| 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 |