Top Bands
3,275 bands
| Rank | Image | Band / Formed / Genres | Albums |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 |  | 1992, Norway Satanic Black Metal | |
| 2002 |  | 1998, United States Black Metal, Ambient | Crawl / Leviathan (2018) [Split] True Traitor, True Whore (2011) |
| 2003 |  | Canada Black Metal | |
| 2004 |  | Switzerland Experimental Metal, Atmospheric Death Metal, Black Metal | |
| 2005 |  | 1992, Germany Melodic Black Metal | |
| 2006 |  | 2003, Norway Blackened Folk Metal, Viking Metal | Trollskau, Skrømt og Kølabrenning (2006) #3974 Sjuguttmyra (2013) [EP] |
| 2007 |  | Germany Raw Black Metal | Golgotha (2005) #3240 Aeon of rust (2007) |
| 2008 |  | 2002, Switzerland Brutal Death Metal | On Top of the Food Chain (2011) #3154 You Owe You Pay (2017) #5801 When Push Comes to Shove (2018) [EP] |
| 2009 |  | United States Brutal Death Metal | |
| 2010 |  | 1988, United States Death Metal, Black Metal | Rites of the Black Mass (1992) #3420 Anti-God, Anti-Christ (1996) |
| 2011 |  | 1998, Greece Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal | Extermination of Millions (2007) #2312 Circle of Perversion (2003) Insision / Inveracity (2001) [Split] |
| 2012 |  | 2002, Italy Metalcore | |
| 2013 |  | 2007, Norway Black Metal | I En Tidløs Høst (2010) #2489 Bak og Forbi... (2009) [Demo] |
| 2014 |  | 1980, United States Heavy Metal | |
| 2015 |  | 1984, Italy Black Metal, Thrash Metal | |
| 2016 |  | 2007, United Kingdom Progressive Metal | |
| 2017 |  | 2009, Sweden Experimental Black Metal, Ambient | |
| 2018 |  | 1999, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Blues Rock | |
| 2019 |  | 2011, India Progressive Metal, Djent | |
| 2020 |  | 1998, United Kingdom Acoustic Rock, Progressive Rock | |
| 2021 |  | 2009, Italy Atmospheric Metal, Progressive Black Metal | |
| 2022 |  | 2008, Canada Heavy Metal, Power Metal | |
| 2023 |  | 1987, Canada Technical Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Groove Metal | |
| 2024 |  | 1986, Peru Black Metal, Death Metal | Aquelarre (1993) #4968 Morituri Te Salutant (2014) #6418 The Path of the Ossuary Devilish Possession (2010) [EP] |
| 2025 |  | 2014, Germany Progressive Death Metal, Technical Death Metal | |
| 2026 |  | United States Hard Rock, Glam Rock | |
| 2027 |  | 2014, United States Death Metal, Black Metal | |
| 2028 |  | 2015, United Kingdom Power Metal, Symphonic Metal | Here Be Dragonlords (2016) [EP] Extenditus Playus (2016) [EP] Part Man, Part Beast, Part Dragon (2017) [EP] |
| 2029 |  | 2015, United States Technical Death Metal, Progressive Death Metal | Demiurgus (2019) #7309 Birthing Homunculi (2016) [EP] |
| 2030 |  | 2009, New Zealand Black Metal, Thrash Metal | |
| 2031 |  | 2018, Italy Symphonic Metal, Power Metal | |
| 2032 |  | Switzerland Heavy Metal | |
| 2033 |  | 1998, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal | |
| 2034 |  | 2002, United States Metalcore | |
| 2035 |  | United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal | Within the Heat (1989) #6530 Instrumental Variations (1987) #6996 Live! Wild and Truly Diminished!! (1992) [Live] |
| 2036 |  | 2005, United States Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock | |
| 2037 |  | 2004, United Kingdom Melodic Death Metal, Trance Metal, Trancecore | |
| 2038 |  | 1992, Brazil Power Metal | |
| 2039 |  | 2002, Sweden Funeral Doom Metal | |
| 2040 |  | 1998, Austria Pagan Black Metal | Hidden in Eternal Shadow (2005) [EP] Voices of Pagan Mountains (2006) Feel the Anger of the Wind (2002) #5294 |
| 2041 |  | 1997, Sweden Black Metal | |
| 2042 |  | 2005, United Kingdom Progressive Metal | |
| 2043 |  | 1993, Norway Melodic Black Metal | For kunsten maa vi evig vike (1996) #4435 Demo (1994) [Demo] |
| 2044 |  | 1972, United Kingdom Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, AOR | |
| 2045 |  | 2002, Germany Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal | |
| 2046 |  | 1990, Sweden Avant-garde Metal, Death Metal | |
| 2047 |  | Sweden Traditional Doom Metal | |
| 2048 |  | 2000, Netherlands Brutal Death Metal | |
| 2049 |  | United States Power Metal | |
| 2050 |  | 2008, Germany Black Metal, Thrash Metal |
