Featured bands

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Emperor 1991-	Black metal Symphonic black metal	Norway	1991	-	1463
2	Ihsahn 2005-	Extreme progressive metal Avantgarde metal	Norway	2005	-	615
3	Shade Empire 1999-	Symphonic black metal	Finland	1999	-	294
4	Daylight Dies 1996-	Melodic death metal Doom metal	USA	1996	-	269
5	Absu 1989-2020	Death metal Blackened thrash metal	USA	1989	2020	197
6	Altar Of Plagues 2006-2013	Black metal Post-metal	Ireland	2006	2013	123
7	Winterfylleth 2007-	Atmospheric black metal Pagan black metal	United Kingdom	2007	-	122
8	Forest Stream 1995-	Doom metal	Russia	1995	-	96
9	Xerath 2007-2017	Symphonic math metal	United Kingdom	2007	2017	95
10	Wodensthrone 2005-2016	Atmospheric black metal	United Kingdom	2005	2016	89
11	Demonic Resurrection 2000-	Death metal Symphonic metal Blackened death metal	India	2000	-	44
12	Thy Serpent 1992-	Melodic black metal	Finland	1992	-	34
13	Crionics 1997-2011	Black metal Death metal	Poland	1997	2011	31
14	Magrudergrind 2002-	Grindcore	USA	2002	-	31
15	Darkest Era 2005-	Folk metal Doom metal Heavy metal	United Kingdom	2005	-	27
16	The Wretched End 2008-	Death metal Thrash metal	Norway	2008	-	25
17	The Rotted 1997-2014	Grindcore Brutal death metal Death metal Punk	United Kingdom	1997	2014	23
18	Ancient Ascendant 2005-2018	Death metal	United Kingdom	2005	2018	22
19	Myrkskog 1993-	Black metal Brutal death metal	Norway	1993	-	20
20	Octavia Sperati 2000-	Gothic metal	Norway	2000	-	19
21	Cnoc An Tursa 2006-	Folk metal Black metal	United Kingdom	2006	-	17
22	Reverence 1998-	Black metal Industrial metal	France	1998	-	16
23	Throne Of Katarsis 2002-	Black metal	Norway	2002	-	15
24	Urne 2016-	Sludge metal	United Kingdom	2016	-	15
25	Distorted 1996-	Gothic metal	Israel	1996	-	14
26	Shrapnel 2009-	Thrash metal	United Kingdom	2009	-	14
27	Rumpelstiltskin Grinder 2002-	Technical thrash metal	USA	2002	-	13
28	MMXX 2020-	Doom metal	Italy USA	2020	-	12
29	Necronautical 2010-	Melodic black metal	United Kingdom	2010	-	11
30	Pantheon I 2002-	Black metal	Norway	2002	-	10
31	Witchsorrow 2005-	Doom metal	United Kingdom	2005	-	10
32	Trna 2013-	Atmospheric black metal Post-metal	Russia	2013	-	9
33	Earth Crisis 1989-	Hardcore Metalcore	USA	1989	-	8
34	In Battle 1996-	Black metal Death metal	Sweden	1996	-	8
35	Zatokrev 2002-	Doom metal Sludge metal	Switzerland	2002	-	8
36	The Wounded Kings 2005-2016	Doom metal	United Kingdom	2005	2016	7
37	Yaotl Mictlan 1998-	Black metal Folk metal	Mexico USA	1998	-	7
38	Eastern Front 2006-	Black metal	United Kingdom	2006	-	5
39	Averse Sefira 1996-2012	Black metal	USA	1996	2012	4
40	Hybris 2010-	Progressive thrash metal	United Kingdom	2010	-	4
41	Coltsblood 2010-	Sludge metal Doom metal	United Kingdom	2010	-	1
42	The Living Fields 2002-	Epic doom metal	USA	2002	-	1
43	Abduction (UK) 2016-	Black metal	United Kingdom	2016	-	0
44	Korpse (UK) 1989-	Progressive death metal	United Kingdom	1989	-	0
45	The Sanity Days 2011-2022	Heavy metal Thrash metal	United Kingdom	2011	2022	0

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	Týr Battle Ballads
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2.	My Dying Bride A Mortal Binding
3.	Ingested The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams
4.	Judas Priest Invincible Shield
5.	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
6.	The Vision Bleak Weird Tales
7.	Labyrinthus Stellarum Vortex Of The Worlds
8.	Hamferð Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk
9.	Belore Eastern Tales
10.	Benighted Ekbom

1.	Death Symbolic
2.	Megadeth Rust In Peace
3.	Judas Priest Painkiller
4.	Metallica Master Of Puppets
5.	Opeth Blackwater Park
6.	Metallica Ride The Lightning
7.	Black Sabbath Paranoid
8.	Iron Maiden Powerslave
9.	Death The Sound Of Perseverance
10.	Agalloch The Mantle