"Iron Maiden are the best metal band and one of the best rock bands there has ever been" said by Lars Ulrich (Drummer of Metallica)
Korpiklaani is often thought to be the best folk metal band of all time.
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Moonspell
slipknot
Pantera!
Immortal Darkthrone
Children of bodom
Gold of course !
"WhiteChapel" or "as blood runs black"
helloween
OK.The greatest band is Metallica.they are the best band because Metallica won the most metal awards and also because they simply are. Hope this helps you.
Basic metal is Metallica, thrash metal is Slayer metallica and by the way i hate kerrykings