Featured bands
| Band | Style | Country | Formed | Split | Fans | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Epica
2002-
|
Symphonic | The Netherlands | 2002 | - | 1497 |
| 2 |
|
Within Temptation
1996-
|
Symphonic Gothic |
The Netherlands | 1996 | - | 974 |
| 3 |
|
Ayreon
1995-
|
Progressive | The Netherlands | 1995 | - | 957 |
| 4 |
|
After Forever
1995-2009
|
Symphonic gothic Symphonic progressive |
The Netherlands | 1995 | 2009 | 483 |
| 5 |
|
The Gathering
1989-
|
Doom Death doom Atmospheric gothic Experimental rock |
The Netherlands | 1989 | - | 422 |
| 6 |
|
Delain
2002-
|
Symphonic | The Netherlands | 2002 | - | 409 |
| 7 |
|
Carach Angren
2003-
|
Symphonic black | The Netherlands | 2003 | - | 346 |
| 8 |
|
Melechesh
1993-
|
Melodic black Folk |
Israel, The Netherlands | 1993 | - | 314 |
| 9 |
|
Pestilence
1986-
|
Death Progressive death Technical death |
The Netherlands | 1986 | - | 262 |
| 10 |
|
Asphyx
1987-
|
Death | The Netherlands | 1987 | - | 218 |
| 11 |
|
Textures
2001-2017
|
Progressive math | The Netherlands | 2001 | 2017 | 217 |
| 12 |
|
Heidevolk
2002-
|
Folk | The Netherlands | 2002 | - | 216 |
| 13 |
|
Stream Of Passion
2005-2016
|
Symphonic progressive | The Netherlands | 2005 | 2016 | 164 |
| 14 |
|
Star One
2002-
|
Progressive | The Netherlands | 2002 | - | 163 |
| 15 |
|
God Dethroned
1990-
|
Death Thrash |
The Netherlands | 1990 | - | 162 |
| 16 |
|
Legion Of The Damned
2005-
|
Thrash Death |
The Netherlands | 2005 | - | 162 |
| 17 |
|
ReVamp
2009-2016
|
Symphonic Progressive |
The Netherlands | 2009 | 2016 | 141 |
| 18 |
|
Sinister
1989-
|
Death | The Netherlands | 1989 | - | 117 |
| 19 |
|
Gorefest
1989-2009
|
Death Hard rock |
The Netherlands | 1989 | 2009 | 111 |
| 20 |
|
Hail Of Bullets
2006-2017
|
Death | The Netherlands | 2006 | 2017 | 104 |
| 21 |
|
Officium Triste
1994-
|
Death doom | The Netherlands | 1994 | - | 99 |
| 22 |
|
An Autumn For Crippled Children
2008-
|
Atmospheric black Post-rock Shoegaze |
The Netherlands | 2008 | - | 83 |
| 23 |
|
MaYaN
2010-
|
Melodic death | The Netherlands | 2010 | - | 72 |
| 24 |
|
The Monolith Deathcult
2002-
|
Death Atmospheric death Brutal death |
The Netherlands | 2002 | - | 70 |
| 25 |
|
Nemesea
2002-
|
Symphonic gothic Gothic rock |
The Netherlands | 2002 | - | 69 |
| 26 |
|
The Gentle Storm
2014-
|
Symphonic progressive Acoustic Folk |
The Netherlands | 2014 | - | 65 |
| 27 |
|
Exivious
1997-2016
|
Progressive Fusion Instrumental |
The Netherlands | 1997 | 2016 | 62 |
| 28 |
|
Urfaust
2003-
|
Black | The Netherlands | 2003 | - | 61 |
| 29 |
|
Guilt Machine
2009-
|
Progressive | The Netherlands | 2009 | - | 59 |
| 30 |
|
Severe Torture
1997-
|
Brutal death Death |
The Netherlands | 1997 | - | 58 |
| 31 |
|
Shylmagoghnar
2004-
|
Atmospheric black Progressive black Melodic death |
The Netherlands | 2004 | - | 57 |
| 32 |
|
The Devil's Blood
2007-2013
|
Hard rock | The Netherlands | 2007 | 2013 | 55 |
| 33 |
|
Gnaw Their Tongues
2005-
|
Experimental black Noise Drone |
The Netherlands | 2005 | - | 51 |
| 34 |
|
Aina
2003-
|
Progressive power | The Netherlands | 2003 | - | 50 |
| 35 |
|
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
1980-
|
Progressive rock | The Netherlands | 1980 | - | 48 |
| 36 |
|
Autumn
1995-
|
Gothic Symphonic rock Symphonic |
The Netherlands | 1995 | - | 48 |
| 37 |
|
Detonation
1997-
|
Melodic death Thrash |
The Netherlands | 1997 | - | 37 |
| 38 |
|
Ambeon
2001-2001
|
Progressive Ambient |
The Netherlands | 2001 | 2001 | 36 |
| 39 |
|
The 11th Hour
2008-
|
Doom | The Netherlands | 2008 | - | 36 |
| 40 |
|
Faal
2005-
|
Black Doom |
The Netherlands | 2005 | - | 34 |
| 41 |
|
Prostitute Disfigurement
2000-
|
Brutal death | The Netherlands | 2000 | - | 33 |
| 42 |
|
Cloak Of Altering
2011-
|
Avantgarde black | The Netherlands | 2011 | - | 30 |
| 43 |
|
Elegy
1992-
|
Progressive power | The Netherlands | 1992 | - | 29 |
| 44 |
|
Izegrim
1996-
|
Death Melodic death Thrash |
The Netherlands | 1996 | - | 28 |
| 45 |
|
Callenish Circle
1992-2007
|
Gothenburg | The Netherlands | 1992 | 2007 | 27 |
| 46 |
|
Cold Body Radiation
2009-
|
Atmospheric black Shoegaze Post-rock |
The Netherlands | 2009 | - | 27 |
| 47 |
|
Slechtvalk
1999-
|
Black | The Netherlands | 1999 | - | 27 |
| 48 |
|
Hypomanie
2007-
|
Shoegaze Black |
The Netherlands | 2007 | - | 26 |
| 49 |
|
Thronar
1998-2009
|
Atmospheric black Folk |
The Netherlands | 1998 | 2009 | 25 |
| 50 |
|
Orphanage
1993-2005
|
Melodic death Gothic |
The Netherlands | 1993 | 2005 | 24 |