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Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1951	Kapein Germany Raw Black Metal	Golgotha (2005) #3143 Aeon of rust (2007)
1952	Carnal Decay 2002, Switzerland Brutal Death Metal	On Top of the Food Chain (2011) #3061 You Owe You Pay (2017) #5601 When Push Comes to Shove (2018) [EP]
1953	Inherit Disease United States Brutal Death Metal	Visceral Transcendence (2010) #5307 Ephemeral (2016) #5589 Inherit Disease (2003) [Demo]
1954	Destrage 2002, Italy Metalcore	Are You Kidding Me? No. (2014) #3318 Urban Being (2009) A Means to No End (2016)
1955	Hinsidig 2007, Norway Black Metal	I En Tidløs Høst (2010) #2437 Bak og Forbi... (2009) [Demo]
1956	Lost in Thought 2007, United Kingdom Progressive Metal	Opus Arise (2011) #2536 Lost in Thought (2008) [EP] Renascence (2018)
1957	Within the Ruins 2005, United States Metalcore, Deathcore	Elite (2013) Halfway Human (2017) Phenomena (2014) #7975
1958	Morta Skuld 1990, United States Death Metal	For All Eternity (1995) Dying Remains (1993) #7599 Creation Undone (2024)
1959	Terra Tenebrosa 2009, Sweden Experimental Black Metal, Ambient	The Tunnels (2011) #3987 The Purging (2013) #3996 The Reverses (2016)
1960	Firebird 1999, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock	Double Diamond (2010) Firebird (2000) #6879 Deluxe (2001)
1961	Skyharbor 2011, India Progressive Metal, Djent	Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos (2012) #6173 Guiding Lights (2014) #6709 Sunshine Dust (2018)
1962	Antimatter 1998, United Kingdom Acoustic Rock, Progressive Rock	Saviour (2002) Fear of a Unique Identity (2012) Leaving Eden (2007)
1963	Progenie Terrestre Pura 2009, Italy Atmospheric Metal, Progressive Black Metal	U.M.A. (2013) #5014 oltreLuna (2017) Promo 2011 (2011) [Demo]
1964	Kobra and the Lotus 2008, Canada Heavy Metal, Power Metal	High Priestess (2014) Prevail I (2017) Kobra and the Lotus (2012)
1965	Obliveon 1987, Canada Technical Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Nemesis (1993) #3325 From This Day Forward (1990) #4797 Obliveon (1987) [Demo]
1966	Alkaloid 2014, Germany Progressive Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	Numen (2023) #3124 Liquid Anatomy (2018) #7699 The Malkuth Grimoire (2015)
1967	Inquinamentum 2007, United Kingdom Depressive Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Void (2015) #6353 Lost/Risen (2015) [EP] 8342 (2018)
1968	Ace Frehley United States Hard Rock, Glam Rock	Trouble Walkin' (1989) Ace Frehley (1978) #6348 Frehley's Comet (1987)
1969	Equipoise 2015, United States Technical Death Metal, Progressive Death Metal	Demiurgus (2019) #7041 Birthing Homunculi (2016) [EP]
1970	Bulletbelt 2009, New Zealand Black Metal, Thrash Metal	Rise of the Banshee (2014) #3341 Nine Centuries (2018) Warlords (2020)
1971	Moonlight Haze 2018, Italy Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Lunaris (2020) De Rerum Natura (2019) Animus (2022) #7824
1972	Godiva Switzerland Heavy Metal	Godiva (2003) #2109 Destruction (2007) Call Me Under 666 (2005)
1973	Peccatum 1998, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Strangling From Within (1999) #5257 Lost in Reverie (2004) Amor Fati (2000)
1974	Still Remains 2002, United States Metalcore	Ceasing to Breathe (2013) #8074 Of Love and Lunacy (2005) #8566 The Serpent (2007)
1975	Red Fang 2005, United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock	Wires (2011) [Single] Arrows (2021) Whales and Leeches (2013) #6330
1976	Silent Descent 2004, United Kingdom Melodic Death Metal, Trance Metal, Trancecore	Mind Games (2012) #6313 Duplicity (2008) #6465 Remind Games (2014)
1977	Wizards 1992, Brazil Power Metal	The Kingdom (2002) #5647 The Black Knight (2010) Seven (2022)
1978	Mar De Grises 2000, Chile Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal	Draining the Waterheart (2008) #3965 The Tatterdemalion Express (2004) #6539 Streams Inwards (2010)
1979	The Funeral Orchestra 2002, Sweden Funeral Doom Metal	Feeding the Abyss (2003) #2767 ODO (2008) [EP] Demo (2002) [Demo]
1980	Woodtemple 1998, Austria Pagan Black Metal	Hidden in Eternal Shadow (2005) [EP] Voices of Pagan Mountains (2006) Feel the Anger of the Wind (2002) #5108
1981	Pest 1997, Sweden Black Metal	Desecration (2003) Dauðafærð (2004) [EP] #6272 In Total Contempt (2005)
1982	Morrigan 2000, Germany Black Metal	Headcult (2005) Celts (2003) #6279 The Damned (2007)
1983	To-Mera 2005, United Kingdom Progressive Metal	Delusions (2008) #2604 Earthbound (2009) [EP] Exile (2012)
1984	Kvist 1993, Norway Melodic Black Metal	For kunsten maa vi evig vike (1996) #4309 Demo (1994) [Demo]
1985	Magnum 1972, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, AOR	Kingdom of Madness (1978) Escape From the Shadow Garden (2014) Chase the Dragon (1982)
1986	Pan.Thy.Monium 1990, Sweden Avant-garde Metal, Death Metal	Khaooohs & Kon-Fus-Ion (1996) #6658 Khaooohs (1993) #8734 Dream II (1991) [EP]
1987	Illdisposed 1991, Denmark Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal	1-800 Vindication (2004) #4744 Four Depressive Seasons (1993) There's Something Rotten in the State of Denmark (1997)
1988	Count Raven Sweden Traditional Doom Metal	Destruction of the Void (1992) High on Infinity (1994) Mammons War (2009)
1989	Lethal United States Power Metal	Your Favorite God (1995) [EP] Programmed (1990) Poison Seed (1996)
1990	Cruel Force 2008, Germany Black Metal, Thrash Metal	The Rise of Satanic Might (2010) #3754 Under the Sign of the Moon (2011) Dawn of the Axe (2023)
1991	Ethir Anduin 2006, Russia Death Doom Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Loneliness of my Life (2018) Холод (2023) Глухомань (2024)
1992	Car Bomb 2000, United States Mathcore	Mordial (2019) #5622 Meta (2016) #7487 w^w^^w^w (2012)
1993	Mindly Rotten 2003, Colombia Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Proliferation of Disaster (2011) Effacing the Origin (2013) The Most Exquisite Agonies (2005) #4774
1994	Attomica 1985, Brazil Thrash Metal	Disturbing the Noise (1991) #5309 Attomica (1987) The Trick (2018)
1995	Skull Fist 2006, Canada Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Head öf the Pack (2011) #4777 Heavier Than Metal (2010) [EP] Way of the Road (2018)
1996	Electrocution 1990, Italy Technical Death Metal	Inside the Unreal (1993) #2113 Psychonolatry (2019) No Rest in Peace (1990) [Demo]
1997	No One Gets Out Alive 2008, Germany Slamming Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore, Banjo Slam	Widowmaker (2013) #2669 Hidden Bloodiness (2017) Beyond the Edge of the Woods (2012)
1998	Nekromantheon 2005, Norway Thrash Metal	Visions of Trismegistos (2021) Rise, Vulcan Spectre (2012) #6171 Divinity of Death (2010)
1999	Volumes 2009, United States Metalcore, Djent	Via (2011) #4183 No Sleep (2014) #8607 The Concept of Dreaming (2010) [EP]
2000	Stéphan Forté 1996, France Progressive Metal, Neoclassical Metal	The Shadows Compendium (2011) #3873 Enigma Opera Black (2014) Moonsand (2012) [Single]

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