Best Heavy Metal Bands | page 4

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
151	Dionysus 1989, Korea Heavy Metal	Excalibur (1990) #4649 Legend of Darkness (1989) #7753
152	Sortilège 1981, France Heavy Metal	Sortilège (1983) [EP] #3507 Métamorphose (1984) #3987 Larmes de héros (1986) #4947
153	Gehenna 1979, Mexico Power Metal, Heavy Metal	En busca del valle de Gehenna (1987) #1888 Escuadrón Metálico (Proyecto I) (1986) [Split] Demo (1985) [Demo]
154	Metalucifer 1995, Japan Traditional Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Heavy Metal Bulldozer (2009) #2963 Heavy Metal Chainsaw (2001) #5225 Heavy Metal Drill (1996) #5905
155	Pain 1996, Sweden Industrial Metal	I Am (2024) Nothing Remains the Same (2002) #5532 Cynic Paradise (2008) #6598
156	Warlord 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	And the Cannons of Destruction Have Begun... (1984) #3807 The Holy Empire (2013) Deliver Us (1983) [EP]
157	Angel Witch 1978, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	Angel Witch (1980) #3694 As Above, So Below (2012) Screamin' and Bleedin' (1985)
158	Samson 1977, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	Head On (1980) Live At Reading '81 (1990) [Live] Refugee (1990)
159	Trouble 1979, United States Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal	Trouble (1990) #1628 The Skull (1985) #2211 Run to the Light (1987) #2212
160	Rob Zombie United States Industrial Metal, Heavy Metal, Groove Metal, Alternative Metal	The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy (2021) Hellbilly Deluxe 2 (2010) Past, Present & Future (2003) [Compilation]
161	Lionsheart United Kingdom Heavy Metal	Lionsheart (1993) #3085 Abyss (2004) Pride in Tact (1994)
162	Ugly Kid Joe United States Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Stairway To Hell (2012) [EP] America's Least Wanted (1992) #4650 As Ugly as They Wanna Be (1991) [EP]
163	Silver Mountain Sweden Heavy Metal	Universe (1984) #2689 Roses & Champagne (1988) #7064 Shakin' Brains (1983)
164	Golden Resurrection 2008, Sweden Neoclassical Metal, Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Christian Metal	Glory to My King (2010) #1314 One Voice for the Kingdom (2013) #3754 Man with a Mission (2011) #9050
165	Amon Amarth 1992, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Twilight of the Thunder God (2008) #398 Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) #1147 With Oden on Our Side (2006) #1347
166	Kreyson 1989, Czech Republic Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Angel on the Run / Anděl Na Útěku (1990) #823 Elixír Života (1993) Crusaders / Křižáci (1992)
167	Root 1987, Czech Republic Heavy Metal, Black Metal	Zjevení (1990) #4890 KÄRGERÄS (1996) #6139 Madness of the Graves (2003)
168	Girlschool 1978, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, NWOBHM	St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1981) [Split] Hit and Run (1981) #6213 Screaming Blue Murder (1982) #6459
169	Krokus 1974, Switzerland Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock	Change of Address (1986) #7175 Metal Rendez-vous (1980) Dirty Dynamite (2013)
170	Project Rock in Korea 1989, Korea Heavy Metal	Project Rock in Korea (1989) #1114 Rock in Korea II Live Remix (1993) [Live]
171	Beyond Twilight 1996, Denmark Progressive Metal	Lurking Fantasia (1999) [Demo] Section X (2005) #2036 The Devil's Hall of Fame (2001) #2722
172	Sum 41 1996, Canada Punk Rock, Pop Punk, Skate Punk, Alternative Metal, Melodic Hardcore	Chuck (2004) #6249 Half Hour of Power (2000) [EP] Does This Look infected? (2002) #7585
173	Saint Deamon 2006, Sweden Power Metal, Heavy Metal	In Shadows Lost From the Brave (2008) #3818 Pandeamonium (2009) #5307 League of the Serpent (2023) #7406
174	Won 1998, Korea Heavy Metal	모래시계 (2008) #3086 Rocker's Manual (2014) #5231 Majesty (2010)
175	Michael Angelo Batio United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal	No Boundaries (1995) #4882 Hands Without Shadows (2005) #5747 Hands Without Shadows 2 – Voices (2009)
176	Knights of Round 2003, Japan Power Metal	The Book of Awakening (2010) #4961 The Meaning of Life (2016) #5237 Eternity (2007) #6699
177	Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall 2011, Sweden Heavy Metal	Magnus Karlsson’s Free Fall (2013) #5522 Hunt the Flame (2023) #5558 Kingdom of Rock (2015)
178	Witherfall 2013, United States Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Nocturnes and Requiems (2017) #4133 Curse of Autumn (2021) #4298 Sounds of the Forgotten (2024) #4325
179	Lords of Black 2014, Spain Heavy Metal	Lords of Black (2014) #2806 Icons of the New Days (2018) #2816 II (2016)
180	Ministry 1981, United States Industrial Rock, Industrial Metal, Synthpop	ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ [Psalm 69] (1992) #2122 The Last Sucker (2007) Rio Grande Blood (2006) #6682
181	Obsession United States Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Methods of Madness (1987) #3979 Scarred for life (1986) #5065 Carnival of Lies (2006)
182	Heavy Load 1976, Sweden Heavy Metal	Full Speed at High Level (1978) Riders of the Ancient Storm (2023) Death or Glory (1982) #7509
183	Crux 1989, Korea Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Elapse with the Relapse (2014) #3712 Who Defines What's Divine (2021)
184	Warkings International Power Metal	Revolution (2021) #1728 Revenge (2020) #3611 Morgana (2022) #4143
185	Slough Feg 1990, United States Heavy Metal	Atavism (2005) The Lord Weird Slough Feg (1996) #8597 Hardworlder (2007)
186	Iommi 1996, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	Fused (2005) #3576 Iommi (2000) #7787 The 1996 DEP Sessions (2004)
187	Black Syndrome 1986, Korea Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Fatal Attraction (1988) #6552 Crazy Tonight (1990) #6669 Zarathustra (1996) #7928
188	Wolf 1995, Sweden Heavy Metal	Evil Star (2004) Ravenous (2009) Legions of Bastards (2011)
189	Michael Sweet United States Hard Rock, AOR, Christian Rock	Only to Rise (2015) Unified (2017) Heart & Sacrifice (2023)
190	Tad Morose 1991, Sweden Power Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Chapter X (2018) Modus Vivendi (2003) #2518 Leaving the Past Behind (1993)
191	Tublatanka 1982, Slovakia Heavy metal, hard rock	Žeravé znamenie osudu (1988) Nebo – peklo – raj (1990) Poďme bratia do Betlehema (1993)
192	Arthemis 1994, Italy Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Golden Dawn (2003) #3177 We Fight (2012) #3221 Heroes (2010) #4418
193	Marshall Law 1987, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Metal Detector (1997) Warning From History (1999) Marshall Law (1989)
194	Living Colour 1984, United States Funk Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Vivid (1988) #5382 Collideoscope (2003) The Chair in the Doorway (2009)
195	Therion 1988, Sweden Symphonic Metal, Death Metal	Vovin (1998) #113 Secret of the Runes (2001) #421 Theli (1996) #566
196	Stormwitch 1979, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Dance with the Witches (2002) Witchcraft (2004) Season of the Witch (2015)
197	Mary's Blood 2009, Japan Power Metal	Bloody Palace (2015) #3452 0 -Zero- (2011) [EP] FATE (2016) #6784
198	Earthshaker 1978, Japan Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Quarter (2008) Earthshaker (1983) #5151 Fugitive (1984)
199	Act of Defiance 2015, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Old Scars, New Wounds (2017) #3543 Birth and the Burial (2015) #7685
200	Majesty 1997, Germany Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Hellforces (2006) #8112 Banners High (2013) Generation Steel (2015)

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