I've been listened to Black Metal since the late 2000s starting with Emperor and Dimmu Borgir. Since then, I've discover dozens of amazing bands thanks to MS and it has become one of my favourite genres, especially the more melodic/symphonic/epic bands.

So here are my favourites of the genre with my rating, its sub-genre and release year:

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of black metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

1.Agalloch - The Mantle

2.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

4.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

5.Windir - 1184

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My top albums/Ep's of 2023.
Maybe going to add more later

1.Skálmöld - Ýdalir

2.Blodtår - Det Förtegna Förflutna

3....And Oceans - As in Gardens, So in Tombes

4.Malformed - The Gathering of Souls

5.Marduk - Memento Mori

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This is my 2024 list. Welcome!

1.Verberis - The Apophatic Wilderness

2.LVME - Of Sinful Nature

3.Spectral Voice - Sparagmos

4.Grey Skies Fallen - Molded By Broken Hands

5.Drowned (GER) - Procul His

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The gaps between all the albums are minimal

1.Aria - Игра С Огнём

2.Aria - Кровь За Кровь

3.Aria - Генератор Зла

4.Aria - Герой Асфальта

5.Aria - Ночь Короче Дня

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1.Queensrÿche - Promised Land

2.The Cult - The Cult

3.AC/DC - Ballbreaker

4.Praying Mantis - Forever In Time

5.Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears

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This is my ranking of all 2023 albums I heard. I'll update it every time I listen to a new 2023 album.

1.Shylmagoghnar - Convergence

2.Haken - Fauna

3.Lokust - Infidel

4.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

5.Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags

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Power Metal is a genre I've gotten into quite a bit over the past few years. I'd only really listened to Symphony X before, but discovered Blind Guardian, Wuthering Heights, Gamma Ray and others thanks to MS!

So here are my favourites of the genre with my rating, its sub-genre and release year:

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of power metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Wuthering Heights - Far From The Madding Crowd

3.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

4.Symphony X - The Odyssey

5.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

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1.Metal De Facto - Land Of The Rising Sun Part I

2.Chapel Of Disease - Echoes Of Light

3.Kiuas - Samooja: Pyhiinvaellus

4.Lucifer - Lucifer V

5.

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just albums I have my eye on

1.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

2.Suicidal Angels - Profane Prayer

3.Firewind - Stand United

4.Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project

5.Sonata Arctica - Clear Cold Beyond

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1.Behemoth - The Satanist

2.Shylmagoghnar - Emergence

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1.Helloween - Helloween EP

2.Helloween - Better Than Raw

3.Helloween - The Time Of The Oath

4.Helloween - The Dark Ride

5.Helloween - Master Of The Rings

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1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

4.Machine Head - The Blackening

5.Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver

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Instrumental tracks on albums of vocal groups are often seen as filler material or as a possibility to show musical skills.
In contrast, the title track is often considered to be the central and defining part of an album, suggesting that the corresponding lyrics may contain important key information to the understanding of the album. Therefore, it may seem surprising that several albums of vocal groups exhibit an instrumental as title track.

This alphabetical list presents albums by vocal groups where the title track is an instrumental. This concerns purely instrumental songs but may also include songs where melody lines without lyrics are vocalised.

Please feel free to suggest more examples of unusual title tracks by regular vocal groups that are purely instrumental or where the lead singer does not sing lyrics.

1.Absu - Tara

2.Afflicted - Prodigal Sun

3.Afterbirth - Four Dimensional Flesh

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Angel Dust - Into The Dark Past

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1.Narzissus - Akt III: Erl ö sung

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1.Ions - Counterintuitive

2.Kalmah - Kalmah

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