0
Jeffrey Dunn
Jeffrey Dunn
British guitarist
1
Conrad Lant
Conrad Lant
British singer
2
Possessed
Possessed
American death metal band
3
Nifelheim
Nifelheim
Swedish band
4
Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate
Danish heavy metal band
5
Slayer
Slayer
American thrash metal band
6
Exodus
Exodus
American thrash metal band
7
Bathory
Bathory
Swedish metal band
8
Discharge
Discharge
British hardcore punk band
9
Brain Dead
Brain Dead
Malaysian heavy metal band
10
Atomkraft
Atomkraft
band that plays speed metal
11
Pantera
Pantera
American heavy metal band
12
Pentagram Chile
Pentagram Chile
band that plays death metal
13
Anthrax
Anthrax
heavy metal band from USA
14
Bullet For My Valentine
Bullet For My Valentine
Welsh metal band
15
Trivium
Trivium
American heavy metal band
16
Kreator
Kreator
German thrash metal band
17
Metallica
Metallica
American heavy metal band
18
Sepultura
Sepultura
Brazilian Metal Band
19
Overkill
Overkill
American thrash metal band
20
Testament
Testament
American metal band
21
Probot
Probot
band
22
Phil Anselmo
Phil Anselmo
American vocalist
23
Destruction
Destruction
German thrash metal band
24
Megadeth
Megadeth
American heavy metal band
25
Desaster
Desaster
band
26
Lamb of God
Lamb of God
metal band from United States
27
Celtic Frost
Celtic Frost
Swiss metal band
28
Raven
Raven
English heavy metal band
29
Toxic Holocaust
Toxic Holocaust
American thrash metal band
30
Necronomicon
Necronomicon
German thrash metal band
31
Sodom
Sodom
German thrash metal band
32
Angel Dust
Angel Dust
German heavy metal band
33
Onslaught
Onslaught
band
34
Excel
Excel
American band
35
Nuclear Assault
Nuclear Assault
American thrash metal band formed in New York City in 1984
36
Butcher Babies
Butcher Babies
American heavy metal band
37
Sacramentum
Sacramentum
38
Mr. Bungle
Mr. Bungle
American band
39
Atrophy
Atrophy
American thrash metal band
40
Volbeat
Volbeat
Danish metal band
Members, past and present

Venom are an English extreme metal band formed in Newcastle in 1978. Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal, Venom's first two albums, Welcome to Hell (1981) and Black Metal (1982), are considered major influences on thrash metal and extreme metal in general. Their second album proved influential enough that its title was used as the name of the black metal genre; as a result, Venom were part of the early wave of the genre, along with Mercyful Fate and Bathory.