Samael - Blood Ritual (1992) - Often overlooked for being much cleaner in production but I think it works really well with this almost blackened doom style. Paired back from the debut to the point of being almost basic but still a thoroughly enjoyable black metal album.
Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments (1991) - I battle with Malevolent Creation if I am honest, probably because I came to them late and therefore they have offered very little colour to my already well established death metal palette. Nothing wrong with this one though, plays as a thrashy Floridian dm record.
Civerous - Maze Envy (2024) - Stupid album name aside, this is a bit of a patchy release overall. Album highlight Shrouded in Crystals is bookended by two instrumental tracks which smacks of filler straight away just 3 tracks in (on a 7 track release). There's promise here though, just not very well represented on this canvas however.