| 3 |  | A night at the opera | Blind Guardian | 2002 | power metal; epic metal; symphonic metal; progressive metal; heavy metal | 9.50 |
| 102 |  | From Afar | Ensiferum | 2009 | folk metal; viking metal; melodic death metal; epic | 9.07 |
| 111 |  | One Foot In Hell | Cirith Ungol | 1986 | heavy metal; epic metal; classic; doom metal | 9.06 |
| 153 |  | Imaginations From The Other Side | Blind Guardian | 1995 | power metal; epic metal; heavy metal; speed metal | 9.01 |
| 199 |  | Colors | Between the Buried and Me | 2007 | progressive metal; epic; metalcore | 8.95 |
| 209 | | Old Mornings Dawn | Summoning | 2013 | black metal; atmospheric black metal; epic black metal; symphonic black metal; ambient black metal | 8.95 |
| 220 |  | Alone | Solitude Aeturnus | 2006 | doom metal; traditional doom metal; epic doom metal | 8.94 |
| 242 |  | The Book | Root | 1999 | dark metal; epic metal; metal; heavy metal | 8.92 |
| 268 |  | Nightfall | Candlemass | 1987 | doom metal; epic doom metal; traditional doom metal; metal | 8.90 |
| 271 |  | The Great Silk Road | Darkestrah | 2008 | black metal; pagan metal; atmospheric black metal; epic black metal | 8.89 |