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) #1007 MSG (1981) #2375 One Night At Budokan (1982) [Live] #2997
102	Budgie 1967, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock	Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973) #553 In for the Kill (1974) #2573 An Ecstasy of Fumbling: the Definitive Anthology (1996) [Compilation]
103	외인부대 (Foreign Legion) 1987, Korea Heavy Metal	외인부대 (1988) #1110 You're My Love (2013) [Single] I Hate My Friends (1988) #8467
104	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #57 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #148 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #434
105	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) #6313 無頼豊饒 (2014)
106	Maverick Korea Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Enigma (2015) [EP] #2558
107	Raven 1974, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, Speed Metal	All for One (1983) #4686 Stay Hard (1985) #5988 Architect of Fear (1991)
108	Gary Moore United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal	Still Got the Blues (1990) #191 Wild Frontier (1987) #431 Victims of the Future (1983) #679
109	Lordi 1992, Finland Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	The Arockalypse (2006) #3589 Screem Writers Guild (2023) Get Heavy (2002) #6709
110	Samchung 1997, Korea Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Metalcore	Way of Men - 남도 (男道) (2005) #1384 백절불굴 (百折不屈) (2007) [Split] 멸절 (滅絶) (2014) [EP] #5746
111	Lizzy Borden 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Master of Disguise (1989) #5134 Love You to Pieces (1985) #5683 Appointment With Death (2007)
112	Doro 1989, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	True at Heart (1991) Burn It Up (2000) [Single] Classic Diamonds (2004)
113	Europe 1981, Sweden Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, AOR	The Final Countdown (1986) #612 Prisoners in Paradise (1991) #1216 Secret Society (2006) #2296
114	Sebastian Bach Canada Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Give 'Em Hell (2014) #2336 Kicking & Screaming (2011) #4829 Angel Down (2007) #5362
115	Axxis 1988, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Power Metal	Paradise in Flames (2006) #5185 II (1990) #5387 Back to the Kingdom (2000)
116	Cloven Hoof 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Power Metal, NWOBHM	A Sultan's Ransom (1989) #3342 Resist or Serve (2014) #5527 Cloven Hoof (1984) #5656
117	Halestorm 1997, United States Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Pop Rock	The Strange Case Of... (2012) #3963 Back from the Dead (2022) Halestorm (2009) #5999
118	Blue Murder 1988, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal	Blue Murder (1989) #328 Screaming (1994) [Live] #2863 Nothin' But Trouble (1993) #3664
119	Mir 1999, Korea Heavy Metal	K.M.R (2003) #1926 Waltz of Lunatic Fringe (2007) #3413
120	Tygers of Pan Tang 1978, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, NWOBHM	Wild Cat (1980) #5709 Spellbound (1981) #5814 The Cage (1982)
121	Scanner 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Terminal Earth (1989) #1954 Hypertrace (1988) #2436 Scantropolis (2002) #4718
122	Lovebites 2016, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Judgement Day (2023) #962 Five of a Kind - Live in Tokyo 2020 (2020) [Live] Golden Destination (2020) [EP]
123	피해의식 (Victim Mentality) 2009, Korea Heavy Metal, Glam Metal	Magic Finger (2013) [EP] #5870 무임승차 (Free Riding) (2016) [Single] Way of Steel (2018) #7939
124	High Power 1977, France Heavy Metal	High Power (1983) #563 Les Violons de Satan (1986) Demo (1983) [Demo]
125	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #537 Alice in Hell (1989) #1147 Set the World on Fire (1993) #3208
126	Fight 1992, United States Heavy Metal, Groove Metal	War of Words (1993) #3441 Mutations (1994) [EP] #6885 A Small Deadly Space (1995) #8792
127	Sinergy 1997, Finland Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Beware the Heavens (1999) #4905 To Hell and Back (2000) #7020 Suicide By My Side (2002) #7356
128	Stranger 1989, Korea Heavy Metal	Sailing Out (1990) #688 Power Together (1993) [Split] Stranger / Maybe (1991) [Split]
129	Graveyard 2006, Sweden Hard Rock, Stoner Rock, Heavy Psych	Hisingen Blues (2011) #3580 Graveyard (2008) #5299 Lights Out (2012) #6118
130	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #112 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #213 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #381
131	Bullet for My Valentine 2002, United Kingdom Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Poison (2005) #613 Scream Aim Fire (2008) #1439 Hand of Blood (2005) [Single]
132	Astral Doors 2002, Sweden Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Evil Is Forever (2005) #6954 New Revelation (2007) #7209 Astralism (2006) #7520
133	Tenacious D 1994, United States Comedy Rock, Acoustic Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Tenacious D (2001) #2757 The Pick of Destiny (2006) #2758 Rize of the Fenix (2012) #7275
134	이현석 (Lee Hyunsuk) 1991, Korea Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Sky High (1992) #1138 학창시절 (1994) #2098 Myself (2005) #5487
135	Danzig 1987, United States Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Danzig (1988) #4913 Danzig: 4p (1994) Danzig III: How the Gods Kill (1992) #7594
136	Vinnie Moore United States Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Time Odyssey (1988) #1321 Mind's Eye (1986) #1612 Meltdown (1991) #2674
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) #5267 Metal Nation (2009) #5723 Legends (2010) #6233
139	Whitesnake 1977, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, AOR	Whitesnake [aka 1987] (1987) #45 Slip of the Tongue (1989) #393 Live in the Heart of the City (1980) [Live] #785
140	Pentagram 1971, United States Doom Metal	Pentagram (Relentless) (1985) #6071 Day of Reckoning (1987) #6109 Be Forewarned (1994) #7258
141	Brainstorm 1989, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Liquid Monster (2005) #1621 Ambiguity (2000) #2909 Unholy (1998) #3009
142	Y&T 1972, United States Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Contagious (1987) Yesterday & Today Live (1990) [Live] Black Tiger (1982) #3005
143	Cirith Ungol 1972, United States Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	Dark Parade (2023) Paradise Lost (1991) #6221 King of the Dead (1984) #7161
144	Trond Holter Norway Heavy Metal	Dracula: Swing of Death (2015) #1507
145	Gehenna 1979, Mexico Power Metal, Heavy Metal	En busca del valle de Gehenna (1987) #1860 Escuadrón Metálico (Proyecto I) (1986) [Split] Demo (1985) [Demo]
146	Satan 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	Court in the Act (1983) #1318 Cruel Magic (2018) Suspended Sentence (1987)
147	Dionysus 1989, Korea Heavy Metal	Excalibur (1990) #4459 Legend of Darkness (1989) #7202
148	Saint Vitus 1980, United States Doom Metal	Born Too Late (1987) #4146 Lillie: F-65 (2012) Saint Vitus (1984) #8186
149	Angel Witch 1978, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	Angel Witch (1980) #3419 As Above, So Below (2012) Screamin' and Bleedin' (1985)
150	Samson 1977, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	Head On (1980) Live At Reading '81 (1990) [Live] Refugee (1990)

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