| 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 |
| 3 |  | Moonsorrow | black metal; viking metal; folk metal; pagan metal; metal; pagan black metal | 8.83 |
| 4 |  | Nile | death metal; technical death metal; metal; brutal death metal | 8.83 |
| 5 |  | Neurosis | post-metal; sludge; doom metal; metal; hardcore; experimental; progressive metal; atmospheric; sludge metal | 8.82 |
| 6 |  | Immortal | black metal; norwegian black metal; true norwegian black metal; melodic black metal; blackened thrash metal; true black metal; metal; epic | 8.79 |
| 7 |  | Equilibrium | folk metal; viking metal; pagan metal; metal; symphonic metal; epic metal | 8.79 |
| 8 |  | Mastodon | progressive metal; sludge metal; metal; heavy metal; sludge; hardcore; stoner metal; rock; stoner rock | 8.77 |
| 9 |  | Primordial | black metal; folk metal; pagan metal; doom metal; celtic metal; folk black metal; progressive | 8.77 |
| 10 |  | Nasum | grindcore; grind; death metal; metal | 8.76 |
| 11 |  | The Ruins Of Beverast | atmospheric black metal; doom; black metal; avant-garde black metal; metal; dark ambient; experimental; raw black metal | 8.76 |
| 12 |  | Nevermore | progressive metal; metal; thrash metal; progressive thrash metal; heavy metal; power metal | 8.73 |
| 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 |
| 16 |  | Burst | progressive metal; hardcore; post-metal; metal; rock; punk | 8.72 |
| 17 |  | Threshold | progressive metal; metal; piano; progressive; progressive rock; rock; prog metal; heavy metal | 8.72 |
| 18 |  | Dark Tranquillity | melodic death metal; metal; gothenburg metal; death metal; progressive metal; instrumental; heavy metal; epic | 8.72 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 25 |  | Edge of Sanity | progressive death metal; melodic death metal; death metal; progressive metal; classic; metal; progressive | 8.69 |
| 26 |  | Suffocation | death metal; technical death metal; brutal death metal; metal; brutal technical death metal; death; old school death metal; thrash; technical brutal death metal | 8.69 |
| 27 |  | Draconian | doom metal; gothic doom metal; gothic metal; death doom metal; melancholic | 8.69 |
| 28 |  | Akercocke | death metal; black metal; blackened death metal; metal; progressive metal; experimental; death; progressive death metal; progressive black metal | 8.68 |
| 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 |
| 30 |  | Augury | progressive death metal; death metal; technical death metal | 8.67 |
| 31 |  | Death | death metal; progressive death metal; technical death metal; progressive metal; old school death metal; metal; thrash metal; death | 8.67 |
| 32 |  | Swallow The Sun | doom metal; death doom metal; death metal; metal; doom; death-doom metal; atmospheric metal; melodic death metal; dark | 8.67 |
| 33 |  | Darkane | metal; melodic death metal; death metal; thrash metal; technical; heavy metal | 8.67 |
| 34 |  | Symphony X | progressive metal; power metal; symphonic metal; heavy metal; metal; progressive power metal; progressive rock; rock; progressive; symphonic; thrash metal; epic | 8.67 |
| 35 |  | Bathory | black metal; old school black metal; viking metal; folk metal; epic metal; progressive metal; thrash metal; metal; blackened thrash metal; death metal | 8.66 |
| 36 |  | Kreator | thrash metal; thrash; metal; heavy metal; speed metal; teutonic thrash metal; black metal; gothic metal; melodic death metal; death metal | 8.66 |
| 37 |  | While Heaven Wept | doom metal; heavy metal; epic; epic doom metal; epic metal; power metal; progressive rock; progressive metal | 8.66 |
| 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 |
| 40 |  | Immolation | death metal; technical death metal; metal; brutal death metal; brutal technical death metal; grindcore; old school death metal; thrash metal | 8.65 |