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This post offers what I consider the ten best vocal performances in black metal.

Whether it's just screaming their lungs off or supporting the melody, these guys know their stuff. Of course this is my humble opinion only and some may argue that I don't know jack shit about BM, because I haven't listened enough Venom or wasn't 'kvlt' enough to restart my charts after getting into metal. I haven’t taken the actual lyrics into account; rather how they sound within a song (it’s somewhat hard to understand BM lyrics anyway) and whether they are capable of destroying your anus or not.

Artist connections (on the right side) are bands that were under consideration for this chart (I’ve had this idea for over 6 months, so they should be pretty well-picked by now). You can download the full version here (mp3 192br) or here (FLAC, 74Mb) or alternatively, click on the link followed by each song to get the samples (mp3 128br). Total length of this project is 10min30sec.

The list from best to… best: (after the grim kvlt image)




10. Dub Buk - Ljut Naszoj Witczyzny sample

The vocalist repeats whatever he just sang with an unearthly growl which fits the song damn well, but overall they tend to get a bit boring with their 12-minute songs.

Can it destroy your anus: Yes


09. Naglfar – Odium Generis Humani sample

Naglfar, a very mallcore-ish BM band stands out with this song and the chorus within.

Can it destroy your anus: No


08. Ulver – Capitel III: Graablick Blev Hun Vaer sample

Garm’s vocals during Ulver’s black metal era weren’t that impressive, but I have to give this song some credit- the gunshot scares me every time I don’t pay attention.

Can it destroy your anus: Yes, the gunshot will.


07. Akercocke – Skin for Dancing In sample

Not really a ‘tr00’ black metal band, but they’ve done some incredible work with the use of their vocals and unusual instruments. The alternative title of this journal is inspired by this song and those words have become an inside joke among me and my friend.

Can it destroy your anus: Yes

06. Lunar Aurora – Glück sample

The absolute atmosphere masters of Black Metal use two different background vocals here, some sort of monks chanting and element of female chorus as well, not to mention the main vocalist’s shrieks.

Can it destroy your anus: Hell yes.

05. Myrkgrav – Om Å Danse Bekhette sample

I don’t classify Myrkgrav as a pure Black Metal band, but here it is anyway (because it is damn good not to list here). Lars Jensen has created an excellent chorus using only his voice and he handles the shrieky vocals as well, providing us with one of the best one-man bands out there.

Can it destroy your anus: No

04. Silencer – Sterile Nails and Thunderbowels sample

Nattramn provides us with an unearthly rap segment (is it just me or do I hear him mentioning someone named Jennifer at some point?), followed by insane coughs and by even more insane shrieks. Somehow I find his performance genuine, whether his ‘escaped from mental institute’ image is correct or not.

Can it destroy your anus: It will make you want to destroy it.



(top three is sponsored by Kvlt Fucking Chicken)

03. Rotting Christ – Enuma Elish sample

The chorus uses some middle-eastern or asian style singing and it totally demolished my anus. I imagined a couple of blood-covered hindu girls opening their mouth and bloody vomit would escape from their internal organs while they hover inches above ground and captivate your soul with their singing.

Can it destroy your anus: It can become your new anus.


02. Loits – Soomepoiss sample

Not scary, but just good. One of the best intros I’ve ever heard.

Can it destroy your anus: No


01. Nocte Obducta – Im Bizarren Theatre sample

Numero uno is a little-known German BM band with some pretty mainstream, nearly Rammstein-ish melodies on their latter albums, but this one scream from the 1999’s otherwise boring album caught my ears. Pure emotion.

Can it destroy your anus: No.

Thanks for listening.
I noticed majority of these bands lack the anti-christian beliefs so common to Black Metal today, so it can be concluded that true emotion comes from talent within and what you really believe in (making good music). People who know me might ask why I haven’t included Agalloch or Drudkh, two of my favourite bands at the moment. I can say they were just nearly outside top10 along with Sigh, Bergraven and Kekal.

Agalloch Drudkh Kroda Bergraven Forest Silence Kekal
Venom Dimmu Burger King Diamond
Woods of Ypres Uhrilehto Mirrorthrone
Cruachan

IT'S BEEN MAD LONG! I'VE BEEN WORKING A SHIT TON AND HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO GET A LOT OF NEW MUSIC, BECAUSE I'M NOT A BOURGEOIS FUCK WITH A TON OF FREE TIME! THAT MEANS I HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF TIME TO GO ON THE INTERNET EITHER!

WHEN I'M A GRAD STUDENT IN THE FALL IF I'M NOT EDITING SOME FUCKER'S BOOK AS A PART TIME JOB THEN MAYBE I'LL DO THIS SHIT MORE OFTEN! OTHERWISE HERE ARE THE NEW RECORDS I'VE GOTTEN SO FAR THIS YEAR AND WHAT I THINK!!!!

Agoraphobic Nosebleed- A CLOCKWORK SODOM!
This is all right, I mean I like it, it's just not really a grind record! I think inevitably ANbX were going to go into Man Is the Bastard territory anyway, SO HERE IT IS! IT'S A NOISECORE RECORD!

Atari Teenage Riot - DELETE YOURSELF!
I've been meaning to get into this band for about ten years now. I REALLY LIKE THIS. I haven't gotten a record I was PSYCHED about for a while. This has a ton of energy, but isn't for everyone. It's like that Venetian Snares and Speedranch record, with hardcore vocals, sampling Slayer!

Boris - SMILE!
This album blows. Everyone already knew that. MOVING ON

The Dillinger Escape Plan -IRE WORKS!!!
I listened to this record pretty much non stop from the month before it came out for like two months. I really like it. I know this band doesn't have much cred anymore, and I think they might have just recorded this to fulfill a contractual agreement with RELAPSE, but THIS IS SICK! Energetic, technical, mad short songs to start, then more melodic shit at the end. I like the way it's put together. GREG PUCIATO is also one of my personal heroes.

Dizzee Rascal - Maths + English
I guess I thought I was going to like this genre of music, and maybe I still do, but it just seems like a hipstered-up version of southern rap where they yell the same shit over and over. I found this to be pretty boring.

Forest Silence - The ETERNAL WINTER
Let's face it - there's a ton of really shitty black metal! This isn't that bad. I actually kind of like it because I tend to move towards the more ambient shit in the genre, not the blast-beat ridden stuff. This has like just the right amount of both, and I was starting to get into more hardcore influenced black metal (Tangorodrim, Glorior Belli) so this is cool. I felt like I wasn't actually finding anything I liked that was "real" black metal, so here it is I guess. I don't know where I heard about it.

First Floor Power - NEW RECORD
DIDN'T EVEN GET IT, BECAUSE Jenny Wilson IS NO LONGER IN THE BAND. The only songs worth listening to on their other albums were written by Jenny - and those songs are AWESOME. Any that Per whatever the fuck his name is wrote, were all the same meter and time signature and verse structure NO MATTER WHAT ALBUM. I couldn't handle a whole record of that. Not to mention HIS VOICE SUCKS.

Kingdom of Sorrow
Tough guys will love this - basically anyone who already likes Hatebreed. I like the first track, the rest is kind of stupid... I don't like shit that is at the same time heavy only for the same of being heavy, while walking the line of keeping it not that heavy, so kids who think they like metal but are huge pussies (people who listen to Hatebreed) will still like it.

Miles Davis - BITCHES BREW
I was on a quest to find something I had never heard the likes of before, SO HERE IT IS! I like this, but not for any reason really. There is no song structure. It's good background music I guess. I really got it because I like the cover artist.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let LOVE In
I like this, I don't know what to say really, it's dark and different from anything else I listen to. Everyone's heard this at some point so I don't really need to comment.

Os Mutantes - ANDO MEIO DESLIGADO
THIS IS FUCKING SWEET! I was planning a trip to Brazil earlier this year and figured I may as well check some culture out, and I guess this is like their most successful artist from the 'psychedelic' era? It's totally psychedelic I guess. I love shit that's recorded analog and has a ton of empty space in it. Add female vocalist and it's a winning combination. I got some of their other records but this was the only one I think that was kind of dark enough for me to enjoy.

Portishead - Third
Listened once and didn't like it, I was probably expecting too much. I'll revisit again when I'm in the mood to listen to them, which is rare.

Q-Unique - Vengeance is Mine
I always wondered who the dude with the SICK voice was in all those obscure Company Flow tracks, and with some research I found that it was this dude and sometimes Godfather Don. Q-UNIQUE IS AN ANIMAL! I almost got back into underground hip hop based off this record, then realized that the majority of it sucks. But this is a great album. If someone sick (El-P?) produced his next record, it would be huge.

Santana - ABRAXAS
This album KILLS! Before SANTANA connotated gay songs with guest vocalists from pop acts, it was a sick jam band with some hard shit! I got the album III also, which is just as awesome.

Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
ANother attempt to try something way outside my usual spectrum. I like it, I guess I just don't know what genre of music this is. I can feel how pissed off black people were in NYC and LA in the 1960's in this. It's kind of awesome especially because it's not hard so like it's a different way of getting aggression out.

Soilent Green- INEVITABLE COLLAPSE IN THE PRESENCE OF CONVICTION
I didn't like this at first - CONFRONTATION was basically a beatdown and I was expecting another one. BUT after a few listens I do enjoy it, every SG record is different. While this one is more sludgy than the last, it's also more technical and just as hard/heavy.

Pentemple - O))) PRESENTS
I'm gonna have to listen to this a few more times, any Sunn O))) record is like that though. I'm starting to like it I think.

The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza - DANZA II: THE ELCTRIC BOOGALOO
Their first album was poorly produced metalcore... I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS IS BUT IT'S SICK. Like... I never expected anything this technical out of this band. Their first album was a joke. I can't explain this. I've never heard anything like it. Check it out please if you want something retardedly technical but catchy at the same time.

Torche - MEANDERTHAL
LET'S FACE IT: IN RETURN WAS BORING! This album is awesome. It has all the sludginess and pop of Floor, but, dare I say, IT'S BETTER! I'm miffed that the NYC show sold out before I knew they had anything interesting to offer. I'll have to get them next time around.

I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING... TIL NEXT TIME
SEE YOU AT Kylesa AND LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR TONIGHT

Well, today im just ranting and raving about the few tracks I currently have on my playlis, first up is Dark Muse, lovely dark ambient with extremly moody atmosphere, exellent for those moments when you just feel like a raging animal that needs its chains replaced.. Secondly its Forest Silence, same good old album Winter Circle is still my most played cd, no wonder since its among the most beautiful you get to listen to in this world.. Thirdly ive gotten real tag up about Type O Negative and the new cd, at first I dint find it that special but it grows on you, and now ive been pumping it alot while studying and ranting.. If youve missed it you should check out the video that Dark Muse uploaded on her last.fm, endless and moody is the least I can say, almost as good as the mindbreaking Clean Cathedral by In Slaughter Natives!

Seem to have gone past it without noticing. Counting back afew, it was:
Forest Silence - Silence

Nice enough song.

1. What are you listening to right now?
Coph Nia - Prime Mover

2. What song makes you sad?
Ice Ages - Lost in Daze

3. What is the most annoying song in the world?
Any of Basshunters worthless crap..

4. Your all time favorite band?
Summoning

5. Your newly discovered band is?
Knightvision

6. Best female voice?
Sarah Brightman

7. Best male voice?
Silenius

8. Music type you find yourself listening to most?
Dark Ambient/Ambient Black Metal

9. What do you listen to, to hype you up?
Early Type O Negative

10. What do you listen to, to calm down?
Numina, Forest Silence and similar artists..

11. Last gig/concert you went to?
Zeigeist

12. Bands you find yourself listening to the most right now?
Numina, Forest Silence, Summoning, Type O Negative, Zyclon-E, Zargof

13. Most hated band?
Alot of bands are on my hatelist, alot..

15. Band that you think the world should love as much as you do?
Kataxu

16. Coolest music video?
Immortal - Call of the Wintermoon

17. Music video with the most babe watch?
Dunno, Die Form - Phenomena of Visitation

18. What "do you play/would you play" in the bedroom to spice things up?
Carnivore - Sex and Violence

19. Can you play a musical instrument?
Synthezisers, Guitar, Bass..

20. Ever been in a mosh pit?
Dunno

21. Are you in a band?
Aye, Zyclon-E, UnaGoblin, Hordes of Ataraxis and Endless Forests

22. If yes, what kind of music does your band play and what is your role in it?
Synthezisers and Vocals..

23. Ever dated a musician?
Yes

24. If yes, what kind of music did he/she/they play/instrument/band?
She could play the harp

27. If no, would you consider?
!

28. Do you wish yourself that you were a musician?
Im the greatest goblin bard of all times..

29. Best chick band you know of?
Err, Loreena McKennitt

30. Best guy band you know of?
Summoning

31. Last song that you heard on the radio/cd...etc?
Bal-Sagoth - Battle Magic

32. What do you think of Classical music?
I enjoy classical music, but its not the joy of my life..

33. What do you think of Country music?
Well, same as above..

34. What do you think of Death metal?
Death metal seldom got anything going, black metal however..

35. Last BIG band that you saw live?
Uhh that would be Apoptygma Berzerk

36. Are you a groupie?
Hell no..

37. Do you listen to music in foreign languages?
Mostly slavic black metal such as Trollech

38. What famous musician would you like to fuck!?
Hehe hell if I know, Knightvision perhaps.

39. Worst concert moment?
Dunno really..

40. Funny Concert moment?
When Härskarn passed out on my boots on Ministry

41. Sad Concert moment?
Yes quite a few..

42. Best local act you can think of?
Zyclon-E

43. If you were a musical instrument what would you be?
Violin

44. Do you listen to the radio?
No.

45. Do you watch music TV?
No.

46. Do you follow the music charts, like the top 40?
Id rather be dead..

47. Have you met any famous musicians?
Yes, quite a few.

48. Are any of your friends/family etc musicians?
They are all tonedeaf :P

49. Song that best describes your feelings right now?
Hocico - There Was A Time

50. Song that describes your life?
Forest Silence - I Feel The Claws of Darkness

51. Do you know the names of all the band members that you listen to?
I know the ones I need to know..

52. Does a musician's physical attractiveness play a role in the music that you listen to?
No, but it dont hurt..

53. What famous musician do you want to marry?
Well, that would be Dr. Avalanche

53. Favourite movie sound track?
Anything with John Carpenter

55. Any musician pet hates?
Hahahahahahaha... what?

56. What do your parents listen to?
Grunge, Rock and Classical

57. What are you listening to right NOW?
Abigor - Scars in the Landscapes of God

58. Do you wear band etc T-shirts?
Yes. Mostly Summoning

59. What do you think of people who do?
Dedication is a bliss!

60. What music sub-culture do you feel like you belong to?
Tzk, I dont belong anywere, Härskarns Hov maybe..

61. What song is stuck in your head right now?
Eric Brosius - The Pagans

62. Do you sing in the shower?
Never

63. If so, what? If not, why not?
Let the water silence me..

64. Would you rather marry a musician or be one yourself?
Be one myself, me and Burzum could create wonders!

65. What is in your walkman/discman right now?
Got nothing..

66. How important is your partners taste in music to you?
As long as we get along anything works..

67. Hanson moves in next door to you, do you go introduce yourself, or do you arrange to beat them up?
I would aim my speakers towards their bedroom and play Green Army Fraction all night..

68. Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll, you dig?
No, I try to stay spiritually attuned..

69. Do you cook to music?
Yes.. Live and breath music..

70. Do you sing in the toilet?
No..

i'm bored sue me
also, IN ORDER

A
Aphex Twin
Aarni
Autechre
B
Blut aus Nord/Children of Maani/The Eye
Boris
Burzum
C
Circle Takes the Square
Cynic
Ceremony
D
Deep Puddle Dynamics
Demilich
Drudkh
E
Electric Wizard
Emperor
Envy
F
The Fall of Troy
Forest Silence
Fungoid Stream
G
Gorguts/Negativa
Grand Belial's Key
Gigantic Brain
H
Hantaoma
Hlidolf/Hjarnidaudi
Hyatari
I
Intestine Baalism
Irepress
Ithdabquth Qliphoth
J
Jesu
Judas Priest
Jega
K
Kronos
Kylesa
Katatonia
L
Lykathea Aflame/Appalling Spawn
Lurker of Chalice/Leviathan
The Lord Weird Slough Feg
M
maudlin of the Well/Kayo Dot
My Bloody Valentine
Mithras
N
Neurosis
Negative Plane
Nas (based on Illmatic alone)
O
Ozric Tentacles
OM
Opeth
P
Pavor
Pelican
Phlebotomized
Q
Quo Vadis
Qhwertt
Qeshi
R
The Ruins of Beverast
Rich Kids on LSD
Rosetta
S
Stargazer
Summoning
Sunn O)))
T
Thorr's Hammer
These Arms Are Snakes
These Monsters...
U
Ulver
Unreal Overflows
Unwom
V
Visceral Evisceration
Venetian Snares
Vortex
W
WAYD
Wu-Tang Clan
Windir
X
XTC
Xploding Plastix
Xytras
Y
Yndi Halda
Year of No Light
Yppah
Z
Zargof
Zozobra
Zmrochny Dol
symbols
µ-Ziq
!T.O.O.H.!
...and Oceans

FUCK some of those were hard (A, C, D, G, P, S, T, W)

ALBUMS:

1. Tool - 10,000 Days [Progresive Rock]
I’m a Tool fanboy, and this album did not disappoint. Not much new to be honest, but still fantastic.

2. Mirrorthrone - Carriers of Dust [Black Metal]
Wow, this came out of nowhere. The work of one 20 year old guy, this band is amazingly intricate, epic, and thrilling.

3. !T.O.O.H.! - Rad a Trest [Death/Grind]
The last album by the Czech Republic’s (and possibly the world’s) strangest death metal band closes their career on a happy note.

4. The Mars Volta - Amputechture [Progressive Rock]
After Frances the Mute, opinions on TMV were split, but in my eyes they have fully redeemed themselves with a 3rd fantastic album. Not to say Frances wasn’t great too.

5. Forest Silence - Philosophy of Winter [Black Metal]
Winter eschews the ambience that filled the earlier 3 Forest Silence demos for full on black metal, and it is beautiful.

6. Gory Blister - Skymorphosis [Death Metal]
2006 was a great year for death metal (just look below!) and Gory Blister released the best.

7. Benighted - Identisick [Death Metal]
And Benighted followed very closely. French. Brutal. Death Metal. Hell yes.

8. Drawn and Quartered - Hail Infernal Darkness [Death Metal]
D&Q finishes the ‘death metal trilogy’ of 2006 if you will with a very solid release with great riffs and vocals and (especially) solos.

9. Canvas Solaris - Penumbra Diffuse [Progressive Metal]
This band did a 180. Their first release was just…meh, but this is a wonderfully happy instrumental prog journey.

10. Darkthrone - The Cult is Alive
Yes, Mr. Fenriz, the cult IS alive and you have shown us along with Nocturno.

11. Toby Driver - In The L..L..Library Loft [Avant-Garde/Drone/Godknowswhat]
Toby Driver may be a pretentious ass, but…when he makes pretentious music, it turns out wonderfully (most of the time). This album is challenging in more ways than one.

12. Wolves in the Throne Room – Diadem of 12 Stars [Black Metal]
Truth: US black metal is a fairly boring style. But WitTR take it and make something great. Go figure.

13. Cardinale – 31:13 [Sludge Metal]
Or is it post-metal? No, if you think that go shoot yourself now. Tried and tested SLUDGE formula music, and it’s all good.

14. The Lawrence Arms – Oh! Calcutta! [Pop-Punk]
Catchy, uplifting songs and vocal harmonies make this the most fun album of the year.

15. Profane – The Day We Scorched The Sky [Sludge Metal]
I’m running out of things to say. This album rules, period.

16. Six Degrees Of Admittance – The Sun Awakens [Folk or something]
Sprawling and massive. Ben Chasney is crazy, but in a good way.

17. OM – Conference of the Birds [Stoner Metal]
Taking influence perhaps from bands like Hawkwind, Om’s sophomore effort innovates the stoner genre while staying true to it.

18. Kayo Dot – Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue [Avant-Garde]
At first, I didn’t know what to think of this album. Then I hated it. Then I loved it. Then I hated it again. Then I was impartial. Now, I think I’ve finally finalized my opinion on it, and it is good.

19. Gregor Samsa – 55:12 [Post-Rock]
Not much to say here. It’s not very different from their earlier stuff, but that’s not a bad thing. Even better live. What’s with the trend of naming your album after the length anyway?

20. Amorphis – Eclipse [Rock]
Fantastic vocals carry this album out of mediocrity and into awesomeness.

Honorable Mentio: Nuit Noire - Infantile Espieglery [Faerical Blasting Punk]
This album came out too late for me to properly rank it, but Tenebras certainly delivers again.

EPS & DEMOS:

1. Amesoeurs – Ruines Humaines [Black Metal/Post-Rock?]
Holy crap holy crap holy crap. This release is AMAZING. Were it a full length album, it would easily be in the top 3. Moving between pure black metal and soft rock moments, this masterpiece is, well, moving.

2. Baliset – Black Light Moon [Progressive Rock/Metal]
Greg Massi busts out the guitars and vocals for this laid back, relaxing demo that shows tons of potential. I’m excited.

3. Jesu – Silver [Post-Rock/Sludgeish Metal]
Jesu takes a more upbeat tone here, and it works beautifully.

4. Nuit Noire – Furibond Elegance [Faerical Blasting Punk]
May the faeries be with you.

5. Brain Drill – The Parasites [Death Metal]
Woahmg riffs and woahmg drums.

WORST:

1. Lamb of God – Sacrament [Metalcore]
Awful. Boring riffs, lame drumming, terrible vocals, laughable lyrics. An insult to metal.

2. Trivium – The Crusade [Metallicore]
Hey guys we stopped playing generic metalcore and instead copied Metallica are we cool yet?

3. Cradle of Filth – Thornography [Gothic rock]
Lol.

4. Godsmack – IV [Generic Hard Rock]
No.

5. Xeper – Discourses on Anything so Absolute [Sludge]
Boring.

6. SikTh – Death of a Dead Day [Metalcore]
Yuck.

7. My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade [Pop Rock]
I tried to like this album, but it sucked too much for that.

8. Angels & Airwaves – We Don’t Need to Whisper [Pop Rock]
See: MCR

9. Stone Sour – Come (Whatever May) [Rock]
Featuring one of the worst singles of all time (“Through the Glass”).

10. AFI – Decemberunderground [Pop Rock]
This band used to be catchy. Now they are just annoying.

BEST SONG OF THE YEAR:

TV on the Radio – “Playhouses”

Tied with

Mirrorthrone – “A Scream To Express the Hate of a Race”

The worst?

Stone Sour – “Through the Glass”

Tied with

Lamb of God – “Redneck”

And to conclude…

2006 was a very great year for music. I found tons of new artists I greatly enjoy, some of which have extensive back catalogues I haven’t even looked at. Opposite of that, I found a few that should be avoided at all costs and some that should not be give a third chance. 2007 is almost here, and already some albums of that year have leaked...How fast time goes in the music world.

1. !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Rád A Trest) (death/grind metal)
2. Negative Plane - Et In Saecula Saeculorum (black metal)
3. Benighted - Identisick (brutal death metal/grind)
4. Amen Orchestra - 17 Waves (drill 'n' bass/modern classical)
5. Scythe - Decay (progressive death metal)
6. Gory Blister - Skymorphosis (technical death metal)
7. Kylesa - Time Will Fuse Its Worth (sludge metal)
8. Negativa - Negativa [EP] (technical/experimental death metal)
9. Squarepusher - Hello Everything (idm/drum 'n' bass)
10. Forest Silence - Philosophy of Winter (black metal/ambient)
11. Gareth Clarke - Gareth Clarke (idm)
12. Draco Hypnalis - Weavers Of Unrest (progressive technical death metal)
13. OM - Conference of the Birds (stoner metal/rock)
14. Jesu - Silver [EP] (ambient doom metal/shoegaze)
15. Qhwertt - Cloudland (ambient funeral/drone doom metal)
16. Amesoeurs - Ruines Humaines [EP] (black metal/post-rock)
17. Drawn and Quartered - Hail Infernal Darkness (death metal)
18. Wiz Khalifa - Prince of the City (hip-hop)
19. Spawn of Possession - Noctambulant (technical/brutal death metal)
20. Goretrade - Perception of Hate (brutal death metal)
21. Mirrorthrone - Carriers of Dust (avant-garde black metal)
22. Catacombs - In the Depths of R'lyeh (funeral doom metal)
23. Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars (black metal)
24. Brain Drill - The Parasites [EP] (technical death metal)
25. Unreal Overflows - Architecture of Incomprehension (melodic death metal)
26. té - If That Is What Is Being Thought, Liberated Sound Talks the Depth of "Musical" World (post-rock)
27. Weave - Inbetween [EP] (idm)
28. Drudkh - Blood In Our Wells (black metal)
29. Anata - The Conducter's Departure (technical death metal)
30. Negurã Bunget - Om (black metal)
31. Nachmystium - Instinct: Decay (black metal)
32. Pitbulls In The Nursery - Lunatic (technical death metal)
33. Converge - No Heroes (hardcore)
34. Ozric Tentacles - The Floor's Too Far Away (progressive instrumental rock)
35. Mgla - Presence [EP] (black metal)
36. Gorod - Leading Vision (technical death metal)
37. Blut aus Nord - MoRT (experimental/industrial black metal)
38. Kettel - My Dogan (idm)
39. Bongripper - The Great Barrier Reefer (stoner metal)
40. Forest of Fog - Abgründe (black metal)
41. Dismember - The God That Never Was (death metal)
42. Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea (funeral doom metal)
43. Arcane Necrosis - Arcane Necrosis (black metal)
44. Sunn O))) & Boris - Altar (drone doom metal)
45. Hellveto - Stos (orchestral black metal)
46. Spaceship Landing - Spaceship Landing (psychedelic/stoner rock)
47. Venetian Snares - Hospitality [EP] (breakcore/idm)
48. Wolfshade - Evening Star... (black metal)
49. The Angelic Process - Coma Waering (ambient/drone)
50. Unexpect - In A Flesh Aquarium (avant-garde metal)
51. Darkthrone - Too Old, Too Cold (black 'n' roll)
52. Summoning - Oath Bound (atmospheric black metal)
53. Profane - The Day We Scorched The Sky (sludge metal)
54. Giant Squid - Metridium Fields (progressive doom metal)
55. Saprogenic - Ichneumonid (brutal death metal)
56. Martyr - Feeding the Abscess (technical death metal)
57. Head Control System - Murder Nature (experimental hard rock)
58. Atavist - Atavist (sludge/doom metal)
59. Keep of Kalessin - Armada (black metal)
60. Skinless - Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead (brutal death metal)
61. Funeral Procession - Funeral Procession (black metal)
62. Mephistopheles - Ascension Aborted (technical death metal)
63. Mammatus - Mammatus (sludge metal)
64. Ikuinen Kaamos - The Forlorn (progressive black/death metal)
65. Persefone - Core (symphonic extreme progressive metal)
66. Wolok - Servum Pecus (black metal)
67. Atheretic - Apocalyptic Nature Fury (brutal technical death metal)
68. Robinson - The Great City (grindcore)
69. Begrime Exemious - Demo 2006 (technical black/death metal)
70. Sky Eats Airplane - Everything Perfect On the Wrong Day (hardcore/electronic)
71. Growing - Color Wheel (ambient/drone)
72. Year of No Light - Nord (sludge metal)
73. Terminally, Your Aborted Ghost - Inanimately Soundless [EP] (brutal death metal/grind)
74. Melencolia Estatica - Melencolia Estatica (black metal)
75. Venetian Snares - Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms (breakcore/idm)
76. Callisto - Noir (sludge metal)
77. Aabsinthe - The Loss of Illusions (atmospheric death metal)
78. Zyclon E - Arvika (industrial)
79. Celtic Frost - Monotheist (gothic/doom metal)
80. Lair of the Minotaur - The Ultimate Destroyer (thrash/sludge metal)
81. The Gasman - This One's For You (idm)
82. Sombre Chemin - Notre Héritage Ancestral (black metal)
83. Ioniphonic - Tasting Infinity (trance/techno)
84. Dominion - Born God and Aware (technical death metal)
85. Tom Zé - Danç-Êh-Sá (Dança dos Herdeiros do Sacrifício) (tropicalia/avant-garde)
86. Vesperian Sorrow - Regenesis Creation (symphonic black metal)
87. Fleshmould - The Lazarus Breed (death metal)
88. Technasia - Popsoda (techno)
89. The Sword - Age of Winters (doom metal)
90. Týr - Ragnarok (progressive folk metal)
91. Kongh - Demo 2006 (sludge metal)
92. Red Sparowes - Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun (post-rock)
93. Windmills by the Ocean - Windmills By The Ocean (sludge/post-rock)
94. Peste Noire - La Sanie Des Siècles - Panégyrique De La Dégénerescence (black metal)
95. Septycal Gorge - Growing Seeds Of Decay (brutal death metal)
96. Alkonost - The Path We've Never Made (folk metal)
97. Cephalotripsy - Demo 2006 (brutal death metal)
98. Distorted - Memorial (oriental doom metal)
99. Genghis Tron - Dead Mountain Mouth (cybergrind)
100. You Can't Hug Your Children With Nuclear Arms - When I Look You In the Eyes, My Boner Gets Headstrong and Can Take on Anyone (Floppy Disc Demo) (grindcore)

some albums i forgot about that probably would have made the list
The Lawrence Arms - Oh! Calcutta!
Pyramids - Following The Tracks, Forcing Motion Through Phases
Mouth of the Architect - The Ties That Bind

A few honorable mentions (alphabetical order)
Army of the Pharaohs - The Torture Papers (hip-hop)
Baliset - Black Light Moon [EP] (progressive rock)
Boards of Canada - Trans Canada Highway [EP] (idm/downtempo)
Entheogenic - Golden Cap (trance)
Ghoul - Splatterthrash (death/thrash metal)
Hellveto - Zmierzch (orchestral black metal)
Ilkae - Bring Extra Dragons (idm/chiptunes)
Jega - Variance (idm)
Melechesh - Emissaries (black/death metal)
Noekk - The Grimalkin (symphonic folk metal)
Pagan Reign - Tverd (folk metal)
Proem - You Shall Have Ever Been (idm)
Sleep Terror - Probing Tranquility (death metal/jazz)
Tenhi - Maaäet (folk)
Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice - Gipsy Freedom (freak folk)


This is the definitive list. Questions? Comments? Go ahead.