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Genre: heavy metal

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Parent Genre: metal

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Instruments used

Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drum Kit, Vocals, Keyboard/Synthesizer, Double Bass, Keyboard/Piano, Synthesizer

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Explore heavy metal history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.

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List of heavy metal artists

Here is a list of heavy metal artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the heavy metal genre. You can find out what heavy metal genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namepopularityfollowers
1 63 1355420
2 56 242337
3 52 423274
4 39 64390
5 57 969681
6 62 332471
7 55 263223
8 49 15215
9 49 94983
10 36 46130
11 48 165724
12 39 75274
13 61 264218
14 32 25721
15 43 158406
16 43 135999
17 44 151304
18 50 267063
19 48 114840
20 31 43209
21 44 197343
22 38 71775
23 44 216680
24 37 62853
25 35 26991
26 33 26028
27 36 49289
28 51 633960
29 42 43390
30 29 20253
31 29 15246
32 41 38975
33 39 63895
34 39 61636
35 25 14931
36 43 47973
37 29 36765
38 23 7505
39 38 91033
40 35 72888
41 46 276433
42 39 47155
43 32 8820
44 21 7075
45 41 34354
46 20 7650
47 24 34000
48 19 11088
49 41 111683
50 35 97974
51 30 19834
52 34 48439
53 29 21914
54 37 52566
55 42 74683
56 38 12893
57 30 40840
58 30 20936
59 31 22549
60 33 35244
61 34 209
62 24 11105
63 31 29650
64 30 21699
65 28 27190
66 31 13280
67 26 6946
68 31 16665
69 25 23687
70 26 5371
71 20 8107
72 26 12417
73 23 4924
74 24 6569
75 24 3699
76 24 26459
77 23 14405
78 21 12108
79 28 18167
80 22 1122
81 30 9008
82 22 8794
83 28 9212
84 23 9283
85 22 19416
86 21 10012
87 21 13143
88 20 18549
89 22 774
90 22 769
91 20 13688
92 20 8304
93 20 6757
94 27 11773
95 20 10481
96 21 5659
97 24 1441
98 22 2862
99 28 18302
100 22 7768

heavy metal playlist created by Chosic

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