| 265 |  | Masterpiece Of Bitterness | Solstafir | | viking metal; post-black metal; post rock; progressive metal; avantgarde | 8.90 |
| 581 |  | Suspended Animation | Fantômas | 2005 | experimental; avantgarde; avant-garde metal | 8.73 |
| 952 |  | Blood Inside | Ulver | 2005 | experimental; avant-garde; electronic; ambient; avantgarde | 8.62 |
| 1905 |  | One Step Beyond | Step In Fluid | 2012 | progressive; progressive metal; experimental; avantgarde | 8.43 |
| 5088 |  | In Harmonia Universali | Solefald | 2003 | black metal; avant-garde metal; avantgarde | 8.09 |
| 5223 | | The Unclenching of Fists | The Firstborn | 2005 | avantgarde | 8.08 |
| 7235 | | Prometheus:The Discipline of Fire & Demise | Emperor | 2001 | progressive black metal; black metal; symphonic black metal; progressive metal; symphonic metal; avantgarde | 7.92 |
| 8030 |  | Pills Against The Ageless Ills | Solefald | 2001 | avant-garde metal; avantgarde | 7.85 |
| 9065 | | Anthology Iv (the Tragedy Of Nerak) | Akphaezya | | progressive metal; experimental; avantgarde | 7.76 |