| 11 |  | The Ruins Of Beverast | atmospheric black metal; doom; black metal; avant-garde black metal; metal; dark ambient; experimental; raw black metal | 8.76 |
| 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 |
| 32 |  | Swallow The Sun | doom metal; death doom metal; death metal; metal; doom; death-doom metal; atmospheric metal; melodic death metal; dark | 8.67 |
| 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 |
| 55 |  | Antimatter | melancholic; ambient; darkwave; progressive rock; dark ambient; alternative rock; doom metal; rock; alternative; gothic rock | 8.60 |
| 66 |  | Summoning | epic black metal; atmospheric black metal; black metal; epic metal; epic; raw black metal; ambient; dark ambient; symphonic black metal; ambient black metal | 8.58 |
| 112 |  | Wolves In The Throne Room | black metal; atmospheric black metal; ambient black metal; progressive black metal; ambient; dark ambient; post-black metal | 8.51 |
| 142 |  | King diamond | heavy metal; power metal; horror metal; dark; metal; black metal; progressive metal | 8.47 |
| 172 |  | Katatonia | progressive metal; doom metal; alternative metal; depressive rock; gothic metal; progressive; metal; death metal; progressive rock; black metal; dark metal; melancholic; rock; death doom metal; death doom; black doom metal; doom | 8.44 |
| 173 |  | Rotting Christ | black metal; melodic black metal; dark metal; metal; death metal; melodic metal; folk black metal; gothic metal | 8.44 |