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The top 50 highest rated avant-garde metal albums of all time

A list by Tymell

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NOTE: AGGREGATE SCORES FROM REVIEWERS. NOT MY OPINION.

Another result of this project, where I collect scores from two dozen review sites/zines for heavy metal albums.

https://sites.google.com/site/tymellsheavymetaluniverse/

I've now entered all info into a big spreadsheet, allowing me to easily sort by band, score, year and/or genre. So now we have these lists of the best of each subgenre.

As with the scores this is based on overall opinion, not mine, so the genres are based on what the reviews say.

50		50.Thy Catafalque Rengeteg (2011) 8.2
8.2
49		49.Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Grand Opening and Closing (2001) 8.3
8.3
48		48.Sigh Shiki (2022) 8.3
8.3
47		47.Fantômas Fantômas (1999) 8.3
8.3
46		46.Thy Catafalque Sgùrr (2015) 8.3
8.3
45		45.Waltari Blood Sample (2005) 8.3
8.3
44		44.Celtic Frost Into the Pandemonium (1987) 8.3
8.3
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43		43.Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Samurai (2004) 8.4
8.4
42		42.Kayo Dot Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike (2021) 8.4
8.4
41		41.Sigh Graveward (2015) 8.4
8.4
40		40.Oranssi Pazuzu Mestarin kynsi (2020) 8.4
8.4
39		39.Igorrr Savage Sinusoid (2017) 8.4
8.4
38		38.maudlin of the Well Leaving Your Body Map (2001) 8.4
8.4
37		37.Unexpect Fables of the Sleepless Empire (2011) 8.5
8.5
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36		36.Crotchduster Big Fat Box of Shit (2004) 8.5
8.5
35		35.Imperial Triumphant Vile Luxury (2018) 8.5
8.5
34		34.Le Grand Guignol The Great Maddening (2007) 8.5
8.5
33		33.Diablo Swing Orchestra The Butcher's Ballroom (2006) 8.5
8.5
32		32.Virus The Black Flux (2008) 8.6
8.6
31		31.Diablo Swing Orchestra Pacifisticuffs (2017) 8.6
8.6
30		30.Zeal & Ardor Zeal & Ardor (2022) 8.6
8.6
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29		29.Thy Catafalque Vadak (2021) 8.6
8.6
28		28.Ulver Themes From William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1998) 8.6
8.6
27		27.Zeal & Ardor Stranger Fruit (2018) 8.6
8.6
26		26.Sigh Hangman's Hymn (2007) 8.6
8.6
25		25.Arcturus The Sham Mirrors (2002) 8.6
8.6
24		24.Yakuza Transmutations (2007) 8.7
8.7
23		23.Dødheimsgard A Umbra Omega (2015) 8.7
8.7
22		22.Solefald Norrøn livskunst (2010) 8.7
8.7
21		21.Diablo Swing Orchestra Pandora's Piñata (2012) 8.7
8.7
20		20.Virus The Agent That Shapes the Desert (2011) 8.8
8.8
19		19.Schammasch Hearts of No Light (2019) 8.8
8.8
18		18.Fantômas The Director's Cut (2001) 8.8
8.8
17		17.Igorrr Spirituality and Distortion (2020) 8.8
8.8
16		16.Sigh Imaginary Sonicscape (2001) 8.8
8.8
15		15.Dornenreich Hexenwind (2005) 8.9
8.9
14		14.Sigh In Somniphobia (2012) 8.9
8.9
13		13.Diablo Swing Orchestra Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious (2009) 8.9
8.9
12		12.Transcending Bizarre? The Four Scissors (2003) 9.0
9.0
11		11.Thy Catafalque Meta (2016) 9.0
9.0
10		10.Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle (1991) 9.0
9.0
9		9.Solefald The Linear Scaffold (1997) 9.0
9.0
8		8.Devin Townsend Project Deconstruction (2011) 9.0
9.0
7		7.Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects Sol Niger Within (1997) 9.1
9.1
6		6.Waltari / Avanti! Symphony Orchestra conducted by Riku Niemi Waltari Avanti! Riku Niemi Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die!: Death Metal Symphony in Deep C (1996) 9.1
9.1
5		5.Nocte Obducta Nektar - Teil 2: Seen, Flüsse, Tagebücher (2005) 9.1
9.1
4		4.Arcturus La masquerade infernale (1997) 9.2
9.2
3		3.Thy Catafalque Róka Hasa Rádió (2009) 9.2
9.2
2		2.In the Woods... Omnio (1997) 9.4
9.4
1		1.Faith No More Angel Dust (1992) 9.5
9.5
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The top 50 highest rated avant-garde metal albums of all time

50.Thy Catafalque

Rengeteg (2011)

49.Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

Grand Opening and Closing (2001)

48.Sigh

Shiki (2022)

47.Fantômas

Fantômas (1999)

46.Thy Catafalque

Sgùrr (2015)

45.Waltari

Blood Sample (2005)

44.Celtic Frost

Into the Pandemonium (1987)

43.Die Apokalyptischen Reiter

Samurai (2004)

42.Kayo Dot

Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike (2021)

41.Sigh

Graveward (2015)

40.Oranssi Pazuzu

Mestarin kynsi (2020)

39.Igorrr

Savage Sinusoid (2017)

38.maudlin of the Well

Leaving Your Body Map (2001)

37.Unexpect

Fables of the Sleepless Empire (2011)

36.Crotchduster

Big Fat Box of Shit (2004)

35.Imperial Triumphant

Vile Luxury (2018)

34.Le Grand Guignol

The Great Maddening (2007)

33.Diablo Swing Orchestra

The Butcher's Ballroom (2006)

32.Virus

The Black Flux (2008)

31.Diablo Swing Orchestra

Pacifisticuffs (2017)

30.Zeal & Ardor

Zeal & Ardor (2022)

29.Thy Catafalque

Vadak (2021)

28.Ulver

Themes From William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1998)

27.Zeal & Ardor

Stranger Fruit (2018)

26.Sigh

Hangman's Hymn (2007)

25.Arcturus

The Sham Mirrors (2002)

24.Yakuza

Transmutations (2007)

23.Dødheimsgard

A Umbra Omega (2015)

22.Solefald

Norrøn livskunst (2010)

21.Diablo Swing Orchestra

Pandora's Piñata (2012)

20.Virus

The Agent That Shapes the Desert (2011)

19.Schammasch

Hearts of No Light (2019)

18.Fantômas

The Director's Cut (2001)

17.Igorrr

Spirituality and Distortion (2020)

16.Sigh

Imaginary Sonicscape (2001)

15.Dornenreich

Hexenwind (2005)

14.Sigh

In Somniphobia (2012)

13.Diablo Swing Orchestra

Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious (2009)

12.Transcending Bizarre?

The Four Scissors (2003)

11.Thy Catafalque

6.Waltari / Avanti! Symphony Orchestra conducted by Riku Niemi
Waltari
Avanti!
Riku Niemi