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Necromandus
Necromandus
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Lucifer's Friend
Lucifer's Friend
German band
2
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
British heavy metal band
3
Sir Lord Baltimore
Sir Lord Baltimore
American rock band
4
Iron Claw
Iron Claw
Scottish rock band
5
Pentagram
Pentagram
American heavy metal band
6
Black Death
Black Death
musical artist
7
Trouble
Trouble
American doom metal band
8
Diamond Head
Diamond Head
British heavy metal band
9
Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie James Dio
American heavy metal singer
10
Stryper
Stryper
American band
11
Deep Purple
Deep Purple
English rock band
12
Leaf Hound
Leaf Hound
13
Scott Weinrich
Scott Weinrich
American guitarist and singer
14
Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter
15
Eric Singer
Eric Singer
hard rock and heavy metal drummer
16
Budgie
Budgie
Welsh hard rock/heavy metal band
17
Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister
American rock band
18
Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold
American metal band
19
Pantera
Pantera
American heavy metal band
20
Celtic Frost
Celtic Frost
Swiss metal band
21
Coven
Coven
American psychedelic rock band
22
Judas Priest
Judas Priest
British heavy metal band
23
Buffalo
Buffalo
Heavy Psych band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1971
24
Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi
British guitarist and composer
25
Metallica
Metallica
American heavy metal band
26
Ian Christe
Ian Christe
Swiss musician
27
Sepultura
Sepultura
Brazilian Metal Band
28
Priestess
Priestess
Canadian rock band
29
Bill Ward
Bill Ward
English musician
30
Dio
Dio
American heavy metal band
31
Solace
Solace
American heavy metal band
32
Josefus
Josefus
American rock band
33
Ugly Kid Joe
Ugly Kid Joe
American rock band
34
Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult
American hard rock band
35
Paul Masvidal
Paul Masvidal
American musician
36
Toad
Toad
Swiss hard rock band
37
Colosseum
Colosseum
British band
38
Reverend Bizarre
Reverend Bizarre
Finnish band
39
Tony Martin
Tony Martin
English heavy metal musician
40
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
British rock band
41
Outlaws
Outlaws
American band
42
Anthrax
Anthrax
heavy metal band from USA
43
Vinny Appice
Vinny Appice
American rock drummer
44
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Swedish musician
Intro
South African hard rock group

Suck were a rock band who were part of South Africa's first wave of hard rock titled "The Big Heavies". The group lasted eight months between 1970 and 1971, during which they recorded their lone LP, Time to Suck. It was later released in America in 2009. They were also one of the earliest groups to cover Black Sabbath. In March 2007 they were featured in an article in Classic Rock magazine titled "The Lost Pioneers of Heavy Metal", where they were referred to as "acidpunk metal".