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Combining all different variants of the genre, we had a great year in terms of Black Metal with some excellent new bands appearing and some of the older bands making a comeback. Note that we left Post-Black Metal/Blackgaze out of this list.
Honorable Mention: Selbst – An Omnious Landscape (2015) Hailing from Venezuela, this band will be making waves in the future. |
Honorable Mention: Kaeck – Stormkult (2015) Destructive Dutch Black Metal arts. |
10. Thulcandra – Ascension Lost (2015) Dissection worship can’t get any better than this. |
9. Kaiserreich – Cuore Nero (2015) Raw and Melancholic Black Metal from Italy. |
8. Narbeleth - Through Blackness and Remote Places (2015) Ravaging release from this Cuban one-man battalion. |
7. Isvind – Gud (2015) Creepy atmospheric elements and solid BM elements make this release one of our favorites of 2015. |
6. Abyssion - Luonnon harmonia ja vihreä liekki (2015) Unconventional BM release from this Finish outfit. |
5. Cradle of Filth – Hammer of the Witches (2015) Haters are going to hate with CoF, but they managed to release a magical album with this one. |
4. One Master - Reclusive Blasphemy (2015) Oppressive USBM that sneaked up very high on our list thanks to its melodic undertones. |
3. Gorgoroth – Instinctus Bestialis (2015) Triumphant return of this legendary band. |
2. Luciferian Rites – When the Light Dies (2015) Soul crushing release from this Mexican outfit, one of the rawest albums of 2015. |
1. Horna – Hengen Tulet (2015) Shatraug continues his reign as one of the best BM musicians with another Horna masterpiece. |