Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
by Bathory
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Bathory bestography
Under The Sign Of The Black Mark is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Bathory on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bathory is Blood Fire Death which is ranked number 5571 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 247.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Under The Sign Of The Black Mark track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Under The Sign Of The Black Mark rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Black Metal Albums of the Year 1987 by Metal Storm | 1/3 | - |
| 2026 |  teague | Top 28 Music Albums of 1987 | 18/28 | 2 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 70 Music Albums of 1987 | 51/70 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Black Metal AOTY (1981 - 2025) by Metal Storm | 6/44 | - |
| 2026 | pjr428 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1987 | 2/25 | 5 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s | 52/99 | 10 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 36/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Black Metal Pt. 2 | 22/62 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 74 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 222 | |||
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Under The Sign Of The Black Mark ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/10/2026 13:08 | JamesMowbray | 5,695 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/04/2026 12:04 |  DommeDamian | 7,767 | 48/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2026 02:00 |  Repo | 2,231 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.7.
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Under The Sign Of The Black Mark forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5361): By deadhouse
neilgee 10/25/2025 09:53 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) teague 07/30/2020 00:02 in What album are you listening to right now?Under The Sign Of The Black Mark comments
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teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/30/2020 00:40 | #256434 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the better black metal records I've tried to endure. I actually enjoy this one quite a bit. Bathory is one of the best names in the black metal game, if you're going off of my opinion. Enter the Eternal Fire, Call from the Grave, and Massacre are all really good songs, the rest aren't very notable but still good.
Grouse 03/14/2019 14:53 | #233519 | TOP COMMENT
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Really good album, one of the best Black Metal albums ever!
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