Top 20 Best Black Metal Albums OF ALL TIME
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What are the greatest black metal albums of all time? Today we're diving into 20 essential black metal classics, focusing exclusively on releases from before the year 2000. From the icy atmospheres of Norwegian second wave legends to the melodic innovations of Sweden, the folk-infused sounds of Eastern Europe, and even some unconventional genre-bending masterpieces, these are the albums that helped define black metal as we know it. #blackmetal #dimmuborgir #mayhem #burzum 00:00 Immortal – At the Heart of Winter 01:00 Darkthrone – Transilvanian Hunger 02:04 Dissection – Storm of the Light's Bane 02:44 Enslaved – Frost 03:28 Sigh – Hail Horror Hail 04:30 Ulver – Nattens Madrigal 05:19 Rotting Christ – A Dead Poem 06:11 Taake – Nattestid Ser Porten Vid 07:05 Gorgoroth – Under the Sign of Hell 07:46 Satyricon – Dark Medieval Times 08:34 Borknagar – The Olden Domain 09:15 Windir – Arntor 10:00 Burzum – Filosofem 10:45 Mayhem – Deathcrush 11:35 Marduk – Opus Nocturne 12:17 Sacramentum – Fa
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