| 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 |
| 49 |  | Into Eternity | progressive metal; melodic death metal; progressive death metal; death metal; metal; progressive | 8.62 |
| 50 |  | Evergrey | progressive metal; power metal; heavy metal; speed metal; metal; progressive rock; symphonic metal; death metal; progressive power metal | 8.62 |
| 51 |  | Epica | symphonic metal; gothic metal; metal; power metal; progressive metal | 8.61 |
| 52 |  | Septicflesh | death metal; atmospheric death metal; dark metal; symphonic death metal; progressive death metal; symphonic metal; progressive metal; brutal technical death metal; epic; melodic death metal; doom metal | 8.61 |
| 53 |  | Candlemass | doom metal; metal; heavy metal; doom; traditional doom metal; epic; epic doom metal; rock | 8.61 |
| 54 |  | Ufomammut | doom metal; psychedelic; drone doom; drone metal; stoner doom; stoner rock; sludge; metal; doom; traditional doom metal; stoner metal | 8.61 |
| 55 |  | Antimatter | melancholic; ambient; darkwave; progressive rock; dark ambient; alternative rock; doom metal; rock; alternative; gothic rock | 8.60 |
| 56 |  | The Devil's Blood | rock; psychedelic rock; hard rock | 8.60 |
| 57 |  | Grand Magus | heavy metal; doom metal; hard rock; stoner rock; viking metal; true metal; stoner; metal; doom; stoner metal | 8.60 |
| 58 |  | Borknagar | viking metal; black metal; folk metal; progressive black metal; progressive metal; metal; neofolk | 8.59 |
| 59 |  | Seventh Wonder | progressive metal | 8.59 |
| 60 |  | Exodus | thrash metal; speed metal; metal; groove metal; heavy metal; black metal | 8.59 |