| 1) |  | Dornenreich - Her von welken Nächten (2001) | 9.38 (75 votes) |
| 2) |  | Summoning - Stronghold (1999) | 9.27 (273 votes) |
| 3) |  | Summoning - Oath Bound (2006) | 9.27 (60 votes) |
| 4) |  | Summoning - Minas Morgul (1995) | 9.25 (183 votes) |
| 5) |  | Dornenreich - Bitter ist's dem Tod zu dienen (1999) | 9.20 (37 votes) |
| 6) |  | Ice Ages - This Killing Emptiness (2000) | 9.18 (32 votes) |
| 7) |  | Summoning - Dol Guldur (1996) | 9.16 (187 votes) |
| 8) |  | Dargaard - Eternity Rites (1998) | 9.16 (28 votes) |
| 9) |  | Estatic Fear - A Sombre Dance (1999) | 9.15 (44 votes) |
| 10) |  | Summoning - Nightshade Forests (1997) | 9.13 (104 votes) |
| 11) | Angizia - 39 Jahre Für den Leierkastenmann (2001) | 9.13 (24 votes) |
| 12) | Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum (1996) | 9.12 (36 votes) |
| 13) | Hollenthon - Domus Mundi (1999) | 9.09 (58 votes) |
| 14) | Dargaard - In Nomine Aeternitatis (2000) | 9.08 (19 votes) |
| 15) | Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame (2001) | 9.06 (176 votes) |
| 16) | Abigor - Nachthymnen (From the Twilight Kingdom) (1995) | 9.06 (148 votes) |
| 17) | Abigor - Verwüstung - Invoke The Dark Age (1994) | 9.04 (104 votes) |
| 18) | Angizia - Ein Toter fährt gern Ringelspiel (2004) | 8.99 (16 votes) |
| 19) | Hollenthon - With Vilest of Worms to Dwell (2001) | 8.94 (85 votes) |
| 20) | Dornenreich - Nicht um zu Sterben (1997) | 8.93 (26 votes) |
| 21) | Golden Dawn - The Art of Dreaming (1996) | 8.93 (12 votes) |
| 22) | Amortis - Memories of an Ancient Time... (demo) (1998) | 8.92 (4 votes) |
| 23) | Visceral Evisceration - Incessant Desire for Palatable Flesh (1994) | 8.91 (23 votes) |
| 24) | Amortis - Summoned by Astral Fires (2000) | 8.91 (11 votes) |
| 25) | Angizia - Das Tagebuch der Hanna Anikin (1997) | 8.90 (21 votes) |
