| 5 |  | Neurosis | post-metal; sludge; doom metal; metal; hardcore; experimental; progressive metal; atmospheric; sludge metal | 8.82 |
| 8 |  | Mastodon | progressive metal; sludge metal; metal; heavy metal; sludge; hardcore; stoner metal; rock; stoner rock | 8.77 |
| 16 |  | Burst | progressive metal; hardcore; post-metal; metal; rock; punk | 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 |
| 70 |  | The Ocean | progressive metal; sludge; experimental; post-metal; metal; post-hardcore; sludge metal | 8.57 |
| 113 |  | Protest The Hero | progressive metal; progressive metalcore; metalcore; mathcore; hardcore; metal; progressive; experimental | 8.50 |
| 130 |  | The Dillinger Escape Plan | mathcore; hardcore; metalcore; experimental; metal; post-hardcore | 8.49 |
| 133 |  | Converge | mathcore; hardcore; metalcore; progressive metal; metal; experimental; hardcore punk | 8.48 |
| 145 |  | Finsterforst | hardcore; folk metal; neofolk; viking metal; pagan metal; power metal; melodic black metal; black metal | 8.47 |
| 170 |  | Yakuza | hardcore; experimental; metal; progressive metal; jazz; sludge; metalcore; mathcore | 8.44 |