Featured bands
| Band | Style | Country | Formed | Split | Fans | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Metallica
1981-
|
Heavy Bay Area thrash |
USA | 1981 | - | 3808 |
| 2 |
|
Megadeth
1983-
|
Thrash Heavy Hard rock |
USA | 1983 | - | 3178 |
| 3 |
|
Mastodon
1999-
|
Progressive stoner Progressive sludge |
USA | 1999 | - | 1299 |
| 4 |
|
Moonspell
1989-
|
Folk Gothic black Gothic Symphonic black Black |
Portugal | 1989 | - | 1202 |
| 5 |
|
My Dying Bride
1990-
|
Death doom Gothic doom |
United Kingdom | 1990 | - | 1091 |
| 6 |
|
Morbid Angel
1984-
|
Death | USA | 1984 | - | 997 |
| 7 |
|
Machine Head
1992-
|
Groove thrash Progressive thrash |
USA | 1992 | - | 994 |
| 8 |
|
Meshuggah
1987-
|
Technical thrash Math Progressive |
Sweden | 1987 | - | 994 |
| 9 |
|
Moonsorrow
1995-
|
Viking folk | Finland | 1995 | - | 989 |
| 10 |
|
Motörhead
1975-2015
|
Heavy | United Kingdom, USA | 1975 | 2015 | 908 |
| 11 |
|
Manowar
1980-
|
Heavy US power |
USA | 1980 | - | 886 |
| 12 |
|
Mayhem
1984-
|
Death Black |
Norway | 1984 | - | 844 |
| 13 |
|
Marduk
1990-
|
Black | Sweden | 1990 | - | 583 |
| 14 |
|
Mercyful Fate
1981-
|
Heavy First wave of black |
Denmark, USA | 1981 | - | 541 |
| 15 |
|
Mors Principium Est
1999-
|
Gothenburg | Finland | 1999 | - | 436 |
| 16 |
|
Masterplan
2001-
|
Progressive power | Germany | 2001 | - | 313 |
| 17 |
|
Melechesh
1993-
|
Melodic black Folk |
Israel, The Netherlands | 1993 | - | 312 |
| 18 |
|
Marilyn Manson
1989-
|
Industrial rock Alternative Industrial Glam rock Alternative rock |
USA | 1989 | - | 306 |
| 19 |
|
Myrath
2001-
|
Progressive Oriental folk |
Tunisia, France | 2001 | - | 287 |
| 20 |
|
Metal Church
1980-
|
Heavy Thrash |
USA | 1980 | - | 279 |
| 21 |
|
Municipal Waste
2000-
|
Crossover thrash | USA | 2000 | - | 261 |
| 22 |
|
Mercenary
1991-
|
Melodic death Thrash Gothenburg Heavy |
Denmark | 1991 | - | 252 |
| 23 |
|
Mudvayne
1996-2016
|
Nu Alternative |
USA | 1996 | 2016 | 246 |
| 24 |
|
Mötley Crüe
1981-2015
|
Glam rock Glam |
USA | 1981 | 2015 | 243 |
| 25 |
|
Malevolent Creation
1987-
|
Death | USA | 1987 | - | 214 |
| 26 |
|
Ministry
1981-
|
Industrial Synth pop |
USA | 1981 | - | 201 |
| 27 |
|
Månegarm
1995-
|
Black Viking folk |
Sweden | 1995 | - | 194 |
| 28 |
|
Misery Index
2001-
|
Deathgrind | USA | 2001 | - | 174 |
| 29 |
|
Mgła
2000-
|
Black | Poland | 2000 | - | 170 |
| 30 |
|
Mar De Grises
2000-2013
|
Doom | Chile | 2000 | 2013 | 163 |
| 31 |
|
Mourning Beloveth
1992-
|
Death doom | Ireland | 1992 | - | 136 |
| 32 |
|
Mägo De Oz
1989-
|
Heavy Folk |
Spain | 1989 | - | 117 |
| 33 |
|
Mechina
2004-
|
Industrial death | USA | 2004 | - | 114 |
| 34 |
|
Monster Magnet
1989-
|
Stoner | USA | 1989 | - | 113 |
| 35 |
|
Metsatöll
1999-
|
Heavy Folk |
Estonia | 1999 | - | 112 |
| 36 |
|
Monstrosity
1990-
|
Death | USA | 1990 | - | 109 |
| 37 |
|
Melvins
1984-
|
Sludge Doom |
USA | 1984 | - | 106 |
| 38 |
|
Marillion
1979-
|
Progressive rock | United Kingdom | 1979 | - | 103 |
| 39 |
|
Mr. Bungle
1985-2004
|
Avantgarde | USA | 1985 | 2004 | 100 |
| 40 |
|
Midnattsol
2002-
|
Folk Gothic |
Norway | 2002 | - | 99 |
| 41 |
|
MyGrain
2004-2015
|
Gothenburg | Finland | 2004 | 2015 | 99 |
| 42 |
|
Morbid Saint
1986-
|
Thrash | USA | 1986 | - | 97 |
| 43 |
|
Mushroomhead
1993-
|
Alternative Industrial Nu |
USA | 1993 | - | 97 |
| 44 |
|
Machinae Supremacy
2000-
|
Power | Sweden | 2000 | - | 91 |
| 45 |
|
Mournful Congregation
1993-
|
Funeral doom | Australia | 1993 | - | 89 |
| 46 |
|
Mordab
2001-
|
Progressive death | Iran | 2001 | - | 88 |
| 47 |
|
Mnemic
1998-
|
Industrial Nu |
Denmark | 1998 | - | 86 |
| 48 |
|
Mezarkabul
1987-
|
Heavy Thrash |
Turkey | 1987 | - | 82 |
| 49 |
|
Manilla Road
1976-
|
Heavy Power |
USA | 1976 | - | 80 |
| 50 |
|
Marty Friedman
1988-
|
Neoclassical heavy Progressive |
USA | 1988 | - | 79 |