Featured bands

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Finntroll 1997-	Extreme folk metal	Finland	1997	-	1073
2	Fleshgod Apocalypse 2007-	Symphonic death metal	Italy	2007	-	744
3	Fear Factory 1989-	Death metal Industrial metal	USA	1989	-	720
4	Faith No More 1981-	Alternative metal	USA	1981	-	450
5	Firewind 1998-	Power metal Heavy metal	Greece	1998	-	431
6	Five Finger Death Punch 2005-	Groove metal	USA	2005	-	397
7	Falkenbach 1989-	Black metal Folk metal Viking folk metal	Germany	1989	-	395
8	Fates Warning 1982-	US power metal Progressive metal	USA	1982	-	336
9	Freedom Call 1998-	Power metal	Germany	1998	-	319
10	Falconer 1999-2020	Folk metal Power metal	Sweden	1999	2020	304
11	Fallujah 2007-	Progressive death metal Technical deathcore	USA	2007	-	232
12	Finsterforst 2004-	Pagan folk metal	Germany	2004	-	232
13	Forbidden 1985-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1985	-	227
14	Flotsam And Jetsam 1984-	Thrash metal	USA	1984	-	210
15	Fen 2006-	Atmospheric black metal Post-rock	United Kingdom	2006	-	198
16	Forest Of Shadows 1997-	Death doom metal Atmospheric doom metal	Sweden	1997	-	186
17	Fairyland 1998-	Symphonic power metal	France	1998	-	158
18	Forefather 1997-	Folk metal Black metal	United Kingdom	1997	-	138
19	Forgotten Tomb 1999-	Doom metal Black metal Melodic black metal	Italy	1999	-	121
20	Funeral Mist 1993-	Black metal	Sweden	1993	-	119
21	Fires In The Distance 2016-	Melodic doom metal Death doom metal	USA	2016	-	116
22	Fields Of The Nephilim 1984-	Gothic rock Gothic metal Death metal	United Kingdom	1984	-	115
23	Funeral 1991-	Funeral doom metal Doom metal	Norway	1991	-	104
24	Fractal Gates 2007-	Melodic death metal	France	2007	-	102
25	Forest Stream 1995-	Doom metal	Russia	1995	-	96
26	Flowing Tears 1999-	Gothic metal	Germany	1999	-	89
27	Fair To Midland 1998-	Progressive metal Alternative metal	USA	1998	-	83
28	For My Pain 1999-	Suomi metal	Finland	1999	-	79
29	Freak Kitchen 1992-	Melodic hard rock Progressive hard rock	Sweden	1992	-	75
30	First Fragment 2007-	Technical death metal	Canada	2007	-	69
31	Fit For An Autopsy 2008-	Deathcore	USA	2008	-	68
32	Falloch 2010-	Folk metal Post-Rock	United Kingdom	2010	-	65
33	Frozen Crown 2017-	Power metal	Italy	2017	-	59
34	Falls Of Rauros 2005-	Atmospheric black metal Neofolk	USA	2005	-	57
35	Forever Storm 2006-	Heavy metal Power metal	Serbia	2006	-	56
36	Fantômas 1998-	Avantgarde metal	USA	1998	-	55
37	Folkearth 2004-	Folk metal	Lithuania	2004	-	55
38	Fu Manchu 1985-	Stoner metal Alternative metal	USA	1985	-	54
39	Feared 2007-	Progressive death metal	Sweden	2007	-	51
40	Forteresse 2006-	Black metal	Canada	2006	-	51
41	Frosttide 2009-	Extreme power metal	Finland	2009	-	50
42	Furia 2003-	Black metal	Poland	2003	-	50
43	Fleshcrawl 1987-	Death metal	Germany	1987	-	48
44	Faal 2005-2024	Black metal Doom metal	The Netherlands	2005	2024	42
45	Frozen Soul 2018-	Death metal	USA	2018	-	42
46	Fortíð 2002-	Black metal	Iceland	2002	-	40
47	Fueled By Fire 2002-	Thrash metal	USA	2002	-	40
48	Fifth Angel 1983-	US power metal	USA	1983	-	39
49	Funeralium 2003-	Funeral doom metal	France	2003	-	39
50	Fjoergyn 2003-	Folk metal Symphonic metal	Germany	2003	-	35

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3.	Ingested The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams
4.	Judas Priest Invincible Shield
5.	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
6.	The Vision Bleak Weird Tales
7.	Labyrinthus Stellarum Vortex Of The Worlds
8.	Hamferð Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk
9.	Belore Eastern Tales
10.	Benighted Ekbom

1.	Death Symbolic
2.	Megadeth Rust In Peace
3.	Judas Priest Painkiller
4.	Metallica Master Of Puppets
5.	Opeth Blackwater Park
6.	Metallica Ride The Lightning
7.	Black Sabbath Paranoid
8.	Iron Maiden Powerslave
9.	Death The Sound Of Perseverance
10.	Agalloch The Mantle