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74 bands
Rank Image Band / Formed / Genres Albums
1
Helloween
1983, Germany
Power Metal, Heavy Metal
2
Blind Guardian
1986, Germany
Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal
3
Megadeth
1983, United States
Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal
4
Venom
1979, United Kingdom
Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM
Welcome to Hell (1981)  #2581
Black Metal (1982)  #2804
Warhead (1984)  [Single]
5
Slayer
1981, United States
Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Reign in Blood (1986)  #5
Hell Awaits (1985)  #50
6
Cacophony
1986, United States
Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Speed Metal
Speed Metal Symphony (1987)  #716
Go Off! (1988)  #3595
7
Riot
1975, United States
Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Power Metal
8
Enforcer
2004, Sweden
Heavy Metal, Speed Metal
Diamonds (2010)  #2415
Death by Fire (2013)  #4433
Into the Night (2008)  #5710
9
Agent Steel
1984, United States
Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
Unstoppable Force (1987)  #3192
Omega Conspiracy (1999)  #4805
10
Razor
1983, Canada
Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Violent Restitution (1988)  #2847
Evil Invaders (1985)  #3091
Shotgun Justice (1990)  #4867
11
Holy Moses
1980, Germany
Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
Invisible Queen (2023)  #2301
Agony of Death (2008)  #3508
12
Scanner
1986, Germany
Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal
Terminal Earth (1989)  #2114
Hypertrace (1988)  #3043
13
Living Death
1981, Germany
Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Living Death (1994)  [Compilation]
Back to the Weapons (1986)  [EP]  #5227
14
Legend
2006, Korea
Power Metal, Speed Metal
Legend (2007)  [Demo]
The Lost World (2009)  #5853
Force of Glory (2009)  [Compilation]
15
Stormwarrior
1998, Germany
Power Metal, Speed Metal
Heading Northe (2008)  #6290
StormWarrior (2002)  #6764
Thunder & Steele (2014)  #6941
16
Striker
2007, Canada
Heavy Metal, Speed Metal
Eyes in the Night (2010)  #3441
Armed to the Teeth (2012)  #4272
17
Bulldozer
1980, Italy
Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
IX (1987)  #4492
The Day of Wrath (1985)  #5216
Alive...in Poland (1990)  [Live]
18
Iron Savior
1996, Germany
Power Metal, Speed Metal
Skycrest (2020)  #4304
The Landing (2011)  #4507
Megatropolis 2.0 (2015)  #4887
19
Metalucifer
1995, Japan
Traditional Heavy Metal, Speed Metal
20
Firewind
1998, Greece
Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal
Days of Defiance (2010)  #578
The Premonition (2008)  #1046
Allegiance (2006)  #1869
21
Flotsam and Jetsam
1984, United States
Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal
Flotsam and Jetsam (2016)  #2379
The End of Chaos (2019)  #2943
22
Paradox
1986, Germany
Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Heresy (1989)  #2071
Tales of the Weird (2012)  #3140
Product of Imagination (1987)  #3742
23
Toxik
United States
Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
World Circus (1987)  #2282
Dis Morta (2022)  #2300
Wasteland (1986)  [Demo]
24
Helstar
1981, United States
Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal
Nosferatu (1989)  #1132
Vampiro (2016)
A Distant Thunder (1988)  #2591
25
Sex Machineguns
1990, Japan
Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal
Ignition (2002)
S.M. Show I (2000)  [Video]
26
Kreyson
1989, Czech Republic
Power Metal, Heavy Metal
27
Pantera
1981, United States
Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal
28
Toxic Holocaust
1999, United States
Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal
29
Hexenhaus
1987, Sweden
Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Dejavoodoo (1997)  #5455
Awakening (1991)
30
ADX
France
Speed Metal
31
Liege Lord
1982, United States
Power Metal, Speed Metal
Master Control (1988)  #4206
Burn to My Touch (1987)  #6915
32
Anthrax
1981, United States
Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal
Among the Living (1987)  #242
Persistence of Time (1990)  #886
Spreading the Disease (1985)  #1054
33
Witchery
1997, Sweden
Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Nightside (2022)  #5761
Witchkrieg (2010)  #6793
34
Whiplash
1984, United States
Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal
Power and Pain (1985)  #1871
Ticket to Mayhem (1987)  #2037
Insult to Injury (1990)  #3058
35
Power From Hell
2002, Brazil
Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
The True Metal (2004)  #3664
Sadismo (2007)
36
Pokolgép
1980, Hungary
Power Metal, Speed Metal
37
Rage
1986, Germany
Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal
Lingua Mortis (1996)  #519
Trapped! (1992)  #612
Strings to a Web (2010)  #711
38
Antidote
1986, Finland
Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
Total (1994)  #2211
Mind Alive (1996)
The Truth (1992)  #7040
39
Midnight
2003, United States
Black Metal, Speed Metal
40
Kat
1979, Poland
Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal
Bastard (1992)
Metal and Hell (1985)  #6489
666 (1986)
41
Olympos Mons
Finland
Power Metal
Medievil (2007)  #4987
42
Darkthrone
1987, Norway
Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal
43
Diabolic Night
2013, Germany
Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Black Metal
Beyond the Realm (2019)  #3104
44
Intruder
1987, United States
Technical Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Escape from Pain (1990)  [EP]  #5939
45
Outrage
1982, Japan
Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
Outrage (2009)
Black Clouds (1988)  #6573
46
Stone
1985, Finland
Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
47
Motörhead
1975, United Kingdom
Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Ace of Spades (1980)  #100
Overkill (1979)  #474
48
Malice
1980, United States
Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal
49
Flames
1984, Greece
Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal
50
Holy Terror
1986, United States
Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Mind Wars (1988)
Terror and Submission (1987)  #7517
El Revengo (2006)  [Compilation]
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Info / Statistics
Artists : 43,896
Reviews : 9,759
Albums : 157,785
Lyrics : 212,938