Top 10 Countries with the Best Metal Bands
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of 338,455... read more Finland has an outstanding output of quality Metal bands. I have not found one Finnish Metal band that was terrible, all of them were good. If you want to find more bands there is no better nation to look at than Finland. If you are new to Metal and want to become more involved, bands I would suggest looking for as a starting point would be Children of Bodom, Ensiferum, Nightwish, Turisas and Stratovarius. PS Best part too I'm part Finnish, so Metal is basically in my genes.
Even Obama talked about Finland having the most metal bands in the world (per capita). I'm Swedish so it's hard to admit, but thinking logically, Finland is the most METAL COUNTRY EVER
The United States of America, or the U.S.A. for short, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, 48 of them are contiguous states. There are two other states, Alaska and Hawaii, which are north and south of the contiguous states, respectively. The United States declared its independence from the... read more The U.S. was the birthplace of thrash, the greatest genre of all time. The most underrated genre groove was also invented there by Exhorder and Pantera, which was popularized by bands like Machine Head and White Zombie.
The UK may have invented metal, but America perfected it.
Pantera, Lamb of God, Pentagram, Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, Tool, Dream Theater, Anthrax, Testament, Overkill, Mastodon, Iced Earth, the list goes on
Come on where's in flames, dark tranquility, Avatar and Therion?
For the record Therion is far more skilled than Nightwish and produces a much more impressive sound.
Finland deserves the top but Sweden deserves a damn close second.
Sweden overall has to have the best Extreme Metal scene ever because of Meshuggah, Opeth, Entombed, Spawn of Possession, so many extreme metal bands came from here.
Twilight Force, Sabaton, Amon Amarth, Timeless Miracle, Lost Horizon, Dionysus, Falconer, ReinXeed, the list goes on for Sweden. Best bands in the world from this place!
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly shortened to United Kingdom, UK or Britain is a Sovereign State located of the Northwestern coast of Europe. It is a Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy currently lead by Monarch Queen Elizabeth II and its current prime minister is... read more I like this list, and the U. K has some great metal bands, but there is a lot of famous bands from these countries that are missing. iron maiden and Judas priest have trouble being beat though.
You lost me at Cradle of Filth. If your talking best metal bands from the UK, you have to have Rainbow, Venom, or Diamond Head instead of Cradle of Filth.
I love Nightwish, but, Britain created heavy metal, without the British bands none of the international ones would exist.
Germany was formally united in 1871 under the initiative of Bismarck with King Wilhelm of Prussia as emperor. The previous 'Holy Roman Empire', basically a continuation of the empire of Charlemagne/Karl der Grosse was dissolved in 1806... read more Germany it is the capital of metal! )
United Kingdom great too. In my opinion Germany and UK it is only two really great capital of metal!
Also Primal Fear (speed, heavy, power); Edguy (power, heavy); Avantasia (power, metal opera).
German metal sounds the most "metal". The German language was built for metal.
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a sovereign and unitary monarchy in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard... read more The origin of True Norwegian black metal which obviously is the best kind of metal out there come on!
Mayhem Burzum Immortal Emperor Dimmuborgir enslaved darkthrone olddmanschild ulver
Come on Norway has two of best melodic/death metal band's Old Man's Child and Dimmu Borgir on my opinion.
The most metal country ever, hands down!
Canada is a country in North America that is next to the United States, and it's the 2nd largest country in the world by area (size is 9.985 million km²). This country has 10 provinces, and 3 territories. Canada became a dominion on July 1, 1867. Its 10 provinces are: Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec,... read more Canada is now lower than countries like The Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy and Brazil but Canada's metal traditions are longer and more stable as compared to those countries. For example, Anvil played thrash before Metallica, Exciter were one of the first speed metal bands, etc. Montreal is still the North America's capital of heavy metal!
This list doesn't represent correctly the real situation. I tried to fix this on my remix. Canada should be higher - bands play heavy and demanding subgenres (technical thrash and death metal).
Also, there are many Canadian metal musicians abroad:
James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Shawn and Glen Drover (Megadeth), Stu Block (Iced Earth), Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy), Randy Black (Primal Fear), Sebastian Bach (Skid Row).
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in north-western Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces, and borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the... read more Netherlands has a lot of great singers!
Heidevolk needs to be on the list.
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers (3,300,000 sq mi) and with over 214 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. Its capital is Brasília,... read more Soulfly doesn't really count as Brazilian though.
A great scene for brutal/tech death I.e. Hour of Penance, Fleshgod Apocalypse as well as symphonic metal
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe, bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine and Belarus to the east; and the Baltic Sea, Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian exclave) and Lithuania to the north. With a population of approximately... read more Come on each genre has a polish metal band/bands which are in the top leaque of that genre and also come on when it comes to extreme metal with poland there is no around just look at behemoth, decapitated and vader. Seriously at least top 5
Poland should be top 10 at least surely above italy and netherlands like common behemoth, KAT, Vader etc.
Poland delivers good quality metal!
France has some good death metal like gojira (the reason why I like extreme metal), gorod, benightened, and kronos.
Japan got one of the most greatest bands. They are also very skilled. Japan should be at least on rank 6.
Japan lacks in quantity, but if you consider some quality, we all know Japan is one of the best.
Definitely should be higher, they are the most skilled ones after all. This coming from Bodom fan
Týr are from the Faroe Islands, a constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark, not from Denmark itself. Also how could you omit Volbeat.
Don't forget Volbeat. In my opinion, Volbeat is the best band from Denmark, generell.
Someone who added all these, thanks to him. Instead of just one genre, he added different genres of bands. These bands are very good (by the way Satanik is a black metal band). Especially Artcell and Warfaze
I think Bangladesh is an iconic country for metal band music. there are so many bands and listeners. Great...
In Asia, I'd say there's a tie between Bangladesh and Japan. Great bands anyway.
Metalcore/Deathcore: Parkway Drive, Thy Art is Murder, Make them Suffer, Boris the Blade
Extreme Metal: Destroyer 666, Denouncement Pyre, Striborg, Abyssal, Ouroboros, Anno Domini
Prog Metal: Ne Obliviscaris, Arcane
Grindcore: King Parrot, Blood Duster
And that's just from the top of my head. Great stuff from an underrated scene.
Australia should be in the top 10: Be'lakor, Ne Obliviscaris, psycroptic, alchemist, mortification, make them suffer, vanishing point, the berzerker, hollow world to list some..
It's kind of odd that there would be a list for each country I mean it seems to imply that it should be judged simply on these bands when there might actually be hundreds of bands.
Indonesia has many good metal bands, there are many death metal band from 90's still productive until now like jasad, forgotten, siksa kubur, death vomit, and still there are many good heavy metal band that still fresh but the music was very sick!
Japan has a biggest metal scene above Indonesia!? It's a Joke! Indonesia metal scene is bigger than japanese metal scene!
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of 30,689 km2 (11,849 sq mi) and... read more
Nepal is small country and have less population but it's has some great metal band. So Nepali metal band will rise up
That's actually a weird list to represent this country. The most popular bands from Russia are Aria, Epidemia, Catharsis, Master, Mavrin, Temnozor, Arkona, Arida Vortex and Mechanical Poet.
Check out Hieronymus Bosh, it's very obscure yet very cool progressive death metal.
Russian bands are very underrated in the West.
Edenbridge is one of the best Symphonic Metal bands I've ever heard!