The Groove

The greatest alternative metal artists of all time

93 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

System of a Down

United States of America · 1995– · alternative metal

55.892

Why this number?

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Queens of the Stone Age

United States of America · 1996– · alternative rock 5.987

Bring Me the Horizon

United Kingdom · 2004– · metalcore 5.664

Sleep Token

United Kingdom · 2016– · alternative metal 5.234

28 Three Days Grace

Canada · 1997– · rock 4.724

Limp Bizkit

United States of America · 1994– · nu metal 4.455

BABYMETAL

Japan · 2010– · kawaii metal 3.786

31 Breaking Benjamin

United States of America · 1999– · alternative rock 3.772

32 Lacuna Coil

Italy · 1997– · gothic metal 3.725

33 Nickelback

Canada · 1995– · rock 3.583

34 Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway

United States of America · 2006– · alternative metal 3.404

35 Avatar

Sweden · 2001– · melodic death metal 2.465

Poppy

United States of America · 1995– · nu metal 2.381

37 In This Moment

United States of America · 2005– · alternative metal 2.350

3 Doors Down

United States of America · 1996– · alternative rock 2.304

Mastodon

United States of America · 2000– · progressive metal 2.275

40 Audioslave

United States of America · 2001–2007 · hard rock 2.069

DIR EN GREY

Japan · 1997– · rock 1.931

42 Bad Omens

United States of America · 2015– · metalcore 1.914

43 Rob Zombie

United States of America · 1965– · heavy metal 1.886

44 Alien Ant Farm

United States of America · 1995– · rock 1.826

Metallica

United States of America · 1981– · heavy metal 1.779

46 Static‐X

United States of America · 1994– · alternative metal 1.533

47 Danzig

United States of America · 1987– · heavy metal 1.500

48 Papa Roach

United States of America · 1993– · nu metal 1.453