| 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 |