100 Inquistion – Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm
99 Mutulation – Vampires of Black Imperial Blood
98 Leviathan – Tentacles of Whorror
97 Mayhem – Ordo Ab Chao
96 Revenge – Infiltration. Downfall. Death.
95 Shining – V:Halmsted
94 Rotting Christ – Triarchy of the Lost Lovers
93 Peste Noire – La sanie des siercles – Panegyrique de las degenerescence
92 Vinterland – Welcome to my last chapter
91 Mystifier – Goetia
90 Alcest – Le Secret [EP]
89 Krieg – The Black House
88 Marduk – Those of the Unlight
87 Gehenna – Malice [Our Third Spell]
86 Aura Noire – Black Thrash Attack
85 Tormentor – Anno Domini [demo]
84 Judas Iscariot – The Dying Light
83 Craft – Fuck the Universe
82 Cobalt – Gin
81 Fleurety – Min Tid Skall Komme
80 Mysticum – In the Streams of the Inferno
79 Ludicra – Fex Urbis Lex Orbis
78 Negura Bunget – Om
77 Darkspace – Darkspace I
76 Destroyer 666 – Phoenix Rising
75 Ved Buens Ende – Written in Waters
74 Deathspell Omega – Fas – Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum
73 Immotal – Battles in the North
72 Funeral Mist – Maranatha
71 Blut Aus Nord – Ultima Thulee
70 Sigh – Scorn Defeat
69 Diabolical Masquerade – Ravendusk in My Heart
68 Gorgoroth – Incipit Satan
67 Watain – Casus Luciferi
66 Bethlehem – Dark Metal
65 Xasthur – Telepathic With the Diseased
64 Samael – Blood Ritual
63 Root – The Book
62 Wolvers in the Throne Room – Diadem of 12 Stars
61 Necromantia/Varathron – Black Arts Lead to Everlasting Sins
60 Taake – Over Bjoergvin Graater Himmerik
59 Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
58 Blasphemy – Fallen Angels of Doom…
57 Enslaved – Below the Lights
56 Abruptum – In Umbra Malitae Ambulado, in Aeternum in Triumpho Tenebrarum
55 In the Woods… Heart of the Ages
54 Anaal Nathrakh – The Codex Necro
53 Nifelheim – Nifelheim
52 Nachtmystium – Instinct: Decay
51 Lurker of Chalice – Lurker of Chalice
50 Deathspell Omega – Paracletus
49 Varathron – His Majesty at the Swamp
48 Impaled Nazarene – Suomi Finland Perkele
47 Krallice – Krallice
46 Absu – Tara
45 Acturus – Aspera Hiems Symfonia
44 Tsjuder – Desert Northern Hall
43 Thorns – Thorns
42 Blut Aus Nord – The Work Which Transforms God
41 Samael – Worship Him
40 Master’s Hammer – Ritual
39 Bathory – The Return…
38 Leviathan – The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide
37 Burzum – Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
36 Dissection – The Somberlain
35 Drudkh – Blood in Our Well
34 Von – Satanic Blood [demo]
33 Ulver – Nattens Madrigal – Aatte hymne til ulven I manden
32 Deathspell Omega – Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
31 Cradle of Filth – The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
30 Bathory – Hammerheart
29 Emperor/Enslaved – Emperor/Hordanes Land
28 Celtic Frost – Morbid Tales EP
27 Watain – Sworn to the Dark
26 Venom – Welcome to Hell
25 Immortal – Pure Holocaust
24 Darkthrone – Under a Funeral Moon
23 Dissection – Storm of the Light’s Bane
22 Sarcofago – I.N.R.I.
21 Burzum – Burzum
20 Weakling – Dead as Dreams
19 Hellhammer – Apocalyptic Raids [EP]
18 Rotting Christ – Thy Mighty Contract
17 Darkthrone – Transilvanian Hunger
16 Enslaved – Frost
15 Mayhem – Live in Leipzig
14 Bathory – Blood Fire Death
13 Emperor – Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
12 Ulver – Bergtatt – Eteeventyri 5 capitler
11 Bathory – Bathory
10 Beherit – Drawing Down the Moon
9 Burzum – Filosofem
8 Immortal – At the Heart of Winter
7 Marduk – Opus Nocturne
6 Satyricon – Nemesis Divina
5 Venom – Black Metal
4 Emperor – In the Nightside Eclipse
3 Darkthrone – A Blaze in the Northern Sky
2 Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
1 Bathory – Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Bolded are the albums that I like. Some on the list I have not heard before (I kinda dropped out of black metal about 10 or more years ago)
You can argue these lists ad nauseum, but there are some odd omissions:
- Necromantia/Varathron – Black Arts Lead to Everlasting Sins but no Necromantia - Scarlet Evil, Witching Black?
- First two Samael albums but no Ceremony of Opposites?
- Loads of Enslaved albums but no Vikingligr Veldi?
- Where is Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale? Much better album than Aspera...
