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Loudness
Loudness
Japanese heavy metal band
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Saber Tiger
Saber Tiger
Japanese heavy metal band
2
Eizo Sakamoto
Eizo Sakamoto
Japanese singer, lyricist, composer (1964-)
3
Animetal
Animetal
Japanese heavy metal band
4
Crush 40
Crush 40
Japanese-American hard rock band (former 1997)
5
Ezo
Ezo
6
Immortal
Immortal
Norwegian black metal band
7
Hamada Mari
Hamada Mari
Japanese singer-songwriter (1962-)
8
Immortal Souls
Immortal Souls
band that plays melodic death metal
9
Anthrax
Anthrax
heavy metal band from USA
10
Annihilator
Annihilator
Canadian thrash metal band
11
Michael Amott
Michael Amott
Swedish guitarist/songwriter
12
Unleashed
Unleashed
Swedish death metal band
13
Yura Yura Teikoku
Yura Yura Teikoku
Japanese alternative rock band
14
Stryper
Stryper
American band
15
JAM Project
JAM Project
Japanese band
16
Don Airey
Don Airey
English keyboardist, rock musician
17
Epidemic
Epidemic
American band
18
Living Colour
Living Colour
American rock band
19
Emperor
Emperor
Norwegian black metal band
20
Absu
Absu
American extreme metal band
21
Warrant
Warrant
rock band from the United States
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24-7 Spyz
24-7 Spyz
band from the South Bronx
23
Nick Menza
Nick Menza
American musician
24
Joey Belladonna
Joey Belladonna
American heavy metal singer
25
Rudra
Rudra
band that plays avant-garde metal
26
FireHouse
FireHouse
American rock band
27
Johan Liiva
Johan Liiva
Swedish singer
28
Christopher Amott
Christopher Amott
Swedish guitarist and vocalist, born 1977
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Lorna Shore
Lorna Shore
American band
30
Elvenking
Elvenking
Italian folk metal band
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Virgin Steele
Virgin Steele
American band
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Diamond Head
Diamond Head
British heavy metal band
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Firewind
Firewind
Greek power metal band
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Vanden Plas
Vanden Plas
German progressive metal band
35
The Gathering
The Gathering
Dutch alternative rock band
36
Lauren Harris
Lauren Harris
British singer
37
Jani Lane
Jani Lane
singer-songwriter, musician
38
Olve Eikemo
Olve Eikemo
Norwegian musician
39
Destruction
Destruction
German thrash metal band
40
Orange Range
Orange Range
Japanese rock band (2001-)
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Stormtroopers of Death
Stormtroopers of Death
band
42
Graham Bonnet
Graham Bonnet
English vocalist and songwriter
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Nitro
Nitro
American glam rock band
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Skyclad
Skyclad
British folk metal band
45
Budgie
Budgie
Welsh hard rock/heavy metal band
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Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy
Swedish melodic death metal band
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Damn Yankees
Damn Yankees
American band
48
Ugly Kid Joe
Ugly Kid Joe
American rock band
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Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
British gothic metal band
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Slaughter
Slaughter
American rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada
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Lynch Mob
Lynch Mob
band
52
Gorefest
Gorefest
Dutch metal band
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Scorpions
Scorpions
German rock band
Intro
Japanese heavy metal band
Members, past and present

Anthem (アンセム, Ansemu) is a Japanese heavy metal band that was formed during the early 1980s in Tokyo. They are among the handful of heavy metal bands founded in Japan during that time and are considered to be one of the most successful and influential, alongside Loudness and Earthshaker.