Top Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Dream Theater 1986, United States Progressive Metal	Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999) #3 Images and Words (1992) #4 Awake (1994) #16
2	Megadeth 1983, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	Rust in Peace (1990) #1 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986) #15 Countdown to Extinction (1992) #142
3	Judas Priest 1970, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Painkiller (1990) #2 Defenders of the Faith (1984) #17 Screaming for Vengeance (1982) #60
4	Helloween 1983, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II (1988) #7 Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I (1987) #28 United Alive (2019) [Live] #40
5	Metallica 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Ride the Lightning (1984) #6 Master of Puppets (1986) #21 ...And Justice for All (1988) #77
6	Iron Maiden 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	The Number of the Beast (1982) #10 Powerslave (1984) #13 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) #49
7	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #9 Damnation (2003) #78 Ghost Reveries (2005) #80
8	Stratovarius 1984, Finland Power Metal	Visions (1997) #26 Visions of Europe (1998) [Live] #130 Infinite (2000) #137
9	Black Sabbath 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal	Paranoid (1970) #12 Heaven and Hell (1980) #19 Black Sabbath (1970) #41
10	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #54 Hell Awaits (1985) #58
11	Dark Tranquillity 1991, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Damage Done (2002) #23 Fiction (2007) #47 Atoma (2016) #183
12	Rhapsody of Fire 1995, Italy Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Power of the Dragonflame (2002) #34 Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998) #62 Into the Legend (2016) #186
13	Arch Enemy 1995, Sweden Melodic Death Metal	Burning Bridges (1999) #53 Rise of the Tyrant (2007) #100 Wages of Sin (2001) #312
14	In Flames 1990, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal	Colony (1999) #158 The Jester Race (1996) #180 Whoracle (1997) #276
15	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #18 Rebirth (2001) #106 Holy Land (1996) #318
16	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #31 Karma (2001) #99 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #172
17	Avantasia 2000, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	The Metal Opera (2001) #48 Moonglow (2019) #76 A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society (2022) #124
18	Nightwish 1996, Finland Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Oceanborn (1998) #37 Once (2004) #282 Dark Passion Play (2007) #307
19	Gamma Ray 1989, Germany Power Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal	Land of the Free (1995) #159 Power Plant (1999) #177 Somewhere Out in Space (1997) #189
20	Yngwie Malmsteen Sweden Neoclassical Metal, Heavy Metal	Rising Force (1984) #33 Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Op.1 (1998) #239 Marching Out (1985) #268
21	Cradle of Filth 1991, United Kingdom Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	Cruelty and the Beast (1998) #74 Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996) #120 V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein (1996) [EP] #164
22	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #20 Human (1991) #35 Leprosy (1988) #59
23	Deep Purple 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Blues Rock	Machine Head (1972) #14 In Rock (1970) #108 Made in Japan (1972) [Live] #169
24	Children of Bodom 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	Follow the Reaper (2000) #92 Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) #119 Hatebreeder (1999) #273
25	Led Zeppelin 1968, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock	Led Zeppelin IV (1971) #11 Led Zeppelin (1969) #69 How the West Was Won (2003) [Live] #140
26	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #146 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #489 Angel of Salvation (2012) #494
27	Testament 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	The Legacy (1987) #242 The Gathering (1999) #306 The New Order (1988) #515
28	Kreator 1984, Germany Thrash Metal	Pleasure to Kill (1986) #88 Coma of Souls (1990) #361 Enemy of God (2005) #390
29	Ozzy Osbourne United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Blizzard of Ozz (1980) #36 Tribute: Randy Rhoads (1987) [Live] #86 Diary of a Madman (1981) #557
30	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #24 Arise (1991) #114 Schizophrenia (1987) #233
31	Sonata Arctica 1999, Finland Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Ecliptica (1999) #85 Silence (2001) #296 Reckoning Night (2004) #500
32	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #73 Show Me How to Live (2011) #293 1996 (1996) [Live] #426
33	Edguy 1992, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Mandrake (2001) #91 Hellfire Club (2004) #253 Theater of Salvation (1999) #311
34	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #84 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #104 Iconoclast (2011) #155
35	Sodom 1981, Germany Thrash Metal, Black Metal	Persecution Mania (1987) #161 Tapping the Vein (1992) #301 Code Red (1999) #405
36	Blind Guardian 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal	Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #157 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #195 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #336
37	Omnium Gatherum 1996, Finland Melodic Death Metal	New World Shadows (2011) #27 Beyond (2013) #153 Grey Heavens (2016) #701
38	Darkthrone 1987, Norway Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal	A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) #42 Transilvanian Hunger (1994) #152 Under a Funeral Moon (1993) #421
39	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #115 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #192 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #378
40	Queen 1970, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock	A Night at the Opera (1975) #65 Queen II (1974) #310 Made in Heaven (1995) #338
41	Cannibal Corpse 1988, United States Death Metal	Torture (2012) #523 Kill (2006) #1051 A Skeletal Domain (2014) #1163
42	Insomnium 1997, Finland Melodic Death Metal	Winter's Gate (2016) #39 Heart Like a Grave (2019) #196 Anno 1696 (2023) #216
43	Scorpions 1964, Germany Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	Love at First Sting (1984) #223 Blackout (1982) #227 Moment of Glory (2000) #323
44	Lamb of God 1999, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Ashes of the Wake (2004) #160 As the Palaces Burn (2003) #294 Killadelphia (2005) [Live] #342
45	AC/DC 1973, Australia Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll	Back in Black (1980) #56 Highway to Hell (1979) #417 The Razor's Edge (1990) #900
46	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #95 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #255 Surgical Steel (2013) #319
47	Rush 1968, Canada Progressive Rock, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	Moving Pictures (1981) #45 2112 (1976) #187 Hemispheres (1978) #360
48	Burzum 1991, Norway Black Metal, Ambient	Hvis lyset tar oss (1994) #97 Det som engang var (1993) #648 Filosofem (1996) #753
49	Deicide 1989, United States Death Metal	Legion (1992) #89 Deicide (1990) #118 Once upon the Cross (1995) #459
50	Heavenly 1994, France Power Metal	Virus (2006) #79 Dust to Dust (2004) #111 Sign of the Winner (2001) #412

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