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Best avant-garde black metal songs of the 1990s

Hip-hop moved to the center and has not left. Grunge cleared out the arena rock standing in front of it. Dance music grew an audience that listened at home rather than in a club, while sample clearance got expensive enough that producers had to get sharper about what they took.

Songs from the avant-garde black metal albums of the 1990s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.

Nightwork cover№ 1Cryztalline FiendsDiabolical Masquerade · Nightwork
  1. 2Nightwork coverHaunted By HorrorDiabolical Masquerade · Nightwork
  2. 3Nightwork coverThe Eerie Obzidian CircuzDiabolical Masquerade · Nightwork
  3. 4Nightwork coverAll Onboard the Perdition Hearze!Diabolical Masquerade · Nightwork
  4. 5Nightwork coverThiz Ghoultimate OmenDiabolical Masquerade · Nightwork
  5. 6Nightwork coverThe Zkeleton Keyz to the DeadDiabolical Masquerade · Nightwork
  6. 7Nightwork coverDreadventurouzDiabolical Masquerade · Nightwork
  7. 8Nightwork coverRider On the BonezDiabolical Masquerade · Nightwork

One great song, one bad album

Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.

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