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Carcass
British extreme metal band
1
Napalm Death
British grindcore band
2
Morbid Angel
American Death Metal band
3
Angel Witch
British metal band
4
Arch Enemy
Swedish melodic death metal band
5
Anthrax
heavy metal band from USA
6
Testament
American metal band
7
Firebird
British blues-rock power trio
8
Possessed
American death metal band
9
Exodus
American thrash metal band
10
The Berzerker
Australian metal band
11
Grave Digger
German heavy metal band
12
Beheaded
Maltese metal band
13
Suffocation
American death metal band
14
Dying Fetus
American death metal band
15
Death Angel
American thrash metal band
16
Sodom
German thrash metal band
17
Slayer
American thrash metal band
18
Sepultura
Brazilian Metal Band
19
Alestorm
multi-national metal band
20
Soulfly
American heavy metal band
21
Terrorizer
band
22
Coroner
Swiss thrash metal band
23
Doro
German singer and frontwoman of Warlock
24
Michael Amott
Swedish guitarist/songwriter
25
Jeff Hanneman
American guitarist
26
All That Remains
American heavy metal band
27
Kobra and the Lotus
Canadian Hevy Metal Band
28
Obituary
American death metal band
29
Megadeth
American heavy metal band
30
Deicide
American death metal band
31
Overkill
American thrash metal band
32
Kai Hansen
German musician
33
Abramelin
Australian death metal band
34
Mercyful Fate
Danish heavy metal band
35
Kreator
German thrash metal band
36
Coal Chamber
American Nu-Metal Band
37
Belphegor
Austrian death metal band
38
Warlock
German heavy metal band, assembled in 1982
39
Black Anvil
40
Christopher Amott
Swedish guitarist and vocalist, born 1977
41
Arsis
band
42
Shane Embury
British musician
43
Sacred Reich
American band
44
Fear Factory
American metal band
45
Celtic Frost
Swiss metal band
46
Pitchshifter
British five-piece electronic-metal band
47
Sonic Syndicate
metal band from Falkenberg, Sweden
48
Evile
English thrash metal band
49
Siege
American hardcore punk band from Weymouth, Massachusetts formed in 1981
50
Sirenia
Norwegian Gothic metal band
51
Forbidden
American thrash metal band
52
Trivium
American heavy metal band
53
Moonspell
Portuguese gothic metal band
54
Unleashed
Swedish death metal band
55
DevilDriver
American heavy metal band
56
Dark Angel
American thrash metal band
57
Defeated Sanity
Metal Band
58
Straight Ahead
59
Mortification
band
60
Kittie
Canadian heavy metal band
61
Bolt Thrower
English band
62
The Black Dahlia Murder
American death metal band
63
Rotten Sound
Finnish band
64
Judas Priest
British heavy metal band
65
Extreme Noise Terror
British band
66
Strapping Young Lad
Canadian metal band
67
Fleshcrawl
band
68
Mushroomhead
American band
69
Meshuggah
Swedish extreme metal band
70
Corrosion of Conformity
American heavy metal band formed in 1982
71
Vio-lence
American thrash metal band formed in 1985
72
Paul Di'Anno
English heavy metal singer
73
Kobra Paige
Canadian singer
74
Killswitch Engage
American metalcore band
75
Steve Smyth
American musician
76
UFO
English heavy metal and hard rock band
77
Battlelore
Finnish heavy metal band
78
Mastodon
American heavy metal band
79
Kiko Loureiro
Brazilian guitarist
80
Venom
English thrash metal band
