Top Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Dream Theater 1986, United States Progressive Metal	Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory (1999) #3 Images and Words (1992) #4 Awake (1994) #12
2	Judas Priest 1970, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Painkiller (1990) #1 Defenders of the Faith (1984) #15 Screaming for Vengeance (1982) #45
3	Megadeth 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Rust in Peace (1990) #2 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986) #19 Countdown to Extinction (1992) #169
4	Helloween 1983, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II (1988) #7 Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I (1987) #29 7 Sinners (2010) #84
5	Metallica 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ride the Lightning (1984) #6 Master of Puppets (1986) #50 ...And Justice for All (1988) #100
6	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #9 Damnation (2003) #66 Ghost Reveries (2005) #67
7	Iron Maiden 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	The Number of the Beast (1982) #13 Powerslave (1984) #14 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) #114
8	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Hell Awaits (1985) #23 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #42
9	Stratovarius 1984, Finland Power Metal	Visions (1997) #35 Infinite (2000) #111 Visions of Europe (1998) [Live] #143
10	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #30 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #80 Wages of Sin (2001) #254
11	Rhapsody of Fire 1995, Italy Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Power of the Dragonflame (2002) #32 Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998) #95 Into the Legend (2016) #167
12	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #18 Fiction (2007) #40 Atoma (2016) #185
13	Black Sabbath 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal	Paranoid (1970) #16 Heaven and Hell (1980) #27 Master of Reality (1971) #140
14	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #22 Karma (2001) #78 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #129
15	Gamma Ray 1989, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal	Land of the Free (1995) #117 Power Plant (1999) #165 Somewhere Out in Space (1997) #186
16	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #173 The Jester Race (1996) #213 Whoracle (1997) #284
17	Avantasia 2000, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	The Metal Opera (2001) #69 Moonglow (2019) #98 The Scarecrow (2008) #146
18	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #17 Rebirth (2001) #94 Holy Land (1996) #378
19	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #118 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #446 Angel of Salvation (2012) #494
20	Yngwie Malmsteen Sweden Neoclassical Metal, Heavy Metal	Rising Force (1984) #53 Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Op.1 (1998) #93 Concerto Suite Live With Japan Philharmonic (2002) [Live] #222
21	Nightwish 1996, Finland Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Oceanborn (1998) #38 Once (2004) #346 Dark Passion Play (2007) #367
22	Cradle of Filth 1991, United Kingdom Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Cruelty and the Beast (1998) #88 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #108 Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay (2017) #164
23	Led Zeppelin 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock	Led Zeppelin IV (1971) #11 How the West Was Won (2003) [Live] #56 Led Zeppelin (1969) #76
24	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #121 Follow the Reaper (2000) #193 Hatebreeder (1999) #209
25	Deep Purple 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues Rock	Machine Head (1972) #10 In Rock (1970) #113 Made in Japan (1972) [Live] #139
26	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #36 Human (1991) #47 The Sound of Perseverance (1998) #120
27	Sonata Arctica 1999, Finland Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Ecliptica (1999) #86 Silence (2001) #310 Reckoning Night (2004) #412
28	Ozzy Osbourne United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Blizzard of Ozz (1980) #33 Tribute: Randy Rhoads (1987) [Live] #68 Diary of a Madman (1981) #632
29	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #301 The Gathering (1999) #393 Dark Roots of Earth (2012) #424
30	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #21 Beyond (2013) #145 Grey Heavens (2016) #889
31	Kreator 1984, Germany Thrash Metal	Pleasure to Kill (1986) #89 Coma of Souls (1990) #390 Enemy of God (2005) #394
32	Edguy 1992, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Mandrake (2001) #91 Hellfire Club (2004) #192 Theater of Salvation (1999) #428
33	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #74 Iconoclast (2011) #128 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #135
34	Heavenly 1994, France Power Metal	Virus (2006) #49 Dust to Dust (2004) #79 Sign of the Winner (2001) #295
35	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #65 Show Me How to Live (2011) #261 Moving Target (1995) #418
36	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #168 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #255 Cowboys From Hell (1990) #289
37	Queen 1970, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock	A Night at the Opera (1975) #58 Queen II (1974) #187 Made in Heaven (1995) #271
38	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #39 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #110 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #436
39	Alcest 1999, France Shoegaze, Blackgaze, Post-Metal	Écailles de lune (2010) #48 Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007) #97 Les voyages de l'âme (2012) #511
40	Burzum 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient	Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) #83 Filosofem (1996) #419 Det som engang var (1993) #458

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