Best Heavy Metal Bands | page 3

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
101	The Michael Schenker Group 1979, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	The Michael Schenker Group (1980) #1014 MSG (1981) #2385 One Night At Budokan (1982) [Live] #3016
102	Budgie 1967, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock	Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973) #551 In for the Kill (1974) #2581 An Ecstasy of Fumbling: the Definitive Anthology (1996) [Compilation]
103	Maverick Korea Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Enigma (2015) [EP] #2250
104	외인부대 (Foreign Legion) 1987, Korea Heavy Metal	외인부대 (1988) #1112 You're My Love (2013) [Single] I Hate My Friends (1988) #8529
105	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #56 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #151 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #436
106	人間椅子 1987, Japan Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	桜の森の満開の下 (1991) 怪談そして死とエロス (2016) #6368 無頼豊饒 (2014)
107	Raven 1974, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, Speed Metal	All for One (1983) #4723 Stay Hard (1985) #6037 Architect of Fear (1991)
108	Gary Moore United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal	Still Got the Blues (1990) #194 Wild Frontier (1987) #432 Victims of the Future (1983) #686
109	Lordi 1992, Finland Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	The Arockalypse (2006) #3613 Screem Writers Guild (2023) Get Heavy (2002) #6766
110	Lovebites 2016, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Judgement Day (2023) #923 Five of a Kind - Live in Tokyo 2020 (2020) [Live] Golden Destination (2020) [EP]
111	Samchung 1997, Korea Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Metalcore	Way of Men - 남도 (男道) (2005) #1388 백절불굴 (百折不屈) (2007) [Split] 멸절 (滅絶) (2014) [EP] #5792
112	Lizzy Borden 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Master of Disguise (1989) #5174 Love You to Pieces (1985) #5730 Appointment With Death (2007)
113	Doro 1989, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	True at Heart (1991) Burn It Up (2000) [Single] Classic Diamonds (2004)
114	Europe 1981, Sweden Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, AOR	The Final Countdown (1986) #612 Prisoners in Paradise (1991) #1212 Secret Society (2006) #2307
115	Sebastian Bach Canada Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Give 'Em Hell (2014) #2346 Kicking & Screaming (2011) #4871 Angel Down (2007) #5397
116	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #121 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #220 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #377
117	Axxis 1988, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Power Metal	Paradise in Flames (2006) #5225 II (1990) #5426 Back to the Kingdom (2000)
118	Cloven Hoof 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Power Metal, NWOBHM	A Sultan's Ransom (1989) #3363 Resist or Serve (2014) #5561 Cloven Hoof (1984) #5701
119	Halestorm 1997, United States Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Pop Rock	The Strange Case Of... (2012) #3988 Back from the Dead (2022) Halestorm (2009) #6048
120	Blue Murder 1988, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal	Blue Murder (1989) #329 Screaming (1994) [Live] #2885 Nothin' But Trouble (1993) #3690
121	Mir 1999, Korea Heavy Metal	K.M.R (2003) #1939 Waltz of Lunatic Fringe (2007) #3438
122	Tygers of Pan Tang 1978, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, NWOBHM	Hellbound. Spellbound Live 1981 (2018) [Live] Wild Cat (1980) #5754 Spellbound (1981) #5862
123	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #535 Alice in Hell (1989) #1150 Metal II (2022) #3162
124	Scanner 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Terminal Earth (1989) #1967 Hypertrace (1988) #2449 Scantropolis (2002) #4758
125	피해의식 (Victim Mentality) 2009, Korea Heavy Metal, Glam Metal	Magic Finger (2013) [EP] #5918 무임승차 (Free Riding) (2016) [Single] Way of Steel (2018) #8003
126	High Power 1977, France Heavy Metal	High Power (1983) #565 Les Violons de Satan (1986) Demo (1983) [Demo]
127	Fight 1992, United States Heavy Metal, Groove Metal	War of Words (1993) #2955 Mutations (1994) [EP] #6947 A Small Deadly Space (1995) #8856
128	Sinergy 1997, Finland Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Beware the Heavens (1999) #4944 To Hell and Back (2000) #7082 Suicide By My Side (2002) #7416
129	Stranger 1989, Korea Heavy Metal	Sailing Out (1990) #695 Power Together (1993) [Split] Stranger / Maybe (1991) [Split]
130	Graveyard 2006, Sweden Hard Rock, Stoner Rock, Heavy Psych	Hisingen Blues (2011) #3604 Graveyard (2008) #5332 Lights Out (2012) #6170
131	Bullet for My Valentine 2002, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Poison (2005) #613 Scream Aim Fire (2008) #1443 Hand of Blood (2005) [Single]
132	Astral Doors 2002, Sweden Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Evil Is Forever (2005) #7017 New Revelation (2007) #7270 Astralism (2006) #7585
133	Tenacious D 1994, United States Comedy Rock, Acoustic Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Tenacious D (2001) #2772 The Pick of Destiny (2006) #2773 Rize of the Fenix (2012) #7338
134	이현석 (Lee Hyunsuk) 1991, Korea Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Sky High (1992) #1143 학창시절 (1994) #2108 Myself (2005) #5521
135	Danzig 1987, United States Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Danzig (1988) #4952 Danzig: 4p (1994) Danzig III: How the Gods Kill (1992) #7654
136	Vinnie Moore United States Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Time Odyssey (1988) #1317 Mind's Eye (1986) #1619 Meltdown (1991) #2687
137	聖飢魔Ⅱ(SeikimaⅡ) Japan J-Rock, Heavy Metal	聖飢魔II～悪魔が来たりてヘヴィメタる (1985) THE END OF THE CENTURY (1986) メフィストフェレスの肖像 (1996)
138	Crystal Viper 2003, Poland Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Crimen Excepta (2012) #5301 Metal Nation (2009) #5768 Legends (2010) #6286
139	Whitesnake 1977, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, AOR	Whitesnake [aka 1987] (1987) #45 Slip of the Tongue (1989) #396 Live in the Heart of the City (1980) [Live] #787
140	Pentagram 1971, United States Doom Metal	Pentagram (Relentless) (1985) #6124 Day of Reckoning (1987) #6161 Be Forewarned (1994) #7319
141	Brainstorm 1989, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Liquid Monster (2005) #1628 Ambiguity (2000) #2929 Unholy (1998) #3027
142	Y&T 1972, United States Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Contagious (1987) Yesterday & Today Live (1990) [Live] Black Tiger (1982) #3023
143	Cirith Ungol 1972, United States Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	Dark Parade (2023) Paradise Lost (1991) #6274 King of the Dead (1984) #7221
144	Trond Holter Norway Heavy Metal	Dracula: Swing of Death (2015) #1519
145	Gehenna 1979, Mexico Power Metal, Heavy Metal	En busca del valle de Gehenna (1987) #1837 Escuadrón Metálico (Proyecto I) (1986) [Split] Demo (1985) [Demo]
146	Satan 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	Court in the Act (1983) #1313 Cruel Magic (2018) Suspended Sentence (1987)
147	Dionysus 1989, Korea Heavy Metal	Excalibur (1990) #4492 Legend of Darkness (1989) #7263
148	Saint Vitus 1980, United States Doom Metal	Born Too Late (1987) #4175 Lillie: F-65 (2012) Saint Vitus (1984) #8259
149	Sortilège 1981, France Heavy Metal	Sortilège (1983) [EP] #3301 Métamorphose (1984) #3860 Larmes de héros (1986) #4638
150	Angel Witch 1978, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	Angel Witch (1980) #3443 As Above, So Below (2012) Screamin' and Bleedin' (1985)

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