The Groove

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 · 1975– · heavy metal

214.997

Why this number?

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193 Bathory

Sweden · 1983–2004 · black metal 0.455

194 Electric Masada

United States of America · 2003– · heavy metal 0.444

195 Electric Callboy

Germany · 2010– · electronicore 0.443

196 Killing Joke

United Kingdom · 1979– · rock 0.420

197

The Smashing Pumpkins

United States of America · 1988– · alternative rock 0.368

198 Monster Magnet

United States of America · 1989– · space rock 0.364

199

Queens of the Stone Age

United States of America · 1996– · alternative rock 0.360

200 Audioslave

United States of America · 2001–2007 · hard rock 0.333

201 In This Moment

United States of America · 2005– · alternative metal 0.333

202 Testament

United States of America · 1983– · metal 0.333

203 Mortiis

Norway · 1993– · electro 0.327

204

The Mars Volta

United States of America · 2001– · rock 0.326

205 Steppenwolf

United States of America · 1961– · hard rock 0.320

206

Weezer

United States of America · 1992– · alternative rock 0.316

207

Boris

Japan · 1992– · drone 0.311

208 Isis

United States of America · 1997–2010 · post-metal 0.300

209 Carcass

United Kingdom · 1985– · death metal 0.293

210 Anna von Hausswolff

Sweden · 1986– · neoclassical dark wave 0.290

211

Fear Factory

United States of America · 1990– · industrial metal 0.239

212

Buckethead

United States of America · 1969– · rock 0.220

213 Powerman 5000

United States of America · 1991– · alternative metal 0.211

214 Jane’s Addiction

United States of America · 1986–2025 · alternative rock 0.200

215 Negură Bunget

Romania · 1995–2017 · black metal 0.192

216 Car Bomb

United States of America · 2002– · mathcore 0.189