| 1) |  | Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) | 9.37 (388 votes) |
| 2) |  | Vintersorg - Till Fjälls (1998) | 9.34 (145 votes) |
| 3) |  | Vinterland - Welcome My Last Chapter (Wings of Sorrow) (1995) | 9.34 (145 votes) |
| 4) |  | Opeth - Morningrise (1996) | 9.28 (417 votes) |
| 5) |  | Katatonia - Teargas EP (2001) | 9.26 (32 votes) |
| 6) |  | Dissection - The Somberlain (1993) | 9.25 (180 votes) |
| 7) |  | Therion - Theli (1996) | 9.25 (169 votes) |
| 8) |  | Katatonia - Brave Murder Day (1996) | 9.25 (169 votes) |
| 9) |  | Bathory - Blood Fire Death (1988) | 9.25 (166 votes) |
| 10) |  | Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) | 9.25 (154 votes) |
| 11) | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson (1996) | 9.24 (143 votes) |
| 12) | Mithotyn - Gathered Around the Oaken Table (1999) | 9.24 (47 votes) |
| 13) | Forest Of Shadows - Where Dreams Turn to Dust (2000) | 9.21 (88 votes) |
| 14) | Mithotyn - King of the Distant Forest (1998) | 9.20 (72 votes) |
| 15) | Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001) | 9.18 (364 votes) |
| 16) | Opeth - Orchid (1995) | 9.17 (285 votes) |
| 17) | Opeth - Still Life (1999) | 9.17 (283 votes) |
| 18) | Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) | 9.17 (273 votes) |
| 19) | Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery (1995) | 9.16 (196 votes) |
| 20) | Mithotyn - In the Sign of the Ravens (1997) | 9.16 (49 votes) |
| 21) | Therion - Vovin (1998) | 9.15 (139 votes) |
| 22) | Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) | 9.14 (115 votes) |
| 23) | Katatonia - Brave Yester Days (2004) | 9.14 (42 votes) |
| 24) | Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn (2003) | 9.14 (40 votes) |
| 25) | Lord Belial - Enter the Moonlight Gate (1997) | 9.13 (91 votes) |
