MY TOP 50 BLACK METAL ALBUMS OF 2023




Awww, the nice peaceful inclusive and beautiful part of our favorite music - black metal. 😈 Of course for some time black metal is not what it was/is supposed to be. However, some monsters were released in 2023, trying to prove me wrong. To be honest, I am not sure what will be their staying power, but I enjoyed the below 52 - in this dying year now. (In my opinion for another year in a row Death Metal for instance is performing better). What did I miss? This is the eternal question valid for every list. Of course, if you want to go into details for every month of 2023, just go through the other articles. There is more BM available. 

Naturaly, there are dAnGeRoUs and sKetChy bands in this list. What did you expect, ah? At the end of the day, it is my list and after almost 35 years spent with this music, I easily can spot the good and the bad MUSIC. And most of all I can listen to whatever I want. Get real. 

So here is my selection of peaceful tunes to light up your Christmas. The black metal album that I liked the most in 2023 is Blood Abscission - I đŸ”„đŸ”„đŸ”„đŸ”„đŸ”„

So play these albums loud over the season's holidays and keep it heavy! đŸ€˜ Don't forget to check My Top 50 Death Metal albums of 2023 on this link.

1. Blood Abscission - I (Bandcamp)

2. Marduk - Memento Mori (Tidal)

3. Helleruin - Devils, Death and Dark Arts (Tidal)

4. Uada - Crepuscule Natura (Bandcamp)

5. Imperium Dekadenz - Into Sorrow Evermore (Bandcamp)

6. Fen - Monuments to Absence (Bandcamp)

7. Immortal - War Against All (Bandcamp)


8. Concilium - Sky Bvrial (Bandcamp)

9. Krallice - Porous Resonance Abyss (Bandcamp)

10. Clandestine Blaze - Resacralize The Unknown (Youtube)

11. Blut Aus Nord - ​Disharmonium - Nahab (Bandcamp)

12. Night Crowned - Tales (Bandcamp)

13. Non Est Deus - Legacy (Bandcamp)

14. Aeternus - Philosopher (Bandcamp)


15. Inherits The Void - The Impending Fall of the Stars (Bandcamp)

16. Aethyrick - Kolme VeljestÀ (Bandcamp)

17. Cryptospital - Dark Noise (Bandcamp)

18. ...and Oceans - As in Gardens, So in Tombs (Bandcamp)

19. Sól ån varma - Sól Án Varma (Bandcamp)

20. Tsjuder - Helvegr (Bandcamp)

21. Tryglav - The Ritual (Bandcamp)


22. Hate Manifesto - Î‘â€‹Ï€â€‹Îżâ€‹Ïƒâ€‹Ï„â€‹Î±â€‹Ï„â€‹Î·â€‹Ï‚ (Bandcamp)

23. Vargrav - The Nighthold

24. Cultum Interitum - Sacrum Funeral (Bandcamp)

25. Thantifaxath - Hive Mind Narcosis (Bandcamp)

26. Kostnatění - ÚPAL (Bandcamp)

27. DĂždheimsgard - Black Medium Current (Bandcamp)

28. Valdrin - Throne of the Lunar Soul (Bandcamp)


29. Woe - Legacies of Frailty (Bandcamp)

30. Profeci - UbĂłstwo (Bandcamp)

31. Lunar Tombfields - An Arrow To The Sun (Bandcamp)

32. VosbĂșĂ° - HekuglĂĄ (Bandcamp)

33. Sznur - Ludzina (Bandcamp)

34. Aodon - Portraits (Bandcamp)

35. Invultation - Feral Legion (Bandcamp)


36. Iravu - A Fate Worse Than Home (Bandcamp)

37. Runespell - Shores of Nåströnd (Bandcamp)

38. AARA - Triade III : Nyx (Bandcamp)

39. Horda - Form (Bandcamp)

40. Somniate - We Have Proved Death (Bandcamp)

41. Asagraum - Veil of Death, Ruptured (Bandcamp)

42. Aegrus - Invoking The Abysmal Night (Bandcamp)


43. ASet - Astral Rape (Bandcamp)

44. Mānbryne - Interregnum: O pr​ó​bie wiary i jarzmie zw​ą​tpienia (Bandcamp)

45. Wyrgher - Panspermic Warlords (Bandcamp)

46. Kaevum - Kultur (Bandcamp)

47. Panopticon - The Rime of Memory (Bandcamp)

48. Spectral Damnation - Extra Æcclesiam (Bandcamp)

49. Furia - Huta Luna (Tidal)


50. Ulthar - Anthronomicon (Bandcamp)

51. Geistaz'ika - MidnatsbĂžn ved DjĂŠvelens Port (Bandcamp)

52. Varathron - The Crimson Temple (Bandcamp)

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