| 1) | Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia | 8.3 (381 votes) |
| 2) | Opeth - Blackwater Park | 9.2 (355 votes) |
| 3) | Cradle Of Filth - Bitter Suites To Succubi | 7.0 (242 votes) |
| 4) | My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours | 9.4 (222 votes) |
| 5) | Emperor - Prometheus - The Discipline of Fire and Demise | 8.7 (218 votes) |
| 6) | Finntroll - Jaktens Tid | 9.3 (206 votes) |
| 7) | Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin | 8.8 (190 votes) |
| 8) | Nargaroth - Black Metal Ist Krieg | 9.2 (187 votes) |
| 9) | Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame | 9.1 (173 votes) |
| 10) | Dark Funeral - Diabolis Interium | 8.6 (144 votes) |
| 11) | Windir - 1184 | 9.4 (137 votes) |
| 12) | Anathema - A Fine Day to Exit | 8.1 (137 votes) |
| 13) | Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness | 9.5 (131 votes) |
| 14) | Ulver - Perdition City | 9.0 (130 votes) |
| 15) | Tristania - World of Glass | 8.2 (120 votes) |
| 16) | Ensiferum - Ensiferum | 9.3 (118 votes) |
| 17) | Borknagar - Empiricism | 8.6 (112 votes) |
| 18) | Slayer - God Hates Us All | 7.4 (111 votes) |
| 19) | Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down | 9.2 (110 votes) |
| 20) | Therion - Secret of the Runes | 8.9 (110 votes) |
| 21) | After Forever - Decipher | 8.5 (110 votes) |
| 22) | Zyklon - World ov Worms | 8.7 (106 votes) |
| 23) | Moonspell - Darkness and Hope | 8.2 (102 votes) |
| 24) | Mortiis - The Smell of Rain | 7.0 (101 votes) |
| 25) | Anorexia Nervosa - New Obscurantis Order | 8.7 (100 votes) |
