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) #15 Screaming for Vengeance (1982) #52
2	Megadeth 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Rust in Peace (1990) #2 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986) #16 Countdown to Extinction (1992) #165
3	Helloween 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] #55
4	Metallica 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ride the Lightning (1984) #6 Master of Puppets (1986) #39 ...And Justice for All (1988) #105
5	Iron Maiden 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	The Number of the Beast (1982) #10 Powerslave (1984) #11 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) #128
6	Black Sabbath 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal	Paranoid (1970) #17 Heaven and Hell (1980) #24 Black Sabbath (1970) #106
7	Gamma Ray 1989, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal	Land of the Free (1995) #116 Power Plant (1999) #153 Somewhere Out in Space (1997) #187
8	Yngwie Malmsteen Sweden Neoclassical Metal, Heavy Metal	Rising Force (1984) #38 Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Op.1 (1998) #97 Concerto Suite Live With Japan Philharmonic (2002) [Live] #255
9	Deep Purple 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues Rock	Machine Head (1972) #8 In Rock (1970) #119 Made in Japan (1972) [Live] #150
10	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #304 The Gathering (1999) #377 Dark Roots of Earth (2012) #458
11	Ozzy Osbourne United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Blizzard of Ozz (1980) #32 Tribute: Randy Rhoads (1987) [Live] #75 Bark at the Moon (1983) #689
12	Edguy 1992, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Mandrake (2001) #99 Hellfire Club (2004) #188 Theater of Salvation (1999) #459
13	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #59 Show Me How to Live (2011) #238 1996 (1996) [Live] #397
14	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #177 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #230 Cowboys From Hell (1990) #244
15	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #30 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #94 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #362
16	Scorpions 1964, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	Moment of Glory (2000) #290 Love at First Sting (1984) #306 Sting in the Tail (2010) #308
17	Impellitteri 1987, United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Screaming Symphony (1996) #236 Stand in Line (1988) #392 The Nature of the Beast (2018) #988
18	X Japan 1982, Japan Visual Kei, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Blue Blood (1989) #118 Jealousy (1991) #512 Endless Rain (1989) [Single]
19	Rage 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal	Lingua Mortis (1996) #471 Strings to a Web (2010) #576 Trapped! (1992) #862
20	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #95 Shogun (2008) #852 The Crusade (2006) #1077
21	Primal Fear 1997, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Unbreakable (2012) #526 Devil's Ground (2004) #898 Seven Seals (2005) #1021
22	Rainbow 1975, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, AOR	Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) #155 Rising (1976) #215 Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (1978) #276
23	Dio 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Holy Diver (1983) #104 The Last in Line (1984) #331 Dio at Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987 (2010) [Live] #984
24	Savatage 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Gutter Ballet (1989) #259 Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) #364 Dead Winter Dead (1995) #631
25	Queensrÿche 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Operation: Mindcrime (1988) #21 The Verdict (2019) #876 Empire (1990) #885
26	Skid Row 1986, United States Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Glam Metal	Slave to the Grind (1991) #189 Skid Row (1989) #217 Subhuman Race (1995) #1764
27	Iced Earth 1988, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal	Alive in Athens (1999) [Live] #511 Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998) #1116 Horror Show (2001) #1122
28	Mötley Crüe 1981, United States Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Dr. Feelgood (1989) #192 Girls, Girls, Girls (1987) #1227 Shout at the Devil (1983) #1401
29	부활 (Boohwal) 1985, Korea Heavy Metal, Rock, K-Pop	II : Remember (1987) #107 III : 기억상실 (1993) #389 Volume 1 (1986) #957
30	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Heavy Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #346 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #847 Once Sent From the Golden Hall (1998) #879
31	Accept 1976, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Balls to the Wall (1983) #710 Metal Heart (1985) #763 Blood of the Nations (2010) #921
32	Stryper 1983, United States Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, Christian Rock	To Hell With the Devil (1986) #310 Against the Law (1990) #2053 In God We Trust (1988) #2141
33	Avenged Sevenfold 1999, United States Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock	City of Evil (2005) #589 Nightmare (2010) #779 Hail to the King (2013) [Single]
34	Motörhead 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Ace of Spades (1980) #78 Overkill (1979) #462 Inferno (2004) #813
35	김경호 (Kim Kyungho) Korea K-Pop, Hard Rock, Rock, Heavy Metal	00:00:1998 (1998) #837 1997 (1997) #1300 Alive (2009) [EP] #2286
36	Anthem 1981, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Bound to Break (1987) #500 Hunting Time (1989) #713 Immortal (2006) #973
37	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #575 The Premonition (2008) #982 Allegiance (2006) #1649
38	Crimson Glory 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Transcendence (1988) #92 Crimson Glory (1986) #185 Astronomica (1999) #5314
39	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #537 Alice in Hell (1989) #1070 Set the World on Fire (1993) #2583
40	Disturbed 1996, United States Nu Metal, Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal	The Sound of Silence (2015) [Single] Ten Thousand Fists (2005) #1252 Perfect Insanity (2008) [Single]

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