| 11 |  | The Ruins Of Beverast | atmospheric black metal; doom; black metal; avant-garde black metal; metal; dark ambient; experimental; raw black metal | 8.76 |
| 48 |  | Deathspell Omega | black metal; progressive black metal; avant-garde black metal; post-black metal; orthodox black metal; metal; progressive metal; experimental; avant-garde; avant-garde metal; math metal; post-metal; technical death metal | 8.63 |
| 85 |  | Sigh | black metal; melodic black metal; old school black metal; avant-garde metal; symphonic metal; symphonic black metal; psychedelic; metal; avant-garde black metal; progressive metal; doom metal; death metal; progressive black metal | 8.54 |
| 136 |  | A Forest Of Stars | black metal; atmospheric black metal; progressive black metal; progressive metal; avant-garde metal; avant-garde black metal | 8.48 |
| 186 |  | Mayhem | black metal; true norwegian black metal; metal; thrash metal; blackened thrash metal; norwegian black metal; true black metal; avant-garde black metal; experimental; avant-garde; raw black metal | 8.43 |
| 344 |  | 1349 | black metal; ambient; dark ambient; ambient black metal; avant-garde black metal; true black metal; true norwegian black metal; norwegian black metal; metal | 8.32 |
| 431 |  | Emancer | black metal; progressive metal; progressive black metal; avant-garde black metal | 8.28 |
| 435 |  | Solefald | avant-garde metal; black metal; progressive metal; symphonic black metal; avantgarde; post-black metal; progressive black metal; avant-garde black metal; metal; electronic; experimental | 8.27 |
| 690 |  | The Meads Of Asphodel | black metal; viking metal; metal; progressive metal; experimental; progressive black metal; death metal; avant-garde black metal; thrash metal | 8.18 |
| 697 |  | Arcturus | avant-garde metal; progressive metal; atmospheric metal; black metal; avant-garde; metal; symphonic black metal; avant-garde black metal | 8.18 |