| 153 |  | Imaginations From The Other Side | Blind Guardian | 1995 | power metal; epic metal; heavy metal; speed metal | 9.01 |
| 154 |  | Ample Destruction | Jag Panzer | 1984 | heavy metal; power metal; classic; thrash metal | 9.01 |
| 155 |  | The Mantle | Agalloch | 2002 | doom metal; folk metal; progressive metal; black metal | 9.00 |
| 156 |  | This Godless Endeavor | Nevermore | 2005 | progressive metal; thrash metal; heavy metal; metal | 9.00 |
| 157 |  | Back In Black | AC/DC | 1980 | hard rock; rock; classic rock | 9.00 |
| 158 |  | Gone Forever | God Forbid | 2004 | metalcore; metal; thrash metal; melodic death metal | 9.00 |
| 159 |  | The Divine Wings Of Tragedy | Symphony X | 1996 | progressive metal; power metal; symphonic metal; progressive rock | 9.00 |
| 160 |  | The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw | Pelican | 2005 | instrumental; post-rock; post rock; post-metal | 8.99 |
| 161 |  | Eve | Ufomammut | 2010 | doom metal; psychedelic; drone doom; drone metal | 8.99 |
| 162 |  | Eclipse | Amorphis | 2006 | progressive metal; melodic death metal; metal; death metal | 8.99 |
| 163 |  | Cabinet | Spawn Of Possession | 2003 | technical death metal; death metal; brutal death metal; technical brutal death metal | 8.99 |
| 164 |  | Sons Of The Jackal | Legion Of The Damned | 2007 | thrash metal; death-thrash metal; death metal; metal | 8.99 |
| 165 |  | Painkiller | Judas Priest | 1990 | heavy metal; metal; speed metal; nwobhm | 8.99 |
| 166 |  | Maaäet | Tenhi | 2006 | folk; progressive rock; neofolk | 8.99 |
| 167 |  | Sympathetic Resonance | Arch/matheos | 2011 | progressive metal | 8.99 |
| 168 |  | Transmutations | Yakuza | 2007 | progressive metal; jazz; sludge; metalcore | 8.98 |
| 169 |  | Human Remains | Hell | 2011 | heavy metal; nwobhm | 8.98 |
| 170 |  | Legacy | Shadow gallery | 2001 | progressive metal; progressive rock; rock; metal | 8.98 |
| 171 |  | Wolfheart | Moonspell | 1995 | gothic metal; black metal; dark metal; doom metal; metal | 8.98 |
| 172 |  | Feeding The Abscess | Martyr | 2006 | death metal; technical death metal; progressive metal; progressive death metal | 8.98 |
| 173 |  | Snakes For The Divine | High On Fire | 2010 | stoner metal; metal | 8.98 |
| 174 |  | Annihilation Of The Wicked | Nile | 2005 | death metal; technical death metal; brutal death metal; metal | 8.98 |
| 175 |  | Clandestine | Entombed | 1991 | death metal; old school death metal | 8.98 |
| 176 |  | Subsurface | Threshold | 2004 | progressive metal; metal; rock | 8.97 |
| 177 |  | Diadem Of 12 Stars | Wolves In The Throne Room | 2006 | black metal; ambient black metal; atmospheric black metal | 8.97 |
| 178 |  | Gothic | Paradise Lost | 1991 | doom metal; death doom metal; gothic metal; gothic | 8.97 |
| 179 |  | Diabolis interium | Dark Funeral | 2001 | black metal | 8.97 |
| 180 |  | Arcane Rain Fell | Draconian | 2005 | doom metal; gothic doom metal; gothic metal; death doom metal | 8.97 |
| 181 |  | Manifest of hate | The Forsaken | 2001 | | 8.97 |
| 182 |  | The Giant | Ahab | 2012 | post-metal; funeral doom metal; doom metal; death metal | 8.97 |
| 183 |  | De Vermis Mysteriis | High On Fire | 2012 | stoner metal; sludge | 8.97 |
| 184 |  | The Longest Night | Pharaoh | 2006 | heavy metal; power metal | 8.96 |
| 185 |  | Powerslave | Iron Maiden | 1984 | heavy metal; metal; nwobhm | 8.96 |
| 186 |  | Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum | Deathspell Omega | 2007 | black metal; post-black metal; avant-garde black metal | 8.96 |
| 187 |  | The Evolution Of Chaos | Heathen | 2010 | thrash metal; metal; speed metal; thrash | 8.96 |
| 188 |  | Death Magic Doom | Candlemass | 2009 | doom metal; traditional doom metal | 8.96 |
| 189 |  | Demigod | Behemoth | 2004 | death metal; blackened death metal; black metal | 8.96 |
| 190 |  | The Funeral Album | Sentenced | 2005 | gothic metal; metal; melodic death metal; heavy metal | 8.96 |
| 191 |  | Concealed | Augury | 2004 | progressive death metal; technical death metal; death metal | 8.96 |
| 192 |  | Still | Wolverine | 2006 | progressive metal; progressive; progressive rock | 8.96 |
| 193 |  | Legend Of The Bone Carver | Pyramaze | 2006 | power metal; progressive metal; melodic metal | 8.96 |
| 194 |  | Deadwing | Porcupine Tree | 2005 | progressive rock; progressive metal; progressive; rock | 8.96 |
| 195 | | Elvenefris | Lykathea Aflame | 2000 | technical death metal; progressive death metal; progressive metal; death metal; brutal death metal | 8.95 |
| 196 |  | Iv: Constitution Of Treason | God Forbid | 2005 | metalcore; metal; thrash metal; melodic death metal | 8.95 |
| 197 |  | Kezia | Protest The Hero | 2006 | progressive metalcore; hardcore; mathcore; metal; metalcore | 8.95 |
| 198 |  | The Stench Of Redemption | Deicide | 2006 | death metal; brutal death metal | 8.95 |
| 199 |  | Colors | Between the Buried and Me | 2007 | progressive metal; epic; metalcore | 8.95 |
| 200 |  | Sign Of The Hammer | Manowar | 1984 | heavy metal; power metal; metal; true metal | 8.95 |
| 201 |  | Paranoid | Black Sabbath | 1970 | heavy metal; hard rock; classic rock | 8.95 |
| 202 |  | Eparistera Daimones | Triptykon | 2010 | doom metal; dark metal; thrash metal; metal; black metal | 8.95 |
| 203 |  | Lawless Darkness | Watain | 2010 | black metal; melodic black metal | 8.95 |
| 204 |  | Passiondale | God dethroned | 2009 | death metal; black metal; blackened death metal | 8.95 |
| 205 |  | The Great Cold Distance | Katatonia | 2006 | doom metal; progressive metal; depressive rock; progressive | 8.95 |
| 206 |  | No World Order | Gamma Ray | 2001 | power metal; heavy metal; speed metal; metal | 8.95 |
| 207 |  | The Roundhouse Tapes | Opeth | 2007 | progressive metal; progressive death metal; metal | 8.95 |
| 208 |  | The Electric Age | Overkill | 2012 | thrash metal; metal; speed metal | 8.95 |
| 209 | | Old Mornings Dawn | Summoning | 2013 | black metal; atmospheric black metal; epic black metal; symphonic black metal; ambient black metal | 8.95 |
| 210 |  | A Shadowplay For Yesterdays | A Forest Of Stars | 2012 | | 8.95 |
| 211 |  | The Inside Room | 40 Watt Sun | 2011 | doom metal | 8.95 |
| 212 |  | The Isle Of Hydra | Twisted Tower Dire | 2001 | | 8.94 |
| 213 |  | Sorrow and Extinction | Pallbearer | 2012 | doom metal | 8.94 |
| 214 |  | Symbolic | Death | 1995 | death metal; progressive death metal; technical death metal; metal | 8.94 |
| 215 |  | Black Seeds Of Vengeance | Nile | 2000 | death metal; technical death metal; brutal death metal | 8.94 |
| 216 |  | Shout At The Devil | Motley crue | 2003 | heavy metal; glam metal; hard rock; hair metal | 8.94 |
| 217 |  | Design Your Universe | Epica | 2009 | symphonic metal | 8.94 |
| 218 |  | Time Waits For No Slave | Napalm Death | 2009 | grindcore; death metal; deathgrind | 8.94 |
| 219 |  | Ape Uprising | Slough feg | 2009 | heavy metal | 8.94 |
| 220 |  | Alone | Solitude Aeturnus | 2006 | doom metal; traditional doom metal; epic doom metal | 8.94 |
| 221 |  | Chapters from a vale forlorn | Falconer | 2002 | power metal; folk metal; melodic metal; metal | 8.94 |
| 222 |  | The Warning | Queensryche | 1984 | progressive metal; heavy metal; metal | 8.94 |
| 223 |  | A Diamond For Disease | Arsis | 2005 | death metal; technical death metal | 8.93 |
| 224 |  | Pierced From Within | Suffocation | 1995 | death metal; brutal death metal; technical death metal | 8.93 |
| 225 |  | Anomalies | Cephalic Carnage | 2005 | death metal; technical death metal; grindcore | 8.93 |
| 226 |  | Nattfodd | Finntroll | 2004 | folk metal; black metal; viking metal; folk | 8.93 |
| 227 |  | Turning Season Within | Draconian | 2008 | gothic metal; doom metal; gothic doom metal | 8.93 |
| 228 |  | Undead | Tad Morose | 2000 | power metal | 8.93 |
| 229 |  | Enlighten the darkness | Angel dust | 2000 | power metal; heavy metal; speed metal | 8.93 |
| 230 |  | …Of Frost And War | Hail Of Bullets | 2008 | death metal; metal; thrash metal | 8.93 |
| 231 |  | Loyal To None | Herman Frank | 2009 | | 8.93 |
| 232 | | Necrocracy | Exhumed | 2013 | death metal; melodic death metal; grind | 8.93 |
| 233 |  | In Glorious Times | Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum | | avant-garde; progressive metal; folk metal; avant-garde metal | 8.93 |
| 234 |  | First Strike Still Deadly | Testament | 2001 | thrash metal | 8.92 |
| 235 |  | Pandora's Piñata | Diablo Swing Orchestra | 2012 | progressive metal; symphonic metal; avant-garde metal | 8.92 |
| 236 |  | Mother earth | Within temptation | 2001 | gothic metal; symphonic metal; gothic | 8.92 |
| 237 |  | Endgame | Megadeth | 2009 | thrash metal; heavy metal; metal | 8.92 |
| 238 |  | Andacht | Lunar Aurora | 2006 | black metal; metal; atmospheric black metal | 8.92 |
| 239 |  | Sumerian Daemons | Septicflesh | 2003 | death metal; atmospheric death metal; dark metal | 8.92 |
| 240 |  | The Butcher's Ballroom | Diablo Swing Orchestra | 2006 | avant-garde metal; symphonic metal; avant-garde; progressive metal; experimental | 8.92 |
| 241 |  | Holy Diver | Dio | 2012 | heavy metal; hard rock; classic rock; metal | 8.92 |
| 242 |  | The Book | Root | 1999 | dark metal; epic metal; metal; heavy metal | 8.92 |
| 243 |  | The Acoustic Verses | Green Carnation | 2006 | progressive rock; melancholic; rock | 8.92 |
| 244 |  | Covenant | Morbid angel | 1993 | death metal; old school death metal; metal; thrash; thrash metal | 8.92 |
| 245 |  | Layers Of Lies | Darkane | 2005 | melodic death metal; thrash metal; metal | 8.92 |
| 246 |  | Candlemass | Candlemass | 2005 | doom metal; heavy metal; traditional doom metal; metal | 8.91 |
| 247 |  | Eternal Kingdom | Cult Of Luna | 2008 | sludge; post-metal; post-rock; metal | 8.91 |
| 248 |  | The Headless Children | W.A.S.P. | 1989 | heavy metal | 8.91 |
| 249 |  | Once Sent From The Golden Hall | Amon Amarth | 1998 | melodic death metal; death metal; viking metal; metal | 8.91 |
| 250 |  | Seven Churches | Possessed | 1985 | death metal; thrash metal; old school death metal | 8.91 |
| 251 |  | Cybion | Kalisia | 2009 | progressive metal; death metal; progressive death metal; avant-garde metal | 8.91 |
| 252 |  | Anno Domini High Definition | Riverside | 2009 | progressive metal; progressive rock | 8.91 |
| 253 |  | Nordland I | Bathory | 2002 | viking metal; black metal; folk metal | 8.91 |
| 254 |  | After | Ihsahn | 2010 | progressive metal; black metal; avant-garde metal; progressive black metal | 8.91 |
| 255 |  | Silent Waters | Amorphis | 2007 | progressive metal; melodic death metal; doom metal; metal | 8.91 |
| 256 |  | Rio Grande Blood | Ministry | 2006 | industrial metal; industrial; hardcore; thrash metal | 8.91 |
| 257 | | Keeper Of The Seven Keys–The Legacy | Helloween | 2005 | | 8.91 |
| 258 | | Deceiver Of The Gods | Amon Amarth | 2013 | melodic death metal; metal; viking metal | 8.91 |
| 259 |  | Rastlos | Finsterforst | 2012 | | 8.91 |
| 260 |  | Doomsday For The Deceiver | Flotsam & Jetsam | 1986 | | 8.91 |
| 261 |  | Black Hand Inn | Running Wild | 1994 | power metal; heavy metal; speed metal | 8.90 |
| 262 |  | As the Palaces Burn | Lamb of God | 2003 | metalcore; metal; thrash metal; groove metal | 8.90 |
| 263 | | The Voice Of Steel | Nokturnal Mortum | 2009 | black metal; metal; progressive metal; heavy metal; experimental | 8.90 |
| 264 |  | Decipher | After Forever | 2001 | gothic metal; symphonic metal; melodic metal | 8.90 |
| 265 |  | Masterpiece Of Bitterness | Solstafir | | viking metal; post-black metal; post rock; progressive metal; avantgarde | 8.90 |
| 266 |  | Reflections Of The I | Winds | 2002 | progressive metal; avant-garde metal | 8.90 |
| 267 |  | The Legacy | Testament | 1987 | thrash metal; metal; heavy metal; thrash | 8.90 |
| 268 |  | Nightfall | Candlemass | 1987 | doom metal; epic doom metal; traditional doom metal; metal | 8.90 |
| 269 |  | Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa | Moonsorrow | 2011 | black metal; folk metal; pagan metal; pagan black metal | 8.89 |
| 270 |  | Litany | Vader | 2000 | death metal; metal | 8.89 |
| 271 |  | The Great Silk Road | Darkestrah | 2008 | black metal; pagan metal; atmospheric black metal; epic black metal | 8.89 |
| 272 |  | Blood Of The Nations | Accept | 2010 | heavy metal; power metal | 8.89 |
| 273 |  | After Forever | After Forever | 2007 | symphonic metal; gothic metal; power metal | 8.89 |
| 274 |  | Know Your Enemy | Laaz Rockit | 1987 | thrash metal; power metal; heavy metal; speed metal | 8.89 |
| 275 |  | The Formation Of Damnation | Testament | 2008 | thrash metal; metal; heavy metal | 8.89 |
| 276 |  | Generator | Aborym | 2006 | industrial black metal; black metal; industrial metal; cyber metal; melodic death metal; symphonic black metal | 8.89 |
| 277 |  | Lateralus | Tool | 2001 | progressive metal; progressive rock; metal | 8.89 |
| 278 |  | Voimasta Ja Kunniasta | Moonsorrow | 2001 | viking metal; folk metal; pagan metal; black metal | 8.89 |
| 279 |  | The Gathering | Testament | 1999 | thrash metal; death metal | 8.89 |
| 280 |  | Defender Of The Crown | Brocas Helm | 2004 | classic; epic metal | 8.89 |
| 281 | | Curse & Chapter | Hell | 2013 | | 8.89 |
| 282 |  | Eremita | Ihsahn | 2012 | progressive metal; black metal; progressive black metal | 8.89 |
| 283 |  | Bilateral | Leprous | 2011 | progressive metal; metal | 8.89 |
| 284 |  | Under The Grey Banner | Dragonland | 2011 | power metal; symphonic metal; epic metal; symphonic power metal | 8.88 |
| 285 |  | Utilitarian | Napalm Death | 2012 | grindcore; experimental; death metal; deathgrind | 8.88 |
| 286 |  | Blessed Black Wings | High On Fire | 2005 | metal; stoner metal; heavy metal; stoner | 8.88 |
| 287 |  | Chaotic beauty | Eternal tears of sorrow | 2000 | melodic death metal; symphonic metal; gothic metal | 8.88 |
| 288 |  | Renascent Misanthropy | Astriaal | 2004 | metal; heavy metal; black metal; death metal | 8.88 |
| 289 |  | Follow the reaper | Children of bodom | 2001 | melodic death metal; power metal; death metal; metal | 8.88 |
| 290 |  | The Bedlam In Goliath | The Mars Volta | 2008 | progressive rock; experimental; psychedelic | 8.88 |
| 291 |  | Addicted! | Devin Townsend Project | | progressive metal; industrial metal; alternative; metal | 8.88 |
| 292 |  | The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey | The Vision Bleak | 2007 | gothic metal; dark metal; horror metal; heavy metal | 8.88 |
| 293 |  | Colony | In Flames | 1999 | melodic death metal; death metal; metal | 8.88 |
| 294 |  | Rusted Angel | Darkane | 1999 | thrash metal; death metal; melodic death metal; technical | 8.88 |
| 295 |  | Massive Conspiracy Against All Life | Leviathan | 2008 | black metal; ambient; experimental; depressive black metal | 8.88 |
| 296 |  | Deadly Lullabyes - Live | King diamond | | | 8.88 |
| 297 |  | The Deluge | Manilla Road | 1986 | heavy metal; power metal; epic metal; metal | 8.87 |
| 298 |  | Symphony Of Enchanted Lands | Rhapsody | 1998 | power metal; symphonic metal; epic metal; symphonic power metal | 8.87 |
| 299 |  | King Of The Dead | Cirith Ungol | 1984 | heavy metal; epic metal; doom metal; metal | 8.87 |
| 300 |  | The Pale Haunt Departure | Novembers doom | 2005 | doom metal; death doom metal; death-doom metal; death metal; metal | 8.87 |
| 301 |  | Archetype | Fear Factory | 2004 | industrial metal; metal; industrial; alternative metal; death metal | 8.87 |
| 302 |  | Rheingold | Grave Digger | 2003 | heavy metal; power metal; metal; speed metal | 8.87 |
| 303 |  | Gaia | Mägo De Oz | 2003 | folk metal; power metal; progressive metal | 8.87 |
| 304 |  | The Time Of No Time Evermore | The Devil's Blood | 2009 | rock; psychedelic rock | 8.87 |