31. Svarta Havet - "Månen ska lysa din väg (moon will light your way)"

A staggeringly good black metal record that is raw and organic but also has moments of beautiful, melancholic serenity. Translated as moon will light your way is a politically charged reflection on the environmental crimes that we inflict upon both our planet and ourselves. There are points where it is intense and brutal, but its compelling nature comes into play when it becomes more reflective and redemptive. For all its prophet-of-doom nature, calling out the inevitable environmental cataclysm that we hurtle toward, there are also chinks of hope. A thought-provokingly brilliant repurposing of a genre not known for political discourse.