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List of Best Metal Bands

This is a ranking list of metal bands. Only top dozen Best Metal Bands, according to different criteria, are presented. The ranking is in particular based on the number of occurences of each metal band in web pages, news, pictures and people votes in corresponding context.

Overall popularity

Rank	Score	Item
1.	4790	System of a Down
2.	1794	Metal Church
3.	1143	Iron Maiden
4.	984	Metallica
5.	772	Dream Theater
6.	721	Within Temptation
7.	599	Tool
8.	571	Nightwish
9.	526	Black Sabbath
10.	485	After Forever
11.	482	Dark Tranquillity
12.	480	Avenged Sevenfold

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Voting popularity

Score		Item
74		Metallica
69		Iron Maiden
56		System of a Down
35		Korn
27		Nightwish
24		Within Temptation
19		Dream Theater
18		Cradle of Filth
18		Tool
17		Slipknot
16		Sonata Arctica
15		Opeth

Popularity on the Web

Score		Item
3394010		Tool
1933216		Death
1622120		System of a Down
684006		Metal Church
609766		Iron Maiden
446322		After Forever
346830		Metallica
342472		King Diamond
340899		Cave In
273219		In Flames
223271		Slayer
219347		Bleeding Through

Popularity in the news

Score		Item
44		Death
39		System of a Down
38		Metal Church
13		Tool
10		Metallica
9		Dragonforce
7		Behemoth
6		Carcass
5		Slipknot
5		After Forever
4		In Flames
2		Pantera

Popularity in pictures

Score		Item
31624		Death
2435		Tool
997		Metal Church
893		Metallica
865		Iron Maiden
487		Dream Theater
462		Nightwish
444		Slayer
403		Megadeth
335		Dimmu Borgir
286		Behemoth
273		Amon Amarth