| 5 |  | Neurosis | post-metal; sludge; doom metal; metal; hardcore; experimental; progressive metal; atmospheric; sludge metal | 8.82 |
| 11 |  | The Ruins Of Beverast | atmospheric black metal; doom; black metal; avant-garde black metal; metal; dark ambient; experimental; raw black metal | 8.76 |
| 28 |  | Akercocke | death metal; black metal; blackened death metal; metal; progressive metal; experimental; death; progressive death metal; progressive black metal | 8.68 |
| 38 |  | Diablo Swing Orchestra | avant-garde metal; symphonic metal; avant-garde; progressive metal; experimental | 8.65 |
| 39 |  | Anaal Nathrakh | black metal; grindcore; metal; industrial black metal; grind; blackened death metal; cybergrind; experimental; atmospheric; death metal; industrial; industrial metal | 8.65 |
| 41 |  | Ihsahn | progressive metal; black metal; avant-garde metal; progressive black metal; industrial; avant-garde; experimental rock; post-black metal; metal | 8.65 |
| 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 |
| 70 |  | The Ocean | progressive metal; sludge; experimental; post-metal; metal; post-hardcore; sludge metal | 8.57 |
| 93 |  | Porcupine Tree | progressive rock; rock; progressive metal; progressive; psychedelic rock; psychedelic; space rock; art rock; experimental | 8.53 |
| 113 |  | Protest The Hero | progressive metal; progressive metalcore; metalcore; mathcore; hardcore; metal; progressive; experimental | 8.50 |