Featured bands

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Rhapsody 1993-2006	Symphonic power metal	Italy	1993	2006	939
2	Mors Principium Est 1999-	Gothenburg metal Melodic death metal	Finland	1999	-	566
3	Theatre Of Tragedy 1993-2010	Gothic metal Gothic industrial metal	Norway	1993	2010	433
4	Firewind 1998-	Power metal Heavy metal	Greece	1998	-	431
5	Graveworm 1992-	Melodic black metal Gothic metal	Italy	1992	-	370
6	Masterplan 2001-	Power metal	Germany	2001	-	345
7	Danzig 1987-	Hard rock	USA	1987	-	344
8	Elvenking 1997-	Folk metal Power metal	Italy	1997	-	335
9	Leaves' Eyes 2003-	Symphonic metal	Germany	2003	-	326
10	Suidakra 1994-	Melodic death metal Folk metal	Germany	1994	-	320
11	Lake Of Tears 1992-	Gothic metal Doom metal	Sweden	1992	-	314
12	Dragonland 1999-	Symphonic power metal	Sweden	1999	-	261
13	Heavenly 1994-	Power metal	France	1994	-	247
14	Rhapsody Of Fire 2006-	Symphonic power metal	Italy	2006	-	247
15	Iron Savior 1996-	Power metal	Germany	1996	-	241
16	Lordi 1992-	Hard rock Glam metal	Finland	1992	-	215
17	Flotsam And Jetsam 1984-	Thrash metal	USA	1984	-	210
18	Edenbridge 1998-	Symphonic metal Power metal Progressive metal	Austria	1998	-	209
19	Nocturnal Rites 1990-	Death metal Power metal	Sweden	1990	-	195
20	Onslaught 1983-	Thrash metal	United Kingdom	1983	-	188
21	Pyramaze 2001-	Progressive power metal	Denmark	2001	-	167
22	Avatarium 2013-	Doom metal	Sweden	2013	-	161
23	Anvil 1981-	Heavy metal	Canada	1981	-	158
24	Solution .45 2007-	Melodic death metal	Sweden	2007	-	155
25	Redemption 2000-	Progressive metal	USA	2000	-	143
26	Brainstorm 1989-	Power metal	Germany	1989	-	139
27	Communic 2003-	Progressive heavy metal	Norway	2003	-	137
28	Bloodbound 2004-	Power metal	Sweden	2004	-	115
29	Thunderstone 2000-	Power metal Heavy metal	Finland	2000	-	102
30	Ill Niño 1999-	Nu metal	USA	1999	-	99
31	Ektomorf 1994-	Groove thrash metal Hardcore	Hungary	1994	-	98
32	Paradox 1986-	Thrash metal	Germany	1986	-	91
33	At Vance 1998-	Heavy metal Power metal	Germany	1998	-	90
34	Almah 2006-	Heavy metal Power metal	Brazil	2006	-	87
35	Eisbrecher 2002-	Industrial metal	Germany	2002	-	85
36	Iron Mask 2002-	Power metal	Belgium	2002	-	76
37	Dark Age 1994-	Gothenburg metal Metalcore	Germany	1994	-	68
38	Silent Force 1999-	Progressive power metal	Germany	1999	-	64
39	Triosphere 2004-	Progressive metal Power metal	Norway	2004	-	62
40	Jon Oliva's Pain 2003-	Progressive metal	USA	2003	-	61
41	Vanishing Point 1995-	Progressive metal Symphonic power metal	Australia	1995	-	60
42	Borealis 2005-	Power metal	Canada	2005	-	59
43	Black Messiah 1994-	Symphonic black metal Pagan folk metal	Germany	1994	-	58
44	Lyriel 2003-	Folk metal	Germany	2003	-	56
45	SOiL 1997-	Hard rock Grunge	USA	1997	-	53
46	Saint Deamon 2006-	Heavy metal Power metal	Sweden	2006	-	51
47	Magica 2002-	Symphonic power metal	Romania	2002	-	48
48	Magic Kingdom 1998-	Power metal	Belgium	1998	-	47
49	Nightmare 1979-	Heavy metal Symphonic power metal Power metal Heavy metal	France	1979	-	45
50	Brothers Of Metal 2012-	Power metal Heavy metal	Sweden	2012	-	41

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