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Running Wild
German heavy metal band
1
Rage
German heavy metal band
2
Defiance
thrash metal band
3
Hirax
American thrash metal band
4
Michael Kiske
German singer
5
Lovebites
Japanese all-female heavy metal band
6
Conrad Lant
British singer
7
Whiplash
American thrash metal band
8
Possessed
American death metal band
9
Ken Owen
British musician
10
Sadist
Italian death metal band
11
Trivium
American heavy metal band
12
Venom
English thrash metal band
13
Onslaught
band
14
Firewind
Greek power metal band
15
Jaguar
band
16
Van Canto
German a cappella metal band
17
Old Man's Child
band that plays black metal
18
Amon Amarth
Swedish metal band
19
Children of Bodom
Finnish metal band from Espoo
20
Orden Ogan
German power metal band
21
Nuclear Assault
American thrash metal band formed in New York City in 1984
22
Torture Squad
band
23
Angra
Brazilian power metal band
24
Ensiferum
Finnish folk metal band
25
Opeth
Swedish progressive metal band
26
Killswitch Engage
American metalcore band
27
Emperor
Norwegian black metal band
28
Carcass
British extreme metal band
29
Sacred Reich
American band
30
Powerwolf
German power metal band
31
Doro
German singer and frontwoman of Warlock
32
Tsjuder
Norwegian black metal band
33
Warlock
German heavy metal band, assembled in 1982
34
Harris Johns
German record producer
35
Raging Speedhorn
British heavy metal band
36
Amorphis
Finnish heavy metal band
37
Cloven Hoof
band
38
1349
Norwegian black metal band
39
Suidakra
band
40
Twisted Sister
American rock band
41
Avenged Sevenfold
American metal band
42
Pentagram Chile
band that plays death metal
43
Queensrÿche
American heavy metal band
44
Death Angel
American thrash metal band
45
Sonic Syndicate
metal band from Falkenberg, Sweden
46
Red Harvest
Norwegian extreme industrial metal band
47
Morgoth
German death metal band
48
Bitch (band)
American band
49
All That Remains
American heavy metal band
50
Satan
English heavy metal band
51
Hardline
American hard rock band
52
Saxon
British heavy metal band
53
Hatchet
American thrash metal band
54
Accept
German heavy metal band
55
Grave Digger
German heavy metal band
56
Winter's Verge
57
Glen Alvelais
American musician
58
Primus
rock band from the United States
59
Pegazus
band
60
Naglfar
Swedish melodic black metal band
61
Jed Simon
Canadian musician
62
Warbringer
American band
63
Goatwhore
American extreme metal band
64
Hades Almighty
Norwegian band
65
Girlschool
British rock band that formed in the new wave of British heavy metal scene in 1978
66
Sacrifice
Canadian thrash metal band
67
Sweet Savage
Northern Ireland musical group; heavy metal band from Belfast
68
Necronomicon
German thrash metal band
69
Logan Mader
Canadian musician and producer
70
Gary Holt
American guitarist
71
Rage Against the Machine
American alternative metal band
72
Atomkraft
band that plays speed metal
73
Atheist
progressive metal band
74
Cradle of Filth
English metal band
75
Exodus
American thrash metal band
76
Battlelore
Finnish heavy metal band
77
At the Gates
Swedish band
78
Tobias Sammet
German musician
79
Matt Barlow
American heavy metal singer
80
Abominator
Australian black/death metal band
81
Mob Rules
band
