Featured bands
| Band | Style | Country | Formed | Split | Fans | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Amon Amarth
1988-
|
Melodic death | Sweden | 1988 | - | 3151 |
| 2 |
|
Ensiferum
1995-
|
Extreme folk | Finland | 1995 | - | 1920 |
| 3 |
|
Behemoth
1991-
|
Death Black Blackened death |
Poland | 1991 | - | 1776 |
| 4 |
|
Cannibal Corpse
1988-
|
Death | USA | 1988 | - | 1199 |
| 5 |
|
King Diamond
1985-
|
Heavy | Denmark, USA | 1985 | - | 667 |
| 6 |
|
DragonForce
1999-
|
Power | United Kingdom | 1999 | - | 651 |
| 7 |
|
Primordial
1987-
|
Black Celtic folk |
Ireland | 1987 | - | 607 |
| 8 |
|
Bolt Thrower
1986-2016
|
Death Grindcore |
United Kingdom | 1986 | 2016 | 552 |
| 9 |
|
Mercyful Fate
1981-
|
Heavy First wave of black |
Denmark, USA | 1981 | - | 546 |
| 10 |
|
Týr
1998-
|
Folk | Faroe Islands | 1998 | - | 536 |
| 11 |
|
Between The Buried And Me
2000-
|
Progressive metalcore | USA | 2000 | - | 463 |
| 12 |
|
As I Lay Dying
2001-
|
Melodic metalcore | USA | 2001 | - | 432 |
| 13 |
|
Anaal Nathrakh
1998-
|
Black Grindcore |
United Kingdom | 1998 | - | 418 |
| 14 |
|
The Black Dahlia Murder
2001-
|
Melodic death Metalcore |
USA | 2001 | - | 338 |
| 15 |
|
Six Feet Under
1993-
|
Death | USA | 1993 | - | 294 |
| 16 |
|
Falconer
1999-
|
Folk Power |
Sweden | 1999 | - | 261 |
| 17 |
|
Cattle Decapitation
1996-
|
Deathgrind Goregrind |
USA | 1996 | - | 254 |
| 18 |
|
Revocation
2006-
|
Technical death Thrash |
USA | 2006 | - | 250 |
| 19 |
|
The Ocean
2000-
|
Post-metal Sludge Hardcore |
Germany | 2000 | - | 245 |
| 20 |
|
Allegaeon
2005-
|
Technical death Melodic death |
USA | 2005 | - | 241 |
| 21 |
|
Artillery
1982-
|
Thrash | Denmark | 1982 | - | 239 |
| 22 |
|
Job For A Cowboy
2002-
|
Deathcore Death |
USA | 2002 | - | 206 |
| 23 |
|
Whitechapel
2006-
|
Deathcore | USA | 2006 | - | 198 |
| 24 |
|
Goatwhore
1997-
|
Blackened thrash Blackened death |
USA | 1997 | - | 180 |
| 25 |
|
Unearth
1998-
|
Metalcore | USA | 1998 | - | 171 |
| 26 |
|
God Dethroned
1990-
|
Death Thrash |
The Netherlands | 1990 | - | 164 |
| 27 |
|
Sacred Reich
1985-
|
Speed Thrash |
USA | 1985 | - | 126 |
| 28 |
|
Aeon
1999-
|
Death | Sweden | 1999 | - | 123 |
| 29 |
|
OSI
2003-
|
Progressive | USA | 2003 | - | 121 |
| 30 |
|
Gwar
1985-
|
Alternative Thrash Hardcore Punk |
USA | 1985 | - | 118 |
| 31 |
|
Redemption
2000-
|
Progressive | USA | 2000 | - | 116 |
| 32 |
|
Vesania
1997-
|
Symphonic black | Poland | 1997 | - | 107 |
| 33 |
|
Hail Of Bullets
2006-2017
|
Death | The Netherlands | 2006 | 2017 | 104 |
| 34 |
|
Skyforger
1991-
|
Black Folk |
Latvia | 1991 | - | 102 |
| 35 |
|
Lazarus A.D.
2005-
|
Thrash | USA | 2005 | - | 101 |
| 36 |
|
Disillusion
1994-
|
Extreme progressive Progressive |
Germany | 1994 | - | 98 |
| 37 |
|
The Absence
2002-
|
Melodic death | USA | 2002 | - | 90 |
| 38 |
|
Armored Saint
1982-
|
Heavy | USA | 1982 | - | 84 |
| 39 |
|
Exumer
1985-
|
Thrash | Germany | 1985 | - | 84 |
| 40 |
|
Crimfall
2007-
|
Symphonic folk | Finland | 2007 | - | 78 |
| 41 |
|
In Solitude
2002-2015
|
Heavy | Sweden | 2002 | 2015 | 77 |
| 42 |
|
Ancient
1992-
|
Melodic black | Norway | 1992 | - | 73 |
| 43 |
|
Dew-Scented
1992-
|
Death Thrash |
Germany | 1992 | - | 69 |
| 44 |
|
Aeternam
2007-
|
Melodic death | Canada | 2007 | - | 68 |
| 45 |
|
Desaster
1988-
|
Blackened thrash | Germany | 1988 | - | 64 |
| 46 |
|
Battlecross
2003-
|
Melodic death Thrash |
USA | 2003 | - | 63 |
| 47 |
|
Blood Ceremony
2006-
|
Psychedelic doom | Canada | 2006 | - | 63 |
| 48 |
|
Raven
1974-
|
New wave of British heavy Heavy |
United Kingdom, USA | 1974 | - | 62 |
| 49 |
|
Anacrusis
1986-
|
Progressive thrash | USA | 1986 | - | 60 |
| 50 |
|
Neaera
2003-
|
Melodic death Metalcore |
Germany | 2003 | - | 60 |