| 45 |  | Foulest Semen Of A Sheltered Elite | The Ruins Of Beverast | 2009 | atmospheric black metal; doom; black metal; avant-garde black metal | 9.19 |
| 49 |  | OM | Negură Bunget | 2006 | black metal; atmospheric black metal; pagan black metal; progressive metal; atmospheric | 9.17 |
| 134 |  | Autumn Aurora | Drudkh | 2004 | black metal; atmospheric black metal; atmospheric; metal | 9.03 |
| 147 |  | Rain Upon The Impure | The Ruins Of Beverast | 2006 | black metal; atmospheric black metal; metal | 9.01 |
| 177 |  | Diadem Of 12 Stars | Wolves In The Throne Room | 2006 | black metal; ambient black metal; atmospheric black metal | 8.97 |
| 209 | | Old Mornings Dawn | Summoning | 2013 | black metal; atmospheric black metal; epic black metal; symphonic black metal; ambient black metal | 8.95 |
| 238 |  | Andacht | Lunar Aurora | 2006 | black metal; metal; atmospheric black metal | 8.92 |
| 271 |  | The Great Silk Road | Darkestrah | 2008 | black metal; pagan metal; atmospheric black metal; epic black metal | 8.89 |
| 339 |  | Oath Bound | Summoning | 2006 | epic black metal; atmospheric black metal; black metal; epic metal | 8.85 |
| 359 |  | Loss | Wodensthrone | 2009 | atmospheric black metal; black metal | 8.84 |