Featured bands
| Band | Style | Country | Formed | Split | Fans | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Slayer
1981-
|
Thrash | USA | 1981 | - | 3375 |
| 2 |
|
Nightwish
1996-
|
Symphonic power Symphonic |
Finland | 1996 | - | 2467 |
| 3 |
|
Children Of Bodom
1993-2019
|
Extreme power | Finland | 1993 | 2019 | 2402 |
| 4 |
|
Blind Guardian
1984-
|
Power Speed |
Germany | 1984 | - | 2291 |
| 5 |
|
In Flames
1990-
|
Gothenburg Alternative |
Sweden | 1990 | - | 2134 |
| 6 |
|
Behemoth
1991-
|
Black Blackened death |
Poland | 1991 | - | 2011 |
| 7 |
|
Kreator
1982-
|
Teutonic thrash | Germany | 1982 | - | 1971 |
| 8 |
|
Dimmu Borgir
1993-
|
Symphonic black Black |
Norway | 1993 | - | 1926 |
| 9 |
|
Amorphis
1990-
|
Death Melodic death Folk Progressive |
Finland | 1990 | - | 1911 |
| 10 |
|
Wintersun
2004-
|
Extreme power | Finland | 2004 | - | 1877 |
| 11 |
|
Testament
1983-
|
Bay Area thrash | USA | 1983 | - | 1772 |
| 12 |
|
Helloween
1978-
|
Speed Power |
Germany | 1978 | - | 1739 |
| 13 |
|
Immortal
1990-
|
Death Black |
Norway | 1990 | - | 1663 |
| 14 |
|
Epica
2002-
|
Symphonic | The Netherlands | 2002 | - | 1636 |
| 15 |
|
Lamb Of God
1999-
|
Groove thrash | USA | 1999 | - | 1625 |
| 16 |
|
Symphony X
1994-
|
Progressive Symphonic power |
USA | 1994 | - | 1490 |
| 17 |
|
Eluveitie
2002-
|
Celtic folk Gothenburg |
Switzerland | 2002 | - | 1477 |
| 18 |
|
Sepultura
1984-
|
Death Groove thrash Alternative Thrash |
Brazil | 1984 | - | 1421 |
| 19 |
|
Enslaved
1991-
|
Viking black Progressive black |
Norway | 1991 | - | 1395 |
| 20 |
|
Paradise Lost
1988-
|
Gothic Death doom Doom |
United Kingdom | 1988 | - | 1377 |
| 21 |
|
Nile
1993-
|
Brutal death Technical death |
USA | 1993 | - | 1310 |
| 22 |
|
Sonata Arctica
1996-
|
Power | Finland | 1996 | - | 1306 |
| 23 |
|
Therion
1987-
|
Death Symphonic |
Sweden | 1987 | - | 1299 |
| 24 |
|
Cradle Of Filth
1991-
|
Extreme gothic Symphonic black Death Symphonic |
United Kingdom | 1991 | - | 1281 |
| 25 |
|
Septicflesh
1990-
|
Atmospheric death Symphonic death |
Greece | 1990 | - | 1248 |
| 26 |
|
My Dying Bride
1990-
|
Death doom Gothic doom |
United Kingdom | 1990 | - | 1233 |
| 27 |
|
Carcass
1985-
|
Grindcore Melodic death |
United Kingdom | 1985 | - | 1182 |
| 28 |
|
Anthrax
1981-
|
Thrash Heavy |
USA | 1981 | - | 1143 |
| 29 |
|
Meshuggah
1987-
|
Technical thrash Math Progressive |
Sweden | 1987 | - | 1137 |
| 30 |
|
Exodus
1980-
|
Bay Area thrash | USA | 1980 | - | 1090 |
| 31 |
|
Hypocrisy
1990-
|
Death Melodic death Gothenburg |
Sweden | 1990 | - | 1006 |
| 32 |
|
Sabaton
1999-
|
Power | Sweden | 1999 | - | 956 |
| 33 |
|
Avantasia
1999-
|
Symphonic power | Germany | 1999 | - | 948 |
| 34 |
|
Vader
1983-
|
Death | Poland | 1983 | - | 944 |
| 35 |
|
Alcest
2000-
|
Atmospheric black Shoegaze |
France | 2000 | - | 942 |
| 36 |
|
Korpiklaani
2003-
|
Folk | Finland | 2003 | - | 926 |
| 37 |
|
Overkill
1980-
|
Thrash | USA | 1980 | - | 922 |
| 38 |
|
Soilwork
1995-
|
Gothenburg | Sweden | 1995 | - | 804 |
| 39 |
|
Equilibrium
2001-
|
Viking folk Gothenburg |
Germany | 2001 | - | 798 |
| 40 |
|
Edguy
1992-
|
Power | Germany | 1992 | - | 783 |
| 41 |
|
Accept
1968-
|
Heavy | Germany | 1968 | - | 731 |
| 42 |
|
Fleshgod Apocalypse
2007-
|
Symphonic death | Italy | 2007 | - | 717 |
| 43 |
|
Decapitated
1996-
|
Technical death | Poland | 1996 | - | 674 |
| 44 |
|
Obscura
2002-
|
Progressive death Technical death |
Germany | 2002 | - | 649 |
| 45 |
|
Scar Symmetry
2004-
|
Melodic death Progressive power |
Sweden | 2004 | - | 622 |
| 46 |
|
Suffocation
1990-
|
Brutal death | USA | 1990 | - | 585 |
| 47 |
|
Kataklysm
1991-
|
Death | Canada | 1991 | - | 563 |
| 48 |
|
Death Angel
1982-
|
Bay Area thrash | USA | 1982 | - | 556 |
| 49 |
|
Immolation
1986-
|
Death | USA | 1986 | - | 507 |
| 50 |
|
As I Lay Dying
2001-
|
Melodic metalcore | USA | 2001 | - | 492 |