Featured bands

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Eternal Tears Of Sorrow 1991-	Melodic death metal Extreme power metal	Finland	1991	-	631
2	Catamenia 1995-	Melodic black metal Melodic death metal Heavy metal	Finland	1995	-	234
3	Heavenwood 1992-	Death metal Gothic metal Gothic doom metal	Portugal	1992	-	164
4	Fairyland 1998-	Symphonic power metal	France	1998	-	158
5	Solitude Aeturnus 1987-	Doom metal	USA	1987	-	158
6	Sinister 1989-	Death metal	The Netherlands	1989	-	152
7	Toxik 1985-	Technical thrash metal	USA	1985	-	145
8	Darkseed 1992-	Gothic metal	Germany	1992	-	117
9	Stormwarrior 1998-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1998	-	109
10	To/Die/For 1993-2016	Suomi metal	Finland	1993	2016	98
11	Helstar 1982-	US power metal Speed metal Thrash metal	USA	1982	-	97
12	Ancient Rites 1988-	Viking black metal	Belgium	1988	-	89
13	Exciter 1978-	Speed metal Thrash metal	Canada	1978	-	89
14	Siebenbürgen 1994-2009	Melodic black metal	Sweden	1994	2009	85
15	Illdisposed 1991-	Death metal	Denmark	1991	-	84
16	Elysion 2006-	Symphonic gothic metal	Greece	2006	-	76
17	Rebellion 2001-	Heavy metal Power metal	Germany	2001	-	76
18	Beyond Twilight 1992-2008	Progressive metal	Denmark	1992	2008	75
19	Hatesphere 1993-	Death metal Thrash metal	Denmark	1993	-	70
20	Atrocity 1985-	Death metal Gothic industrial metal Symphonic death metal	Germany	1985	-	68
21	Wizard 1989-	Power metal Heavy metal	Germany	1989	-	68
22	Debauchery 2002-	Death metal	Germany	2002	-	65
23	Metalium 1999-	Power metal	Germany	1999	-	55
24	Timeless Miracle 2001-	Power metal	Sweden	2001	-	53
25	Assassin 1982-	Thrash metal	Germany	1982	-	51
26	Imperia 2003-	Symphonic metal Gothic metal	The Netherlands Belgium	2003	-	51
27	Raunchy 1994-	Alternative metal Industrial metal Melodic death metal	Denmark	1994	-	51
28	Atrophy 1986-	Thrash metal	USA	1986	-	49
29	Evereve 1993-	Atmospheric gothic metal	Germany	1993	-	47
30	Miseration 2006-	Death metal	Sweden	2006	-	47
31	Sinbreed 2008-	Power metal	Germany	2008	-	47
32	Echoes Of Eternity 2005-	Symphonic progressive metal	USA	2005	-	44
33	Darkwell 1999-	Gothic metal	Austria	1999	-	42
34	Stormwitch 1979-	Heavy metal	Germany	1979	-	41
35	Steel Attack 1995-	Heavy metal Power metal	Sweden	1995	-	40
36	Weeping Silence 1998-	Gothic metal Doom metal	Malta	1998	-	39
37	Adorned Brood 1993-	Folk metal Black metal	Germany	1993	-	38
38	Cryptic Wintermoon 1993-	Symphonic black metal Thrash metal	Germany	1993	-	38
39	Lääz Rockit 1982-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1982	-	37
40	Negator 2003-2021	Black metal	Germany	2003	2021	37
41	Saviour Machine 1989-	Gothic metal	USA	1989	-	37
42	Thrudvangar 1998-2022	Viking black metal	Germany	1998	2022	37
43	Runic 2001-	Viking folk metal Extreme power metal	Spain	2001	-	35
44	Crystal Eyes 1992-	Power metal	Sweden	1992	-	34
45	Scanner 1986-	Power metal	Germany	1986	-	34
46	Highland Glory 2001-	Power metal	Norway	2001	-	33
47	Almanac 2015-	Symphonic power metal	Germany	2015	-	32
48	Lemuria 2001-	Symphonic black metal	Belgium	2001	-	31
49	Hatriot 2010-	Thrash metal	USA	2010	-	30
50	Coronatus 2002-	Gothic metal	Germany	2002	-	27

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7.	Black Sabbath Paranoid
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