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) #15
2	Megadeth 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
3	Judas Priest 1970, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Painkiller (1990) #2 Defenders of the Faith (1984) #17 Screaming for Vengeance (1982) #53
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) #28 United Alive (2019) [Live] #41
5	Metallica 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ride the Lightning (1984) #6 Master of Puppets (1986) #27 ...And Justice for All (1988) #85
6	Iron Maiden 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	The Number of the Beast (1982) #9 Powerslave (1984) #11 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) #72
7	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #13 Damnation (2003) #77 Ghost Reveries (2005) #86
8	Stratovarius 1984, Finland Power Metal	Visions (1997) #25 Visions of Europe (1998) [Live] #126 Infinite (2000) #153
9	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Hell Awaits (1985) #36 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #58
10	Black Sabbath 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal	Paranoid (1970) #14 Heaven and Hell (1980) #21 Master of Reality (1971) #65
11	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #54 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #106 Wages of Sin (2001) #271
12	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #18 Fiction (2007) #44 Atoma (2016) #225
13	Rhapsody of Fire 1995, Italy Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Power of the Dragonflame (2002) #39 Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998) #75 Into the Legend (2016) #204
14	Avantasia 2000, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	The Metal Opera (2001) #59 Moonglow (2019) #76 The Scarecrow (2008) #142
15	Gamma Ray 1989, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal	Land of the Free (1995) #134 Power Plant (1999) #155 Somewhere Out in Space (1997) #158
16	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #24 Karma (2001) #102 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #167
17	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #19 Rebirth (2001) #111 Holy Land (1996) #349
18	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #183 The Jester Race (1996) #199 Whoracle (1997) #205
19	Yngwie Malmsteen Sweden Neoclassical Metal, Heavy Metal	Rising Force (1984) #34 Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Op.1 (1998) #123 Marching Out (1985) #234
20	Nightwish 1996, Finland Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Oceanborn (1998) #40 Once (2004) #268 Dark Passion Play (2007) #356
21	Cradle of Filth 1991, United Kingdom Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Cruelty and the Beast (1998) #67 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #115 Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay (2017) #169
22	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #133 Angel of Salvation (2012) #433 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #459
23	Led Zeppelin 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock	Led Zeppelin IV (1971) #12 Led Zeppelin (1969) #64 How the West Was Won (2003) [Live] #100
24	Deep Purple 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues Rock	Machine Head (1972) #10 In Rock (1970) #112 Made in Japan (1972) [Live] #136
25	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #116 Follow the Reaper (2000) #159 Hatebreeder (1999) #216
26	Kreator 1984, Germany Thrash Metal	Pleasure to Kill (1986) #63 Coma of Souls (1990) #343 Enemy of God (2005) #405
27	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #31 Human (1991) #50 Leprosy (1988) #74
28	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #296 The Gathering (1999) #361 Dark Roots of Earth (2012) #508
29	Ozzy Osbourne United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Blizzard of Ozz (1980) #35 Tribute: Randy Rhoads (1987) [Live] #80 Diary of a Madman (1981) #710
30	Alice Cooper United States Hard Rock, Glam Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Brutal Planet (2000) #177 From the Inside (1978) #209 Dada (1982) #210
31	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #32 Schizophrenia (1987) #190 Arise (1991) #215
32	Sonata Arctica 1999, Finland Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Ecliptica (1999) #99 Silence (2001) #347 Reckoning Night (2004) #571
33	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #55 Show Me How to Live (2011) #287 Moving Target (1995) #477
34	Sodom 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Persecution Mania (1987) #139 Tapping the Vein (1992) #247 Code Red (1999) #317
35	Queen 1970, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock	A Night at the Opera (1975) #66 Queen II (1974) #288 Made in Heaven (1995) #359
36	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #62 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #104 Iconoclast (2011) #157
37	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #23 Beyond (2013) #184 Grey Heavens (2016) #908
38	Pantera 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
39	Edguy 1992, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Mandrake (2001) #90 Hellfire Club (2004) #233 Theater of Salvation (1999) #438
40	Blind Guardian 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal	Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #171 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #222 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #316
41	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #37 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #144 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #449
42	Cannibal Corpse 1988, United States Death Metal	Torture (2012) #551 A Skeletal Domain (2014) #1034 Kill (2006) #1147
43	Scorpions 1964, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	Love at First Sting (1984) #238 Moment of Glory (2000) #307 Blackout (1982) #344
44	Lamb of God 1999, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Ashes of the Wake (2004) #231 As the Palaces Burn (2003) #315 Killadelphia (2005) [Live] #390
45	Burzum 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient	Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) #103 Det som engang var (1993) #614 Filosofem (1996) #676
46	Heavenly 1994, France Power Metal	Virus (2006) #57 Dust to Dust (2004) #114 Sign of the Winner (2001) #355
47	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #130 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #329 Surgical Steel (2013) #337
48	Rush 1968, Canada Progressive Rock, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	Moving Pictures (1981) #42 2112 (1976) #187 Hemispheres (1978) #229
49	AC/DC 1973, Australia Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll	Back in Black (1980) #48 Highway to Hell (1979) #503 The Razor's Edge (1990) #739
50	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #52 Heart Like a Grave (2019) #235 One for Sorrow (2011) #341

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