Featured bands
| Band | Style | Country | Formed | Split | Fans | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Metallica
1981-
|
Heavy Bay Area thrash |
USA | 1981 | - | 3822 |
| 2 |
|
Megadeth
1983-
|
Thrash Heavy Hard rock |
USA | 1983 | - | 3193 |
| 3 |
|
Slayer
1981-
|
Thrash | USA | 1981 | - | 3034 |
| 4 |
|
Death
1983-2001
|
Progressive death Death Progressive thrash |
USA | 1983 | 2001 | 2819 |
| 5 |
|
Dream Theater
1985-
|
Progressive | USA | 1985 | - | 2397 |
| 6 |
|
Pantera
1981-2003
|
Heavy Groove thrash Groove metal |
USA | 1981 | 2003 | 1983 |
| 7 |
|
Agalloch
1995-2016
|
Atmospheric black Neofolk |
USA | 1995 | 2016 | 1951 |
| 8 |
|
Tool
1988-
|
Progressive Alternative |
USA | 1988 | - | 1563 |
| 9 |
|
Testament
1983-
|
Bay Area thrash | USA | 1983 | - | 1561 |
| 10 |
|
Kamelot
1991-
|
Symphonic power | USA | 1991 | - | 1556 |
| 11 |
|
Lamb Of God
1999-
|
Groove thrash | USA | 1999 | - | 1481 |
| 12 |
|
Iced Earth
1985-
|
Heavy US power |
USA | 1985 | - | 1451 |
| 13 |
|
Symphony X
1994-
|
Progressive Symphonic power |
USA | 1994 | - | 1378 |
| 14 |
|
Mastodon
1999-
|
Progressive stoner Progressive sludge |
USA | 1999 | - | 1307 |
| 15 |
|
Nile
1993-
|
Brutal death Technical death |
USA | 1993 | - | 1214 |
| 16 |
|
Cannibal Corpse
1988-
|
Death | USA | 1988 | - | 1196 |
| 17 |
|
Nevermore
1991-
|
Heavy Progressive Thrash |
USA | 1991 | - | 1084 |
| 18 |
|
Dio
1982-2010
|
Heavy | USA | 1982 | 2010 | 1057 |
| 19 |
|
Anthrax
1981-
|
Thrash Heavy |
USA | 1981 | - | 1011 |
| 20 |
|
Morbid Angel
1984-
|
Death | USA | 1984 | - | 1001 |
| 21 |
|
Machine Head
1992-
|
Groove thrash Progressive thrash |
USA | 1992 | - | 1000 |
| 22 |
|
System Of A Down
1995-
|
Alternative | USA | 1995 | - | 992 |
| 23 |
|
Exodus
1980-
|
Bay Area thrash | USA | 1980 | - | 972 |
| 24 |
|
Slipknot
1995-
|
Alternative Nu |
USA | 1995 | - | 957 |
| 25 |
|
Motörhead
1975-2015
|
Heavy | United Kingdom, USA | 1975 | 2015 | 911 |
| 26 |
|
Manowar
1980-
|
Heavy US power |
USA | 1980 | - | 889 |
| 27 |
|
Overkill
1980-
|
Thrash | USA | 1980 | - | 813 |
| 28 |
|
Ozzy Osbourne
1979-
|
Heavy | United Kingdom, USA | 1979 | - | 776 |
| 29 |
|
Trivium
2000-
|
Metalcore Alternative thrash |
USA | 2000 | - | 699 |
| 30 |
|
King Diamond
1985-
|
Heavy | Denmark, USA | 1985 | - | 663 |
| 31 |
|
Alice In Chains
1985-
|
Grunge Heavy |
USA | 1985 | - | 653 |
| 32 |
|
Deicide
1987-
|
Death | USA | 1987 | - | 645 |
| 33 |
|
Disturbed
1996-
|
Nu Alternative |
USA | 1996 | - | 638 |
| 34 |
|
Obituary
1984-
|
Death | USA | 1984 | - | 633 |
| 35 |
|
Fear Factory
1989-
|
Industrial Death |
USA | 1989 | - | 603 |
| 36 |
|
Cynic
1987-
|
Progressive death Progressive |
USA | 1987 | - | 555 |
| 37 |
|
Korn
1993-
|
Nu Alternative |
USA | 1993 | - | 555 |
| 38 |
|
Type O Negative
1989-2010
|
Gothic Doom |
USA | 1989 | 2010 | 555 |
| 39 |
|
Mercyful Fate
1981-
|
Heavy First wave of black |
Denmark, USA | 1981 | - | 546 |
| 40 |
|
Killswitch Engage
1999-
|
Melodic metalcore | USA | 1999 | - | 520 |
| 41 |
|
Suffocation
1990-
|
Brutal death | USA | 1990 | - | 518 |
| 42 |
|
Dying Fetus
1991-
|
Brutal death Deathgrind Technical death |
USA | 1991 | - | 516 |
| 43 |
|
Savatage
1978-
|
Progressive heavy | USA | 1978 | - | 503 |
| 44 |
|
Avenged Sevenfold
1999-
|
Metalcore Heavy Alternative |
USA | 1999 | - | 500 |
| 45 |
|
Guns N' Roses
1985-
|
Hard rock | USA | 1985 | - | 499 |
| 46 |
|
Death Angel
1982-
|
Bay Area thrash | USA | 1982 | - | 461 |
| 47 |
|
Between The Buried And Me
2000-
|
Progressive metalcore | USA | 2000 | - | 458 |
| 48 |
|
W.A.S.P.
1982-
|
Heavy | USA | 1982 | - | 453 |
| 49 |
|
Isis
1997-2010
|
Post-metal Atmospheric sludge |
USA | 1997 | 2010 | 439 |
| 50 |
|
As I Lay Dying
2001-
|
Melodic metalcore | USA | 2001 | - | 431 |