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) #48
2	Iron Maiden 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	The Number of the Beast (1982) #12 Powerslave (1984) #14 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) #92
4	Ozzy Osbourne United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Blizzard of Ozz (1980) #31 Tribute: Randy Rhoads (1987) [Live] #71 Diary of a Madman (1981) #640
5	Scorpions 1964, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	Moment of Glory (2000) #267 Love at First Sting (1984) #300 Sting in the Tail (2010) #302
6	Impellitteri 1987, United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Screaming Symphony (1996) #233 Stand in Line (1988) #419 The Nature of the Beast (2018) #1121
7	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Lingua Mortis (1996) #429 Strings to a Web (2010) #528 Trapped! (1992) #746
8	Primal Fear 1997, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Unbreakable (2012) #485 Devil's Ground (2004) #830 Delivering the Black (2014) #1064
9	Dio 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Holy Diver (1983) #121 The Last in Line (1984) #349 Dio at Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987 (2010) [Live] #934
10	Queensrÿche 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Operation: Mindcrime (1988) #20 Empire (1990) #892 Operation: Livecrime (1992) [Live] #1093
11	Savatage 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Gutter Ballet (1989) #237 Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) #471 Dead Winter Dead (1995) #783
12	부활 (Boohwal) 1985, Korea Heavy Metal, Rock, K-Pop	II : Remember (1987) #96 III : 기억상실 (1993) #387 Volume 1 (1986) #944
13	Iced Earth 1988, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Alive in Athens (1999) [Live] #608 The Glorious Burden (2004) #1057 Horror Show (2001) #1087
14	Avenged Sevenfold 1999, United States Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock	City of Evil (2005) #604 Nightmare (2010) #733 Hail to the King (2013) [Single]
15	Accept 1976, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Metal Heart (1985) #789 Balls to the Wall (1983) #815 Blood of the Nations (2010) #854
16	Motörhead 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Ace of Spades (1980) #61 Overkill (1979) #325 Inferno (2004)
17	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #619 The Premonition (2008) #941 Allegiance (2006) #1577
18	Anthem 1981, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Bound to Break (1987) #480 Hunting Time (1989) #676 Immortal (2006) #918
19	Crimson Glory 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Transcendence (1988) #102 Crimson Glory (1986) #186 Strange and Beautiful (1991) #3954
20	King Diamond 1985, Denmark Heavy Metal	Abigail (1987) #340 Conspiracy (1989) #861 Them (1988) #1261
21	Alice in Chains 1987, United States Heavy Metal, Grunge	Dirt (1992) #355 Facelift (1990) #1862 MTV Unplugged (1996) [Live] #2151
22	W.A.S.P. 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Glam Metal	The Crimson Idol (1992) #256 The Headless Children (1989) #1206 W.A.S.P. (1984) #1256
23	HammerFall 1993, Sweden Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Threshold (2006) #1211 No Sacrifice, No Victory (2009) #1489 Crimson Thunder (2002) #1665
24	Downhell 2003, Korea Heavy Metal	A Relative Coexistence (2011) #457 At the End of Death (2006) #1068 Karma (2008) [EP] #3160
25	Battle Beast 2005, Finland Heavy Metal	Steel (2011) #755 Battle Beast (2013) #894 Bringer of Pain (2017) #1728
26	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #341 The Dark (1986) #1181 Live (1998) [Live] #1455
27	Black Hole 1986, Korea Heavy Metal	Hero (2005) #932 Made in Korea (1995) #1356 Survive (1990) #1467
28	Marty Friedman United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Dragon's Kiss (1988) #1067 Scenes (1992) #1688 Loudspeaker (2006) #1901
29	Manowar 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Kings of Metal (1988) #1402 Hail to England (1984) Louder Than Hell (1996) #2782
30	Dream Evil 1999, Sweden Heavy Metal	The Book of Heavy Metal (2004) #969 Evilized (2003) #1397 In the Night (2010) #2118
31	Halford 1999, United Kingdom Heavy Metal	Live Insurrection (2001) [Live] #388 Resurrection (2000) #1523 Live in Anaheim - Original Soundtrack (2010) [Live]
32	Loudness 1981, Japan Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Soldier of Fortune (1989) #1871 Disillusion (1984) #2623 King of Pain (2010)
33	Beast in Black 2015, Finland Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Berserker (2017) #549 From Hell With Love (2019) #1440
34	The Poodles 2005, Sweden Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, AOR	Performocracy (2011) #611 Clash of the Elements (2009) #1155 Sweet Trade (2007) #1323
35	Venom 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM	Welcome to Hell (1981) #1845 Black Metal (1982) #2095 Warhead (1984) [Single]
36	Running Wild 1979, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Port Royal (1988) #1140 Death or Glory (1989) #1456 Masquerade (1995) #2201
37	Mercyful Fate 1981, Denmark Heavy Metal	Don't Break the Oath (1984) #205 Melissa (1983) #1603 In the Shadows (1993) #2340
38	Rob Rock United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Holy Hell (2005) #641 Garden of Chaos (2007) #2170 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) #2404
40	Budgie 1967, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock	Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973) #840 In for the Kill (1974) #2297 An Ecstasy of Fumbling: the Definitive Anthology (1996) [Compilation]

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