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At the Gates
At the Gates
Swedish band
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Grim Reaper
Grim Reaper
British heavy metal band
2
Venom
Venom
English thrash metal band
3
Andy LaRocque
Andy LaRocque
Swedish guitarist
4
Amon Amarth
Amon Amarth
Swedish metal band
5
Paul Di'Anno
Paul Di'Anno
English heavy metal singer
6
Temple of Blood
Temple of Blood
American Christian metal band
7
Peter Tägtgren
Peter Tägtgren
multi-talented musician in death metal; producer
8
Synyster Gates
Synyster Gates
American musician
9
Bathory
Bathory
Swedish metal band
10
Dissection
Dissection
black/death metal and later melodic death metal band
11
Tomas Lindberg
Tomas Lindberg
Swedish singer
12
Death SS
Death SS
Italian heavy metal band
13
Johan Reinholdz
Johan Reinholdz
Swedish musician
14
Daniel Antonsson
Daniel Antonsson
Swedish musician
15
Criminal
Criminal
Chilean-British thrash metal band
16
Sacred Steel
Sacred Steel
band
17
Fredrik Nordström
Fredrik Nordström
Swedish musician and record producer
18
Deicide
Deicide
American death metal band
19
Enforcer
Enforcer
band
20
Gospel of the Horns
Gospel of the Horns
band
21
Richard Andersson
Richard Andersson
Swedish metal singer
22
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy
Swedish melodic death metal band
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Witchfynde
Witchfynde
24
Possessed
Possessed
American death metal band
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Running Wild
Running Wild
German heavy metal band
26
Airbourne
Airbourne
Australian hard rock band
27
Richard Evensand
Richard Evensand
Swedish musician
28
Impious
Impious
band
29
Adrian Erlandsson
Adrian Erlandsson
Swedish musician
30
Sabbat
Sabbat
band
31
HammerFall
HammerFall
Swedish heavy metal band
32
Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie James Dio
American heavy metal singer
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King Diamond
King Diamond
Danish heavy metal musician
34
Manowar
Manowar
American heavy metal band
35
Vinny Appice
Vinny Appice
American rock drummer
36
Bruce Fitzhugh
Bruce Fitzhugh
American musician
37
Five Finger Death Punch
Five Finger Death Punch
American heavy metal band
38
Anders Björler
Anders Björler
Swedish musician
39
Impiety
Impiety
War Metal band from Singapore
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Infernal Poetry
Infernal Poetry
band
41
Nightrage
Nightrage
Greek/Swedish band
42
Witchery
Witchery
Swedish thrash/speed metal band
43
Dimension Zero
Dimension Zero
band
44
Carpathian Forest
Carpathian Forest
Norwegian black metal band
45
Dan Swanö
Dan Swanö
Swedish musician
46
Nightmare
Nightmare
power metal band, native of Grenoble, France
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Desaster
Desaster
band
48
Blood Tsunami
Blood Tsunami
Norwegian thrash metal band
49
Vital Remains
Vital Remains
band
50
Living Sacrifice
Living Sacrifice
American musical group; heavy metal band formed in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1989
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Paul Bostaph
Paul Bostaph
American drummer
52
Anthrax
Anthrax
heavy metal band from USA
53
Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold
American metal band
54
Toxic Holocaust
Toxic Holocaust
American thrash metal band
55
Shagrath
Shagrath
Norwegian musician
56
Budgie
Budgie
Welsh hard rock/heavy metal band
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Hell
Hell
English heavy metal band
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Quorthon
Quorthon
Swedish musician
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Christopher Amott
Christopher Amott
Swedish guitarist and vocalist, born 1977
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Kreator
Kreator
German thrash metal band
61
M. Shadows
M. Shadows
American heavy metal singer
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Enthroned
Enthroned
band
63
The Rev
The Rev
American musician and songwriter
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Keri Kelli
Keri Kelli
American guitarist
65
Grotesque
Grotesque
Swedish death metal band
66
Meshuggah
Meshuggah
Swedish extreme metal band
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Brain Dead
Brain Dead
Malaysian heavy metal band
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Kataklysm
Kataklysm
Canadian death metal band
69
Slayer
Slayer
American thrash metal band
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Pantera
Pantera
American heavy metal band
71
Forbidden
Forbidden
American thrash metal band
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Fabio Lione
Fabio Lione
Italian musician
73
Tim Sköld
Tim Sköld
Swedish musician
74
Angelcorpse
Angelcorpse
American band
75
Dog Faced Hermans
Dog Faced Hermans
Scottish band
76
In Flames
In Flames
Swedish metal band

Ebony Tears was a Swedish death metal band that started out playing melodic death metal which was prevalent in the Swedish death metal scene at the time, bearing a strong resemblance to the latter-day sound of At the Gates.

With their final album, however, the band had begun to play a more modern thrash style of metal, very much akin to the bands which formed in the wake of the demise of At the Gates, namely The Haunted.

Ebony Tears has since disbanded subsequent to the release of their final album, Evil as Hell in 2001. The album was also released on the Century Media Records label. All members went on to join Dog Faced Gods.