Most Popular Heavy Metal Bands (2003-2023)
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- Timeline History of the Most Popular Heavy Metal Bands from 2003 to 2023 by months.The numbers represent the internet searches per month for bands (not for representative band members).
Iron Maiden, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Pantera, Avenged Sevenfold, Motörhead, Dio, Slipknot, Slipknot, Disturbed, Lamb Of God, Anthrax, Slayer, System of a Down, Nightwish, Korn, Sabaton, Godsmack, Bullet for My Valentine, Lacuna coil, Sepultura, Dream Theater, Amon Amarth, Trivium, Arch Enemy, Within Temptation...So much changed their career and popularity
Note that the the searches are found by using data from multiple sources and might be slighlty off form actual values.
Glad to see Nightwish, Within Temptation and Lacuna Coil as some of the most popular heavy metal bands
As much as I love seeing some of my most favorite bands in that list, I don't think that internet searches are a good indicator for that. I mean Metallica is the only metal band that really broke into mainstream and is even known by people that don't care about rock music at all, and there's not been a moment in time where they haven't been the most popular metal band since they released the Black album. And to see that Linkin'Park was obviously purposefully excluded from that list, when bands like Korn and Disturbed aren't just shows that this list is rigged anyways. LP is basically the only band from the wider metal genre to ever pose a challenge to Metallica's no.#1 spot.
Это не хэви метал, только iron maiden, judas priest heavy metal 🤘
Yes but it surprise me that Lacuna is the only gothic metal band, that thing was huge back then i think we well see Evanescence or HIM in the list
Nightwish ❤
I’m amazed that Rammstein never made the list - they always have strong ticket sales wherever they play in the world
Because technically Rammstein isn't a heavy Metal Band. They are considered New German Hardness (Neue Deutsche Härte) and not Heavy Metal.
@@frimofu5888 most of the band on the top are not heavy metal band
@@frimofu5888 rubbish...Rammstein is a metal band. They are a sub genre metal band just like some of these other bands. They are famous for their heavy guitar riffs. You can ofc cal it Neue Deutsche Härte, but it`s still metal...i don`t know what the reason for not calling it metal should be???
Me too 😢
Industrial Metal = Rammstein
Orgulloso de ver a Nightwish competir en popularidad por dos décadas con gigantes del metal.
Nightwish y Whitin Temptation
Me sorprende más ver a pantera xD ya que en realidad no han sacado disco desde hace 20 años
I'm partial. I'm a Maiden fan. 48 years later, still ROCKING. UP THE IRONS!!!
Right. Maiden. Pantera in the 90's.
Cool to see Nightwish do so well, and to see Arch Enemy climb in there also
Pantera is like the only band that remained in the top of popularity without even existing at that time.
Nightwish Forever And Ever!!
Iron maiden is my forever love...
Здесь я согласен)
Miss Helloween, Rammstein or Ghost. Sure they were in the top in some moment
yes and 5fdp
and BMTH would be top10 when they released Sandpit Turtle for sure, it was all over metal media..
Somethings telling me this videos bullshit
@@klemenskof nobody cared about sempiternal, it badly had 12m views on shadow moses,that was their most popular song back then
@@maneripo Oh that's interesting! so it's still not the metal scene's problem, but humanity and society one, as per usual :D
Metallica's popularity is consistent from 80's up to now!
most overrated metal band ever...
@@heroinflames really? so, whats the most underrated according to you?
@@lokuragames6647 On a wider scale, tons of black, death and progressive metal bands, that are just not mainstreamy enough for their superior musicianship to be recognized. I mean there's a lot to love about Metallica ( I even love Load and Reload, while still holding MoP as one of my top 3 albums of all time). But everything they released since then completely depended on their name recognition to become successful, because the quality of their music certainly was not the cause for that success. I mean just look at Thrash metal bands like Kreator or Testament who have consistently put out better albums than Metallica in the last 20 years, that haven't even an ounce of the success that Metallica had.
@@Eluarelon Thats exacctly what I mean. I dont say that Metallica is a bad Band or that they make bad music. But its like there are tons of bands that make better music than Metallica and no one knows them.
@@heroinflames Well…..if they were better, they’d get known just as Metallica did without Social Media. Metallica are certainly not overrated. They’ve been one of the best for over 40years for a reason. Great Music.
Fun to see Sabaton making their way into the hearts of many!
YEAH! When sabaton appeared in the video, I was like "let's go sabaton 🤘🏼"
@@leaobranco3931 same, I think I was first introduced to metal and hard rock by bands like Thousand Foot Krutch, Skillet, and Linkin Park, but Disturbed and Sabaton are what fully got me into metal, so they have a special place in my heart. I was watching disturbed the whole time, until I spotted sabaton near the end and tried to split my attention between the 2
It coincide with their release of the "heroes" album!
For me, it Was Christmas Truce
I like how through out all these years, slipknot has stayed consistently in the top 5 spots.
Amazing isn’t it. A band like them remain relevant all this time. They’re special.
Sabaton and Nightwish ❤
Where is RAMMSTEIN ? They had 2 massive Stadium tours in 2019 and 2022 … they can’t be lower than Sabaton or distrurbed
Maybe they would be number one, but i think they dont considered as a Heavy Metal Band.
@@Rockeydooky and 80% of this list is not HMB to... but they in list! Rammstein have so heavy songs but they mainstream is industrial! Other band more poppy than Rammstein))
The list is a bit weird indeed. Like Nightwish would be doing Heavy Metal.
It seems the creator, just started with a list of 25 bands he thinks are the most popular, checked their data and disregarded all the other bands. I would assume Mastodon, Tool, Gojira, Periphery, maybe on there as well ... If Arch Enemy is up there ...
Disturbed is bigger than you give them credit for
I got into symphonic metal around 08/09 but funnily enough it wasn’t Nightwish or Within Temptation that I heard about first. It was Sirenia!
This is awesome ... keep this going.
cool to see a genre that is not afraid of changes
Can you make a Progressive Metal vid? Was missing so many of my fave bands🤘
Maiden is my all time fav
Nightwish🔥🇫🇮
Slipknot never dies
I'm surprised not to see Helloween charting since the reunion tours in 2017 and also the new album in 2021...
I believe this is because Helloween has never been a mainstream band, especially outside the European market. In the United States the band is only known in very specific niches and I believe this results in this video. Notice that no other band of the style appears, such as Blind Guardian, Stratovarius, Angra etc.
@@brunouchoa1467 Helloween is very big Europe but also in South America and in Japan.
I agree with you, but I believe that the US market has a very large share for the first on the list.
@@brunouchoa1467 Yeah and most people probably misunderstand how much bigger the U.S. market is compared to everyone else. And let's face it, while Helloween has been one of the most beloved bands here in Europe, even their most successful album - Keeper II - only sold 250k units worldwide. A band like Avenged Sevenfold, that barely made the list, sold 1 mio. plus units with each album between City of Evil and Hail to the King in the U.S. alone. At a time when overall sales had already dropped compared to what metal bands achieved in the 80's.
Sadly but power metal never was a big genere outside europe, now sabaton and powerwolf are changing that
I figured Disturbed and Bullet for my Valentine would be up a little more in 05 to 10.
It's amazing and very sad seeing the jump that A7x made after The Rev died.
It's always the same ... look what happened to AC/DC after Bon Scott died.... do you think the career would have been the same ... maybe, but not the sales for the Back in Black album ...
The two that seemed to to be in top 5 virtually all the time were Iron Maiden and Metallica. What's going to happen when those 2 give up? It was great to see Nightwish do so well they and the other Nordic bands are carrying the flag for heavy metal these days.
Slipknot as well. They fought for first place more than any other band. Korn and slip knot are only beat out by Metallica right now for most listened to metal bands. They’ve been right there especially slipknot to carry that flag easily.
Arch enemy forever🤘🔥🦇
Who
My favorits are: Megadeth, System of a Down and Nightwish. I like Slayer and Metallica too.
Love to see Korn up high in the list with their last album. They gonna celebrate 30th anniversary next year and still going great
Nightwish/Floor Jansen!
I am obsessed with Nightwish😂
Hello! Ma bucur sa vad si români pe aici! Și mie îmi place Nightwish foarte,foarte mult!❤❤❤Pupici!🤗😘😘🥰
@@octavianatalia7684 🥰 si eu ma bucur sa vad romani. 🥰🤟🏻
Without any doubt,that Iron Maiden are the Greatest Heavy Metal Band Ever.
Since 1979 always on the top,even more astonishing its the fact that this list is from 2003/2023 ,not particulary Maiden best years,with all this new bands,new gentes,new everything coming up...but nevertheless Maiden still can show who is the Best.
And all of this "Alone" without any Help from the mainstream machine,but above all Never Sold their Souls for Fame and Fortune,like many on this list did ,specialy the 4 turds who only released 4 good albuns,and since the last 30 + years its shit after shit.
Like in the Wisdom words of the great Lemmy " that's the real prostitution,when you give up stand by your principles and Start to Obey for their ( labels) demands".
Very true RIP Lemmy
Motorhead or Maiden always swim free among the Big sharks,and they prevail.
No, that crown belongs to Metallica.
@@markoragnos6757 just for that answer i can tell that you are still a young man,in the Great Metal World.
@@jpmtlhead39 I domt doubt Iron M greatness. I love Led Zappelin and Motor head as well. But I feel Metallica extraordinary reach and connection to fans over 40 something years just edges it as the best adn biggest band in the world.
If you are Over 55 you know why Iron Maiden are the Greasted Heavy Metal,Ever and have the Greastest Fan Base for an Heavy Metal Band.
Mate a Band that plays for 250.000 thousand people like they did in 2001 during Rock in Rio just shows how Big this Heavy Metal Band without any Mainstream support (like those guys who sold their soul for Fame and Fortune,and now are trying to going back in time because they know what they did,like the Great Lemmy Kilmister always Said " when you stop playing what you realy like,because some guys told you that you might achive another level of "rewarding" and you accept, that's the true Prostitution",and has Ever he was right.
Maiden like Motorhead were Cast away many Times,but always belived in what they where doing was right,but specialy they never Turn their backs on their true and real fans.
That's what makes Legends.
Iron Maiden without the support of the " make shitty music hits" were able to sell more than 100 million Records,cd's,even cassetes,and Nowadays streams,only that puts Metallica in a very uncomfortable place ( not money wise )that is who is the Real Deal.
And they know it,their souls are long gone,but Iron Maiden Soul stills banging,anyday,anytime everywhere,with millions across the world " Scream For Me...".
Up The Irons.
Slipknot & Metalica are the best !
Odd that Five Finger Death Punch never made it in terms of Google Search popularity, considering their 7 million monthly listners and multiple +100 million plays on their hits.
Even if they are a VERY America-centric band.
Where is Rammstein??
Technically Rammstein isn't a heavy Metal Band. They are considered New German Hardness (Neue Deutsche Härte) and not Heavy Metal.
@@frimofu5888 With that logic slipknot and korn are not "Heavy" metal. They are Nu metal.
I could also say that BFMV is metalcore, Metallica and Megadeath is Trash metal, Within Temptation is symphonic metal, Lacuna Coil is Gothic Metal, etc etc etc.
If we talk about Metal in general Rammstein is industrial Metal and should be in the ranking.
@@cristianlucianodesideri9195 Th-rash metal, not Trash metal. Trash is another word for garbage / rubbish.
It is really sad that they were no new bands at all.
It really is 😢
for example Jinjer 🤘
@@rudolfbecker4313 I really expected Jinjer to appear on this chart in 2021
Yeah, that's the sad thing there...
I felt like most of the bands shown have been around for at least 15+ years. Are there really no new, good metal bands?
Maybe it's just hard for newer bands to become popular.
Slipknot, Metallica and Maiden are pretty much consistent.
But Slipknot only the last 18 years, Metallica and Iron for 40 years that was really incredible
"The numbers represent the internet searches per month for bands" not the great, not the most popular, just internet search. My only concern was: it peaked at 13millons (2004) and 1millon nowadays... Sad for the whole metal scene.
And..... Five finger death punch? Ghost? Rammstein? Or Motley Crüe???? 😮😮😮
I was surprised that Babymetal didn’t show up on the timeline.
Love them or hate them, they have made a massive impression on the metal genre.
Yup
I don't like them but yes
Yh same, it's a shame that a gimmicky band is the main Japanese metal band that has gotten really big in recent years when the country has soo much more to offer
@@rubengardinerart their not really a gimmick anymore.
“Metal”
Hey, happy to see Dream Theater on the list - wasn't expecting that.
Is this based off records sold? Surprised to see dt aswell.
@@Heatwave9000 I believe the OP said it was based off of internet searches. But of course, it's only as good as OPs data set - there might be bands with more searches but that OP didn't include in their data collection, for example.
I listened to nightwish when i was in grade 3. Rocked em my whole life and even got made fun of for liking opera. Good more for me
Metallica, Slipnot, Sytem of a Down y Iron maiden las 4 bandas mas consistentes, Y un aplauso para Pantera, tantos años fuera del radar y siempre han estado vigentes
System sempre se mantendo entre os 5 melhores mesmo sem lançar álbum por quase 20 anos 😂
Suitable Sound for such a video
What are the criteria, the sources?
Google searches. Might wanna read the description if you want more information on a video 😆
Alright, if Korn is in here, Jonathan Davis even doesn't think they're metal just heavy downtuned funk, where's Linkin Park, Rammstein, and even Ghost.
Linkin Park is a joke, nothing to do with metal.
That Motörhead peak in 2015 when Lemmy died. 😢
Linkin Park is missing
Linkin Park has nothing to do with metal.
My best bands disturbed, Metallica ans breaking benjamin 🥁🔥🎸🤘💓
Most Popular Power Metal bands please 🙏 1995- 2023
Based on google searches that's a bit hard since google started around 97/98
HOLA. De esa lista yo escucho dos bandas NIGHTWISH y WITHIN TEMPTATION, Es estilo musical El estilo de canto me gusta mucho. De la lista que estaba en este vídeo que otras bandas se parecen a estas dos que mencioné para empezar a escucharla? Me hablaron de épica Y me recontra encantó
Maiden, Metallica and Slipknot are the big 3 🤘
Up the Irons!
\m/
Missing Linking Park? Deftones? Bring Me the Horizon and the whole metalcore scene?
Funny during some periods in this video we see Nightwish and Sabaton are a kind of dancing around each other. Like at an estate in some Swedish forest Hannes and Floor are exchanging the bragging rights who is allowed to put a flag on top of a pole in their backyard.. 🙃
Or which new platinum or gold thingy is going up on the wall. xD (forgot what its called) xD
Helloween e Manowar? Onde estão?
Wooow. What was Iron Maiden doing in 2006??
Hey Spiritbox went viral from 2020💙to 2022 ❤️🔥 why they werent in the list 🙄🥺
Metallica, nightwish n iron maiden ♥️♥️♥️
Good but where is Rammstein?
Man i miss lemmy kilmister. I just saw Motorhead appear and disappear in a blink of an eye
How Metallica riding on the success of their first five albums for 4 decades is quite amazing lol.
Well, all of their albums have sold millions. Even though metalheads tend to praise the first four albums, their mainstream success started from the 5th and has been steady ever since.
Not quite, sure the Black Álbum never left the billboard 200 wich helps a lot, but after that massive álbum every álbum they've released has sold millons, including cover albums, Live albums, a movie, Lulu, and massive massive touring since 82', only band to have played 6 continents and ever before antártica they went to places so Hidden that more "hardcore" bands never even tried to go.
Where is Behemoth, Dimmu Borgir, Lorna Shore, Slaughter to Prevail etc...
Sabaton👌
Slipknot, Korn, System of a down, Bullet for my valentine....you must be fuckin kidding!
What's wrong with these guys
Where 's Linkin Park on their best moments?
Slipknot ate em all❤️🤘
So, it's essentially the same bands over and over + the circus act Sabaton. Nice Motörhead encore.
Rammstein, Tool, Bring Me The Horizon, Ghost, Evanescence, Mötley Crüe, Linkin Park, Manson, Deftones, Babymetal, Scorpions, FFDO, Leppard, RATM? they are in the list? or they aren't big as the metal media says?
Some of these aren't even heavy metal bands
There is no way Tool was included. They would top the list for sure in late 2019, when Fear Inoculum came out.
Absolutely love how Pantera is the only inactive band (No Pantera without the Abbott brothers) to consistently stay in the top 10 to even #5 a times. CFH!!!! 🤘☣️☯️☣️🤘
Internet searches are a metric of notoriety, not popularity. Consider the surge in searchs for critical race theory...it's not because people LIKE it!
🔥🔥🔥🔥 Linkin Park?
Soad are simply the best ever...just consider they are inactive for a couple of decades...
Pantera 🙌🙌
Slayer ✊✊😠
I'm a fan of Maiden, Megadeth, SoaD, but I don't think it's a good thing they're still amongst the bestselling and biggest bands in metal.
I never would have guessed that Metallica was still so popular. Good on them.
Me being a big Dream Theater fan I'm asking myself how they even show up in these statistics yet alone that frequently? Barely anyone I talk to knows them contrary to most other bands depicted.
Also wondering about the absence of Tool.
How is SOAD still in TOP 5 at the end when they are no more active then Sabaton or Nightwish???
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Disturbed!! 🤘🏻
I know that it's not precisely Metal But what About BMTH? You can like or not what they do but you must admit that they are one the biggest Metal/Rock/Alternative band in the scene right now, and they have works that for me are far heavier than most of these bands
Unrelated but love the name and pfp lol
This Pantera fast rise was fucking sad man...
so basically Metallica & Slipknot domination
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Did someone noticed the decline of the absolute scale of the graph over the years? The horizontal scale reached far beyond 4´000´000 and now the scale only reaches around 1´000´000. We alternative Music lovers get old I guess. And I am in my early 30's. Only 1/4 of internet searches per month in an exponentially growing world wide web is just sad. So because the internet is allways growing: even a steady number of searches means a decline in public relevance.
When dimebad died. So did metal. R.i.p. brother from east Texas
No heavy metal list can be taken seriously, when it omits Rammstein, Mötorhead and AC/DC.
Where is Strapping Young Lad? Devin Townsend is always underappreciated and underrated.
People probably didn't google them that much :😀
lol SOAD did all this without releasing anything
I was rooting for sabaton i never listened to any other metal except them and i love them (maybe i should)
I hope you listen to other music 😆 ... and Sabaton is the only metal band😂
@@rudolfbecker4313 what is that sarcasm the video is literally about metal bands
@@kingseb2252 just wanted to be sure that you listen to other music. I used to listen to Metal bands a lot, but the last 20 years it got less and less. So what is your favourite Genre?
@@rudolfbecker4313 yeah i listen to all types i love neffex skillet the fat rat etc
Love sabaton too, highly suggest checking out some other bands as well tho cuz they got some really good stuff. I highly recommend powerwolf, they're also a really good power metal band
How did Asking Alexandria never appear? They are absolutely Metal/Rock so why they were left of is inexcusable.
Mostly because they weren't extremely popular, they're a decent band but have never been able to measure up to Giants like slipknot, Metallica, system, slayer, Maiden and many others, unfortunately I think they have already hit their peak around 2013 - 2015 and have just been backsliding since
Most popular… based on what? Album sales? Audience sizes? Net polls? It looks like a bunch of random numbers thrown haphazardly together.
Internet searches? Really? Is that what we base popularity on nowadays??😂
Totally skewed towards American and 70s to 90s bands. Strange it is, as the USA is nowadays a blind spot regarding metal music. No festivals comparable to the massive European ones like Wacken, Hellfest, Summerbreeze, Resurrection ...
And the few decent american bands are all touring the european metal circus each summer. Even the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise from Miami is run by Europeans and the audience is also mainly from Europe. So I really don't get this statistics.
God bless.
I'm so sorry for a7x & soilwork 🥺
Where's Black Veil Brides and Motionless In White?
I understand that bands like Motley Crue or AC/DC are classified as hard rock, but are you telling me that HELLOWEEN 🎃🎃 never appears in the top 10? Or Ghost, considering the fame and popularity they have gained in recent years? I'm not sure how reliable this is
No Rammstein??
Didn’t know people actually listen to slipknot