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) #14
2	Judas Priest 1970, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Painkiller (1990) #1 Defenders of the Faith (1984) #15 Screaming for Vengeance (1982) #54
3	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) #166
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) #25 United Alive (2019) [Live] #44
5	Metallica 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ride the Lightning (1984) #6 Master of Puppets (1986) #28 ...And Justice for All (1988) #94
6	Iron Maiden 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	The Number of the Beast (1982) #8 Powerslave (1984) #9 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) #83
7	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #11 Ghost Reveries (2005) #72 Damnation (2003) #74
8	Stratovarius 1984, Finland Power Metal	Visions (1997) #29 Visions of Europe (1998) [Live] #109 Infinite (2000) #148
9	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Hell Awaits (1985) #30 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #43
10	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #18 Fiction (2007) #46 Atoma (2016) #198
11	Black Sabbath 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal	Paranoid (1970) #20 Heaven and Hell (1980) #24 Black Sabbath (1970) #115
12	Rhapsody of Fire 1995, Italy Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Power of the Dragonflame (2002) #33 Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998) #89 Into the Legend (2016) #191
13	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #47 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #92 Wages of Sin (2001) #253
14	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #26 Karma (2001) #93 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #163
15	Gamma Ray 1989, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal	Land of the Free (1995) #120 Power Plant (1999) #146 Somewhere Out in Space (1997) #165
16	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #181 The Jester Race (1996) #210 Whoracle (1997) #243
17	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #17 Rebirth (2001) #97 Holy Land (1996) #395
18	Yngwie Malmsteen Sweden Neoclassical Metal, Heavy Metal	Rising Force (1984) #37 Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Op.1 (1998) #107 Concerto Suite Live With Japan Philharmonic (2002) [Live] #254
19	Avantasia 2000, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	The Metal Opera (2001) #61 Moonglow (2019) #76 The Scarecrow (2008) #176
20	Cradle of Filth 1991, United Kingdom Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Cruelty and the Beast (1998) #71 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #99 Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay (2017) #167
21	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #126 Angel of Salvation (2012) #409 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #470
22	Nightwish 1996, Finland Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Oceanborn (1998) #38 Once (2004) #367 Dark Passion Play (2007) #368
23	Led Zeppelin 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock	Led Zeppelin IV (1971) #10 Led Zeppelin (1969) #66 How the West Was Won (2003) [Live] #69
24	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #114 Follow the Reaper (2000) #154 Hatebreeder (1999) #213
25	Deep Purple 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues Rock	Machine Head (1972) #12 In Rock (1970) #110 Made in Japan (1972) [Live] #134
26	Kreator 1984, Germany Thrash Metal	Pleasure to Kill (1986) #65 Coma of Souls (1990) #362 Enemy of God (2005) #363
27	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #36 Human (1991) #56 Leprosy (1988) #75
28	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #292 The Gathering (1999) #377 Dark Roots of Earth (2012) #453
29	Ozzy Osbourne United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Blizzard of Ozz (1980) #34 Tribute: Randy Rhoads (1987) [Live] #78 Bark at the Moon (1983) #712
30	Sonata Arctica 1999, Finland Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Ecliptica (1999) #101 Silence (2001) #310 Reckoning Night (2004) #527
31	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #21 Beyond (2013) #161 Grey Heavens (2016) #888
32	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #39 Arise (1991) #196 Schizophrenia (1987) #212
33	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #59 Show Me How to Live (2011) #277 1996 (1996) [Live] #429
34	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #85 Iconoclast (2011) #144 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #155
35	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #125 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #188 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #304
36	Edguy 1992, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Mandrake (2001) #102 Hellfire Club (2004) #214 Theater of Salvation (1999) #440
37	Sodom 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Persecution Mania (1987) #138 Tapping the Vein (1992) #246 Code Red (1999) #314
38	Queen 1970, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock	A Night at the Opera (1975) #63 Queen II (1974) #240 Made in Heaven (1995) #352
39	Cannibal Corpse 1988, United States Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Torture (2012) #476 A Skeletal Domain (2014) #1005 Kill (2006) #1041
40	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #27 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #119 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #431

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