Best Black Metal Albums
1,678 albums
| Rank | Cover art | Artist / Album | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | De mysteriis dom Sathanas (1994) | 92.4 | 140 | 12 |
| 2 |  | Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) | 93 | 96 | 9 |
| 3 |  | A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) | 92.3 | 104 | 6 |
| 4 |  | In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) | 91.7 | 112 | 4 |
| 5 |  | Portal of I (2012) | 91.3 | 115 | 10 |
| 6 |  | Cruelty and the Beast (1998) | 91.9 | 86 | 8 |
| 7 |  | Écailles de lune (2010) | 92 | 84 | 9 |
| 8 |  | Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) | 91.9 | 75 | 1 |
| 9 |  | Pentagram (1994) | 94 | 45 | 4 |
| 10 |  | Sad Legend (1998) | 92.6 | 58 | 3 |
| 11 |  | Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) | 90.5 | 93 | 8 |
| 12 |  | The Satanist (2014) | 92.1 | 60 | 4 |
| 13 |  | 96.2 | 22 | 1 | |
| 14 |  | Drudenhaus (2000) | 89.9 | 93 | 8 |
| 15 |  | Transilvanian Hunger (1994) | 90 | 91 | 5 |
| 16 |  | V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein (1996) [EP] | 92.7 | 48 | 6 |
| 17 |  | 91.8 | 54 | 4 | |
| 18 |  | 94 | 30 | 3 | |
| 19 |  | V - Halmstad (2007) | 93.7 | 32 | 1 |
| 20 |  | Antichrist (1996) | 92.1 | 42 | 2 |
| 21 |  | Konkurs (2008) | 93.8 | 26 | 0 |
| 22 |  | At the Heart of Winter (1999) | 91.4 | 45 | 3 |
| 23 |  | Sons of Northern Darkness (2002) | 94 | 24 | 1 |
| 24 |  | Dol Guldur (1997) | 92.1 | 36 | 2 |
| 25 |  | Литургия (Litourgiya) (2015) | 91.1 | 45 | 5 |
| 26 |  | Evangelion (2009) | 90.3 | 52 | 3 |
| 27 |  | Triumvirát (2012) | 94.4 | 19 | 1 |
| 28 |  | By the Blessing of Satan (2004) | 92.8 | 26 | 2 |
| 29 |  | 89.8 | 51 | 4 | |
| 30 |  | Exercises in Futility (2015) | 89.6 | 52 | 1 |
| 31 |  | The Moon Lit Our Path (2015) | 92 | 29 | 1 |
| 32 |  | 90 | 44 | 7 | |
| 33 |  | Omega Arcane (2013) | 89 | 55 | 3 |
| 34 |  | The Lord ov Shadows (2018) | 91.3 | 32 | 3 |
| 35 |  | The Whole of the Law (2016) | 91.7 | 28 | 1 |
| 36 |  | The Light-Devouring Darkness (2009) | 93.4 | 18 | 0 |
| 37 |  | Blood Fire Death (1988) | 89.7 | 42 | 5 |
| 38 |  | Stronghold (1999) | 90.4 | 35 | 1 |
| 39 |  | 89 | 48 | 6 | |
| 40 |  | Vanitas (2012) | 91.3 | 28 | 1 |
| 41 |  | Pure Holocaust (1993) | 90.2 | 36 | 1 |
| 42 |  | New Bermuda (2015) | 89.1 | 46 | 2 |
| 43 |  | Vikingligr veldi (1994) | 90.2 | 35 | 2 |
| 44 |  | Umbras de Barbagia (2015) | 93.3 | 17 | 2 |
| 45 |  | Det som engang var (1993) | 89.3 | 42 | 2 |
| 46 |  | Witchcraft (1997) | 91.5 | 25 | 1 |
| 47 |  | Under a Funeral Moon (1993) | 88.6 | 48 | 2 |
| 48 |  | Citadel (2014) | 86.1 | 81 | 5 |
| 49 |  | Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) | 91.3 | 24 | 0 |
| 50 |  | Within Deep Dark Chambers (2000) | 92.2 | 19 | 1 |
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