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Slayer
American thrash metal band
1
Kerry King
American musician
2
Jeff Hanneman
American guitarist
3
Dave Lombardo
Cuban-American drummer
4
Gary Holt
American guitarist
5
Paul Bostaph
American drummer
6
Kreator
German thrash metal band
7
Hellyeah
American heavy metal band
8
King Diamond
Danish heavy metal musician
9
Possessed
American death metal band
10
Exodus
American thrash metal band
11
Testament
American metal band
12
Soulfly
American heavy metal band
13
Henkka Seppälä
Finnish musician
14
Venom
English thrash metal band
15
Carcass
British extreme metal band
16
Strapping Young Lad
Canadian metal band
17
Megadeth
American heavy metal band
18
Killswitch Engage
American metalcore band
19
Suicidal Tendencies
American crossover thrash band
20
Armored Saint
American heavy metal band
21
Anthrax
heavy metal band from USA
22
Stone Sour
American heavy metal band
23
Dokken
American heavy metal band
24
Believer
band
25
Stryper
American band
26
Anvil
Canadian heavy metal band from Toronto, Ontario, formed in 1978
27
Silent Civilian
rock band
28
Trivium
American heavy metal band
29
Metal Church
American heavy metal band
30
Death Angel
American thrash metal band
31
Dave Mustaine
American musician and songwriter
32
Michael Schenker
German musician
33
Prong
American heavy metal band
34
Glen Benton
American heavy metal musician and Satanist
35
As I Lay Dying
American metalcore band
36
Pantera
American heavy metal band
37
George Lynch
American musician
38
Tracii Guns
American musician
39
Brides of Destruction
band
40
Scott Ian
American musician
41
Faster Pussycat
American heavy metal band
42
Jason Newsted
American musician
43
Children of Bodom
Finnish metal band from Espoo
44
Velvet Revolver
American hard rock heavy metal supergroup
45
Evile
English thrash metal band
46
God Forbid
band
47
Lamb of God
metal band from United States
48
Lizzy Borden
American heavy metal band
49
Katatonia
swedish metal band
50
Wintersun
Finnish Metal band
51
Metallica
American heavy metal band
52
Judas Priest
British heavy metal band
53
Iced Earth
American heavy metal band
54
Fear Factory
American metal band
55
Ralph Santolla
American musician
56
Jesper Strömblad
Swedish musician
57
Cradle of Filth
English metal band
58
Probot
band
59
Nothingface
American metal band
60
Deftones
American alternative metal band
61
Sepultura
Brazilian Metal Band
62
In Flames
Swedish metal band
63
Slipknot
American metal band
64
Accept
German heavy metal band
65
Beheaded
Maltese metal band
