| Bathory |
Sweden |
Black Metal, Viking, Thrash Metal |
117 |
| Celtic Frost |
Switzerland |
Thrash/Death/Black Metal (early), Avant-garde (late 80s), Glam (Cold Lake) Gothic/Doom Metal (2000s) |
87 |
| Sodom |
Germany |
Thrash/Black Metal |
85 |
| Hellhammer |
Switzerland |
Speed/Thrash/Black Metal |
82 |
| Motörhead |
United Kingdom |
Heavy/Speed Metal |
78 |
| Slayer |
United States |
Thrash Metal |
66 |
| Bulldozer |
Italy |
Black/Speed Metal |
66 |
| Warfare |
United Kingdom |
Speed Metal/NWOBHM |
50 |
| Possessed |
United States |
Death/Thrash Metal |
42 |
| NME |
United States |
Black/Thrash Metal (early), Thrash Metal/Crossover (later) |
37 |
| Destruction |
Germany |
Thrash Metal |
31 |
| Onslaught |
United Kingdom |
Hardcore Punk (early), Thrash Metal (later) |
31 |
| Sarcófago |
Brazil |
Black/Thrash/Death Metal |
25 |
| Sabbat |
Japan |
Black/Thrash Metal |
25 |
| Tank |
United Kingdom |
NWOBHM, Heavy Metal |
24 |
| Midnight |
United States |
Black/Speed Metal |
24 |
| Kat |
Poland |
Heavy/Speed/Black Metal - Thrash Metal (later) |
21 |
| Atomkraft |
United Kingdom |
NWOBHM/Speed Metal |
21 |
| Toxic Holocaust |
United States |
Speed/Thrash/Black Metal |
18 |
| Nifelheim |
Sweden |
Black/Thrash Metal |
18 |
| (see more) |