8 |  | Scenes From Hell (2010) | 90.9 | 13 | 2 |
| 9 |  | 95 | 4 | 0 | |
| 10 |  | In Somniphobia (2012) | 88.5 | 16 | 1 |
| 11 |  | Dum Spiro Spero (2011) | 93.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 |  | Sol Niger Within (1997) | 95 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 |  | 95 | 3 | 0 | |
| 14 |  | Arcturian (2015) | 87.2 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 |  | Deconstruction (2011) | 88.8 | 12 | 0 |
| 16 |  | 89.7 | 9 | 1 | |
| 17 |  | Under ein Blodraud Maane (1999) | 91.3 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 |  | Vadak (2021) | 90 | 8 | 1 |
| 19 |  | Pure (2016) | 92.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 |  | Into the Pandemonium (1987) | 82.6 | 35 | 2 |
| 21 |  | From Wisdom to Hate (2001) | 91 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 |  | Stranger Fruit (2018) | 89.3 | 7 | 1 |
| 23 |  | Angel Dust (1992) | 86.6 | 13 | 0 |
| 24 |  | Origin (2009) | 91.3 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 |  | Obscura (1998) | 85.4 | 15 | 1 |
| 26 |  | 88.7 | 6 | 1 | |
| 27 |  | Samsara (2006) | 91.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 |  | Savage Sinusoid (2017) | 91.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 |  | Spirituality and Distortion (2020) | 87.5 | 6 | 1 |
| 30 |  | Colored Sands (2013) | 85.6 | 9 | 0 |
| 31 |  | Tripsis (2007) | 90.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 |  | 89 | 4 | 2 | |
| 33 |  | Meta (2016) | 88.8 | 4 | 1 |
| 34 |  | Avow (2021) | 88.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 |  | 90 | 3 | 1 | |
| 36 |  | The Butchers Ballroom (2006) | 87.4 | 5 | 0 |
| 37 |  | Pacifisticuffs (2017) | 85.7 | 7 | 1 |
| 38 |  | Blackjazz (2010) | 87 | 5 | 0 |
| 39 |  | Black Medium Current (2023) | 85.8 | 6 | 0 |
| 40 |  | Ex Eye (2017) | 85 | 7 | 0 |
| 41 |  | A Umbra Omega (2015) | 88.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 42 |  | Hallucinogen (2019) | 88.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 |  | Ordo ad Chao (2007) | 82.6 | 11 | 2 |
| 44 |  | Shiki (2022) | 86 | 5 | 0 |
| 45 |  | Les Cris De La Nuit (2012) | 85 | 6 | 1 |
| 46 |  | In a Flesh Aquarium (2006) | 83.5 | 8 | 0 |
| 47 |  | Ihsahn (2024) | 82.8 | 9 | 0 |
| 48 |  | Irony Is a Dead Scene (2002) [EP] | 86.3 | 4 | 0 |
| 49 |  | Alföld (2023) | 86.3 | 4 | 0 |
| 50 |  | Heir to Despair (2018) | 83.6 | 7 | 0 |
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