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) #52
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) #165
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] #55
5	Metallica 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ride the Lightning (1984) #6 Master of Puppets (1986) #39 ...And Justice for All (1988) #105
6	Iron Maiden 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	The Number of the Beast (1982) #10 Powerslave (1984) #11 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) #128
7	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #9 Damnation (2003) #76 Ghost Reveries (2005) #77
8	Stratovarius 1984, Finland Power Metal	Visions (1997) #34 Visions of Europe (1998) [Live] #112 Infinite (2000) #113
9	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Hell Awaits (1985) #25 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #41
10	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #18 Fiction (2007) #47 Atoma (2016) #200
11	Black Sabbath 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal	Paranoid (1970) #17 Heaven and Hell (1980) #24 Black Sabbath (1970) #106
12	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #36 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #86 Wages of Sin (2001) #258
13	Rhapsody of Fire 1995, Italy Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Power of the Dragonflame (2002) #31 Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998) #102 Into the Legend (2016) #156
14	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #23 Karma (2001) #87 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #159
15	Gamma Ray 1989, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal	Land of the Free (1995) #116 Power Plant (1999) #153 Somewhere Out in Space (1997) #186
16	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #166 The Jester Race (1996) #208 Whoracle (1997) #271
17	Avantasia 2000, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	The Metal Opera (2001) #58 Moonglow (2019) #72 The Scarecrow (2008) #154
18	Yngwie Malmsteen Sweden Neoclassical Metal, Heavy Metal	Rising Force (1984) #38 Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Op.1 (1998) #97 Concerto Suite Live With Japan Philharmonic (2002) [Live] #255
19	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #19 Rebirth (2001) #91 Holy Land (1996) #438
20	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #124 Angel of Salvation (2012) #370 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #490
21	Nightwish 1996, Finland Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Oceanborn (1998) #40 Once (2004) #312 Dark Passion Play (2007) #371
22	Cradle of Filth 1991, United Kingdom Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Cruelty and the Beast (1998) #79 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #110 Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay (2017) #181
23	Led Zeppelin 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock	Led Zeppelin IV (1971) #13 How the West Was Won (2003) [Live] #63 Led Zeppelin (1969) #73
24	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #129 Follow the Reaper (2000) #151 Hatebreeder (1999) #202
25	Deep Purple 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues Rock	Machine Head (1972) #8 In Rock (1970) #119 Made in Japan (1972) [Live] #150
26	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #33 Human (1991) #57 Leprosy (1988) #82
27	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #304 The Gathering (1999) #377 Dark Roots of Earth (2012) #458
28	Ozzy Osbourne United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Blizzard of Ozz (1980) #32 Tribute: Randy Rhoads (1987) [Live] #75 Bark at the Moon (1983) #689
29	Kreator 1984, Germany Thrash Metal	Pleasure to Kill (1986) #84 Enemy of God (2005) #379 Coma of Souls (1990) #387
30	Sonata Arctica 1999, Finland Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Ecliptica (1999) #88 Silence (2001) #300 Reckoning Night (2004) #475
31	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #70 Iconoclast (2011) #130 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #136
32	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #20 Beyond (2013) #138 Grey Heavens (2016) #860
33	Edguy 1992, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Mandrake (2001) #99 Hellfire Club (2004) #187 Theater of Salvation (1999) #459
34	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #59 Show Me How to Live (2011) #239 1996 (1996) [Live] #397
35	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #176 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #230 Cowboys From Hell (1990) #245
36	Heavenly 1994, France Power Metal	Virus (2006) #50 Dust to Dust (2004) #89 Sign of the Winner (2001) #305
37	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #53 Schizophrenia (1987) #240 Arise (1991) #243
38	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #30 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #94 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #362
39	Queen 1970, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock	A Night at the Opera (1975) #64 Queen II (1974) #223 Made in Heaven (1995) #291
40	Alcest 1999, France Shoegaze, Blackgaze, Post-Metal	Écailles de lune (2010) #49 Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007) #96 Les voyages de l'âme (2012) #549

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