| 52 |  | Septicflesh | death metal; atmospheric death metal; dark metal; symphonic death metal; progressive death metal; symphonic metal; progressive metal; brutal technical death metal; epic; melodic death metal; doom metal | 8.61 |
| 91 |  | Vader | death metal; thrash metal; brutal death metal; metal; black metal; brutal death; atmospheric death metal; thrash; heavy; heavy metal | 8.54 |
| 257 |  | Hypocrisy | death metal; melodic death metal; atmospheric death metal; metal; blackened death metal; alternative metal; old school death metal | 8.37 |
| 376 | | Sulphur Aeon | black metal; death metal; heavy metal; melodic death metal; speed metal; epic; old school death metal; blackened death metal; atmospheric death metal | 8.31 |
| 669 |  | Rudra | atmospheric death metal; metal; death metal | 8.19 |
| 779 |  | Fallujah | progressive death metal; technical death metal; atmospheric; blackened death metal; death metal; metal; progressive metal; atmospheric death metal | 8.16 |
| 1014 |  | Darkthrone | black metal; black n roll; crust punk; punk; true norwegian black metal; metal; true black metal; norwegian black metal; crust; death metal; old school black metal; old school death metal; atmospheric death metal; raw black metal; speed metal; heavy metal; doom metal | 8.10 |
| 1192 |  | Iniquity | death metal; brutal death metal; brutal technical death metal; brutal; old school death metal; technical brutal death metal; atmospheric death metal; technical death metal | 8.07 |
| 1193 |  | Pestilence | death metal; technical death metal; old school death metal; atmospheric death metal; metal; progressive death metal; thrash; progressive metal; brutal death metal | 8.07 |
| 1929 |  | Nocturnus | death metal; technical death metal; progressive death metal; old school death metal; metal; thrash metal; atmospheric death metal | 7.97 |