Best Heavy Metal Bands | page 3

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
101	James LaBrie Canada Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Static Impulse (2010) #4358 Impermanent Resonance (2013) #4568 Elements of Persuasion (2005) #5191
102	Andre Matos Brazil Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Time to Be Free (2007) #1815 Mentalize (2009) #6314 The turn of the lights (2012) #8014
103	Gary Moore United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal	Still Got the Blues (1990) #209 Wild Frontier (1987) #459 Victims of the Future (1983) #708
104	Unisonic 2009, Germany Power Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Unisonic (2012) #1823 Ignition (2012) [EP] #2315 Light of Dawn (2014) #2316
105	Budgie 1967, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, Hard Rock	Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1973) #582 In for the Kill (1974) #2698 An Ecstasy of Fumbling: the Definitive Anthology (1996) [Compilation]
106	Maverick Korea Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Enigma (2015) [EP] #2337
107	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #104 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #199 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #387
108	외인부대 (Foreign Legion) 1987, Korea Heavy Metal	외인부대 (1988) #1092 You're My Love (2013) [Single] I Hate My Friends (1988) #9125
109	Sebastian Bach Canada Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Give 'Em Hell (2014) #2801 Kicking & Screaming (2011) #4730 Angel Down (2007) #5769
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) #6796 無頼豊饒 (2014)
111	Doro 1989, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Fur Immen (2003) [Video] True at Heart (1991) #3181 Burn It Up (2000) [Single]
112	Raven 1974, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, Speed Metal	All for One (1983) #4074 The Pack Is Back (1986) #6379 Stay Hard (1985) #6445
113	Lordi 1992, Finland Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	The Arockalypse (2006) #3915 Screem Writers Guild (2023) Get Heavy (2002) #7222
114	Fight 1992, United States Heavy Metal, Groove Metal	War of Words (1993) #2672 Mutations (1994) [EP] #7417 A Small Deadly Space (1995) #9495
115	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #465 Alice in Hell (1989) #977 Set the World on Fire (1993) #3048
116	Lovebites 2016, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Judgement Day (2023) #1040 Five of a Kind - Live in Tokyo 2020 (2020) [Live] Golden Destination (2020) [EP]
117	Samchung 1997, Korea Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Metalcore	Way of Men - 남도 (男道) (2005) #1705 백절불굴 (百折不屈) (2007) [Split] 멸절 (滅絶) (2014) [EP] #6175
118	Blue Murder 1988, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal	Blue Murder (1989) #243 Screaming (1994) [Live] #2900 Nothin' But Trouble (1993) #3944
119	Cloven Hoof 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Power Metal, NWOBHM	A Sultan's Ransom (1989) #2014 Cloven Hoof (1984) #6004 Resist or Serve (2014) #6174
120	Lizzy Borden 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Master of Disguise (1989) #5668 Love You to Pieces (1985) #6101 Appointment With Death (2007)
121	Graveyard 2006, Sweden Hard Rock, Stoner Rock, Heavy Psych	Hisingen Blues (2011) #2756 Graveyard (2008) #4894 Lights Out (2012) #6234
122	Saint Vitus 1980, United States Doom Metal	Born Too Late (1987) #3152 Lillie: F-65 (2012) Saint Vitus (2019)
123	Europe 1981, Sweden Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, AOR	The Final Countdown (1986) #641 Prisoners in Paradise (1991) #1266 Secret Society (2006) #2386
124	Whitesnake 1977, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, AOR	Whitesnake [aka 1987] (1987) #37 Slip of the Tongue (1989) #391 Live in the Heart of the City (1980) [Live] #721
125	Axxis 1988, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Power Metal	Paradise in Flames (2006) #4696 II (1990) #5801 Back to the Kingdom (2000)
126	Crystal Viper 2003, Poland Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Crimen Excepta (2012) #5664 Metal Nation (2009) #6148 Legends (2010) #6719
127	Halestorm 1997, United States Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Pop Rock	The Strange Case Of... (2012) #4222 Back from the Dead (2022) Halestorm (2009) #6456
128	Mir 1999, Korea Heavy Metal	K.M.R (2003) #1995 Waltz of Lunatic Fringe (2007) #3642
129	Danzig 1987, United States Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Danzig (1988) #3725 Danzig II: Lucifuge (1990) #6551 Danzig III: How the Gods Kill (1992) #6997
130	Tygers of Pan Tang 1978, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, NWOBHM	Hellbound. Spellbound Live 1981 (2018) [Live] Wild Cat (1980) #6130 Spellbound (1981) #6258
131	Scanner 1986, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal	Terminal Earth (1989) #2030 Hypertrace (1988) #2542 Scantropolis (2002) #5076
132	Cirith Ungol 1972, United States Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	Dark Parade (2023) Paradise Lost (1991) #6706 One Foot in Hell (1986) #7004
133	Pentagram 1971, United States Doom Metal	Pentagram (Relentless) (1985) #4682 Day of Reckoning (1987) #5658 Last Rites (2011)
134	피해의식 (Victim Mentality) 2009, Korea Heavy Metal, Glam Metal	Magic Finger (2013) [EP] #5781 무임승차 (Free Riding) (2016) [Single] Way of Steel (2018) #8945
135	Brainstorm 1989, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Plague of Rats (2025) Liquid Monster (2005) #1683 Ambiguity (2000) #3089
136	Demon United Kingdom Heavy Metal	Breakout (1987) Taking the World by Storm (1989) Night of the Demon (1981) #5227
137	High Power 1977, France Heavy Metal	High Power (1983) #630 Les Violons de Satan (1986) Demo (1983) [Demo]
138	Sinergy 1997, Finland Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Beware the Heavens (1999) #5269 To Hell and Back (2000) #7579 Suicide By My Side (2002) #7951
139	Stranger 1989, Korea Heavy Metal	Sailing Out (1990) #730 Power Together (1993) [Split] Stranger / Maybe (1991) [Split]
140	Vinnie Moore United States Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Mind's Eye (1986) #1346 Time Odyssey (1988) #1394 Meltdown (1991) #2835
141	Tenacious D 1994, United States Comedy Rock, Acoustic Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Tenacious D (2001) #2926 The Pick of Destiny (2006) #2927 Rize of the Fenix (2012) #9017
142	이현석 (Lee Hyunsuk) 1991, Korea Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Sky High (1992) #1179 학창시절 (1994) #2186 Myself (2005) #5890
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	Trivium 1999, United States Melodic Metalcore, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ascendancy (2005) #167 Shogun (2008) #724 In the Court of the Dragon (2021) #966
145	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #418 The Dark (1986) #1028 Live (1998) [Live] #1812
146	Satan 1979, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	Court in the Act (1983) #1423 Cruel Magic (2018) Songs in Crimson (2024)
147	Y&T 1972, United States Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Contagious (1987) Yesterday & Today Live (1990) [Live] Black Tiger (1982) #2770
148	Striker 2007, Canada Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Ultrapower (2024) Eyes in the Night (2010) #3853 Armed to the Teeth (2012) #4817
149	Trond Holter Norway Heavy Metal	Dracula: Swing of Death (2015) #1573
150	KK's Priest 2019, United Kingdom Heavy Metal	Sermons of the Sinner (2021) #4975 The Sinner Rides Again (2023) #7040

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