| 1 |  | Opeth | progressive death metal; progressive metal; metal; death metal; progressive rock; doom metal; melodic death metal; progressive; heavy metal | 8.92 |
| 5 |  | Neurosis | post-metal; sludge; doom metal; metal; hardcore; experimental; progressive metal; atmospheric; sludge metal | 8.82 |
| 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 |
| 19 |  | High On Fire | stoner metal; metal; heavy metal; stoner; sludge; doom metal | 8.72 |
| 20 |  | Agalloch | doom metal; folk metal; progressive metal; black metal; atmospheric metal; post-rock; neofolk; ambient; folk; atmospheric black metal | 8.71 |
| 22 |  | Green Carnation | doom metal; progressive metal; doom; metal; progressive rock; progressive; melancholic; rock | 8.70 |
| 23 |  | Orphaned Land | progressive metal; folk metal; death metal; doom metal | 8.70 |
| 24 |  | Hell | heavy metal; nwobhm; doom; sludge; drone; metal | 8.70 |
| 27 |  | Draconian | doom metal; gothic doom metal; gothic metal; death doom metal; melancholic | 8.69 |