| Hell |
United Kingdom |
NWOBHM, Heavy Metal |
29 |
| Fates Warning |
United States |
Progressive Heavy/Power Metal (early); Progressive Metal (later) |
27 |
| Cauldron Born |
United States |
Power Metal |
25 |
| Mercyful Fate |
Denmark |
Heavy Metal |
24 |
| Realm |
United States |
Technical Thrash/Power Metal |
22 |
| Manilla Road |
United States |
Epic Heavy/Power Metal |
14 |
| Watchtower |
United States |
Progressive/Technical Thrash Metal |
14 |
| Titan Force |
United States |
Progressive Heavy/Power Metal |
14 |
| Genocide Nippon |
Japan |
Heavy Metal |
14 |
| Satan's Host |
United States |
Heavy Metal (early); Black/Death Metal (mid); Blackened Heavy/Power Metal (later) |
13 |
| Energy Vampires |
United States |
Heavy/Power Metal |
13 |
| Tyrant |
United States |
Heavy/Power Metal |
13 |
| Lazarus Sin |
United States |
Epic Heavy Metal |
12 |
| Prodigy |
United States |
Progressive Heavy/Power Metal |
12 |
| Heir Apparent |
United States |
Progressive Heavy/Power Metal |
11 |
| Spirit Web |
United States |
Power Metal |
11 |
| Cirith Ungol |
United States |
Epic Heavy/Doom Metal |
9 |
| Demon Bitch |
United States |
Heavy Metal |
9 |
| Adramelch |
Italy |
Progressive Power/Heavy Metal |
8 |
| The Lord Weird Slough Feg |
United States |
Heavy Metal |
8 |
| (see more) |