Featured bands
| Band | Style | Country | Formed | Split | Fans | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Iron Maiden
1975-
|
New wave of British heavy Heavy |
United Kingdom | 1975 | - | 4330 |
| 2 |
|
Black Sabbath
1968-2017
|
Doom Heavy Hard rock |
United Kingdom | 1968 | 2017 | 2368 |
| 3 |
|
Judas Priest
1969-
|
Heavy Hard rock |
United Kingdom | 1969 | - | 2148 |
| 4 |
|
Anathema
1990-
|
Death doom Atmospheric rock Doom |
United Kingdom | 1990 | - | 1430 |
| 5 |
|
Porcupine Tree
1987-
|
Progressive rock Progressive |
United Kingdom | 1987 | - | 1124 |
| 6 |
|
Cradle Of Filth
1991-
|
Extreme gothic Symphonic black Death Symphonic |
United Kingdom | 1991 | - | 1111 |
| 7 |
|
Led Zeppelin
1968-1980
|
Progressive hard rock Heavy Blues rock |
United Kingdom | 1968 | 1980 | 1093 |
| 8 |
|
My Dying Bride
1990-
|
Death doom Gothic doom |
United Kingdom | 1990 | - | 1091 |
| 9 |
|
Paradise Lost
1988-
|
Gothic Electro gothic Death doom |
United Kingdom | 1988 | - | 1088 |
| 10 |
|
Carcass
1985-
|
Grindcore Melodic death |
United Kingdom | 1985 | - | 1029 |
| 11 |
|
Motörhead
1975-2015
|
Heavy | United Kingdom, USA | 1975 | 2015 | 907 |
| 12 |
|
Ozzy Osbourne
1979-
|
Heavy | United Kingdom, USA | 1979 | - | 767 |
| 13 |
|
Deep Purple
1968-
|
Heavy Hard rock |
United Kingdom | 1968 | - | 743 |
| 14 |
|
DragonForce
1999-
|
Power | United Kingdom | 1999 | - | 642 |
| 15 |
|
Alestorm
2004-
|
Folk Power |
United Kingdom | 2004 | - | 584 |
| 16 |
|
Bolt Thrower
1986-2016
|
Death Grindcore |
United Kingdom | 1986 | 2016 | 545 |
| 17 |
|
Napalm Death
1981-
|
Hardcore Grindcore Punk |
United Kingdom | 1981 | - | 531 |
| 18 |
|
Rainbow
1975-1997
|
Hard rock Heavy |
United Kingdom | 1975 | 1997 | 514 |
| 19 |
|
Venom
1979-
|
First wave of black Heavy |
United Kingdom | 1979 | - | 491 |
| 20 |
|
Anaal Nathrakh
1998-
|
Black Grindcore |
United Kingdom | 1998 | - | 411 |
| 21 |
|
Saxon
1976-
|
New wave of British heavy Heavy |
United Kingdom | 1976 | - | 402 |
| 22 |
|
Steven Wilson
2003-
|
Progressive rock | United Kingdom | 2003 | - | 391 |
| 23 |
|
Bullet For My Valentine
1998-
|
Melodic metalcore | United Kingdom | 1998 | - | 385 |
| 24 |
|
Electric Wizard
1993-
|
Doom Stoner |
United Kingdom | 1993 | - | 349 |
| 25 |
|
King Crimson
1969-
|
Progressive rock | United Kingdom | 1969 | - | 333 |
| 26 |
|
Bruce Dickinson
1989-
|
Heavy | United Kingdom | 1989 | - | 327 |
| 27 |
|
Haken
2007-
|
Progressive | United Kingdom | 2007 | - | 307 |
| 28 |
|
Evile
2004-
|
Thrash | United Kingdom | 2004 | - | 291 |
| 29 |
|
Sylosis
2000-
|
Melodic death Progressive thrash |
United Kingdom | 2000 | - | 272 |
| 30 |
|
Whitesnake
1978-
|
Hard rock | United Kingdom | 1978 | - | 251 |
| 31 |
|
TesseracT
2003-
|
Progressive math Djent |
United Kingdom | 2003 | - | 235 |
| 32 |
|
Def Leppard
1977-
|
New wave of British heavy Hard rock |
United Kingdom | 1977 | - | 223 |
| 33 |
|
Antimatter
1998-
|
Atmospheric rock | United Kingdom | 1998 | - | 220 |
| 34 |
|
Esoteric
1992-
|
Psychedelic doom Funeral doom |
United Kingdom | 1992 | - | 210 |
| 35 |
|
Threshold
1988-
|
Progressive | United Kingdom | 1988 | - | 202 |
| 36 |
|
A Forest Of Stars
2007-
|
Atmospheric black | United Kingdom | 2007 | - | 187 |
| 37 |
|
Akercocke
1996-
|
Black Death Progressive death |
United Kingdom | 1996 | - | 186 |
| 38 |
|
Thy Catafalque
1998-
|
Avantgarde black | Hungary, United Kingdom | 1998 | - | 183 |
| 39 |
|
Cathedral
1989-2013
|
Doom Stoner |
United Kingdom | 1989 | 2013 | 174 |
| 40 |
|
Onslaught
1983-
|
Thrash | United Kingdom | 1983 | - | 169 |
| 41 |
|
Fen
2006-
|
Atmospheric black Post-rock |
United Kingdom | 2006 | - | 162 |
| 42 |
|
Uriah Heep
1969-
|
Hard rock | United Kingdom | 1969 | - | 157 |
| 43 |
|
Saor
2013-
|
Atmospheric black Folk |
United Kingdom | 2013 | - | 155 |
| 44 |
|
Halford
1999-
|
Heavy | United Kingdom | 1999 | - | 148 |
| 45 |
|
Diamond Head
1976-
|
New wave of British heavy Heavy |
United Kingdom | 1976 | - | 146 |
| 46 |
|
Gloryhammer
2010-
|
Power | United Kingdom | 2010 | - | 145 |
| 47 |
|
Bal-Sagoth
1989-
|
Symphonic black Power |
United Kingdom | 1989 | - | 133 |
| 48 |
|
Skyclad
1990-
|
Folk | United Kingdom | 1990 | - | 131 |
| 49 |
|
Godflesh
1988-
|
Industrial | United Kingdom | 1988 | - | 128 |
| 50 |
|
Deströyer 666
1994-
|
Blackened thrash | Australia, United Kingdom | 1994 | - | 127 |