Best Heavy Metal Bands | page 3

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
101	Andre Matos Brazil Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Time to Be Free (2007) #1798 Mentalize (2009) #6762 The turn of the lights (2012) #7887
102	James LaBrie Canada Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Static Impulse (2010) #4280 Elements of Persuasion (2005) #5110 Impermanent Resonance (2013) #5290
103	Unisonic 2009, Germany Power Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Unisonic (2012) #1809 Ignition (2012) [EP] #2300 Light of Dawn (2014) #2301
104	Budgie 1967, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock	Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973) #574 In for the Kill (1974) #2666 An Ecstasy of Fumbling: the Definitive Anthology (1996) [Compilation]
105	Maverick Korea Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Enigma (2015) [EP] #2318
106	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #119 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #195 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #382
107	외인부대 (Foreign Legion) 1987, Korea Heavy Metal	외인부대 (1988) #1086 You're My Love (2013) [Single] I Hate My Friends (1988) #8983
108	Sebastian Bach Canada Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Give 'Em Hell (2014) #2406 Kicking & Screaming (2011) #5107 Angel Down (2007) #5673
109	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) #6701 無頼豊饒 (2014)
110	Doro 1989, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Fur Immen (2003) [Video] True at Heart (1991) #3140 Burn It Up (2000) [Single]
111	Raven 1974, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, Speed Metal	All for One (1983) #4006 The Pack Is Back (1986) #6962 Stay Hard (1985) #6348
112	Gary Moore United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal	Still Got the Blues (1990) #206 Wild Frontier (1987) #451 Victims of the Future (1983) #710
113	Lordi 1992, Finland Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	The Arockalypse (2006) #3849 Screem Writers Guild (2023) Get Heavy (2002) #7110
114	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #457 Alice in Hell (1989) #958 Set the World on Fire (1993) #3003
115	Lovebites 2016, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Judgement Day (2023) #1026 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) #1435 백절불굴 (百折不屈) (2007) [Split] 멸절 (滅絶) (2014) [EP] #6075
117	Blue Murder 1988, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal	Blue Murder (1989) #245 Screaming (1994) [Live] #2862 Nothin' But Trouble (1993) #3876
118	Cloven Hoof 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Power Metal, NWOBHM	A Sultan's Ransom (1989) #2010 Resist or Serve (2014) #5837 Cloven Hoof (1984) #5919
119	Lizzy Borden 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Master of Disguise (1989) #5578 Love You to Pieces (1985) #6009 Appointment With Death (2007)
120	Graveyard 2006, Sweden Hard Rock, Stoner Rock, Heavy Psych	Hisingen Blues (2011) #2729 Graveyard (2008) #4810 Lights Out (2012) #6135
121	Saint Vitus 1980, United States Doom Metal	Born Too Late (1987) #3703 Lillie: F-65 (2012) Saint Vitus (2019)
122	Europe 1981, Sweden Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, AOR	The Final Countdown (1986) #635 Prisoners in Paradise (1991) #1255 Secret Society (2006) #2368
123	Axxis 1988, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Power Metal	Paradise in Flames (2006) #4605 II (1990) #5705 Back to the Kingdom (2000)
124	Halestorm 1997, United States Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Pop Rock	The Strange Case Of... (2012) #4148 Back from the Dead (2022) Halestorm (2009) #6359
125	Mir 1999, Korea Heavy Metal	K.M.R (2003) #1989 Waltz of Lunatic Fringe (2007) #3601
126	Danzig 1987, United States Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Danzig (1988) #3680 Danzig II: Lucifuge (1990) #6457 Danzig III: How the Gods Kill (1992) #6894
127	Tygers of Pan Tang 1978, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, NWOBHM	Hellbound. Spellbound Live 1981 (2018) [Live] Wild Cat (1980) #6039 Spellbound (1981) #6160
128	Scanner 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Terminal Earth (1989) #2022 Hypertrace (1988) #2516 Scantropolis (2002) #4992
129	Whitesnake 1977, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, AOR	Whitesnake [aka 1987] (1987) #38 Slip of the Tongue (1989) #389 Live in the Heart of the City (1980) [Live] #826
130	피해의식 (Victim Mentality) 2009, Korea Heavy Metal, Glam Metal	Magic Finger (2013) [EP] #5688 무임승차 (Free Riding) (2016) [Single] Way of Steel (2018) #8587
131	Pentagram 1971, United States Doom Metal	Pentagram (Relentless) (1985) #5198 Day of Reckoning (1987) #5570 Last Rites (2011)
132	Demon United Kingdom Heavy Metal	Breakout (1987) Taking the World by Storm (1989) Night of the Demon (1981) #5436
133	High Power 1977, France Heavy Metal	High Power (1983) #628 Les Violons de Satan (1986) Demo (1983) [Demo]
134	Fight 1992, United States Heavy Metal, Groove Metal	War of Words (1993) #3072 Mutations (1994) [EP] #7308 A Small Deadly Space (1995) #9327
135	Sinergy 1997, Finland Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Beware the Heavens (1999) #5186 To Hell and Back (2000) #7458 Suicide By My Side (2002) #7825
136	Stranger 1989, Korea Heavy Metal	Sailing Out (1990) #719 Power Together (1993) [Split] Stranger / Maybe (1991) [Split]
137	Vinnie Moore United States Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Mind's Eye (1986) #1329 Time Odyssey (1988) #1379 Meltdown (1991) #2800
138	Tenacious D 1994, United States Comedy Rock, Acoustic Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Tenacious D (2001) #2888 The Pick of Destiny (2006) #2889 Rize of the Fenix (2012) #7741
139	Crystal Viper 2003, Poland Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Crimen Excepta (2012) #5575 Metal Nation (2009) #6053 Legends (2010) #6620
140	이현석 (Lee Hyunsuk) 1991, Korea Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Sky High (1992) #1176 학창시절 (1994) #2179 Myself (2005) #5796
141	Cirith Ungol 1972, United States Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	Dark Parade (2023) Paradise Lost (1991) #6606 One Foot in Hell (1986) #6901
142	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)
143	Brainstorm 1989, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Liquid Monster (2005) #1674 Ambiguity (2000) #3043 Unholy (1998) #3141
144	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #414 The Dark (1986) #1011 Live (1998) [Live] #1794
145	Satan 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	Court in the Act (1983) #1406 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) #2741
147	Striker 2007, Canada Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Ultrapower (2024) Eyes in the Night (2010) #3795 Armed to the Teeth (2012) #4732
148	Trond Holter Norway Heavy Metal	Dracula: Swing of Death (2015) #1564
149	KK's Priest 2019, United Kingdom Heavy Metal	Sermons of the Sinner (2021) #4900 The Sinner Rides Again (2023) #6934
150	Sortilège 1981, France Heavy Metal	Sortilège (1983) [EP] #3466 Métamorphose (1984) #3918 Larmes de héros (1986) #4860

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