| Name | Country | Genre | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentenced | Finland | Death Metal (early); Gothic Metal (later) | 11 |
| Lothlorien | Sweden | Symphonic Melodic Death Metal | 5 |
| Ablaze My Sorrow | Sweden | Melodic Death Metal | 4 |
| A Canorous Quintet | Sweden | Melodic Death Metal | 4 |
| Moonstruck | Sweden | Melodic Death Metal | 4 |
| Dark Tranquillity | Sweden | Melodic Death Metal | 3 |
| Edge of Sanity | Sweden | Progressive Death Metal | 3 |