The Return Of The Darkness And Evil
by Bathory
eBay
Condition: Brand New
eBay
Condition: New
eBay
Condition: Used
Bathory bestography
The Return Of The Darkness And Evil is ranked 5th best out of 11 albums by Bathory on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bathory is Blood Fire Death which is ranked number 6005 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 149.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to The Return Of The Darkness And Evil on YouTube
The Return Of The Darkness And Evil track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Return Of The Darkness And Evil rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  idiotican | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 51/100 | - |
| 2025 |  Graeme2 | Top 64 Music Albums of 1985 | 30/64 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2024 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | Repo | 1985: Metal | 31/73 | - |
| 2022 | NHGRANITE | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1985 | 95/99 | 0 |
| 2020 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2019 |  elo269megv | Thrash Enough? | 15/65 | - |
| 2018 | blackflag29 | Top 13 Music Albums of 1985 | 12/13 | 1 |
| 2017 |  NoisyBeast | Top 2000 Albums of the 1980s... #1201-1300 | 46/100 | - |
| 2017 | NoisyBeast | Favorite 1980s Metal Albums | 71/100 | - |
| 2017 | NoisyBeast | Top Albums of 1985... #101-200 | 33/100 | - |
| 2012 |  btener11 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1985 | 23/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 16 | |||
The Return Of The Darkness And Evil collection
Showing all 9 members who have this album in their collection
The Return Of The Darkness And Evil ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 32 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/17/2026 23:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 9,585 | 70/100 | |
| 06/16/2025 17:00 |  MetalMan67 | 6,018 | 71/100 | |
| 06/03/2025 17:58 | iann97 | 2,036 | 74/100 | |
| 03/23/2025 02:51 |  CaptainPain | 3,356 | 61/100 | |
| 01/24/2024 00:15 | r0b07 | 801 | 83/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.
The Return Of The Darkness And Evil favourites
Showing all 1 members who have added this album as a favourite
The Return Of The Darkness And Evil comments
Be the first to add a comment for this album - add your comment!
Your feedback for The Return Of The Darkness And Evil
The top comments are featured on our aggregated charts!
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
