| 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 |