Top Bands
3,114 bands
Rank | Image | Band / Formed / Genres | Albums |
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1 | 1986, United States Progressive Metal | ||
2 | 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal | Rust in Peace (1990) #1 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986) #14 Countdown to Extinction (1992) #139 | |
3 | 1970, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | ||
4 | 1983, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal | Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II (1988) #7 Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I (1987) #26 United Alive (2019) [Live] #39 | |
5 | 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal | ||
6 | 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM | ||
7 | 1990, Sweden Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock | ||
8 | 1984, Finland Power Metal | ||
9 | 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal | ||
10 | 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal | ||
11 | 1995, Italy Power Metal, Symphonic Metal | Power of the Dragonflame (2002) #36 Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998) #59 Into the Legend (2016) #170 | |
12 | 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal | ||
13 | 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal | ||
14 | 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal | ||
15 | 2000, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal | The Metal Opera (2001) #44 Moonglow (2019) #84 A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society (2022) #128 | |
16 | 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal | ||
17 | 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal | ||
18 | 1989, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal | ||
19 | Sweden Neoclassical Metal, Heavy Metal | Rising Force (1984) #33 Marching Out (1985) #264 | |
20 | 1996, Finland Symphonic Metal, Power Metal | ||
21 | 1991, United Kingdom Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal | Cruelty and the Beast (1998) #71 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #136 V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein (1996) [EP] #165 | |
22 | 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal | ||
23 | 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues Rock | ||
24 | 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock | ||
25 | 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal | ||
26 | 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal | ||
27 | 1984, Germany Thrash Metal | ||
28 | United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | ||
29 | 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal | ||
30 | 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal | ||
31 | 1992, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal | ||
32 | 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal | ||
33 | 1999, Finland Power Metal, Symphonic Metal | ||
34 | 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal | ||
35 | 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal | ||
36 | 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal | ||
37 | 1970, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock | ||
38 | 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal | Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #161 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #233 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #320 | |
39 | 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal | Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #111 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #216 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #377 | |
40 | 1964, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock | ||
41 | 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal | ||
42 | 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal | A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #41 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #145 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #406 | |
43 | 1988, United States Death Metal | ||
44 | 1994, France Power Metal | ||
45 | 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient | ||
46 | 1968, Canada Progressive Rock, Hard Rock, Pop Rock | ||
47 | 1973, Australia Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll | ||
48 | 1999, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore | ||
49 | 1998, Finland Melodic Death Metal | ||
50 | 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll | Heartwork (1993) #124 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #270 Surgical Steel (2013) #296 |