| 5 |  | Given To The Rising | Neurosis | 2007 | sludge; doom metal; post-metal; progressive metal | 9.40 |
| 14 |  | Precambrian | The Ocean | 2007 | progressive metal; sludge | 9.34 |
| 29 |  | Leviathan | Mastodon | 2004 | progressive metal; metal; sludge metal | 9.25 |
| 52 |  | The Eye Of Every Storm | Neurosis | 2004 | post-metal; sludge; doom metal | 9.16 |
| 55 |  | Remission | Mastodon | 2002 | progressive metal; sludge metal; heavy metal | 9.15 |
| 63 |  | Crack The Skye | Mastodon | 2009 | progressive metal; sludge metal | 9.14 |
| 76 |  | Köld | Solstafir | 2009 | post-metal; progressive metal; post-black metal; sludge; metal | 9.11 |
| 86 |  | Panopticon | Isis | 2004 | post-metal; progressive metal; sludge | 9.10 |
| 168 |  | Transmutations | Yakuza | 2007 | progressive metal; jazz; sludge; metalcore | 8.98 |
| 183 |  | De Vermis Mysteriis | High On Fire | 2012 | stoner metal; sludge | 8.97 |