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Band Rankings

#1 - Death - 94.195%

#2 - Blind Guardian - 92.31%

#3 - Iron Maiden - 91.64%

#4 - Iced Earth - 91.32%

#5 - Arch Enemy - 90.44%

#6 - Nightwish - 84.53%

#7 - Shadows Fall - 83.935%

#8 - Immortal - 83.55%

#9 - Metallica - 82.7%

#10 - Pantera - 76.91%

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Albums Ranked: Blind Guardian

A favorite power metal band of many!

Albums Ranked: Arch Enemy

Albums Ranked: Shadows Fall

Albums Ranked: Nightwish

Nightwish are easily the most popular symphonic metal band.

Albums Ranked: Immortal

Immortal have been my favorite black metal band for a long time.

Albums Ranked: Iron Maiden

Ask me on any day what the greatest band is and I will tell you Iron Maiden!

Albums Ranked: Pantera

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.

Albums Ranked: Iced Earth

Too thrash for power metal and too melodic for thrash… the best of both! Iced Earth is criminally under rated.

Albums Ranked: Death!

Widely considered the Fathers of Death Metal along side Possessed.

Albums Ranked: Metallica!

Fathers of Thrash Metal and certainly one of the most important metal bands.