Featured bands

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Blind Guardian 1984-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1984	-	2409
2	Kreator 1982-	Teutonic thrash metal	Germany	1982	-	2095
3	Helloween 1978-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1978	-	1842
4	Rammstein 1994-	Industrial metal	Germany	1994	-	1593
5	Gamma Ray 1988-	Power metal	Germany	1988	-	1063
6	Sodom 1980-	Teutonic thrash metal	Germany	1980	-	1020
7	Avantasia 1999-	Symphonic power metal	Germany	1999	-	983
8	Edguy 1992-	Power metal	Germany	1992	-	811
9	Equilibrium 2001-	Viking folk metal Gothenburg metal	Germany	2001	-	810
10	Accept 1968-	Heavy metal	Germany	1968	-	787
11	Haggard 1989-	Experimental death metal Symphonic metal	Germany	1989	-	709
12	Necrophagist 1992-	Technical death metal	Germany	1992	-	696
13	Obscura 2002-	Progressive death metal Technical death metal	Germany	2002	-	690
14	Scorpions 1965-	Progressive rock Hard rock Heavy metal	Germany	1965	-	661
15	Empyrium 1994-	Doom metal Folk metal Neofolk	Germany	1994	-	603
16	Destruction 1983-	Teutonic thrash metal	Germany	1983	-	597
17	Powerwolf 2003-	Power metal	Germany	2003	-	550
18	Xandria 1994-	Gothic metal Symphonic metal	Germany	1994	-	455
19	Running Wild 1976-	Heavy metal Speed metal	Germany	1976	-	451
20	Primal Fear 1997-	Power metal	Germany	1997	-	445
21	The Ocean 2000-	Post-metal Atmospheric sludge metal Hardcore Progressive metal	Germany	2000	-	441
22	Grave Digger 1980-	Heavy metal	Germany	1980	-	429
23	Ahab 2004-	Funeral doom metal	Germany	2004	-	406
24	Falkenbach 1989-	Black metal Folk metal Viking folk metal	Germany	1989	-	395
25	Lacrimosa 1990-	Gothic metal Symphonic metal	Germany	1990	-	373
26	Rage 1986-	Heavy metal	Germany	1986	-	365
27	Masterplan 2001-	Power metal	Germany	2001	-	345
28	Heaven Shall Burn 1996-	Melodic death metal Metalcore	Germany	1996	-	342
29	Dark Fortress 1994-2023	Melodic black metal	Germany	1994	2023	332
30	Leaves' Eyes 2003-	Symphonic metal	Germany	2003	-	326
31	Suidakra 1994-	Melodic death metal Folk metal	Germany	1994	-	320
32	Freedom Call 1998-	Power metal	Germany	1998	-	318
33	Tankard 1982-	Thrash metal	Germany	1982	-	303
34	Crematory 1991-	Gothic metal Death metal	Germany	1991	-	246
35	Iron Savior 1996-	Power metal	Germany	1996	-	240
36	Finsterforst 2004-	Pagan folk metal	Germany	2004	-	232
37	Disillusion 1994-	Extreme progressive metal Progressive metal	Germany	1994	-	213
38	Axel Rudi Pell 1989-	Heavy metal Power metal	Germany	1989	-	210
39	Lacrimas Profundere 1993-	Gothic metal Gothic doom metal Gothic rock	Germany	1993	-	206
40	Orden Ogan 1996-	Medieval folk metal Power metal	Germany	1996	-	204
41	Van Canto 2006-	Power metal A Cappella	Germany	2006	-	190
42	The Ruins Of Beverast 2003-	Black metal Doom metal	Germany	2003	-	189
43	U.D.O. 1987-	Heavy metal	Germany	1987	-	181
44	Vanden Plas 1990-	Power metal Progressive metal	Germany	1990	-	181
45	The Vision Bleak 2000-	Gothic metal	Germany	2000	-	179
46	Agathodaimon 1995-	Symphonic black metal Extreme gothic metal	Germany	1995	-	173
47	Nargaroth 1996-	Black metal	Germany	1996	-	166
48	Doro 1987-	Hard rock Heavy metal	Germany USA	1987	-	163
49	Alkaloid 2014-	Extreme progressive metal	Germany	2014	-	158
50	In Extremo 1995-	Medieval folk metal	Germany	1995	-	157

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