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The greatest heavy metal artists of all time

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

No. 1

Iron Maiden

United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1975– · heavy metal
214.997
Why this number?
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121 UFO United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1969– · hard rock 1.356
122 Budgie United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1967–2010 · hard rock 1.333
123 Type O Negative United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1989–2010 · rock 1.328
124 The 69 Eyes Finland flagFinland · 1989– · rock 1.314
125 Trouble United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1979– · doom metal 1.313
126 Ratt United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1976– · heavy metal 1.286
127 KISS United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1973–2023 · hard rock 1.263
128 Behemoth Poland flagPoland · 1991– · death metal 1.238
129 Death United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1984–1998 · death metal 1.236
130 Nickelback Canada flagCanada · 1995– · rock 1.173
131 Children of Bodom Finland flagFinland · 1997–2019 · melodic death metal 1.138
132 Twisted Sister United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1972– · hard rock 1.132
133 Battle Beast Finland flagFinland · 2008– · heavy metal 1.120
134 Rhapsody of Fire Italy flagItaly · 1995– · power metal 1.100
135 Staind United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1995– · alternative rock 1.076
136 Obituary United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1988– · death metal 1.055
137 Beyond Creation Canada flagCanada · 2005– · technical death metal 1.050
138 Spock’s Beard United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1992– · progressive rock 1.050
139 Devin Townsend Project Canada flagCanada · 2008–2018 · rock 1.044
140 Amorphis Finland flagFinland · 1990– · progressive metal 1.040
141 Machinae Supremacy Sweden flagSweden · 2000– · electronic 1.009
142 Kyuss United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1987–1996 · stoner rock 0.971
143 Y&T United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1974– · hard rock 0.950
144 Primus United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1984– · alternative rock 0.938