Featured bands

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Vader 1983-	Death metal	Poland	1983	-	989
2	Venom 1979-	First wave of black metal Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1979	-	610
3	Vektor 2002-	Technical thrash metal Progressive thrash metal	USA	2002	-	575
4	Voivod 1982-	Thrash metal Progressive metal	Canada	1982	-	369
5	Van Halen 1972-2020	Hard rock Heavy metal	USA	1972	2020	336
6	Volbeat 2001-	Heavy metal Hard rock	Denmark	2001	-	334
7	Virgin Black 1995-	Gothic metal Doom metal	Australia	1995	-	296
8	Vintersorg 1994-	Black metal Folk metal Progressive metal	Sweden	1994	-	289
9	Vital Remains 1989-	Death metal	USA	1989	-	262
10	Vomitory 1989-	Death metal	Sweden	1989	-	223
11	Van Canto 2006-	Power metal A Cappella	Germany	2006	-	190
12	Virgin Steele 1981-	Heavy metal Symphonic metal	USA	1981	-	186
13	Vanden Plas 1990-	Power metal Progressive metal	Germany	1990	-	181
14	Vreid 2004-	Black metal	Norway	2004	-	176
15	Visions Of Atlantis 2000-	Symphonic metal	Austria	2000	-	173
16	Vio-lence 1985-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1985	-	148
17	Vulture Industries 1998-	Avantgarde metal Progressive metal	Norway	1998	-	147
18	Voyager 1999-	Symphonic progressive metal	Australia	1999	-	144
19	Vildhjarta 2005-	Progressive math metal Djent	Sweden	2005	-	140
20	Vision Divine 1998-	Power metal	Italy	1998	-	136
21	Violator 2002-	Thrash metal	Brazil	2002	-	117
22	Vesania 1997-	Symphonic black metal	Poland	1997	-	110
23	Veil Of Maya 2004-	Deathcore	USA	2004	-	107
24	Varg 2005-	Melodic black metal Pagan folk metal	Germany	2005	-	105
25	Varathron 1988-	Black metal	Greece	1988	-	100
26	Vallenfyre 2010-2018	Death metal	United Kingdom	2010	2018	98
27	Versailles 2007-	J rock Power metal	Japan	2007	-	90
28	Vola 2005-	Progressive metal Progressive rock Djent	Denmark	2005	-	83
29	Visigoth 2010-	Heavy metal Power metal	USA	2010	-	77
30	Void Of Silence 1999-	Doom metal	Italy	1999	-	74
31	Vallendusk 2011-	Atmospheric black metal	Indonesia	2011	-	71
32	Ved Buens Ende 1993-	Black metal Avantgarde metal	Norway	1993	-	71
33	Vicious Rumors 1979-	US power metal	USA	1979	-	69
34	Vanishing Point 1995-	Progressive metal Symphonic power metal	Australia	1995	-	60
35	Vinterland 1992-	Melodic black metal	Sweden	1992	-	59
36	Violet Cold 2013-	Shoegaze	Azerbaijan	2013	-	54
37	Virus 2000-2018	Avantgarde metal	Norway	2000	2018	54
38	Vale Of Pnath 2006-	Technical death metal	USA	2006	-	48
39	Vorna 2008-	Melodic black metal Pagan folk metal	Finland	2008	-	47
40	Verdunkeln 1998-	Psychedelic black metal	Germany	1998	-	43
41	Viikate 1996-	Melodic heavy metal	Finland	1996	-	43
42	Vredehammer 2009-	Black metal Death metal	Norway	2009	-	43
43	VLTIMAS 2018-	Death metal	Portugal	2018	-	42
44	Vehemence 1997-2016	Technical death metal	USA	1997	2016	37
45	Vvilderness 2017-	Atmospheric black metal Post-metal	Hungary	2017	-	37
46	Valkyrja 2004-	Black metal	Sweden	2004	-	35
47	Vinnie Moore 1986-	Hard rock Neoclassical Instrumental	USA	1986	-	34
48	Vuur 2016-	Progressive metal	The Netherlands	2016	-	34
49	Viathyn 2006-	Progressive power metal	Canada	2006	-	33
50	Votum 2003-	Heavy metal Progressive metal	Poland	2003	-	33

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