New to a band and looking for recommendations on what to listen to first? Try our helpful lists below the rankings of bands we’ve done so far. Check back for new lists!
Band Rankings
(Consider with these rankings that first they are based on average album rank. Secondly, bands that have been around longer or have released more albums also have had a greater chance of putting out lower ranked albums as it is typical that bands have a mid era slump in their careers.)
#1 - Death - 94.195%
#2 - Blind Guardian - 92.31%
#3 - Iron Maiden - 91.64%
#4 - Iced Earth - 91.32%
#5 - Arch Enemy - 90.8219%
#6 - Nightwish - 84.53%
#7 - Shadows Fall - 83.935%
#8 Megadeth - 83.636%
#9 - Immortal - 83.55%
#10 - Metallica - 82.7%
#11 - Pantera - 76.91%

Ask me on any day what the greatest band is and I will tell you Iron Maiden!
Pantera became on of the biggest bands in the world during the 90’s and were at the forefront of a new style of metal, groove.
Too thrash for power metal and too melodic for thrash… the best of both! Iced Earth is criminally under rated.
Fathers of Thrash Metal and certainly one of the most important metal bands.