| 3 |  | Moonsorrow | black metal; viking metal; folk metal; pagan metal; metal; pagan black metal | 8.83 |
| 6 |  | Immortal | black metal; norwegian black metal; true norwegian black metal; melodic black metal; blackened thrash metal; true black metal; metal; epic | 8.79 |
| 9 |  | Primordial | black metal; folk metal; pagan metal; doom metal; celtic metal; folk black metal; progressive | 8.77 |
| 11 |  | The Ruins Of Beverast | atmospheric black metal; doom; black metal; avant-garde black metal; metal; dark ambient; experimental; raw black metal | 8.76 |
| 20 |  | Agalloch | doom metal; folk metal; progressive metal; black metal; atmospheric metal; post-rock; neofolk; ambient; folk; atmospheric black metal | 8.71 |
| 21 |  | Solstafir | viking metal; post-black metal; post rock; progressive metal; avantgarde; post-metal; sludge; metal; progressive death metal; hardcore; black metal; post-rock | 8.70 |
| 28 |  | Akercocke | death metal; black metal; blackened death metal; metal; progressive metal; experimental; death; progressive death metal; progressive black metal | 8.68 |
| 29 |  | Triptykon | doom metal; dark metal; thrash metal; metal; black metal; death metal; gothic metal; avant-garde metal; atmospheric doom metal; avant-garde | 8.68 |
| 35 |  | Bathory | black metal; old school black metal; viking metal; folk metal; epic metal; progressive metal; thrash metal; metal; blackened thrash metal; death metal | 8.66 |
| 36 |  | Kreator | thrash metal; thrash; metal; heavy metal; speed metal; teutonic thrash metal; black metal; gothic metal; melodic death metal; death metal | 8.66 |