Black Metal · Albums
Top black metal albums
The top-rated black metal album on Riffiter is The Satanist by Behemoth, rated 4.9/5 by 4 listeners.
181 black metal albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 33 of 181 black metal albums, averaging 4.2/5, spanning 1984 to 2026.
02 De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Mayhem · 1994
★ 4.8 · 4
03 Transilvanian Hunger
Darkthrone · 1994
★ 4.6 · 5
04 In the Nightside Eclipse
Emperor · 1994
★ 4.4 · 8
05 Filosofem
Burzum · 1996
★ 4.6 · 4
06 Lonely People With Power
Deafheaven · 2025
★ 4.7 · 3
07 Hammerheart
Bathory · 1990
★ 4.8 · 2
08 Hvis lyset tar oss
Burzum · 1994
★ 4.5 · 3
09 Sunbather
Deafheaven · 2013
★ 5.0 · 1
10 Nemesis Divina
Satyricon · 1996
★ 5.0 · 1
11 To Mega Therion
Celtic Frost · 1985
★ 5.0 · 1
12 Infinite Granite
Deafheaven · 2021
★ 4.2 · 3
13 Heimdal
Enslaved · 2023
★ 4.3 · 2
14 A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Darkthrone · 1991
★ 4.5 · 1
15 Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
Dimmu Borgir · 1997
★ 4.5 · 1
16 Eternal Hails......
Darkthrone · 2021
★ 4.5 · 1
17 E
Enslaved · 2017
★ 4.0 · 3
18 New Bermuda
Deafheaven · 2015
★ 4.0 · 2
19 Old Star
Darkthrone · 2019
★ 4.0 · 2
20 Utgard
Enslaved · 2020
★ 4.0 · 1
21 Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Bathory · 1987
★ 4.0 · 1
22 Vertebrae
Enslaved · 2008
★ 4.0 · 1
23 At the Heart of Winter
Immortal · 1999
★ 3.8 · 3
24 Morbid Tales
Celtic Frost · 1984
★ 3.8 · 2
25 Satyricon
Satyricon · 2013
★ 3.5 · 1
26 IX Equilibrium
Emperor · 1999
★ 3.5 · 1
27 Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise
Emperor · 2001
★ 3.5 · 1
28 Dust of Cold Memories
Dimmu Borgir · 2022
★ 3.5 · 2
29 Suden uni
Moonsorrow · 2001
★ 3.5 · 2
30 Emperor / Wrath of the Tyrant
Emperor · 1998
★ 3.0 · 1
31 Stormblåst
Dimmu Borgir · 1996
★ 3.0 · 1
32 Opvs Contra Natvram
Behemoth · 2022
★ 3.2 · 3
33 Pre‐Historic Metal
Darkthrone · 2026
★ 2.8 · 2
34 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Dimmu Borgir · 2001
35 Battles in the North
Immortal · 1995
36 Pure Holocaust
Immortal · 1993
37 Death Cult Armageddon
Dimmu Borgir · 2003
38 The Age of Nero
Satyricon · 2008
39 Under a Funeral Moon
Darkthrone · 1993
40 Det som engang var
Burzum · 1993
41 Eonian
Dimmu Borgir · 2018
42 Abrahadabra
Dimmu Borgir · 2010
43 I Loved You at Your Darkest
Behemoth · 2018
44 Sons of Northern Darkness
Immortal · 2002
45 Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
Immortal · 1992
46 Damned in Black
Immortal · 2000
47 Panzerfaust
Darkthrone · 1995
48 Daemon
Mayhem · 2019
49 Monotheist
Celtic Frost · 2006
50 In Sorte Diaboli
Dimmu Borgir · 2007
51 Blizzard Beasts
Immortal · 1997
52 Belus
Burzum · 2010
53 Fallen
Burzum · 2011
54 From the Depths of Darkness
Burzum · 2011
55 Thelema.6
Behemoth · 2000
56 Jumalten aika
Moonsorrow · 2016
57 Now, Diabolical
Satyricon · 2005
58 Arctic Thunder
Darkthrone · 2016
59 The Ways of Yore
Burzum · 2014
60 Soulside Journey
Darkthrone · 1990
61 Umskiptar
Burzum · 2012
62 Spiritual Black Dimensions
Dimmu Borgir · 1999
63 Demigod
Behemoth · 2004
64 Satanica
Behemoth · 1999
65 Frost
Enslaved · 1994
66 Chimera
Mayhem · 2004
67 For all tid
Dimmu Borgir · 1994
68 Marrow of the Spirit
Agalloch · 2010
69 The Work
Rivers of Nihil · 2021
70 Volcano
Satyricon · 2002
71 Astral Fortress
Darkthrone · 2022
72 War Against All
Immortal · 2023
73 Northern Chaos Gods
Immortal · 2018
74 All Shall Fall
Immortal · 2009
75 Sôl austan, Mâni vestan
Burzum · 2013
76 The Underground Resistance
Darkthrone · 2013
77 Esoteric Warfare
Mayhem · 2014
78 The Apostasy
Behemoth · 2007
79 Evangelion
Behemoth · 2009
80 The Spiritual Sound
Agriculture · 2025
81 Limbo
Gaerea · 2020
82 Isa
Enslaved · 2004
83 Below the Lights
Enslaved · 2003
84 Dark Medieval Times
Satyricon · 1993
85 Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Emperor · 1997
86 Ruun
Enslaved · 2006
87 Eld
Enslaved · 1997
88 F.O.A.D.
Darkthrone · 2007
89 Circle the Wagons
Darkthrone · 2010
90 Ordo Ad Chao
Mayhem · 2007
91 Total Death
Darkthrone · 1996
92 Grand Serpent Rising
Dimmu Borgir · 2026
93 Godless Savage Garden
Dimmu Borgir · 1998
94 And the Forests Dream Eternally
Behemoth · 1995
95 Live at the Opera
Satyricon · 2015
96 The Shadowthrone
Satyricon · 1994
97 Ravishing Grimness
Darkthrone · 1999
98 Grand Declaration of War
Mayhem · 2000
99 Roads to Judah
Deafheaven · 2011
100 RIITIIR
Enslaved · 2012
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