| 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 |
| 41 |  | Ihsahn | progressive metal; black metal; avant-garde metal; progressive black metal; industrial; avant-garde; experimental rock; post-black metal; metal | 8.65 |
| 42 |  | Cephalic Carnage | technical death metal; death metal; grindcore; progressive; brutal death metal; jazz | 8.65 |
| 43 |  | After Forever | symphonic metal; gothic metal; power metal; melodic metal; metal; prog | 8.65 |
| 44 |  | Lost horizon | power metal; metal; progressive metal; heavy metal; melodic metal | 8.65 |
| 45 |  | Ensiferum | folk metal; viking metal; melodic death metal; epic; metal; death metal; speed metal; pagan metal; symphonic metal | 8.65 |
| 46 |  | Pharaoh | metal; progressive metal; heavy metal; prog metal; true metal; power metal | 8.64 |
| 47 |  | Riverside | progressive rock; progressive metal; rock; progressive; metal; alternative rock | 8.64 |
| 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 |