Best Heavy Metal Bands
364 bands
Rank | Image | Band / Formed / Genres | Albums |
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1 | 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal | Rust in Peace (1990) #1 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986) #16 Countdown to Extinction (1992) #161 | |
2 | 1970, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | ||
3 | 1983, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal | Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II (1988) #7 Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I (1987) #28 United Alive (2019) [Live] #41 | |
4 | 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal | ||
5 | 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM | ||
6 | 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal | ||
7 | 1989, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal | ||
8 | Sweden Neoclassical Metal, Heavy Metal | Rising Force (1984) #35 Marching Out (1985) #234 | |
9 | 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues Rock | ||
10 | 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal | ||
11 | United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | ||
12 | 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal | ||
13 | 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal | Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #98 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #193 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #289 | |
14 | 1992, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal | ||
15 | 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal | A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #32 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #144 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #450 | |
16 | 1964, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock | ||
17 | 1987, United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal | ||
18 | 1982, Japan Visual Kei, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal | ||
19 | 1975, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, AOR | ||
20 | 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal | ||
21 | 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal | ||
22 | 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | Holy Diver (1983) #78 The Last in Line (1984) #338 Dio at Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987 (2010) [Live] #961 | |
23 | 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock | ||
24 | 1997, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal | ||
25 | 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal | ||
26 | 1986, United States Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Glam Metal | ||
27 | 1988, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal | Alive in Athens (1999) [Live] #545 Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998) #1125 The Glorious Burden (2004) #1222 | |
28 | 1981, United States Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | ||
29 | 1976, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | ||
30 | 1983, United States Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, Christian Rock | ||
31 | 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | Ace of Spades (1980) #93 Overkill (1979) #424 WWE: King of Kings (Triple H) [Feat. Motörhead] (2011) [Single] | |
32 | 1999, United States Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock | ||
33 | 1985, Korea Heavy Metal, Rock, K-Pop | ||
34 | Korea K-Pop, Hard Rock, Rock, Heavy Metal | ||
35 | 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal | ||
36 | 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal | ||
37 | 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal | ||
38 | 1987, United States Heavy Metal, Grunge | ||
39 | 1996, United States Nu Metal, Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal | ||
40 | 1981, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal | ||
41 | 1985, Denmark Heavy Metal | ||
42 | United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal | ||
43 | 1993, Sweden Heavy Metal, Power Metal | ||
44 | 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Glam Metal | ||
45 | 2001, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal | ||
46 | 1984, Switzerland Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal | ||
47 | 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal | ||
48 | 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal | ||
49 | 1984, United States Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal | ||
50 | 1992, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal | Dead Heart, in a Dead World (2000) #668 This Godless Endeavor (2005) #911 Dreaming Neon Black (1999) #1446 |
▶ Best Heavy Metal Bands | ||