| 1 |  | Opeth | progressive death metal; progressive metal; metal; death metal; progressive rock; doom metal; melodic death metal; progressive; heavy metal | 8.92 |
| 2 |  | Carcass | death metal; grindcore; goregrind; deathgrind; progressive death metal; melodic death metal; metal; death n roll; death; thrash metal; extreme metal | 8.84 |
| 4 |  | Nile | death metal; technical death metal; metal; brutal death metal | 8.83 |
| 10 |  | Nasum | grindcore; grind; death metal; metal | 8.76 |
| 13 |  | The Chasm | death metal; thrash metal; progressive death metal | 8.73 |
| 14 |  | Pig Destroyer | grindcore; metal; deathgrind; death metal; grind | 8.73 |
| 15 |  | Mercenary | power metal; melodic death metal; metal; progressive metal; heavy metal; heavy; death metal; speed metal; melodic metalcore | 8.73 |
| 18 |  | Dark Tranquillity | melodic death metal; metal; gothenburg metal; death metal; progressive metal; instrumental; heavy metal; epic | 8.72 |
| 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 |
| 23 |  | Orphaned Land | progressive metal; folk metal; death metal; doom metal | 8.70 |