| 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 |