Best Heavy Metal Bands
Head banging and hard rocking, these are the bands that created, pioneered and changed heavy metal. Don't agree with the list? Vote for an existing item you think should be ranked higher or if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on or create your own version of this list.
1Black Sabbath
2Led Zeppelin
3Deep Purple
4Metallica
5Judas Priest
6Iron Maiden
7Def Leppard
8Alice Cooper
9KISS
10Blue Öyster Cult
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11AC/DC
12Slipknot
13Van Halen
14Aerosmith
15Guns N' Roses
16Pantera
17Megadeth
18KoRn
19Jerusalem
Now an official remastered reissue on Rockadrome Records, produced by Ian Gillan of Deep Purple. "Sledgehammer-heavy masterpiece of underground British rock" "A holy relic among proto-metal fans, Jerusalem's self titled debut album produced by none other than Deep Purple's Ian Gillan. A masterpiece of early bludgeon-rock, this doom-laden bruiser predates NWOBHM by half a decade, but sounds just as heavy" - Classic Rock Magazine
20Cradle of Filth
21Cannibal Corpse
22Whitesnake
23Anvil
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