A Blaze In The Northern Sky
by Darkthrone

A Blaze In The Northern Sky by Darkthrone
Year: 1992
Release date: 1992-00-00
Overall rank: 3,573rd   
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 114 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1992 (57th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (593rd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,573rd)

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A Blaze In The Northern Sky is ranked as the best album by Darkthrone.

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A Blaze In The Northern Sky rankings

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Overall rank: 3,573rd | 1990s rank: 593rd | 1992 rank: 57th

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77/100 (from 114 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.

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85/100
From 03/04/2023 20:23 | #294707
Kick-ass vocals, insane vocals, way better than what came after in black-metal.
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From 07/29/2018 07:43 | #218904
it's funny, with records like these for the first minute or so all I can hear is how absolutely shit the guitar and drums (and bass?? maybe??) sound. Then my ears adjust and like two minutes in it sounds absolutely amazing
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From 06/17/2017 08:48 | #192746
Darkthrone's best record to date. Huge step-up from their debut Death metal roots. Their black metal style after this will continue to get even more raw, but I prefer the sound on this record the most.
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