Best Symphonic Black Metal Albums
85 albums
| Rank | cover art | Artist name | Album title | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) | 91.6 | 87 | 3 | |
| 2 |  |
Drudenhaus (2000) | 91.2 | 89 | 8 | |
| 3 |  |
Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) | 89.6 | 84 | 8 | |
| 4 |  |
Cruelty and the Beast (1998) | 90.4 | 69 | 6 | |
| 5 |  |
91.5 | 37 | 3 | ||
| 6 |  |
V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein (1996) [EP] | 91.1 | 32 | 6 | |
| 7 |  |
Dol Guldur (1997) | 91.5 | 27 | 2 | |
| 8 |  |
Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) | 91.7 | 23 | 3 | |
| 9 |  |
88.1 | 51 | 6 | ||
| 10 |  |
Redemption Process (2004) | 88 | 44 | 6 | |
| 11 |  |
Griseus (2011) | 90.2 | 26 | 4 | |
| 12 |  |
Stronghold (1999) | 89.8 | 28 | 1 | |
| 13 |  |
Old Mornings Dawn (2013) | 90.5 | 23 | 1 | |
| 14 |  |
Takasago Army (2011) | 88.5 | 31 | 1 | |
| 15 |  |
88.5 | 28 | 3 | ||
| 16 |  |
The Lord ov Shadows (2018) | 91.2 | 15 | 0 | |
| 17 |  |
Witchcraft (1997) | 90.4 | 17 | 1 | |
| 18 |  |
New Obscurantis Order (2001) | 88.1 | 26 | 5 | |
| 19 |  |
Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) | 85.5 | 47 | 4 | |
| 20 |  |
87.7 | 27 | 3 | ||
| 21 |  |
Midian (2000) | 86.3 | 37 | 5 | |
| 22 | |
88.4 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 23 | |
Scourge of Malice (2001) | 86.6 | 29 | 5 | |
| 24 | |
Stormblåst (1996) | 84.5 | 42 | 4 | |
| 25 | |
Oath Bound (2006) | 87.9 | 19 | 0 | |
| 26 | |
84.9 | 37 | 1 | ||
| 27 | |
89.7 | 12 | 1 | ||
| 28 | |
86.5 | 22 | 3 | ||
| 29 | |
Abrahadabra (2010) | 83.6 | 42 | 5 | |
| 30 | |
Nightwork (1998) | 91 | 7 | 1 | |
| 31 | |
For all tid (1995) | 85.1 | 27 | 2 | |
| 32 | |
Lammendam (2008) | 88.9 | 10 | 2 | |
| 33 | |
Death Cult Armageddon (2003) | 82.5 | 42 | 7 | |
| 34 | |
Theatre of Deception (2012) | 88.9 | 9 | 0 | |
| 35 | |
Nexus Polaris (1998) | 85.7 | 18 | 2 | |
| 36 | |
83.3 | 28 | 3 | ||
| 37 | |
86.6 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 38 | |
Spiritual Black Dimensions (1999) | 83.6 | 23 | 3 | |
| 39 | |
The Pregnant of Despair (2009) | 83.4 | 23 | 3 | |
| 40 | |
Soulblight (1998) | 90 | 5 | 1 | |
| 41 | |
Sinthetic (2004) | 86.9 | 10 | 1 | |
| 42 | |
Bloodshed Rebefallen (2007) | 88.5 | 6 | 1 | |
| 43 | |
Fires of Life (2013) | 82.8 | 22 | 2 | |
| 44 | |
Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa (2010) | 81.7 | 28 | 2 | |
| 45 | |
Eschatonizer (2015) | 88.3 | 6 | 1 | |
| 46 | |
Passage (1996) | 87.6 | 7 | 1 | |
| 47 | |
Hammer of the Witches (2015) | 81.8 | 24 | 1 | |
| 48 | |
The Nightmarish Compositions (2006) | 87.1 | 7 | 2 | |
| 49 | |
IX Equilibrium (1999) | 82.6 | 19 | 3 | |
| 50 | |
Damnation of Regiomontum (2000) | 86.7 | 7 | 0 | |
| 51 | |
80.6 | 28 | 3 | ||
| 52 | |
Angelic Voices Calling (2001) [EP] | 87 | 6 | 0 | |
| 53 | |
Stormblåst MMV (2005) | 79.6 | 29 | 1 | |
| 54 | |
Nymphetamine (2004) | 78 | 35 | 3 | |
| 55 | |
In the Absence of Light (2010) | 85.5 | 6 | 1 | |
| 56 | |
From the Cradle to Enslave (1999) [EP] | 81 | 15 | 3 | |
| 57 | |
In Sorte Diaboli (2007) | 77.6 | 32 | 2 | |
| 58 | |
Live Inferno (2009) [Live] | 85 | 5 | 0 | |
| 59 | |
77.7 | 25 | 3 | ||
| 60 | |
This Is No Fairytale (2015) | 80.6 | 11 | 1 | |
| 61 | |
Ad Noctum Dynasty of Death (1999) | 84 | 5 | 0 | |
| 62 | |
Under a Withered Branch (2010) [EP] | 82.3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 63 | |
The September EP (2005) [EP] | 81.3 | 7 | 1 | |
| 64 | |
78.3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 65 | |
Moon in the Scorpio (1996) | 77.7 | 12 | 2 | |
| 66 | |
79.9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 67 | |
In Abhorrence Dementia (1997) | 80.6 | 5 | 1 | |
| 68 | |
Bitter Suites to Succubi (2001) | 74.6 | 20 | 3 | |
| 69 | |
Dark Mirror ov Tragedy (2005) | 75.8 | 15 | 0 | |
| 70 | |
Vermin (2005) | 80.4 | 5 | 1 | |
| 71 | |
Soft and Stronger (1997) | 80.4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 72 | |
76.7 | 11 | 3 | ||
| 73 | |
Second Skin of Harlequin (2006) | 76.1 | 10 | 0 | |
| 74 | |
Opus Magnum (2008) | 79 | 5 | 1 | |
| 75 | |
Slaves of the World (2009) | 78.4 | 5 | 1 | |
| 76 | |
Firestorm (2004) | 78 | 5 | 0 | |
| 77 | |
71.6 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 78 | |
Godless Savage Garden (1998) | 73 | 6 | 0 | |
| 79 | |
Damnation and a Day (2003) | 67.5 | 18 | 2 | |
| 80 | |
66.4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 81 | |
Eonian (2018) | 62.4 | 21 | 2 | |
| 82 | |
At the Gates of Utopia (2001) | 66.8 | 6 | 0 | |
| 83 | |
The Gorgon Cult (2004) | 66 | 5 | 1 | |
| 84 | |
Teaching of the Moon (2013) [EP] | 63.6 | 7 | 1 | |
| 85 | |
Insularum (2013) | 55.7 | 16 | 0 |
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