Black Metal
38,527works
142,463pressings
1981first year
Works per year
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Formats
Format by decade
| Format | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyl | 58% | 11% | 18% | 30% | 42% |
| CD | 3% | 38% | 49% | 26% | 23% |
| Cassette | 35% | 47% | 17% | 18% | 20% |
| File | · | · | 2% | 16% | 9% |
| CDr | · | 3% | 10% | 6% | 3% |
Sounds like
Death MetalAtmospheric Black MetalThrashUnblack MetalDoom MetalViking MetalFolk MetalSymphonic MetalPost-MetalDepressive Black MetalAvantgardeSpeed MetalDungeon SynthCrust
Most-pressed works
| Title | Artist | Year | Pressings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Metal | Venom (8) | 1982 | 126 |
| Storm Of The Light's Bane | Dissection | 1995 | 119 |
| Bathory | Bathory | 1984 | 107 |
| Deathcrush | Mayhem | 1987 | 91 |
| The Dawn Of The Black Hearts | Mayhem | 1995 | 89 |
| De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas | Mayhem | 1994 | 88 |
| Welcome To Hell | Venom (8) | 1981 | 86 |
| Filosofem | Burzum | 1996 | 86 |
| Pure Holocaust | Immortal | 1993 | 85 |
| Under The Sign Of The Black Mark | Bathory | 1987 | 83 |
| Lunar Poetry | Nokturnal Mortum | 1996 | 83 |
| The Return...... | Bathory | 1985 | 82 |
| Battles In The North | Immortal | 1995 | 82 |
| Fallen Angel Of Doom.... | Blasphemy (2) | 1990 | 81 |
| Enthrone Darkness Triumphant | Dimmu Borgir | 1997 | 80 |
| To Mega Therion | Celtic Frost | 1985 | 77 |
| The Somberlain | Dissection | 1993 | 76 |
| Hvis Lyset Tar Oss | Burzum | 1994 | 76 |
| In The Shadows | Mercyful Fate | 1993 | 74 |
| Det Som Engang Var | Burzum | 1993 | 74 |
| I.N.R.I. | Sarcófago | 1987 | 73 |
| Blood Fire Death | Bathory | 1988 | 73 |
| Wolfheart | Moonspell | 1995 | 72 |
| At The Heart Of Winter | Immortal | 1999 | 72 |
| At War With Satan | Venom (8) | 1984 | 71 |
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Built from the Discogs monthly data dumps (CC0), snapshot 2026-09-01. Counts are of catalogued works and pressings, not of listening.