|  | Dissection |  | Where Dead Angels Lie (1996) [EP] |  |  | Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Impaled Nazarene |  | Latex Cult (1996) |  |  | Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Ancient Rites |  | Blasfemia Eternal (1996) |  |  | Viking Metal, Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Falkenbach |  | ...skínn af sverði sól valtíva... (1996) [Demo] |  |  | Viking Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Arcturus |  | Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) |  |  | Atmospheric Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Gorgoroth |  | Antichrist (1996) |  |  | Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Dødheimsgard |  | Monumental Possession (1996) |  |  | Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Marduk |  | Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Garthered (1996) |  |  | Black Metal | 77.5 | 2 | 
|  | Ancient |  | The Cainian Chronicle (1996) |  |  | Melodic Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Opeth |  | Morningrise (1996) |  |  | Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Black Metal | 90 | 1 | 
|  | Countess |  | The Book of the Heretic (1996) |  |  | Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Abigor |  | Opus IV (1996) |  |  | Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Lux Occulta |  | Forever Alone Immortal (1996) |  |  | Symphonic Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Cradle of Filth |  | Dusk and Her Embrace (1996) |  |  | Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal | 87.5 | 2 | 
|  | Samael |  | Passage (1996) |  |  | Black Metal | 70 | 1 | 
|  | Mercyful Fate |  | Into The Unknown (1996) |  |  | Heavy Metal, Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Demoniac |  | Stormblade (1996) |  |  | Black Metal, Power Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Thy Serpent |  | Forests Of Witchery (1996) |  |  | Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Gorgoroth |  | The Last Tormentor (1996) [EP] |  |  | Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Blut aus Nord |  | Memoria Vetusta I: Fathers of the Icy Age (1996) |  |  | Atmospheric Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Sarcófago |  | The Worst (1996) |  |  | Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Melechesh |  | As Jerusalem Burns... Al'Intisar (1996) |  |  | Black Metal, Death Metal, Folk Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Aeternus |  | Beyond The Wandering Moon (1997) |  |  | Black Metal, Death Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Anorexia Nervosa |  | Exile (1997) |  |  | Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Diabolical Masquerade |  | The Phantom Lodge (1997) |  |  | Avant-garde Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Die Apokalyptischen Reiter |  | Soft And Stronger (1997) |  |  | Symphonic Black Metal, Death Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Dismal Euphony |  | Autumn Leaves (1997) |  |  | Melodic Black Metal | 90 | 1 | 
|  | Enslaved |  | Eld (1997) |  |  | Viking Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Kampfar |  | Mellom Skogkledde Aaser (1997) |  |  | Black Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Limbonic Art |  | In Abhorrence Dementia (1997) |  |  | Symphonic Black Metal | 70 | 1 |