THE TOP BLACK METAL ALBUMS IN 2019

2019 is the year of so many great black metal releases, tough choices, but somehow we, The Gate Watchers manage to have our Top 20 of the year, regardless any formats.
(IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER) by the Key Keeper.


Murg - Strävan (Nordvis Produktion)

Runespell - Voice of Opprobrium (Iron Bonehead Productions)

Blood Tyrant - The Realm That Brings Forth Death (Tour de Garde)

Lamp of Murmuur - Melancholy Howls in Ceremonial Penitence (Death Kvlt Productions)

Lamp Of Murmuur - Chasing the Path of the Hidden Master (Death Kvlt Productions)

Nimbifer - Demo I (Independent)

Kvasir's Blood - Triumph of the Will (Breath of Pestilence)

Förgjord - Ilmestykset (Werewolf Records)

Inferno Requiem - Shanhai (Elderblood Productions)

Inferno Requiem : Wolf From Onon Realm (Death Kvlt Productions)

Valac : Offerings of Anguish (Appalachian Noise Records)

Warmoon Lord - Burning Banners of the Funereal War (Wolfspell Records)

Wampyric Rites - ...In the Desolate Forest of Eternity (Independent)

Departure Chandelier - Antichrist Rise to Power (Nuclear War Now! Productions)

Despondent Moon - A Spectral Descent (Astral Liturgy)

Despondent Moon - Invoking The Freezing Mist (Astral Liturgy)

Véhémence - Par Le Sang Versé (Antiq Records)

Orek - Kirchentag (Independent)

Black Cilice - Transfixion of Spirits (Iron Bonehead Productions)

Messiah In The Abyss - The Cursed God (Independent)