Best Heavy Metal Bands | page 3

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
101	James LaBrie Canada Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Static Impulse (2010) #4329 Impermanent Resonance (2013) #4532 Elements of Persuasion (2005) #5159
102	Andre Matos Brazil Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Time to Be Free (2007) #1817 Mentalize (2009) #6817 The turn of the lights (2012) #7961
103	Gary Moore United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal	Still Got the Blues (1990) #206 Wild Frontier (1987) #452 Victims of the Future (1983) #707
104	Unisonic 2009, Germany Power Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Unisonic (2012) #1828 Ignition (2012) [EP] #2318 Light of Dawn (2014) #2319
105	Budgie 1967, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock	Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973) #578 In for the Kill (1974) #2695 An Ecstasy of Fumbling: the Definitive Anthology (1996) [Compilation]
106	Maverick Korea Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Enigma (2015) [EP] #2339
107	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #121 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #196 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #382
108	외인부대 (Foreign Legion) 1987, Korea Heavy Metal	외인부대 (1988) #1090 You're My Love (2013) [Single] I Hate My Friends (1988) #9071
109	Sebastian Bach Canada Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Give 'Em Hell (2014) #2797 Kicking & Screaming (2011) #5155 Angel Down (2007) #5736
110	人間椅子 1987, Japan Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	桜の森の満開の下 (1991) 怪談そして死とエロス (2016) #6752 無頼豊饒 (2014)
111	Doro 1989, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Fur Immen (2003) [Video] True at Heart (1991) #3168 Burn It Up (2000) [Single]
112	Raven 1974, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, Speed Metal	All for One (1983) #4049 The Pack Is Back (1986) #6340 Stay Hard (1985) #6406
113	Lordi 1992, Finland Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	The Arockalypse (2006) #3894 Screem Writers Guild (2023) Get Heavy (2002) #7174
114	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #457 Alice in Hell (1989) #969 Set the World on Fire (1993) #3035
115	Lovebites 2016, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Judgement Day (2023) #1031 Five of a Kind - Live in Tokyo 2020 (2020) [Live] Golden Destination (2020) [EP]
116	Samchung 1997, Korea Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Metalcore	Way of Men - 남도 (男道) (2005) #1709 백절불굴 (百折不屈) (2007) [Split] 멸절 (滅絶) (2014) [EP] #6141
117	Blue Murder 1988, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal	Blue Murder (1989) #245 Screaming (1994) [Live] #2890 Nothin' But Trouble (1993) #3922
118	Cloven Hoof 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Power Metal, NWOBHM	A Sultan's Ransom (1989) #1454 Cloven Hoof (1984) #5973 Resist or Serve (2014) #6140
119	Lizzy Borden 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Master of Disguise (1989) #5637 Love You to Pieces (1985) #6067 Appointment With Death (2007)
120	Graveyard 2006, Sweden Hard Rock, Stoner Rock, Heavy Psych	Hisingen Blues (2011) #2754 Graveyard (2008) #4860 Lights Out (2012) #6200
121	Saint Vitus 1980, United States Doom Metal	Born Too Late (1987) #3142 Lillie: F-65 (2012) Saint Vitus (2019)
122	Europe 1981, Sweden Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, AOR	The Final Countdown (1986) #640 Prisoners in Paradise (1991) #1259 Secret Society (2006) #2390
123	Whitesnake 1977, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, AOR	Whitesnake [aka 1987] (1987) #35 Slip of the Tongue (1989) #388 Live in the Heart of the City (1980) [Live] #720
124	Axxis 1988, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Power Metal	Paradise in Flames (2006) #4657 II (1990) #5770 Back to the Kingdom (2000)
125	Crystal Viper 2003, Poland Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Crimen Excepta (2012) #5633 Metal Nation (2009) #6113 Legends (2010) #6675
126	Halestorm 1997, United States Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Pop Rock	The Strange Case Of... (2012) #4192 Back from the Dead (2022) Halestorm (2009) #6417
127	Mir 1999, Korea Heavy Metal	K.M.R (2003) #1995 Waltz of Lunatic Fringe (2007) #3629
128	Danzig 1987, United States Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Danzig (1988) #3711 Danzig II: Lucifuge (1990) #6513 Danzig III: How the Gods Kill (1992) #6959
129	Tygers of Pan Tang 1978, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, NWOBHM	Hellbound. Spellbound Live 1981 (2018) [Live] Wild Cat (1980) #6097 Spellbound (1981) #6224
130	Scanner 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Terminal Earth (1989) #1676 Hypertrace (1988) #2541 Scantropolis (2002) #5040
131	Pentagram 1971, United States Doom Metal	Pentagram (Relentless) (1985) #4645 Day of Reckoning (1987) #5628 Last Rites (2011)
132	피해의식 (Victim Mentality) 2009, Korea Heavy Metal, Glam Metal	Magic Finger (2013) [EP] #5750 무임승차 (Free Riding) (2016) [Single] Way of Steel (2018) #8662
133	Demon United Kingdom Heavy Metal	Breakout (1987) Taking the World by Storm (1989) Night of the Demon (1981) #5196
134	High Power 1977, France Heavy Metal	High Power (1983) #634 Les Violons de Satan (1986) Demo (1983) [Demo]
135	Fight 1992, United States Heavy Metal, Groove Metal	War of Words (1993) #3106 Mutations (1994) [EP] #7373 A Small Deadly Space (1995) #9412
136	Sinergy 1997, Finland Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Beware the Heavens (1999) #5237 To Hell and Back (2000) #7532 Suicide By My Side (2002) #7903
137	Stranger 1989, Korea Heavy Metal	Sailing Out (1990) #726 Power Together (1993) [Split] Stranger / Maybe (1991) [Split]
138	Brainstorm 1989, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Plague of Rats (2025) Liquid Monster (2005) #1689 Ambiguity (2000) #3077
139	Vinnie Moore United States Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Mind's Eye (1986) #1341 Time Odyssey (1988) #1389 Meltdown (1991) #2829
140	Tenacious D 1994, United States Comedy Rock, Acoustic Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Tenacious D (2001) #2914 The Pick of Destiny (2006) #2915 Rize of the Fenix (2012) #8961
141	이현석 (Lee Hyunsuk) 1991, Korea Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Sky High (1992) #1178 학창시절 (1994) #2187 Myself (2005) #5857
142	Cirith Ungol 1972, United States Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	Dark Parade (2023) Paradise Lost (1991) #6662 One Foot in Hell (1986) #6966
143	聖飢魔Ⅱ(SeikimaⅡ) Japan J-Rock, Heavy Metal	聖飢魔II～悪魔が来たりてヘヴィメタる (1985) THE END OF THE CENTURY (1986) メフィストフェレスの肖像 (1996)
144	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #416 The Dark (1986) #1017 Live (1998) [Live] #1814
145	Satan 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	Court in the Act (1983) #1418 Cruel Magic (2018) Songs in Crimson (2024)
146	Y&T 1972, United States Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Contagious (1987) Yesterday & Today Live (1990) [Live] Black Tiger (1982) #2767
147	Striker 2007, Canada Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Ultrapower (2024) Eyes in the Night (2010) #3832 Armed to the Teeth (2012) #4782
148	Trond Holter Norway Heavy Metal	Dracula: Swing of Death (2015) #1574
149	KK's Priest 2019, United Kingdom Heavy Metal	Sermons of the Sinner (2021) #4940 The Sinner Rides Again (2023) #6999
150	Dionysus 1989, Korea Heavy Metal	Excalibur (1990) #4610 Legend of Darkness (1989) #7708

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