Top Bands

3,275 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
101	Motörhead 1975, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Ace of Spades (1980) #96 Overkill (1979) #566 Inferno (2004) #2230
102	Dark Moor 1993, Spain Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	The Gates of Oblivion (2002) #488 Tarot (2007) #1469 From Hell (2003) [Single]
103	Morbid Angel 1983, United States Death Metal	Altars of Madness (1989) #50 Covenant (1993) #520 Blessed Are the Sick (1991) #1402
104	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #209 Blood Mountain (2006) #400 Leviathan (2004) #774
105	Van Halen 1974, United States Hard Rock, Pop Rock, Glam Metal	1984 (1984) #278 Van Halen (1978) #383 5150 (1986) #555
106	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #428 Codex Omega (2017) #505 Communion (2008) #574
107	Def Leppard 1977, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Pop Rock, AOR, Glam Metal, NWOBHM	Hysteria (1987) #116 Pyromania (1983) #630 Adrenalize (1992) #1430
108	Avenged Sevenfold 1999, United States Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock	City of Evil (2005) #677 Nightmare (2010) #814 Avenged Sevenfold (2007) #1222
109	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1046 Nothing (2006) #1880 ObZen (2008) #3029
110	Stryper 1983, United States Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, Christian Rock	To Hell with the Devil (1986) #344 In God We Trust (1988) #1832 Against the Law (1990) #2657
111	Tool 1990, United States Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Lateralus (2001) #131 Ænima (1996) #174 10,000 Days (2006) #231
112	Nile 1993, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Annihilation of the Wicked (2005) #246 In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) #347 Those Whom the Gods Detest (2009) #785
113	Anorexia Nervosa 1995, France Symphonic Black Metal, Melodic Black Metal	Drudenhaus (2000) #121 Redemption Process (2004) #798 New Obscurantis Order (2001) #1125
114	Pain of Salvation 1984, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	The Perfect Element I (2000) #207 BE (2004) #712 Remedy Lane Re:Lived (2016) [Live]
115	Vader 1983, Poland Death Metal, Thrash Metal	De Profundis (1995) #644 Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) #885 Litany (2000) #908
116	Anthem 1981, Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Bound to Break (1987) #597 Hunting Time (1989) #1248 Immortal (2006) #1357
117	Linkin Park 1996, United States Nu Metal, Rap Rock, Alternative Rock	Hybrid Theory (2000) #64 Meteora (2003) #292 Live in Texas (2003) [Live] #3467
118	Anaal Nathrakh 1999, United Kingdom Industrial Black Metal, Grindcore	The Whole of the Law (2016) #372 Vanitas (2012) #394 Hell Is Empty, And All the Devils Are Here (2007) #573
119	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #918 The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph) (2023) #1061 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single]
120	Wintersun 2003, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Time I (2012) #126 Time II (2024) #411 Wintersun (2004) #857
121	Firewind 1998, Greece Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Days of Defiance (2010) #606 The Premonition (2008) #1130 Immortals (2017) #1974
122	Suffocation 1989, United States Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal	Pierced From Within (1995) #171 Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) #241 Human Waste (1991) [EP] #1923
123	Within Temptation 1996, Netherlands Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Alternative Rock	The Unforgiving (2011) #1144 Mother Earth (2000) #1323 The Silent Force (2004) #1575
124	Kiss 1973, United States Hard Rock, Glam Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal	Creatures of the Night (1982) #1186 Destroyer (1976) #1529 Alive! (1975) [Live] #1530
125	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #635 The Plague Within (2015) #789 In Requiem (2007) #849
126	Seventh Wonder 2000, Sweden Progressive Metal	The Great Escape (2010) #82 Tiara (2018) #240 Mercy Falls (2008) #256
127	W.A.S.P. 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Glam Metal	The Crimson Idol (1992) #244 W.A.S.P. (1984) #1219 The Headless Children (1989) #1408
128	김경호 (Kim Kyungho) Korea K-Pop, Hard Rock, Rock, Heavy Metal	00:00:1998 (1998) #902 1997 (1997) #1537 Kim Kyungho - 5th (2000) #2815
129	Crimson Glory 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Transcendence (1988) #81 Crimson Glory (1986) #200 Strange and Beautiful (1991) #6458
130	Mr. Big 1988, United States Hard Rock, Pop Rock, Glam Metal	Lean Into It (1991) #453 What If… (2011) #1286 Bump Ahead (1993) #1406
131	Extreme 1985, United States Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Funk Metal	II Pornograffitti (1990) #105 III Sides to Every Story (1992) #221 Extreme (1989) #1588
132	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #470 Alice in Hell (1989) #1128 Set the World on Fire (1993) #3244
133	King Diamond 1985, Denmark Heavy Metal	Abigail (1987) #272 Conspiracy (1989) #637 Fatal Portrait (1986) #1304
134	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #1045 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1940 The Great Cold Distance (2006) #1993
135	Dissection 1989, Sweden Melodic Black Metal, Death Metal	Storm of the Light's Bane (1995) #44 The Somberlain (1993) #1084 Live Legacy (2003) [Live]
136	Alice in Chains 1987, United States Heavy Metal, Grunge	Dirt (1992) #263 Facelift (1990) #1699 MTV Unplugged (1996) [Live] #1812
137	Gorgoroth 1992, Norway Black Metal	Pentagram (1994) #98 Antichrist (1996) #214 Under the Sign of Hell (1997) #674
138	Shadow Gallery 1985, United States Progressive Metal	Legacy (2001) #156 Room V (2005) #592 Tyranny (1998) #596
139	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #279 Magma (2016) #481 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #645
140	Vanden Plas 1986, Germany Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Christ 0 (2006) #250 The Empyrean Equation of the long lost Things (2024) #1160 The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) #1662
141	Gary Moore United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal	Still Got the Blues (1990) #201 Wild Frontier (1987) #450 Victims of the Future (1983) #707
142	As I Lay Dying 2000, United States Melodic Metalcore, Metalcore	An Ocean Between Us (2007) #619 Shaped by Fire (2019) #793 The Powerless Rise (2010) #947
143	Metal Church 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Metal Church (1984) #413 The Dark (1986) #1011 Live (1998) [Live] #1791
144	Manowar 1980, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	Kings of Metal (1988) #704 Hail to England (1984) #937 Sign of the Hammer (1984) #2004
145	Korn 1993, United States Nu Metal, Alternative Metal	Korn (1994) #709 Take a Look in the Mirror (2003) #2050 Life Is Peachy (1996) #2323
146	Ayreon 1994, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera	The Human Equation (2004) #134 01011001 (2008) #408 The Theory of Everything (2013) #479
147	부활 (Boohwal) 1985, Korea Heavy Metal, Rock, K-Pop	II : Remember (1987) #167 III : 기억상실 (1993) #784 Volume 1 (1986) #1799
148	Deathspell Omega 1998, France Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Fas- Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum (2007) #778 Paracletus (2010) #896 Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice (2004) #1354
149	Bolt Thrower 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal	...For Victory (1994) #422 The IVth Crusade (1992) #499 Those Once Loyal (2005) #509
150	Graveworm 1992, Italy Melodic Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	As the Angels Reach the Beauty (1999) #416 Scourge of Malice (2001) #626 Engraved in Black (2003) #5252

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