| Venom |
United Kingdom |
NWOBHM/Black/Speed Metal |
117 |
| Darkthrone |
Norway |
Death Metal (early), Black Metal (mid), Punk/Black/Heavy Metal (later) |
101 |
| Celtic Frost |
Switzerland |
Thrash/Death/Black Metal (early), Avant-garde (late 80s), Glam (Cold Lake) Gothic/Doom Metal (2000s) |
65 |
| Graveland |
Poland |
Black Metal (early), Pagan/Viking Metal (later) |
64 |
| Falkenbach |
Germany |
Viking/Black/Folk Metal |
56 |
| Ereb Altor |
Sweden |
Epic Viking/Doom Metal |
44 |
| Demonaz |
Norway |
Viking/Black Metal |
43 |
| Immortal |
Norway |
Black Metal |
42 |
| Enslaved |
Norway |
Progressive Black/Viking Metal |
40 |
| Hellhammer |
Switzerland |
Speed/Thrash/Black Metal |
38 |
| Primordial |
Ireland |
Celtic/Folk/Black Metal |
30 |
| Morrigan |
Germany |
Black Metal |
28 |
| Moonsorrow |
Finland |
Folk/Pagan/Black Metal |
27 |
| Thyrfing |
Sweden |
Viking/Black Metal |
25 |
| Tormentor |
Hungary |
Black Metal (early), Experimental Rock (later) |
23 |
| Atlantean Kodex |
Germany |
Epic Heavy/Doom Metal |
23 |
| Countess |
Netherlands |
Black Metal |
21 |
| Nifelheim |
Sweden |
Black/Thrash Metal |
20 |
| Zemial |
Greece |
Black Metal |
20 |
| Scald |
Russia |
Epic Doom Metal |
17 |
| (see more) |