In no particular order

1. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

2. Bal-Sagoth - Starfire Burning Upon The Ice-Veiled Throne Of Ultima Thule

3. Burzum - Filosofem

4. Type O Negative - October Rust

5. A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

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1. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

2. Periphery - Periphery II: This Time It's Personal

3. Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

4. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

5. Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

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This is my personal favourite top 50 albums of all time, this list can change because i can enter new things and my tastes may differ over time.

IS NOT UPDATED!

1. Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway

2. Ulver - Perdition City

3. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

5. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal

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This is a list of some of my favorite black metal albums, one per artist, semi-random order. Its not a list of what I consider to be the best black metal albums of all time, but the ones I like the most. I'll keep updating it as I keep discovering more of the genre.

1-7 - 10/10
8-17 9/10

1. The Meads Of Asphodel - The Murder Of Jesus The Jew

2. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3. A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

4. Nechochwen - Heart Of Akamon

5. Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

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Its in alphabetical order by albums... Some albums on this list may or may not be the exact description of Black or Doom Metal or their subgenres. They just seem to fit for my taste and way I like my Black And Doom dosage. I'm sure some may say Les Discrets and Alcest and other bands on the list can't be Black or Doom because of their sounds and lyrical themes, but if their music gives me that darkness that let's say Watain or Gorgoroth give in Black Metal just without the Satanic lyrics and more of the emotions of Blackness and Doom then to me its Black Metal and the same goes to whatever Doom bands are on my list. If anyone checks out my list, thanks.

1. Mental Home - Угра

2. Forgotten Tomb - ...And Don't Deliver Us From Evil

3. Profetus - ...To Open The Passages In Dusk

4. Narrow House - A Key To Panngrieb

5. A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

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I list the black metal artworks which are the most different and appealing, at least for my eyes, and give a brief excuse for a somewhat explanation of why I think it.
Edit: As suggested, I gave a link to the inages of the albums not feat. here non MS. For all the other ones... Well, one can always click on the album name.

1. A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

2. A Forest Of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring

3. Abigail Williams - Becoming

4. Ad Hominem - Dictator

5. Alcest - Le Secret

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My top 100 Albums, sorted in descending order of favorites. Pretty rough list, I may update if I become un-lazy sometime. One album per band only. Some explanation and description provided for those who aspire to waste as much time on this site as I do.

1. Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris

2. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

3. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

4. Opeth - Still Life

5. !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)

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I know I probably speak for a lot of people when I say that, very often, the artwork that a band chooses for a particular album can be the icing on the cake, essential to giving a visual depiction that tops off the overall aesthetic of the music. There are plenty of albums that I simply couldn't imagine listening to without staring, zoned out, to the big ball of glorious that is their cover art. Here are some such albums. In alphabetical order by band. Links to full images of the covers have been provided, as well as credits to the artists.

1. Aarni - Bathos

2. Absu - The Sun Of Tiphareth

3. Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

4. Bathory - Blood Fire Death

5. Blue Öyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin

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My choices of albums with strong forms of atmospheric sound in metal. Recommendations are welcome, though I won't add all as this will be towards personal taste.

1. A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

2. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

4. Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane

5. Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

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1. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2. Wodensthrone - Curse

3. Circus Maximus - Nine

4. Enslaved - RIITIIR

5. Threshold - March Of Progress

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WIP !!!!

Quite opposite to 2011, which featured both freakingly awesome releases (Terra Tenebrosa, Lazuli, Thy Catafalque...) and crap that redefined crap (Lulu or Illud Divinum Isanus), 2012 was quite consistent. Sadly, consistently average. OK, consistently quite correct, but groundbreaking releases were few and far between...

1. A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

2. Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

3. Faal - The Clouds Are Burning

4. Klone - The Dreamer's Hideaway

5. Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

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1. Wodensthrone - Curse

2. Winterfylleth - The Threnody Of Triumph

3. Woods Of Ypres - Woods V: Grey Skies & Electric Light

4. A Forest of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

5. Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Cosmosophy

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1. Alcest - Les voyages de l'âme

2. Borknagar - Urd

3. Katatonia - Dead End Kings

4. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

5. The Gathering - Disclosure

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Another year, another list.

1. Enslaved - RIITIIR

2. Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

3. Mgła - With Hearts Toward None

4. A Forest of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

5. Neurosis - Honor Found In Decay

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Because I reached the word limit on the previous list, and don't want to lose my quite excellent in-depth descriptions. Those without descriptions are from my other list.

1. Sylosis - Monolith

2. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

3. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

4. Abigail Williams - Becoming

5. Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Area 52

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