| 1) |  | Dissection - The Somberlain | 9.25 (180 votes) |
| 2) |  | My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans | 9.17 (338 votes) |
| 3) |  | Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon | 9.17 (261 votes) |
| 4) |  | Death - Individual Thought Patterns | 9.16 (204 votes) |
| 5) |  | Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi | 9.13 (95 votes) |
| 6) |  | Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss | 9.08 (421 votes) |
| 7) |  | Katatonia - Dance Of December Souls | 9.05 (131 votes) |
| 8) |  | Paradise Lost - Icon | 9.05 (124 votes) |
| 9) |  | Therion - Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas | 9.00 (55 votes) |
| 10) |  | Pan.Thy.Monium - Khaooohs | 9.00 (25 votes) |
| 11) | Carcass - The Heartwork E.P. | 8.99 (24 votes) |
| 12) | Sadness - Ames de Marbre | 8.99 (16 votes) |
| 13) | Marduk - Those of the Unlight | 8.95 (103 votes) |
| 14) | Novembre - The Return of the Ark (ep) (as Catacomb) | 8.93 (5 votes) |
| 15) | Alchemist - Jar of Kingdom | 8.92 (4 votes) |
| 16) | Acid Bath - Demo 2 (demo) | 8.92 (4 votes) |
| 17) | Neolithic - The Personal Fragment Of Life (demo) | 8.91 (6 votes) |
| 18) | Decoryah - Ebonies | 8.91 (6 votes) |
| 19) | Necromantia - Crossing the Fiery Path | 8.89 (39 votes) |
| 20) | Carcass - Embodiment | 8.87 (6 votes) |
| 21) | Rotting Christ - Thy Mighty Contract | 8.86 (95 votes) |
| 22) | Carpathian Forest - Journey Through The Cold Moors Of Svarttjern / In These Tree's Are My Gallow (demo) | 8.86 (16 votes) |
| 23) | Mindfunk - Dropped | 8.85 (14 votes) |
| 24) | Sacred Sin - Darkside | 8.84 (3 votes) |
| 25) | Necromass - Bhoma (ep) | 8.84 (3 votes) |
