40. The Lurking Fear, Out of the Voiceless Grave, Century Media 39. Woe, Hope Attrition, Vendetta 38. Pyrrhon, What Passes for Survival, Willowtip 37. Power Trip, Nightmare Logic, Daymare 36. Ufomammut, 8, Neurot 35. Disharmony, Goddamn the Sun, Iron Bonehead 34. Wormwitch, Strike Mortal Coil, Prosthetic 33. Propagandhi, Victory Lap, Epitaph 32. Farsot, Fail-Lure, Lupus Lounge 31. Napalm Raid, Wheel of War, Self-Released
30. Oxbow, Thin Black Duke, Hydra Head 29. Loss, Horizonless, Profound Lore 28. Lock Up, Demonization, Listenable 27. With the Dead, Love from With the Dead, Rise Above 26. Dreadnought, Awake in Sacred Waves, Sailor 25. Cannibal Corpse, Red Before Black, Metal Blade 24. Wampyrinacht, We Will Be Watching. Les Cultes de Satan et Les Mysterères de la Mort, Zazen Sounds 23. Midnight, Sweet Death and Ecstasy, Hells Headbangers 22. Pagan Altar, The Room of Shadows, Temple of Mystery 21. Artificial Brain, Infrared Horizon, Profound Lore
20. Cloak, To Venomous Depths, Season of Mist 19. Akercocke, Renaissance in Extremis, Peaceville 18. Enslaved, E, Nuclear Blast 17. Cormorant, Diaspora, Self-Released 16. Myrkur, Mareridt, Relapse 15. Dodecahedron, Kwintessens, Season of Mist 14. Obituary, Obituary, Relapse 13. Craven Idol, The Shackles of Mammon, Dark Descent 12. Kreator, Gods of Violence, Nuclear Blast 11. Bell Witch, Mirror Reaper, Profound Lore
10. Converge, The Dusk in Us, Epitaph
9. Wolves in the Throne Room, Thrice Woven, Artemisia
8. Full of Hell, Trumpeting Ecstasy, Profound Lore
7. Immolation, Atonement, Nuclear Blast
6. Spectral Voice, Eroded Corridors of Unbeing, Dark Descent
5. Integrity, Howling, For the Nightmare Shall Consume, Relapse
4. Necrot, Blood Offerings, Tankcrimes
3. Pallbearer, Heartless, Profound Lore
2. Spirit Adrift, Curse of Conception, 20 Buck Spin
