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Ranking

  1. Baroness: Yellow and Green (Relapse) {77}: MC(81/22), AC:100, AP:80, BBC:90(13), Bl:80, CMJ:80, CS:80, K:100(21), Mg:(12), Mi:83, P:(47), Pf:85, PM:90(15), Q:80, Qs:80, Rev:(4), RkS:90(11), RS:70, S:90(15), Sg:(18), U:80, UR:(71); V[25*-26-312]
  2. Converge: All We Love We Leave Behind (Epitaph) {76}: MC(81/7), AM:80(26), AV:83, BBC:80, CS:90(9), DS:80, Ex:80(7), K:(6), Mi:83(15), NR:90(49), Pf:86, PM:80, Px:85, Rev:(8), RkS:(2), S:80, Sg:(40), Sk:80, Spk:90(6), TMT:90(46); TH:B; V[45-15-167]
  3. Deftones: Koi No Yokan (Warner Bros) {61}: MC(84/15), AbP:90, AM:80, BBC:90, DIY:80, CS:80, DIY:80(42), DS:90(25), EW:83, K:(2), NME:80, P:75, Pf:88, Ph:88, PM:90, Rev:(1), RkS:(5), Sk:80, S:70(44), Sl:80, Spk:(9); V[268-4-34]
  4. High on Fire: De Vermis Mysteriis (E1) {44}: MC(86/11), AC:78, AM:80, AP:80, AV:83, CMG:76, CS:80, Du:80, Ex:90, K:(80), Mi:100, NR:80, Pf:82, PM:90, Px:75, Qs:(27), Rev:(7), S:80, Spk:90; V[223-5-42]
  5. Gojira: L'Enfant Sauvage (Roadrunner) {41}: MC(92/5), AC:78, AP:80, AV:91, BBC:90, G:100, K:(16), Pf:81, PM:80, Rev:(5), RkS:(22), S:80; V[165-5-59]
  6. Pig Destroyer: Book Burner (Relapse) {34}: MC(84/6), AM:90, CMJ:80, CS:80, Du:80, Ex:(20), Pf:80, PM:90, Rev:(6); V[153-7-63]
  7. Neurosis: Honor Found in Decay (Neurot) {33}: MC(82/10), AM:80, AP:80, Du:80, Ex:80(43), G:80, K:(45), Pf:79, Px:85, PM:80, RkS:(24), S:80, Spk:80(27), TMT:80, U:80; V[278-2-31]
  8. Meshuggah: Koloss (Nuclear Blast) {30}: MC(78/6), AM:80, AV:83, DS:80, K:(85), MH:90, Rev:(2), S:90, Sk:80, Spk:80; V[672-1-12]
  9. Pallbearer: Sorrow and Extinction (Profound Lore) {30}: BPM:(24), Ex:(47), Mi:(34), Pf:84(47), S:80(20); V[60-14-134]
  10. Black Breath: Sentenced to Life (Southern Lord) {25}: MC(86/6), AM:80, AP:80, DA:80, DS:90, Ex:80, Fa:(39), K:(37), Mi:100, NME:90, Pf:76, Qs:(54), RkS:(27); V[239-5-40]
  11. Alcest: Les Voyages de l'Ame (Plastic Head) {20}: MC(87/7), AM:80, K:100(44), NYT:70, PM:90, Qs:80; V[427-2-20]
  12. UFOmammut: Oro: Opus Primum (Neurot) {18}: MC(77/8), AM:80, DS:80, Du:80, Ex:80, G:80, M:80, PM:80, Qs:80(47), S:70, Sk:80; V[160-5-60]
  13. Napalm Death: Utilitarian (Century Media) {17}: MC(61/4), Ex:80, K:(93), MH:80, PM:80, S:80, Sk:80; V[327-3-28]
  14. Between the Buried and Me: The Parallax II: Future Sequence (Metal Blade) {16}: MC(74/7), AbP:92, AM:80, AP:80, K:80, RkS:(29); V[1264-2-10]
  15. The Sword: Apocryphon (Razor & Tie) {15}: MC(72/4), AM:80, PM:80; V[587-2-15]
  16. Nachtmystium: Silencing Machine (Century Media) {14}: CS:80, K:(62), Pf:80, Ph:75, PM:90, S:70, Sg;
  17. Anaal Nathrakh: Vanitas (Candlelight/Lumberjack) {14}: Fix:80, Qs:(9); V[723-1-10]
  18. Royal Thunder: CVI (Relapse) {14}: MC(76/7), PM:80, Rev:90, S:80; V[170-6-57]
  19. Blut Aus Nord: 777: Cosmosophy (Debemur Morti) {13}: AM:(49), Pf:85; V[723-1-10]
  20. Dawnbringer: Into the Lair of the Sun God (Profound Lore) {12}: MC(82/4), AM:80, Ex:80, Pf:77, PM:80, S:70
  21. Dragged Into Sunlight: Widowmaker (Prosthetic) {12}: Ex:(38), PM:90, Qs:(7), Rev:80; V[672-1-12]
  22. Krallice: Years Past Matter (self-released) {12}: NR:80, Pf:82, PM:(65); V[226-4-41]
  23. Orange Goblin: A Eulogy for the Damned (Candlelight) {12}: MC(72/5), Ex:80, K:80(39), MH:90, S:80
  24. Horseback: Half Blood (Relapse) {11}: AM:80, Pf:76, S:80; V[361-3-25]
  25. Ihsahn: Eremita (Candlelight) {11}: MC(81/5), AM:80, Ex:80, K:80, Pf:76, PM:80
  26. Katatonia: Dead End Kings (Peaceville) {11}: DS:80, AM:80, Fix:80, G:80, Spk:80(36)
  27. Saint Vitus: Lillie: F-65 (Season of Mist) {11}: MC(76/6), Du:80, K:100(89), Pf:80, S:70
  28. Graveyard: Lights Out (Nuclear Blast) {9}: AbP:89, EW:91; V[508-2-18]
  29. Mares of Thrace: Pilgrimage (Sonic Unyon) {9}: MC(84/4), AM:80, Mg:80, Now:80, PM:80
  30. Whitechapel: Whitechapel (Metal Blade) {9}: MC(77/8), AbP:79, AP:80, Ex:80, K:80(82), RkS:90(32)
  31. Witchcraft: Legend (Nuclear Blast) {9}: V[155-6-62]
  32. Bosse-de-Nage: III (Profound Lore) {8}: Pf:79, PM:80, S:70; V[699-1-11]
  33. Cannibal Corpse: Torture (Relapse) {8}: MC(77/6), AC:89, AM:80, Ex:80, MH:80, PM:80, S:80; V[723-1-10]
  34. Witch Mountain: Cauldron of the Wild (Profound Lore) {8}: Pf:78, S:70; V[540-1-15]
  35. 3 Inches of Blood: Long Live Heavy Metal (Century Media) {7}: AM:80; V[1385-1-5]
  36. Burning Love: Rotten Thing to Say (Southern Lord) {7}: MC(84/4), AC:78, AM:80, CS:80, Ex:80, K:80
  37. Enabler: All Hail the Void (Southern Lord) {7}: S:70; V[723-1-10]
  38. JK Flesh: Posthuman (3by3) {7}: Pf:76, Qs:(36), S:80
  39. Goatwhore: Blood for the Master (Metal Blade) {7}: MC(66/6), AM:80, Ex:80, K:80, MH:80; V[327-3-28]
  40. Grand Magus: The Hunt (Nuclear Blast) {7}: S:70; V[1277-1-9]
  41. Narrows: Painted (Deathwish) {7}: MC(87/4), AbP:90, AP:90, BBC:90, K:80, S:70, Spk:80
  42. Sigh: In Somniphobia (Candlelight) {7}: Rev:90, S:70; V[1385-1-5]
  43. Architects: Daybreaker (Century Media) {6}: MC(73/8), BBC:80, Ex:80, K:80(36), RkS:(48)
  44. Ash Borer: Cold of Ages (Profound Lore) {6}: Pf:80, Spk:80; V[402-2-21]
  45. Astra: The Black Chord (Metal Blade) {6}: CMG:76, S:80
  46. Down: Down IV, Part 1: The Purple EP (Down, EP) {6}: V[723-1-10]
  47. Eagle Twin: The Feather Tipped the Serpent's Scale (Southern Lord) {6}:
  48. Evoken: Atra Mors (Profound Lore) {6}: Pf:77, PM:80; V[335-2-27]
  49. Kreator: Phantom Antichrist (Nuclear Blast) {6}:
  50. Municipal Waste: The Fatal Feast (Nuclear Blast) {6}: MC(82/5), AP:80, Ex:80, K:80; V[493-3-20]
  51. Woods of Ypres: Woods 5: Grey Skies and Electric Light (Earache) {6}: K:(40); V[587-2-15]
  52. Acephalix: Deathless Master (Southern Lord) {5}: MC(71/4), Ex:80, K:80, Pf:75, S:70
  53. Author and Punisher: Ursus Americanus (Seventh Rule) {5}: V[670-2-13]
  54. Bison BC: Lovelessness (Metal Blade) {5}: PM:80
  55. Corrosion of Conformity: Corrosion of Conformity (Candlelight) {5}: MC(76/7), AM:80, Pf:76, PM:80, Spk:80; TH:B
  56. Dethklok: Dethalbum III (Williams Street) {5}: MC(63/5), AM:80; V[1385-1-5]
  57. Liberteer: Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees (Relapse) {5}: Pf:78; V[282-1-30]
  58. Loincloth: Iron Balls of Steel (Southern Lord) {5}: AP:90, AV:83, DS:80, Pf:79; V[266-3-34]
  59. Panopticon: Kentucky (Pagan Flame Productions) {5}:
  60. Paradise Lost: Tragic Idol (Century Media) {5}: V[723-1-10]
  61. Satan's Wrath: Galloping Blasphemy (Metal Blade) {5}: V[723-1-10]
  62. 1982 + BJ Cole: 1982 + BJ Cole (Hubro) {4}:
  63. Amenra: Mass V (Neurot) {4}:
  64. Axe Wound: Vultures (The End) {4}: MC(64/6), BBC:80, K:80(28), Q:80
  65. Bell Witch: Longing (Profound Lore) {4}: Pf:80
  66. Bury Tomorrow: The Union of Crowns (Nuclear Blast) {4}: K:(87), RkS:(28)
  67. Dying Fetus: Reign Supreme (Relapse) {4}: AC:78, S:70
  68. The Faceless: Autotheism (Sumerian) {4}: AP:80, Rev:80
  69. Grave: Endless Procession of Souls (Red General) {4}:
  70. Incantation: Vanquish in Vengeance (Listenable) {4}: V[723-1-10]
  71. Mutilation Rites: Empyrean (Prosthetic) {4}: Pf:77
  72. Pinkish Black: Pinkish Black (Handmade Birds) {4}: V[427-2-20]
  73. Samothrace: Reverence to Stone (20 Buck Spin) {4}: Pf:82
  74. Serpentine Path: Serpentine Path (Relapse) {4}: MC(74/6), BBC:80, PM:80
  75. Spiders: Flash Point (Crusher) {4}: V[720-2-11]
  76. Your Demise: The Golden Age (Ais) {4}: K:(68), RkS:(49)
  77. Abrahma: Through the Dusty Paths of Our Lives (Small Stone) {3}:
  78. Accept: Stalingrad (Nuclear Blast) {3}:
  79. Anathema: Weather Systems (The End) {3}: V[723-1-10]
  80. Asphyx: Deathhammer (Century Media) {3}:
  81. Bible of the Devil: For the Love of Thugs and Fools () {3}:
  82. Car Bomb: w^w^^w^w (self-released) {3}: Pf:76
  83. Deathspell Omega: Drought (Season of Mist) {3}: S:80; V[1303-1-8]
  84. God Seed: I Begin (Indie) {3}: Rev:80
  85. Haarp: Husks (Housecore) {3}:
  86. Ides of Gemini: Constantinople (Neurot) {3}: S:70
  87. Inverloch: Dark/Subside (Relapse) {3}:
  88. Larman Clamor: Frogs (Small Stone) {3}:
  89. Lord Fowl: Moon Queen () {3}:
  90. Marduk: Serpent Sermon (Century Media) {3}: S:80; V[723-1-10]
  91. Ne Obliviscaris: Portal of I () {3}: Spk:90
  92. Nile: At the Gates of Sethu (Nuclear Blast) {3}:
  93. Old Man Gloom: No (Hydra Head) {3}: V[1344-1-7]
  94. Pharaoh: Bury the Light (Cruz del Sur) {3}:
  95. Shadows Fall: Fire From the Sky (Razor and Tie) {3}: MC(79/4), Ph:88, Rev:80
  96. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell: Don't Hear It? Fear It! (Rise Above/Metal Blade) {3}:
  97. Skanska Mord: Paths to Charon () {3}:
  98. Vattnet Viskar: Vattnet Viskar (Broken Limbs, EP) {3}: Pf:79
  99. The Word Alive: Life Cycles () {3}: MC(80/?), K:(81), RkS:80
  100. 45 Grave: Pick Your Poison () {2}:
  101. Aeon: Aeons Black (Metal Blade) {2}: Rev:80; V[723-1-10]
  102. Agalloch: Faustian Echoes (Dammerung Arts, EP) {2}:
  103. Ahab: The Giant (Napalm) {2}:
  104. Aldebaran: Embracing the Lightless Depths (Profound Lore) {2}: Pf:80
  105. Altar of Oblivion: Grand Gesture of Defiance (Shadow Kingdom) {2}:
  106. Angelwitch: As Above, So Below (Metal Blade) {2}:
  107. Anhedonist: Netherwards (Dark Descent) {2}: Pf:82
  108. Bereft: Leichenhaus (The End) {2}:
  109. Bullet: Full Pull (Nuclear Blast) {2}:
  110. Candlemass: Psalms for the Dead (Napalm) {2}: Ph:75
  111. Chrome Waves: Chrome Waves (Gravedancer) {2}: Rev:80, S:80
  112. Crazy Lixx: Riot Avenue (Frontiers) {2}:
  113. Dysrhythmia: Test of Submission (Profound Lore) {2}:
  114. Early Graves: Red Horse (No Sleep) {2}: V[1385-1-5]
  115. Farsot: Insects (Prophecy) {2}:
  116. Fields of the Nephilim: Ceremonies (Ad Mortem ad Vitam) (Sacred Symphony) {2}: MC(54/4), K:80, MH:80
  117. Gypsyhawk: Revelry and Resilence (Metal Blade) {2}:
  118. Hellwell: Beyond the Boundaries of Sin (Shadow Kingdom) {2}:
  119. Hour of 13: 333 (Earache) {2}: S:70
  120. Job for a Cowboy: Demonocracy (Metal Blade) {2}: AP:80
  121. Jodis: Black Curtain (Hydra Head) {2}:
  122. John 5: God Told Me To () {2}:
  123. Kill Devil Hill: Kill Devil Hill (SPV/Steamhammer) {2}: Rev:80; V[1385-1-5]
  124. Kowloon Walled City: Container Ships (Wordclock) {2}:
  125. Martyrdod: Paranoia (Southern Lord) {2}: V[587-2-15]
  126. Mekong Delta: Intersections (Steamhammer) {2}: V[1277-1-9]
  127. Ministry: Relapse (AFM) {2}: MC(68/8), K:80, MH:80
  128. Monuments: Gnosis (Century Media) {2}: RkS:(43)
  129. Naught: Stolen Babies () {2}: V[1365-1-6]
  130. No Trigger: Tycoon (No Sleep) {2}: RkS:(44)
  131. Okkultokrati: Snakereigns (Fysisk Format) {2}:
  132. Owl: First Album (Magick Hermit/Lummox) {2}:
  133. RAM: Death (Metal Blade) {2}: V[1385-1-5]
  134. Soulfly: Enslaved (Roadrunner) {2}: MC(56/4), Ex:80, MH:80
  135. Thunderkraft: Totentanz () {2}:
  136. Tygers of Pan Tang: Ambush (Rocksector) {2}:
  137. Witchsorrow: God Curse Us (Metal Blade) {2}: S:70
  138. Xibalba: Hasta La Muerte (Southern Lord) {2}: Fix:80
  139. All Them Witches: Our Mother Electricity (self-released) {1}:
  140. August Burns Red: Sleddin' Hill () {1}:
  141. An Autumn for Crippled Children: Only the Ocean Knows () {1}:
  142. Barren Earth: The Devil's Resolve () {1}:
  143. Behold . . . the Arctopus: Horrorscension (Red General) {1}:
  144. Be'lakor: Of Brath and Bone () {1}:
  145. Blues Pills: Bliss EP (Crusher, EP) {1}:
  146. Bonafide: Ultimate Rebel (Off Ya Rocka) {1}:
  147. Boyjazz: Unlimited Nights and Weekends (For Once) {1}:
  148. The Brimstone Days: On a Monday Too Early to Tell (Transubstans) {1}:
  149. Cauldron: Tomorrow's Lost (Earache) {1}:
  150. Cianide: Gods of Death (Hell's Headbangers) {1}: Mi:75
  151. Coven: Worship New Gods () {1}:
  152. Diablo Swing Orchestra: Pandora's Pinata (Sensory) {1}:
  153. Diagonal: The Second Mechanism (Rise Above/Metal Blade) {1}:
  154. Dodsengel: Imperator (Terratur Possessions) {1}:
  155. Engel: Blood of Saints () {1}: Rev:80
  156. Fear Factory: The Industrialist (Lumberjack/Candlelight) {1}: MC(63/4), S:70
  157. Finsterforst: Rastlos () {1}:
  158. Furze: Psych Minus Space Control (Fysisk Format) {1}:
  159. God Forbid: Equilibrium () {1}:
  160. Horesback: Half Blood (Relapse) {1}:
  161. Iron Mtn: Iron Mtn (self-released) {1}:
  162. Kamelot: Silverthorn (Steamhammer/SPV) {1}: PM:80
  163. Kim Phuc: Copsucker (Iron Lung) {1}:
  164. Les Discrets: Ariettes Oubliees () {1}:
  165. Lillian Axe: Xi: The Days Before Tomorrow () {1}:
  166. Metallica: Beyond Magnetic (Warner Bros) {1}: RS:70
  167. Murder Construct: Results (Relapse) {1}: PM:80
  168. Naam: The Ballad of the Starchild EP (Tee Pee) {1}:
  169. Necrovation: Necrovation (Red General) {1}:
  170. North: The Great Silence (Cavity) {1}: AP:80
  171. Occultation: Three and Seven (Profound Lore) {1}:
  172. Oiltanker: The Shadow of Greed LP/Crusades 7" (Southern Lord) {1}: MO:80
  173. Sabaton: Carolus Rex (Nuclear Blast) {1}:
  174. Saturna: The Kingdom of Spirit (Seven Snakes) {1}:
  175. Seven Bells: Secrets of the Moon (Prophecy) {1}: Pf:75
  176. Strike Anywhere: In Defiance of Empty Times (Bridge Nine) {1}: AP:80
  177. Superchrist: Holy Shit (Hella Headbangers) {1}:
  178. Swallow the Sun: Emerald Forest and the Blackbird (Fontana/Universal) {1}: MC(65/4)
  179. The Howling Wind: Of Babalon (Profound Lore) {1}:
  180. This Is the Shoes: This Is the Shoes EP (self-released, EP) {1}:
  181. Troglodyte: Don't Go in the Woods (noMore Tomorrow) {1}:
  182. Two Bit Charlie: All By Yourself EP (self-released, EP) {1}:
  183. Vinum Sabbatum: Bacchanale Premier (Eyes Like Snow/Northern Silence) {1}:
  184. Wild Hunt: Before the Plane of Angles (Kemado) {1}:
  185. Wilds Forlorn: We, the Damned () {1}:
  186. Wizard Rifle: Speak Loud Say Nothing (Seventh Rule) {1}:
  187. Wolfbrigade: Damned (Southern Lord) {1}:
  188. Year of the Goat: Angels' Necropolis (Van) {1}:

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