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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
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145 Alice Cooper United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1964–1975 · hard rock 0.923
146 Katatonia Sweden flagSweden · 1991– · alternative metal 0.914
147 Halestorm United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1998– · hard rock 0.914
148 Aerosmith United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1970– · hard rock 0.905
149 Moonsorrow Finland flagFinland · 1995– · folk metal 0.900
150 Jinjer Ukraine flagUkraine · 2009– · metalcore 0.880
151 Enter Shikari United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1999– · rock 0.850
152 Limp Bizkit United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1994– · nu metal 0.843
153 Trent Reznor United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1965– · dark ambient 0.831
154 Mötley Crüe United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1981– · hard rock 0.825
155 Papa Roach United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1993– · nu metal 0.813
156 Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2010– · rock 0.800
157 Mr. Bungle United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1985– · experimental rock 0.786
158 Europe Sweden flagSweden · 1982– · hard rock 0.781
159 Leprous Norway flagNorway · 2001– · progressive metal 0.770
160 Tesla United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1981– · hard rock 0.770
161 Exodus United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1979– · thrash metal 0.767
162 Fort Minor United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2004–2017 · hip hop 0.741
163 The Cult United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1983– · hard rock 0.739
164 DevilDriver United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2003– · death metal 0.739
165 Dokken United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1979– · rock 0.700
166 Moonspell Portugal flagPortugal · 1989– · gothic metal 0.689
167 After Forever The Netherlands flagThe Netherlands · 1995–2009 · rock 0.686
168 3 Doors Down United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1996– · alternative rock 0.669