Here we go with the best Black Metal albums of March! All of them are magnificent albums. From raw black metal and reinterpretations of the golden 90s, passing through derivatives of the style, here there is extreme metal for all tastes. Each album offers unparalleled sonic journeys, carrying imperative messages in its lyrics. Albums to enjoy and reflect on. Albums that are colossal because, after all, this is Black Metal.

ΑΧΕΡΟΝΤΑΣ – Mallochio – The Seven Tongues of ΔΑΗΜΩΝ

Release Date: 14th March
Label: Zazen Sounds
Genre: Black Metal

“True sorcery is not an art, it’s science… in order to dare, we must know, in order to will, we must dare. We must possess empire, and to reign, we must be silent. We are real to those with eyes to see…” V.P. Sorcerer.

The album has an impressive variety of vocal lines, and the guitars are the fundamental vein. The work is exquisite! A well crafted black metal mixing other musical styles with mastery. Pure Art! (My full review is somewhere in the reviews section)….

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Cirkeln – A Song to Sorrow

Release Date: 25th March
Label: True Cult Records
Genre: Melodic Black Metal

Cirkeln’s sophomore album, A Song to Sorrow, is beyond a world of fantastic landscapes of sounds that become colours and create another reality. A pleasure to the ears, a ponderous melodic black metal, full of moods that can shift along with the music in a majestic measure. Våndarr knows how to bring the courtly immemorial times with dynamism, power and a herculean melody.

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KVAEN – The Great Below

Release Date: 25th March
Label: Black Lion Records
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal

That’s another killer album! Everything in this album has a high quality. The Funeral Pyre was Kvaen’s heavyweight debut in the metal scene. The Great Below crushed our soul, heart and mind with its extreme gravity, fascinating solos, powerful drumming and addictive vocals. Crucial listening.

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In Aphelion – Moribund

Release Date: 11th March
Label: Edged Circle Productions
Genre: Black/Death Metal

In Aphelion don’t need to be humble at all when it comes to their performance in Moribund. The album is not only among the best albums of March but is a strong contender for the best of the year 2022. Classic, mesmerizing and persuasive in all senses.

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Véhémence – Ordalies

Release Date: 8th March
Label: Antiq Records
Genre: Folk Black Metal / Neo-Medieval Folk

Betting on the dark ages, the band comes robust from the beginning. Ordalies is a polished album. The atmosphere apart of beautiful is impregnated with captivating riffs. A perfect work that shows that Véhémence, with each new release, develops the music and production more and more. Another dazzling release by Antiq Records.

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Aethyrick – Pilgrimage

Release Date: 31st March
Label: The Sinister Flame
Genre: Black Metal

Pilgrimage by Aethyrick is a classic second-wave black metal album. Pleasant to listen to, with tortured vocals, atmospherically dense, with a subtle melodic smoothness, it unfolds languidly rather than extremely furiously. Aethyrick overcomes itself and, at the same time, remains faithful, thus, building a worthy and solidly perpetual album.

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ILLUMINATION – Worship Death More than Life

Release Date: 4th March
Label: Personal Records
Genre: Raw Black Metal

Illumination comes strong with their first EP, Worship Death More Than Life. Due to that, they are here figuring between the best full-lengths of March.

Tracks in different directions, forming an intriguing jointure between atmospheric, raw, melodic, doom and depressive black metal. The sturdy and burdensome tradition certainly cannot be missing in any work worthy of the style. Seductively composed, with all the abilities of these entities, the mood of this album is located between life and death; it’s like being in suspension.” (full review in this section).

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Falls of Rauros – Key to a Vanishing Future

Release Date: 25th March
Label: Eisenwald
Genre: Black/Folk Metal

Betting on new sound influences that have been perpetuated since the penultimate album, Falls of Rauros presents in Key To A Vanishing Future the core of the aggressive atmospheric black metal footprint and the flourish with prog metal, post-black metal and hints of blues. An album full of engaging, emotional atmosphere, with heavy riffs that stand out through sweeping melodies. The vocals bring the necessary coolness amalgamating the stylistic mix in an absorbing way. So Key to a Vanishing Future is an enjoyable and engaging journey.

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Ad Finem Omnia – No Peace – No Dawn

Release Date: 21th March
Label: Purity Through Fire
Genre: Black Metal

Nine tracks balancing heaviness and atmosphere, here is No Peace – No Dawn by the Chilenian black metallers Ad Finem Omnia. Sizzling militance lining emotional melodies, the album is pure black metal! Raw and solid, built with passion and devotion from the golden 90s. Essential listening!

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Dark Funeral – We Are the Apocalypse

Release Date: 18th March
Label: Century Media Records
Genre: Black Metal

Through changes in tempo and chord progressions, Dark Funeral has released yet another record in its vast collection of sonic grandeur. The work speaks for itself, the vocals play a masterful role here and the entire instrumental stands out. We Are the Apocalypse presents convincing drums, distinctive guitars, and as I said, compelling vocals. This is how the art of the dark gods of black metal was crafted and set in stone. Not in your collection? It should be for sure.