| 1 |  | To The Nameless Dead | Primordial | 2007 | black metal; folk metal; pagan metal; doom metal | 9.56 |
| 2 |  | Dead heart in a dead world | Nevermore | 2000 | progressive metal; thrash metal; progressive thrash metal; heavy metal | 9.53 |
| 3 |  | A night at the opera | Blind Guardian | 2002 | power metal; epic metal; symphonic metal; progressive metal; heavy metal | 9.50 |
| 4 |  | Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness | Green Carnation | 2001 | progressive metal; metal; doom metal | 9.48 |
| 5 |  | Given To The Rising | Neurosis | 2007 | sludge; doom metal; post-metal; progressive metal | 9.40 |
| 6 |  | Still Life | Opeth | 1999 | progressive metal; progressive death metal; death metal | 9.40 |
| 7 |  | Sons of northern darkness | Immortal | 2002 | black metal; norwegian black metal; true norwegian black metal; melodic black metal | 9.39 |
| 8 |  | Deliverance | Opeth | 2002 | progressive death metal; progressive metal; death metal; metal | 9.38 |
| 9 |  | Metal Church | Metal Church | 1984 | thrash metal; heavy metal | 9.38 |
| 10 |  | Epica | Kamelot | 2003 | power metal; symphonic metal; progressive metal; melodic power metal | 9.36 |
| 11 |  | Recreation Day | Evergrey | 2003 | progressive metal; metal; power metal; heavy metal | 9.36 |
| 12 |  | Operation: Mindcrime | Queensryche | 1988 | progressive metal; heavy metal; metal | 9.35 |
| 13 |  | The Black Halo | Kamelot | 2005 | power metal; progressive metal; symphonic metal; melodic power metal | 9.35 |
| 14 |  | Precambrian | The Ocean | 2007 | progressive metal; sludge | 9.34 |
| 15 | | Mythical & Magical | Pagan Altar | 2006 | heavy metal; doom metal; nwobhm; traditional doom metal | 9.33 |
| 16 |  | Sagas | Equilibrium | 2008 | folk metal; viking metal; pagan metal; metal; symphonic metal | 9.32 |
| 17 |  | Blood Fire Death | Bathory | 1988 | black metal; viking metal; thrash metal; metal | 9.32 |
| 18 |  | The Crimson Idol | W.A.S.P. | 1992 | heavy metal | 9.31 |
| 19 |  | At The Heart Of Winter | Immortal | 1999 | black metal; norwegian black metal; melodic black metal; blackened thrash metal | 9.30 |
| 20 |  | The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR | Orphaned Land | 2010 | progressive metal; folk metal; death metal | 9.30 |
| 21 |  | Phantom Limb | Pig Destroyer | 2007 | grindcore; metal; deathgrind | 9.30 |
| 22 |  | Riitiir | Enslaved | 2012 | progressive metal; black metal | 9.29 |
| 23 |  | Reign In Blood | Slayer | 1986 | thrash metal; metal; heavy metal; speed metal | 9.27 |
| 24 |  | Ironbound | Overkill | 2010 | thrash metal; speed metal; metal | 9.27 |
| 25 |  | Vast Oceans Lachrymose | While Heaven Wept | 2009 | doom metal; heavy metal | 9.27 |
| 26 |  | Crimson II | Edge of Sanity | 2003 | melodic death metal; progressive death metal; death metal | 9.27 |
| 27 |  | Land Of The Free | Gamma Ray | 1995 | power metal; heavy metal; metal | 9.26 |
| 28 |  | Heartwork | Carcass | 1993 | melodic death metal; death metal; metal; grindcore | 9.25 |
| 29 |  | Leviathan | Mastodon | 2004 | progressive metal; metal; sludge metal | 9.25 |
| 30 | | Snakes And Ladders | Hanker | 2001 | | 9.25 |
| 31 |  | Clockwork Angels | Rush | 2012 | progressive rock; hard rock; rock | 9.25 |
| 32 |  | A Flame To The Ground Beneath | Lost horizon | 2003 | power metal; progressive metal; metal | 9.24 |
| 33 |  | Paradise Lost | Symphony X | 2007 | progressive metal; power metal; symphonic metal; progressive power metal | 9.24 |
| 34 |  | Bonded By Blood | Exodus | 1985 | thrash metal; speed metal; metal | 9.24 |
| 35 |  | Awaken The Guardian | Fates Warning | 1986 | progressive metal; heavy metal; metal; progressive | 9.23 |
| 36 |  | Human | Death | 1991 | death metal; technical death metal; progressive death metal; metal | 9.23 |
| 37 |  | Screaming For Vengeance | Judas Priest | 1982 | heavy metal; metal; nwobhm; hard rock | 9.22 |
| 38 |  | The Gathering Wilderness | Primordial | 2005 | black metal; pagan metal; doom metal; folk metal | 9.21 |
| 39 |  | The Spell Of Retribution | The Chasm | 2004 | death metal | 9.21 |
| 40 |  | Necroticism-Descanting The Insalubrious | Carcass | 1991 | death metal; grindcore; goregrind; deathgrind; progressive death metal | 9.21 |
| 41 |  | The Blackening | Machine Head | 2007 | thrash metal; groove metal; metal; heavy metal | 9.20 |
| 42 |  | Tempo Of The Damned | Exodus | 2004 | thrash metal; metal; heavy metal | 9.20 |
| 43 |  | Mercy Falls | Seventh Wonder | 2008 | progressive metal | 9.19 |
| 44 |  | Buried In Oblivion | Into Eternity | 2004 | progressive metal; melodic death metal; progressive death metal; death metal; metal | 9.19 |
| 45 |  | Foulest Semen Of A Sheltered Elite | The Ruins Of Beverast | 2009 | atmospheric black metal; doom; black metal; avant-garde black metal | 9.19 |
| 46 |  | Oceanborn | Nightwish | 1998 | symphonic metal; power metal; gothic metal; metal | 9.18 |
| 47 |  | Condition red | Iron savior | 2002 | power metal | 9.18 |
| 48 |  | Character | Dark Tranquillity | 2005 | melodic death metal; death metal; metal | 9.17 |
| 49 |  | OM | Negură Bunget | 2006 | black metal; atmospheric black metal; pagan black metal; progressive metal; atmospheric | 9.17 |
| 50 |  | Don't Break The Oath | Mercyful Fate | 1984 | heavy metal; black metal; progressive metal; thrash metal | 9.17 |
| 51 |  | Images And Words | Dream Theater | 1992 | progressive metal; progressive rock | 9.16 |
| 52 |  | The Eye Of Every Storm | Neurosis | 2004 | post-metal; sludge; doom metal | 9.16 |
| 53 |  | Signs For The Fallen | Suidakra | 2003 | melodic death metal; folk metal | 9.16 |
| 54 | | Mabool: The Story of The Three Sons of Seven | Orphaned Land | 2004 | progressive metal; folk metal; death metal | 9.16 |
| 55 |  | Remission | Mastodon | 2002 | progressive metal; sludge metal; heavy metal | 9.15 |
| 56 |  | V-Hävitetty | Moonsorrow | 2007 | folk metal; metal; black metal; viking metal | 9.15 |
| 57 |  | Unity | Rage | 2002 | heavy metal; power metal; metal | 9.15 |
| 58 |  | The Black Is Never Far | Place Of Skulls | 2006 | doom metal; heavy metal; metal | 9.15 |
| 59 |  | Urd | Borknagar | 2012 | progressive black metal; progressive metal; black metal | 9.15 |
| 60 |  | The Dark | Metal Church | 1986 | thrash metal; heavy metal; speed metal | 9.14 |
| 61 |  | Secret Of The Runes | Therion | 2001 | symphonic metal; progressive metal; gothic metal; metal | 9.14 |
| 62 |  | Riders Of The Apocalypse | Demonoid | 2004 | death metal; metal; black metal; thrash metal | 9.14 |
| 63 |  | Crack The Skye | Mastodon | 2009 | progressive metal; sludge metal | 9.14 |
| 64 |  | Shift | Nasum | 2004 | grindcore; grind | 9.14 |
| 65 |  | With vilest of worms to dwell | Hollenthon | 2001 | death metal; symphonic metal; symphonic black metal; symphonic death metal; metal | 9.14 |
| 66 |  | Ordo Ad Chao | Mayhem | 2007 | black metal; true black metal; norwegian black metal; avant-garde black metal | 9.13 |
| 67 |  | The dark ride | Helloween | 2000 | power metal; heavy metal; melodic metal | 9.13 |
| 68 |  | Damage Done | Dark Tranquillity | 2003 | melodic death metal; death metal; metal | 9.13 |
| 69 |  | Lemuria / Sirius B | Therion | 2004 | gothic metal; melodic metal | 9.13 |
| 70 |  | Dreaming Neon Black | Nevermore | 1999 | progressive metal; thrash metal; heavy metal | 9.12 |
| 71 |  | Hell Is Empty And All The Devils Are Here | Anaal Nathrakh | 2007 | grindcore; black metal; industrial black metal; grind | 9.12 |
| 72 |  | Spiritual healing | Death | 1990 | death metal; technical death metal; metal | 9.12 |