Best Heavy Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Judas Priest 1970, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Painkiller (1990) #1 Defenders of the Faith (1984) #16 Screaming for Vengeance (1982) #45
2	Iron Maiden 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	The Number of the Beast (1982) #11 Powerslave (1984) #13 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) #117
3	Black Sabbath 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal	Paranoid (1970) #15 Heaven and Hell (1980) #27 Master of Reality (1971) #102
4	Ozzy Osbourne United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Blizzard of Ozz (1980) #34 Tribute: Randy Rhoads (1987) [Live] #74 Diary of a Madman (1981) #683
5	Scorpions 1964, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	Moment of Glory (2000) #283 Love at First Sting (1984) #299 Sting in the Tail (2010) #302
6	Impellitteri 1987, United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Screaming Symphony (1996) #236 Stand in Line (1988) #399 The Nature of the Beast (2018) #1140
7	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Lingua Mortis (1996) #451 Strings to a Web (2010) #552 Trapped! (1992) #769
8	Primal Fear 1997, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Unbreakable (2012) #491 Devil's Ground (2004) #857 Delivering the Black (2014) #1083
9	Savatage 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Gutter Ballet (1989) #244 Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) #364 Dead Winter Dead (1995) #682
10	Queensrÿche 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Operation: Mindcrime (1988) #20 Empire (1990) #911 Operation: Livecrime (1992) [Live] #1113
11	Dio 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Holy Diver (1983) #130 The Last in Line (1984) #371 Dio at Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987 (2010) [Live] #948
12	부활 (Boohwal) 1985, Korea Heavy Metal, Rock, K-Pop	II : Remember (1987) #103 III : 기억상실 (1993) #401 Volume 1 (1986) #960
13	Iced Earth 1988, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Alive in Athens (1999) [Live] #631 The Glorious Burden (2004) #1076 Horror Show (2001) #1106
14	Avenged Sevenfold 1999, United States Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock	City of Evil (2005) #626 Nightmare (2010) #749 Hail to the King (2013) [Single]
15	Accept 1976, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Metal Heart (1985) #813 Balls to the Wall (1983) #846 Blood of the Nations (2010) #881
16	Motörhead 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Ace of Spades (1980) #60 Overkill (1979) #332 Inferno (2004)
17	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #551 The Premonition (2008) #946 Allegiance (2006) #1493
18	Crimson Glory 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Transcendence (1988) #87 Crimson Glory (1986) #183 Strange and Beautiful (1991) #3932
19	Anthem 1981, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Bound to Break (1987) #485 Hunting Time (1989) #691 Immortal (2006) #935
20	King Diamond 1985, Denmark Heavy Metal	Abigail (1987) #347 Conspiracy (1989) #886 Fatal Portrait (1986) #1336
21	W.A.S.P. 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Glam Metal	The Crimson Idol (1992) #250 W.A.S.P. (1984) #1296 The Headless Children (1989) #1350
22	Alice in Chains 1987, United States Heavy Metal, Grunge	Dirt (1992) #304 Alice in Chains (1995) #1468 MTV Unplugged (1996) [Live] #1671
23	HammerFall 1993, Sweden Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Threshold (2006) #1241 No Sacrifice, No Victory (2009) #1527 Crimson Thunder (2002) #1708
24	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #348 The Dark (1986) #1041 Live (1998) [Live] #1486
25	Downhell 2003, Korea Heavy Metal	A Relative Coexistence (2011) #476 At the End of Death (2006) #1088 Karma (2008) [EP] #3232
26	Battle Beast 2005, Finland Heavy Metal	Steel (2011) #811 Battle Beast (2013) #849 Bringer of Pain (2017) #1771
27	Marty Friedman United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Dragon's Kiss (1988) #1014 Scenes (1992) #1452 Loudspeaker (2006) #1942
28	Black Hole 1986, Korea Heavy Metal	Hero (2005) #947 Made in Korea (1995) #1387 Survive (1990) #1498
29	Dream Evil 1999, Sweden Heavy Metal	The Book of Heavy Metal (2004) #891 Evilized (2003) #1434 In the Night (2010) #2251
30	Loudness 1981, Japan Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Soldier of Fortune (1989) #1896 Hurricane Eyes (1987) #2638 Disillusion (1984) #2749
31	Manowar 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Kings of Metal (1988) #1431 Hail to England (1984) Louder Than Hell (1996) #2846
32	Halford 1999, United Kingdom Heavy Metal	Live Insurrection (2001) [Live] #452 Resurrection (2000) #1560 Live in Anaheim - Original Soundtrack (2010) [Live]
33	Beast in Black 2015, Finland Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Berserker (2017) #565 From Hell With Love (2019) #1321
34	The Poodles 2005, Sweden Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, AOR	Performocracy (2011) #635 Clash of the Elements (2009) #1175 Sweet Trade (2007) #1357
35	Running Wild 1979, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Port Royal (1988) #1160 Death or Glory (1989) #1487 Pile of Skulls (1992)
36	Venom 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM	Welcome to Hell (1981) #1888 Black Metal (1982) #2160 Warhead (1984) [Single]
37	Mercyful Fate 1981, Denmark Heavy Metal	Don't Break the Oath (1984) #209 Melissa (1983) #1648 In the Shadows (1993) #2395
38	Rob Rock United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Holy Hell (2005) #663 Garden of Chaos (2007) #2225 The Voice of Melodic Metal - Live in Atlanta (2009) [Live]
39	Pretty Maids 1981, Denmark Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Stripped (1993) Anything Worth Doing, Is Worth Overdoing (1999) Future World (1987) #2448
40	Budgie 1967, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock	Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973) #869 In for the Kill (1974) #2102 An Ecstasy of Fumbling: the Definitive Anthology (1996) [Compilation]

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