Modern Black Metal Classics

A list of recent black metal albums that have gained a high regard. I discounted 2017 so all albums were released between 2006 - 2016. The only other requirement I imposed was one released per artist. All albums are in the top 100 for black metal on RYM. Vote for your favourite.

Full titles for some of the options where I ran out of room:

Drudkh - Кров у наших криницях (Blood in Our Wells) (2006)
Peste Noire - La Sanie des siècles: Panégyrique de la dégénérescence (2006)
Inquisition - Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm (2010)
Blut aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With the Stars (2009)


Edited by TheHeavyMetalCat - 29 Apr 2017 at 8:38am

I have a high regard for some of them like Enslaved, Melechesh, Mgla and Inquisition and have heard other albums by quite a few of the bands listed but probably haven't heard enough on that list to cast a meaningful vote. I'm going to check some of them out though.

I own a great number of these and deathspell omega rules the roost

Agalloch is the only one I've heard, but it's awesome, so I voted it.

I think black metal has a lot looser definition than other metal genres, so its more open to experimentation, expansion, and innovation, and so yes, still has new things to offer and new boundaries to push. It could also be because it still attracts a younger audience than other genres, who are less accepting of what the big name bands and best albums are supposed to be, so keep redefining it.

A very interesting observation though.