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HammerFall
HammerFall
Swedish heavy metal band
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House of Lords
House of Lords
American musical group; rock band
2
Stone Sour
Stone Sour
American heavy metal band
3
Invocator
Invocator
band
4
Mountain
Mountain
American rock band
5
The Poodles
The Poodles
band
6
Circus Maximus
Circus Maximus
Norwegian progressive metal band
7
Steve Harris
Steve Harris
English musician, founder and bassist of Iron Maiden
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Mnemic
Mnemic
Danish metal band
9
Krokus
Krokus
Swiss heavy metal band
10
King Diamond
King Diamond
Danish heavy metal band
11
Don Airey
Don Airey
English keyboardist, rock musician
12
Rainbow
Rainbow
English rock band
13
Trivium
Trivium
American heavy metal band
14
Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom
Finnish metal band from Espoo
15
Byzantine
Byzantine
band
16
Shy
Shy
UK band
17
Hecate Enthroned
Hecate Enthroned
Welsh black metal band
18
Nightrage
Nightrage
Greek/Swedish band
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Savage Messiah
Savage Messiah
20
Chimaira
Chimaira
Heavy metal band
21
Fates Warning
Fates Warning
American progressive metal band
22
In Flames
In Flames
Swedish metal band
23
Joe Lynn Turner
Joe Lynn Turner
American singer
24
Judas Priest
Judas Priest
British heavy metal band
25
Graham Bonnet
Graham Bonnet
English vocalist and songwriter
26
Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate
Danish heavy metal band
27
Dungeon
Dungeon
Australian band
28
Virgin Steele
Virgin Steele
American band
29
Mercenary
Mercenary
Danish extreme metal band
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Entwine
Entwine
goth metal band from Finland
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Six Feet Under
Six Feet Under
American death metal band
32
Vinny Appice
Vinny Appice
American rock drummer
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Equilibrium
Equilibrium
German folk metal band
34
Impellitteri
Impellitteri
heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, USA
35
Exciter
Exciter
Canadian speed metal band
36
Shark Island
Shark Island
US rock band
37
Prong
Prong
American heavy metal band
38
Axel Rudi Pell
Axel Rudi Pell
German guitar player
39
Blackfoot
Blackfoot
American Southern rock musical ensemble from Jacksonville, Florida
40
Amon Amarth
Amon Amarth
Swedish metal band
41
At the Gates
At the Gates
Swedish band
42
Therion
Therion
Swedish symphonic metal band
43
Soilwork
Soilwork
Swedish melodic death metal band
44
Communic
Communic
Norwegian musical group; metal band
45
Harem Scarem
Harem Scarem
Canadian rock band
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Sabaton
Sabaton
Swedish heavy metal band
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Dope
Dope
American heavy metal band
48
Dan Swanö
Dan Swanö
Swedish musician
49
Anubis Gate
Anubis Gate
Danish progressive metal band
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Cynic
Cynic
American band
51
Soul Embraced
Soul Embraced
band
52
Axe
Axe
band
53
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
English post-punk band
54
Deep Purple
Deep Purple
English rock band
55
Trance
Trance
German heavy metal band
56
UFO
UFO
English heavy metal and hard rock band
57
Ensiferum
Ensiferum
Finnish folk metal band
58
Asobi Seksu
Asobi Seksu
American shoegaze/dream pop band
59
Bob Catley
Bob Catley
British musician and singer
60
Bad Company
Bad Company
English rock supergroup
61
Killer Be Killed
Killer Be Killed
American heavy metal band
62
Nazareth
Nazareth
Scottish hard rock band
63
Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica
Finnish power metal band
64
Strapps
Strapps
British hard rock band

Pretty Maids is a Danish hard rock/heavy metal band from Horsens, Denmark. Formed in 1981 by Ronnie Atkins and Ken Hammer, their sound and music can be described as classic guitar-laden heavy rock with a strong emphasis on melodic elements like vocals and keyboards.

Over the years, Pretty Maids have sold hundreds of thousands of records, but have never broken through in a major way, except in Japan during the 1990s. They have supported well known bands such as Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, and Saxon, and were also featured at the 1987 German version of Monsters of Rock, where Metallica headlined along with Deep Purple.

After a prolonged international touring hiatus before the release of the 2006 Wake Up to the Real World album, the band have every year since been touring their primary markets of Denmark, Sweden, Germany, and Spain.