| Venom |
United Kingdom |
NWOBHM/Black/Speed Metal |
77 |
| Motörhead |
United Kingdom |
Heavy/Speed Metal |
30 |
| Sabbat |
Japan |
Black/Thrash Metal |
28 |
| Tormentor |
Hungary |
Black Metal (early), Experimental Rock (later) |
22 |
| Abigail |
Japan |
Black/Thrash Metal |
22 |
| Hellhammer |
Switzerland |
Speed/Thrash/Black Metal |
21 |
| Sarcófago |
Brazil |
Black/Thrash/Death Metal |
19 |
| Kreator |
Germany |
Thrash Metal |
15 |
| Toxic Holocaust |
United States |
Speed/Thrash/Black Metal |
13 |
| Aura Noir |
Norway |
Black/Thrash Metal |
13 |
| Sabbat |
United Kingdom |
Thrash Metal |
12 |
| Celtic Frost |
Switzerland |
Thrash/Death/Black Metal (early), Gothic/Doom Metal (later) |
11 |
| Exorcist |
United States |
Speed Metal |
10 |
| Gehennah |
Sweden |
Black/Thrash Metal |
10 |
| Slayer |
United States |
Thrash Metal |
9 |
| Bathory |
Sweden |
Black Metal (early), Viking Metal (later) |
8 |
| Bewitched |
Sweden |
Black/Thrash/Power Metal |
8 |
| Possessed |
United States |
Death/Thrash Metal |
6 |
| Death SS |
Italy |
Doom/Heavy/Speed Metal (early), Industrial Metal (later) |
5 |
| Assassin |
Germany |
Thrash Metal |
5 |
| (see more) |