40. Temple of Void, Summoning the Slayer, Relapse 39. Gaerea, Mirage, Season of Mist 38. Sigh, Shiki, Peaceville 37. Still/Form, From the Rot Is a Gift, Hex 36. Midnight, Let There Be Witchery, Metal Blade 35. Doldrum, The Knocking, or the Story of the Sound That Preceded Their Disappearance, Katafalque 34. Amorphis, Halo, Atomic Fire 33. Imperial Triumphant, Spirit of Ecstasy, Century Media 32. Black Anvil, Regenesis, Season of Mist 31. Municipal Waste, Electrified Brain, Nuclear Blast
30. Castrator, Defiled in Oblivion, Dark Descent 29. Daeva, Through Sheer Will and Black Magic…, 20 Buck Spin 28. Ripped to Shreds, 劇變 (Jubian), Relapse 27. Mother of Graves, Where the Shadows Adorn, Wise Blood 26. Eight Bells, Legacy of Ruin, Prophecy 25. Tzompantli, Tlazcaltiliztli, 20 Buck Spin 24. SpiritWorld, Deathwestern, Century Media 23. Escuela Grind, Memory Theater, MNRK 22. Vanum, Legend, Profound Lore 21. Satan, Earth Infernal, Metal Blade
20. Mizmor + Thou, Myopia, Gilead Media 19. Dream Unending, Song of Salvation, 20 Buck Spin 18. Phobophilic, Enveloping Absurdity, Prosthetic 17. Negative Plane, The Pact…, The Ajna Offensive 16. Sumerlands, Dreamkiller, Relapse 15. Terror, Pain Into Power, Pure Noise 14. Voivod, Syncro Anarchy, Century Media 13. Chat Pile, God’s Country, The Flenser 12. Wake, Thought Form Descent, Metal Blade 11. Oceans of Slumber, Starlight and Ash, Century Media
10. Mortuous, Upon Desolation, Carbonized
9. KEN mode, Null, Artoffact
8. Kreator, Hate Über Alles, Nuclear Blast
7. Nechochwen, Kanawha Black, Bindrune
6. Soul Glo, Diaspora Problems, Epitaph
5. Immolation, Acts of God, Nuclear Blast
4. Blackbraid, Blackbraid I, self-released
3. Sonja, Loud Arriver, Cruz Del Sur
2. Cave In, Heavy Pendulum, Relapse
1. Undeath, It’s Time… to Rise from the Grave, Prosthetic
