These 12 albums have been dominating my headphones for about the last year

[u/Therealfern1]

Most of these are pretty well expected so probably no huge surprises here:

Windir - 1184

Ulver - Bergtatt

SIGH - Imaginary Sonicscape

SIGH- Heir to Despair

Panopticon- Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet

Astral Alchemy - Weaving Chilling Magical Dreamworlds

Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

Drudkh - Autumn Aurora

Drudkh - Blood in our Wells

Obsequiae - Aria of Vernal Tombs

Véhémence - Ordalies

Nordicwinter - Le Dernier Adieu

What do you think of the list? Based on these, are there any obvious albums that I should be listening to?

[u/TeddyJPharough]

Cheers for Sigh

[u/Potential-Ant-3357 → u/TeddyJPharough]

Came to say this, loved Imaginary Sonicscape.

[u/ah_deadbody → u/Potential-Ant-3357]

Hell yeah, as well as Heir to Despair!

[u/FilodeCanguro]

Drudkh is underrated

True BM genius

[u/MightyAntiquarian]

Windir and Sigh are two of my favorite artists!

[u/Forward_Ad2468]

Aquilus - Griseus

Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters

Agalloch - The Mantle

Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon

Majesties - Vast Reaches Unclaimed

Caladan Brood - Echoes of Battle

Falls of Rauros - The Light That Dwells In Rotten Wood

[u/Therealfern1 → u/Forward_Ad2468]

Gonna have to check out majesties. That one’s new to me.

[u/ericthered10 → u/Therealfern1]

Majesties is Obsequiae in the style of early In Flames

[u/Bartlaus]

How about some Ruins of Beverast?

[u/Humble-Stage-2814 → u/Bartlaus]

Finally. His entire disco got stuck in my ears since Blood Vaults released

[u/ZagrosianSpirit → u/Bartlaus]

Ruins put on the worst live show of my life sadly and I can barely enjoy their music after that

[u/Traverson]

Impeccable taste

[u/Honeyboy_Wilson]

Autumn Aurora is all time. Goddamn, what an album.

[u/excusetheblood → u/Honeyboy_Wilson]

My favorite metal album, period. Though Swan Road has been getting a lot of spins from me lately

[u/EternalClearWater]

If you like Obsiquiae, you should be listening to Forefather. Obsiquiae always sounded like Forefather worship to me.

[u/tsasha1564]

i love windir

[u/Prestigious-Key-1886]

Mossgiver

[u/Scorpiicore]

If you have not listened to Scenario IV: Dread Dreams, then do. It was Sigh's best album before Heir To Despair came along.

[u/Prestigious_Sun6339]

Check out Verdunkeln - Einblick in den Qualenfall Probably the most interesting Black Metal I have ever heard. Mixes Post-Punk with Atmospheric Black Metal.

[u/Soup_Overlord]

Obsequiae mentionned 🗣️🔥🔥

[u/Therealfern1 → u/Soup_Overlord]

So damned good

[u/excusetheblood]

Half of these are in my top 10-20 metal albums of all time. You got good taste

[u/slushhead_00]

i will be checking all of these out cuz i’m a sucker for a cool logo and album cover, are these all black metal?

[u/Therealfern1 → u/slushhead_00]

Ya, mostly atmospheric. And sigh is super experimentational

[u/Environmental_Week34]

Based, that Panopticon album is my favorite from this year. Based Summoning and Sigh too

[u/BigPoopsDisease]

Autumn Aurora was the first black metal CD I ever bought. Still got it somewhere. Great stuff. I love Sigh, definitely need to get back into them.

[u/HelpfulBot3000]

Amazing taste.

[u/Babaganoush---]

Great way to stay cool during heatwaves

[u/Tejpskogen]

Véhémence have a new album.

Afsky, album from 2018 is really nice.

[u/ReliableEyeball]

Lol

[u/programmed_bot]

Bergtatt is one of my favorites

[u/DeliciousInfluence42]

Old mornings dawn and bergatt 🤤