Top Bands

3,152 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
101	Van Halen 1974, United States Hard Rock, Pop Rock, Glam Metal	1984 (1984) #267 Van Halen (1978) #414 5150 (1986) #528
102	Bathory 1983, Sweden Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Viking Metal	Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987) #391 Blood Fire Death (1988) #538 Hammerheart (1990) #1296
103	Def Leppard 1977, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Pop Rock, AOR, Glam Metal, NWOBHM	Hysteria (1987) #107 Pyromania (1983) #604 Adrenalize (1992) #1287
104	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #403 Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) #968 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #1391
105	Morbid Angel 1983, United States Death Metal	Altars of Madness (1989) #50 Covenant (1993) #605 Blessed Are the Sick (1991) #1454
106	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #454 Mystic Places of Dawn (1994) #499 Codex Omega (2017) #506
107	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #237 Blood Mountain (2006) #415 Leviathan (2004) #782
108	Avenged Sevenfold 1999, United States Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock	City of Evil (2005) #669 Nightmare (2010) #828 Avenged Sevenfold (2007) #1439
109	Anorexia Nervosa 1995, France Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Drudenhaus (2000) #112 Redemption Process (2004) #767 New Obscurantis Order (2001) #1094
110	Anthem 1981, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Bound to Break (1987) #570 Hunting Time (1989) #1199 Immortal (2006) #1302
111	Stryper 1983, United States Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, Christian Rock	To Hell with the Devil (1986) #330 In God We Trust (1988) #1965 Second Coming (2013) #2589
112	Anaal Nathrakh 1999, United Kingdom Industrial Black Metal, Grindcore	The Whole of the Law (2016) #363 Vanitas (2012) #383 Hell Is Empty, And All the Devils Are Here (2007) #548
113	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #614 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #845 Litany (2000) #867
114	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #880 The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) (2023) #1120 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single]
115	Pain of Salvation 1984, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	The Perfect Element I (2000) #200 BE (2004) #590 Remedy Lane Re:Lived (2016) [Live]
116	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1108 Nothing (2006) #2098 Destroy Erase Improve (1995) #3454
117	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #577 The Premonition (2008) #1099 Immortals (2017) #1932
118	Linkin Park 1996, United States Nu Metal, Rap Rock, Alternative Rock	Hybrid Theory (2000) #51 Meteora (2003) #293 Live in Texas (2003) [Live] #3329
119	Seventh Wonder 2000, Sweden Progressive Metal	The Great Escape (2010) #78 Tiara (2018) #235 Mercy Falls (2008) #246
120	Tool 1990, United States Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Lateralus (2001) #158 Ænima (1996) #217 10,000 Days (2006) #261
121	Within Temptation 1996, Netherlands Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Alternative Rock	The Unforgiving (2011) #1220 Mother Earth (2000) #1264 The Silent Force (2004) #1682
122	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #615 The Plague Within (2015) #760 In Requiem (2007) #808
123	Kiss 1973, United States Hard Rock, Glam Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal	Destroyer (1976) #1476 Alive! (1975) [Live] #1477 Dressed to Kill (1975) #1559
124	김경호 (Kim Kyungho) Korea K-Pop, Hard Rock, Rock, Heavy Metal	00:00:1998 (1998) #859 1997 (1997) #1485 Kim Kyungho - 5th (2000) #2726
125	W.A.S.P. 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Glam Metal	The Crimson Idol (1992) #236 W.A.S.P. (1984) #1198 The Headless Children (1989) #1359
126	Nile 1993, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Annihilation of the Wicked (2005) #208 In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) #294 Those Whom the Gods Detest (2009) #861
127	Crimson Glory 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Transcendence (1988) #80 Crimson Glory (1986) #199 Astronomica (1999) #6047
128	Extreme 1985, United States Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Funk Metal	II Pornograffitti (1990) #102 III Sides to Every Story (1992) #214 Extreme (1989) #1538
129	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #1011 The Great Cold Distance (2006) #1562 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1900
130	Shadow Gallery 1985, United States Progressive Metal	Legacy (2001) #151 Room V (2005) #566 Tyranny (1998) #569
131	Suffocation 1989, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Pierced From Within (1995) #173 Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) #266 Hymns from the Apocrypha (2023) #1483
132	King Diamond 1985, Denmark Heavy Metal	Abigail (1987) #317 Conspiracy (1989) #601 Fatal Portrait (1986) #1244
133	Gorgoroth 1992, Norway Black Metal	Pentagram (1994) #88 Antichrist (1996) #186 Under the Sign of Hell (1997) #639
134	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #534 Alice in Hell (1989) #1150 Metal II (2022) #3257
135	Mr. Big 1988, United States Hard Rock, Pop Rock, Glam Metal	Lean Into It (1991) #475 What If… (2011) #1351 Bump Ahead (1993) #1381
136	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #43 The Somberlain (1993) #1299 Live Legacy (2003) [Live]
137	Ayreon 1994, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera	The Human Equation (2004) #124 The Theory of Everything (2013) #464 Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera (1998) #565
138	Manowar 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Kings of Metal (1988) #681 Hail to England (1984) #910 Sign of the Hammer (1984) #1961
139	부활 (Boohwal) 1985, Korea Heavy Metal, Rock, K-Pop	II : Remember (1987) #172 III : 기억상실 (1993) #756 Volume 1 (1986) #1754
140	Uriah Heep 1969, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Progressive Rock	Demons and Wizards (1972) #874 The Magician's Birthday (1972) #1115 Uriah Heep Live (1973) [Live] #1376
141	Gary Moore United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal	Still Got the Blues (1990) #193 Wild Frontier (1987) #433 Victims of the Future (1983) #686
142	Graveworm 1992, Italy Melodic Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	As the Angels Reach the Beauty (1999) #428 Scourge of Malice (2001) #597 Engraved in Black (2003) #5041
143	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #380 The Dark (1986) #979 Live (1998) [Live] #1746
144	Deathspell Omega 1998, France Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Fas- Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum (2007) #750 Paracletus (2010) #930 Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice (2004) #1300
145	Alice in Chains 1987, United States Heavy Metal, Grunge	Dirt (1992) #276 Facelift (1990) #1751 MTV Unplugged (1996) [Live] #1765
146	Korn 1993, United States Nu Metal, Alternative Metal	Korn (1994) #749 Take a Look in the Mirror (2003) #1592 Life Is Peachy (1996) #2031
147	Vanden Plas 1986, Germany Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Christ 0 (2006) #241 The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) #1616 The Empyrean Equation of the long lost Things (2024) #1800
148	At Vance 1998, Germany Neoclassical Metal, Power Metal	Only Human (2002) #365 The Evil in You (2003) #1672 Chained (2005) #3480
149	At the Gates 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Slaughter of the Soul (1995) #203 At War with Reality (2014) #1368 Terminal Spirit Disease (1994) #1925
150	Nocturnal Rites 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Death Metal	Grand Illusion (2005) #451 The 8th Sin (2007) #733 Shadowland (2002) #863

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