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Steve Ramsey
British musician
1
Blitzkrieg
british heavy metal band
2
Avenger
English heavy metal band
3
Desaster
band
4
Sacrifice
Canadian thrash metal band
5
Sacred Reich
American band
6
Venom
English thrash metal band
7
Znowhite
thrash metal band from Chicago, Illinois, USA
8
Trivium
American heavy metal band
9
Tygers of Pan Tang
British heavy metal band
10
Helstar
band
11
Overkill
American thrash metal band
12
Beherit
Finnish band
13
Pantera
American heavy metal band
14
Black 'N Blue
American musical group; heavy metal band from Portland, Oregon
15
Dissection
black/death metal and later melodic death metal band
16
Corrosia Metalla
Russian music group that plays thrash metal
17
Hatchet
American thrash metal band
18
Skyclad
British folk metal band
19
Nasty Savage
band
20
3 Inches of Blood
Canadian heavy metal band
21
Cryptic Slaughter
band
22
Sodom
German thrash metal band
23
Jed Simon
Canadian musician
24
Artillery
Danish thrash metal band
25
Pentagram
American heavy metal band
26
Ron McGovney
American musician
27
Hobbs' Angel of Death
band
28
Armored Saint
American heavy metal band
29
Raven
English heavy metal band
30
Annihilator
Canadian thrash metal band
31
Armoured Angel
band
32
Diamond Head
British heavy metal band
33
Tank
British heavy metal band
34
Bathory
Swedish metal band
35
Possessed
American death metal band
36
Mortification
band
37
The Black Dahlia Murder
American death metal band
38
Onslaught
band
39
Hirax
American thrash metal band
40
Trouble
American doom metal band
41
Whiplash
American thrash metal band
42
Therion
Swedish symphonic metal band
43
Sabbat
band that plays thrash metal
44
Mercyful Fate
Danish heavy metal band
45
Forbidden
American thrash metal band
46
Holocaust
Scottish metal band
47
Starz
1970s American heavy metal and power pop band
48
Jaguar
band
49
Holy Moses
German band
50
Grim Reaper
British heavy metal band
51
Excel
American band
52
Inquisition
organization
53
Gene Hoglan
American musician
54
Sabbat
band
55
Ensiferum
Finnish folk metal band
56
The Electric Hellfire Club
American industrial metal band
57
White Spirit
British heavy metal band
58
Frehley's Comet
American heavy metal 1980s rock band formed and led by ex-Kiss lead guitarist Ace Frehley
59
The Obsessed
American band
60
Gorgoroth
Norwegian black metal band
61
Sepultura
Brazilian Metal Band
62
Sacrilege
band that plays punk rock
63
Rigor Mortis
American thrash metal band
64
Paul Baloff
American musician
65
Nifelheim
Swedish band
66
Between the Buried and Me
American metal band from North Carolina.
67
Exodus
American thrash metal band
68
Falconer
Swedish power metal band
69
Bonded by Blood
American band
70
Metallica
American heavy metal band
71
Cirith Ungol
Californian heavy metal band
72
Vio-lence
American thrash metal band formed in 1985
