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Mike Portnoy

American drummer

1

David Ellefson

American bass guitarist

2

James LoMenzo

American musician

3

Chris Poland

American guitarist

4

Alissa White-Gluz

Canadian singer-songwriter

5

Andreas Kisser

Brazilian musician

6

Megadeth

American heavy metal band

7

Tim "Ripper" Owens

American heavy metal singer

8

Death Angel

American thrash metal band

9

Anthrax

heavy metal band from USA

10

Testament

American metal band

11

Dave Mustaine

American musician and songwriter

12

John Bush

American heavy metal vocalist

13

Paul Bostaph

American drummer

14

Machine Head

American metal band

15

Sepultura

Brazilian Metal Band

16

Bobby Ellsworth

American singer

17

Trivium

American heavy metal band

18

Vio-lence

American thrash metal band formed in 1985

19

Alex Skolnick

American musician

20

Shawn Drover

Canadian musician

21

Chuck Billy

American vocalist

22

Lamb of God

metal band from United States

23

Kamelot

American power metal band

24

Sons of Apollo

American band

25

Dream Theater

American progressive metal band

26

Operation: Mindcrime

American band

27

Kreator

German thrash metal band

28

Soulfly

American heavy metal band

29

Stormtroopers of Death

band

30

Symphony X

American progressive metal band

31

Accept

German heavy metal band

32

Lord

band

33

Killer Dwarfs

Canadian band

34

Jeff Loomis

American musician

35

K. K. Downing

British musician

36

Flotsam and Jetsam

thrash metal group from Phoenix, Arizona

37

DragonForce

British power metal rock band

38

Christian Olde Wolbers

Belgian guitarist

39

Solus Deus

40

Avenged Sevenfold

American metal band

41

Jimmy DeGrasso

American drummer

42

Slayer

American thrash metal band

43

A Sound of Thunder

American heavy metal band