| 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 |