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) #5 Awake (1994) #14
2	Judas Priest 1970, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Painkiller (1990) #2 Defenders of the Faith (1984) #13 Screaming for Vengeance (1982) #46
3	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) #171
4	Helloween 1983, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II (1988) #8 Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I (1987) #37 7 Sinners (2010) #81
5	Metallica 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ride the Lightning (1984) #6 Master of Puppets (1986) #59 Kill 'Em All (1983) #106
6	Iron Maiden 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	Powerslave (1984) #12 The Number of the Beast (1982) #15 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) #83
7	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #9 Damnation (2003) #57 Ghost Reveries (2005) #72
8	Stratovarius 1984, Finland Power Metal	Visions (1997) #34 Infinite (2000) #114 Visions of Europe (1998) [Live] #131
9	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #4 Hell Awaits (1985) #21 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #44
10	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #28 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #78 Wages of Sin (2001) #243
11	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #18 Fiction (2007) #48 Atoma (2016) #167
12	Black Sabbath 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal	Paranoid (1970) #19 Heaven and Hell (1980) #26 Master of Reality (1971) #136
13	Rhapsody of Fire 1995, Italy Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Power of the Dragonflame (2002) #35 Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998) #95 Into the Legend (2016) #179
14	Gamma Ray 1989, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal	Land of the Free (1995) #110 Power Plant (1999) #156 Somewhere Out in Space (1997) #189
15	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #25 Karma (2001) #88 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #148
16	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #157 The Jester Race (1996) #219 Whoracle (1997) #279
17	Avantasia 2000, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	The Metal Opera (2001) #66 The Scarecrow (2008) #151 Moonglow (2019) #165
18	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #17 Rebirth (2001) #89 Holy Land (1996) #365
19	Yngwie Malmsteen Sweden Neoclassical Metal, Heavy Metal	Rising Force (1984) #50 Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Op.1 (1998) #103 Concerto Suite Live With Japan Philharmonic (2002) [Live] #166
20	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #115 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #469 Angel of Salvation (2012) #527
21	Nightwish 1996, Finland Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Oceanborn (1998) #41 Once (2004) #345 Dark Passion Play (2007) #354
22	Led Zeppelin 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock	Led Zeppelin IV (1971) #10 How the West Was Won (2003) [Live] #53 Led Zeppelin (1969) #76
23	Cradle of Filth 1991, United Kingdom Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Cruelty and the Beast (1998) #104 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #113 Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay (2017) #232
24	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #108 Follow the Reaper (2000) #200 Hatebreeder (1999) #201
25	Deep Purple 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues Rock	Machine Head (1972) #11 In Rock (1970) #96 Made in Japan (1972) [Live] #118
26	Sonata Arctica 1999, Finland Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Ecliptica (1999) #91 Silence (2001) #292 Reckoning Night (2004) #380
27	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #22 Beyond (2013) #150 Grey Heavens (2016) #873
28	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #381 Dark Roots of Earth (2012) #397 The Gathering (1999) #405
29	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #42 Human (1991) #58 Leprosy (1988) #117
30	Kreator 1984, Germany Thrash Metal	Pleasure to Kill (1986) #82 Coma of Souls (1990) #395 Enemy of God (2005) #460
31	Edguy 1992, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Mandrake (2001) #87 Hellfire Club (2004) #176 Theater of Salvation (1999) #393
32	Ozzy Osbourne United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Blizzard of Ozz (1980) #32 Tribute: Randy Rhoads (1987) [Live] #73 Diary of a Madman (1981) #639
33	Heavenly 1994, France Power Metal	Virus (2006) #47 Dust to Dust (2004) #77 Sign of the Winner (2001) #284
34	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #65 Show Me How to Live (2011) #256 1996 (1996) [Live] #428
35	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #71 Iconoclast (2011) #132 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #158
36	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #170 Cowboys From Hell (1990) #289 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #298
37	Queen 1970, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock	A Night at the Opera (1975) #55 Queen II (1974) #149 Made in Heaven (1995) #222
38	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #31 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #105 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #457
39	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #52 Schizophrenia (1987) #198 Arise (1991) #236
40	Kalmah 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal	12 Gauge (2010) #75 The Black Waltz (2006) #371 They Will Return (2002) #400
41	Alcest 1999, France Shoegaze, Blackgaze, Post-Metal	Écailles de lune (2010) #51 Souvenirs d'un autre monde (2007) #99 Les voyages de l'âme (2012) #488
42	Dimmu Borgir 1993, Norway Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) #753 Stormblåst (1996) #927 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) #1059
43	Scorpions 1964, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	Moment of Glory (2000) #257 Love at First Sting (1984) #271 Sting in the Tail (2010) #285
44	Burzum 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient	Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) #127 Filosofem (1996) #485 Det som engang var (1993) #585
45	Anathema 1990, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock	Weather Systems (2012) #63 Universal (2013) [Live] #97 Judgement (1999) #346
46	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Progressive Metal, Extreme Metal	Portal of I (2012) #36 The Aurora Veil (2007) [Demo] Citadel (2014) #467
47	Cannibal Corpse 1988, United States Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Torture (2012) #427 A Skeletal Domain (2014) #1073 Kill (2006) #1104
48	Guns N' Roses 1985, United States Hard Rock, Glam Metal	Appetite for Destruction (1987) #27 Use Your Illusion II (1991) #193 Use Your Illusion I (1991) #441
49	Rush 1968, Canada Progressive Rock, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	Moving Pictures (1981) #23 2112 (1976) #152 Hemispheres (1978) #343
50	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #125 Surgical Steel (2013) #297 Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious (1992) #462

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