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progressive black metal
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Progressive black metal expands upon traditional black metal's raw aggression and atmospheric darkness by incorporating complex song structures, unconventional time signatures, and influences from jazz, classical, and avant-garde music. Emerging in the mid-1990s as black metal artists sought greater musical ambition, the genre maintains the foundational tremolo-picked guitars and blast beats while embracing experimentation with clean vocals, acoustic passages, and philosophical lyrical themes. The result is an intellectually challenging yet emotionally intense style that pushes beyond black metal's orthodox boundaries.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album | Tags | Other places |
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1995 | Fleurety | Min Tid Skal Komme |
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| 18 | 1997-04 | Sigh | Ghastly Funeral Theatre |
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| 30 |
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1998-08-18 | Opeth | Orchid (2023 Abbey Road Remaster) |
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| 24 | 1999 | Sigh | Scenario IV: Dread Dreams |
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| 25 |
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2000-04-12 | Lengsel | Solace |
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| 37 |
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2000-04-17 | Borknagar | Quintessence |
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| 17 | 2000-05 | Ephel Duath | Phormula |
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| 40 | 2001-03-02 | Diabolical Masquerade | Death's Design |
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| 91 | 2001-10-22 | Emperor | Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire & Demise | |||
| 39 | 2001-10-22 | Borknagar | Empiricism |
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| 71 | 2001-11-14 | Enslaved | Monumension |
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| 77 | 2002-10-03 | Negură Bunget | 'N Crugu Bradului |
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| 11 |
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2003-02-01 | Kekal | 1000 Thoughts Of Violence |
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| 100 | 2003-05-05 | Enslaved | Below the Lights |
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| 34 |
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2003-06-02 | Kadenzza | Into the Oriental Phantasma |
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| 83 | 2004-11-01 | Enslaved | Isa |
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| 44 |
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2005 | 1349 | Slaves |
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| 42 |
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2005 | Opeth | Morningrise (2023 Abbey Road Remaster) |
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| 78 |
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2005 | Dødheimsgard | A Umbra Omega |
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| 74 | 2005-05-18 | Negură Bunget | Inarborat kosmos |
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| 23 |
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2005-05-30 | Ram-Zet | Intra |
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| 8 |
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2006 | Drottnar | Welterwerk |
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| 79 | 2006-01 | Mirrorthrone | Carriers of Dust |
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| 29 |
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2006-02-22 | Enochian Crescent | Black Church |
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| 96 |
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2006-04-10 | Ihsahn | The Adversary |
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| 98 |
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2006-05-02 | Enslaved | Ruun |
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| 67 | 2006-10-13 | Ikuinen Kaamos | The Forlorn |
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| 41 | 2007-03-12 | Taake | Nekro |
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| 57 | 2007-03-29 | In Vain | The Latter Rain |
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| 84 | 2007-04-21 | Ne Obliviscaris | The Aurora Veil |
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| 73 | 2007-04-28 | Thurisaz | Circadian Rhythm |
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| 4 |
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2007-06-11 | In Lingua Mortua | Bellowing Sea - Racked By Tempest |
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| 14 |
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2007-07-16 | Deathspell Omega | FAS - Ite, Maledicti, in ignem Aeternum |
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| 58 | 2008-01-22 | A Forest of Stars | The Corpse of Rebirth | |||
| 81 | 2008-04 | Mirrorthrone | Gangrene |
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| 88 |
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2008-05-26 | Ihsahn | angL |
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| 33 |
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2008-07-11 | Krallice | Inorganic Rites |
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| 89 |
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2008-09-26 | Enslaved | Vertebrae |
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| 2 |
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2009-09-18 | Secrets of the Moon | Privilegivm |
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| 1 |
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2009-11-10 | Krallice | Dimensional Bleedthrough |
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| 56 |
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2010 | Negura Bunget | Vîrstele pamîntului |
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| 60 | 2010-01-25 | Ihsahn | After |
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| 86 | 2010-02-22 | Borknagar | Universal |
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| 38 | 2010-06-01 | A Forest of Stars | Opportunistic Thieves of Spring |
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| 99 |
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2010-09-27 | Enslaved | Axioma Ethica Odini |
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| 97 |
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2010-11-08 | Deathspell Omega | Paracletus |
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| 10 | 2011-05-11 | Shining | VII: Född förlorare |
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| 46 |
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2011-05 | Enslaved | The Sleeping Gods |
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| 80 | 2011-05 | Deathspell Omega | Diabolus Absconditus |
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| 64 | 2011-11-02 | Panopticon | Social Disservices |
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| 85 |
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2012-03-26 | Borknagar | Urd |
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| 93 | 2012-05-07 | Ne Obliviscaris | Portal Of I |
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| 7 | 2012-06-18 | Ihsahn | Eremita |
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| 87 |
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2012-06-22 | Deathspell Omega | Drought | ||
| 15 | 2012-07-05 | Blut aus Nord | What Once Was... Liber I |
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| 50 | 2012-08-25 | Krallice | Years Past Matter | |||
| 22 | 2012-09-28 | Dordeduh | Dar de duh |
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| 92 |
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2012-09-28 | Enslaved | RIITIIR |
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| 70 | 2012-10-29 | Shining | Redefining Darkness | |||
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2013-10-28 | Throne of Katarsis | The Three Transcendental Keys |
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| 13 | 2013-11-19 | Code | Augur Nox |
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| 26 | 2014-01-20 | Hail Spirit Noir | Oi Magoi |
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| 28 |
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2014-01-20 | Aenaon | Extance |
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| 3 |
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2014-09-23 | Singularity | Singularity |
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| 27 |
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2014-11-07 | Ne Obliviscaris | Hiraeth |
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| 72 |
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2014-11-07 | Ne Obliviscaris | Citadel |
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| 66 | 2014-11-18 | Fen | Carrion Skies |
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| 21 |
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2015 | Dreadnought | Bridging Realms |
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| 76 | 2015-02-27 | A Forest of Stars | Beware The Sword You Cannot See |
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| 95 |
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2015-03-06 | Enslaved | In Times |
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| 49 |
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2015-04-20 | Shining | IX - Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends |
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| 52 |
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2015-04 | Ne Obliviscaris | Sarabande to Nihil |
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| 62 |
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2016 | Leviathan | Scar Sighted |
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| 53 |
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2016-01-12 | Krallice | Hyperion |
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| 90 |
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2016-01-21 | Borknagar | Winter Thrice |
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| 45 |
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2016-04-08 | Ihsahn | Arktis. |
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| 12 |
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2016-11-02 | Aenaon | Hypnosophy |
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| 51 |
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2016-11-04 | Arkona | Khram |
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| 19 |
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2016-11-08 | Deathspell Omega | The Synarchy of Molten Bones |
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| 69 |
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2016-11-25 | Khonsu | The Xun Protectorate | ||
| 32 |
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2017-01-09 | Laster | Ons Vrije Fatum |
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| 36 |
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2017-08-11 | Cormorant | Diaspora |
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| 55 |
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2017-08-22 | Xanthochroid | Of Erthe And Axen: Act I |
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| 61 |
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2017-10-13 | Enslaved | E |
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| 31 |
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2017-10-27 | Ne Obliviscaris | Urn |
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| 6 |
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2019-01-09 | Krallice | Wolf | ||
| 16 |
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2019-01-09 | Krallice | Loüm | ||
| 65 |
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2019-02-15 | Funereal Presence | Achatius |
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| 63 |
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2019-11-22 | Shining | VI - Klagopsalmer |
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| 75 |
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2019-12-06 | Fen | The Dead Light |
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| 68 |
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2020-02-28 | Dark Fortress | Spectres from the Old World |
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| 20 |
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2020-10-02 | Enslaved | Mardraum |
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| 54 |
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2020-10-02 | Enslaved | Utgard |
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| 35 |
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2021-03-05 | Krallice | Demonic Wealth | ||
| 48 |
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2021-08-27 | Serpent Column | Katartisis |
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| 9 |
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2022-03-07 | Kostnatění | Oheň hoří tam, kde padl |
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| 82 |
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2023-03-03 | Enslaved | Heimdal |
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| 43 |
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2023-05-26 | Kostnatění | ÚPAL |
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| 59 |
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2023-12-19 | Hauntologist | Ozymandian |
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| 94 |
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Emperor | Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise |