| Top user votes:
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| 1) | Limbonic Art - Moon in the Scorpio | 9.35 (170 votes) |
| 2) | Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum | 9.31 (29 votes) |
| 3) | Opeth - Morningrise | 9.28 (405 votes) |
| 4) | Ulver - Kveldsjanger | 9.25 (170 votes) |
| 5) | Therion - Theli | 9.25 (163 votes) |
| 6) | Katatonia - Brave Murder Day | 9.25 (160 votes) |
| 7) | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson | 9.24 (140 votes) |
| 8) | Borknagar - Borknagar | 9.23 (123 votes) |
| 9) | Empyrium - A Wintersunset | 9.23 (107 votes) |
| 10) | Lux Occulta - Forever Alone Immortal | 9.23 (44 votes) |
| 11) | Bethlehem - Dictius Te Necare | 9.18 (62 votes) |
| 12) | Elend - Les Ténèbres du Dehors | 9.18 (61 votes) |
| 13) | Burzum - Filosofem | 9.17 (336 votes) |
| 14) | Satyricon - Nemesis Divina | 9.17 (267 votes) |
| 15) | Setherial - Nord... | 9.17 (56 votes) |
| 16) | Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symphonia | 9.16 (205 votes) |
| 17) | Summoning - Dol Guldur | 9.16 (182 votes) |
| 18) | Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear | 9.16 (176 votes) |
| 19) | Desire - Infinity... A Timeless Journey Through an Emotional Dream | 9.16 (20 votes) |
| 20) | Bathory - Blood on Ice | 9.14 (108 votes) |
| 21) | Dark Reality - Blossom of Mourning | 9.14 (18 votes) |
| 22) | Decoryah - Fall-Dark Waters | 9.11 (22 votes) |
| 23) | Kvist - For Kunsten Maa Vi Evig Vike | 9.10 (66 votes) |
| 24) | Heavenwood - Diva | 9.08 (28 votes) |
| 25) | My Dying Bride - Like Gods of the Sun | 9.07 (218 votes) |
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| Lowest user votes:
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| 1) | Korn - A.D.I.D.A.S. | 3.58 (50 votes) |
| 2) | Metallica - Load | 4.77 (218 votes) |
| 3) | Korn - Life is Peachy | 5.31 (149 votes) |
| 4) | Korn - Kreamed Korn | 5.70 (10 votes) |
| 5) | Metallica - Until It Sleeps | 5.93 (12 votes) |
| 6) | Metallica - Hero Of The Day | 6.36 (9 votes) |
| 7) | Metallica - Mama Said | 6.43 (6 votes) |
| 8) | Danzig - Danzig 5 Blackacidevil | 6.45 (24 votes) |
| 9) | Slayer - Undisputed Attitude | 6.62 (82 votes) |
| 10) | Kreator - Scenarios of violence | 6.90 (16 votes) |
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| Events:
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- Abyssos: Formed in January 1996 in Sundsvall, Sweden
- Ajattara: Formed in 1996 in Finland
- Ceremonial Embrace: Formed in 1996 in Finland
- Drautran: Formed in 1996 in Germany
- Fall of the Leafe: Formed in 1996 in Turku, Finland
- Graveworm: Formed in 1996 in South Tyrol, Italy
- Lacuna Coil: band was first called "Sleep Of Right", changed to "Ethereal" in 1996
- Moonshine: Band was originally called "Deathrasher", changed name to "Moonshine" in 1996
- Ordo Draconis: Formed in Autumn 1996 in Gouda, The Netherlands
- Rakoth: Formed in september 1996 in Obninsk, Russia
- Shining: Formed in 1996 in Sweden
- Tvangeste: Formed in August 1996 in Kaliningrad, Russia
- User Ne: Formed in 1996 in Málaga, Spain
- Vanitas: Formed in 1996 in Austria
- Vesperian Sorrow: Formed in 1996 in Austin, TX, USA
- Within Temptation: Formed in 1996 in The Netherlands
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