Can you name the Top 100 Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Bands? by thesporacle

Can you name the Top 100 Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Bands?

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Guess the Top 100 Greatest Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Bands of All-Time according to the Gears of Rock (2010).
Source: Gears of Rock
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Rank	Band	Classic Album
1		Paranoid
2		Master of Puppets
3		Number of the Beast
4		Reign in Blood
5		Back in Black
6		British Steel
7		Ace of Spades
8		IV
9		Rust in Peace
10		Vulgar Display of Power
11		Diary of a Madman
12		Destroyer
13		Toys in the Attic
14		Shout at the Devil
15		Among the Living
16		Appetite for Destruction
17		Welcome to My Nightmare
18		Love at First Sting
19		Night at the Opera
20		1984
21		Pyromania
22		Dirt
23		Machine Head
24		La Sexorcisto
25		Welcome to Hell
26		Holy Diver
27		Moving Pictures
28		Taking Over
29		Balls to the Wall
30		Melissa
31		Disraeli Gears
32		Antichrist Superstar
33		Lightning to the Nations
34		Burn My Eyes

Rank	Band	Classic Album
35		Jail Break
36		Walk Among Us
37		The Headless Children
38		Cat Scratch Fever
39		Psalm 69
40		Look What the Cat Dragged in
41		Bonded By Blood
42		Bloody Kisses
43		Out of the Cellar
44		Chaos A.D.
45		Rocket to Russia
46		Vs.
47		Escape
48		Slippery When Wet
49		Awake
50		Stay Hungry
51		Lucifuge
52		Demanufacture
53		Mechanical Resonance
54		Metal Health
55		Superunknown
56		Dark
57		Surfing with the Alien
58		Passion & Warfare
59		Three Lock Box
60		Extreme Aggression
61		Ashes of the Wake
62		The Legacy
63		Angel Dust
64		Long Cold Winter
65		Aenima
66		Deliverance
67		Denim and Leather
68		Crack the Skye

Rank	Band	Classic Album
69		Core
70		Tomb of the Mutilated
71		Slave to the Grind
72		Life is Peachy
73		Scumdogs of the Universe
74		Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1
75		Join the Army
76		Perseverance
77		March of the Saint
78		NOLA
79		Evil Empire
80		Sailing the Seas of Cheese
81		Slide It in
82		River Runs Red
83		Imprint
84		All Hope is Gone
85		State of the World Address
86		Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
87		Operation: Mindcrime
88		Pornograffitti
89		Lean Into It
90		Reborn
91		The Blessed Hellride
92		Around the Fur
93		Blood, Sweat, and No Tears
94		Vivid
95		Home
96		The Colour and the Shape
97		Lita
98		Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
99		Toxicity
100		Nevermind

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Top 100 Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Bands Quiz

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	thesporacle:	Jun 27th, 2010 at 12:38 GMT		12 points
	Queen invented some of the heaviest riffs known to mankind. However the radio has people remembering the tamer songs like "We are the Champions" and "Bohemian Rhapsody." However, Queen has laid down the thunder on many tunes throughout their influential career which has had a massive impact on the world of hard rock and heavy metal.

	matthewmagiligan:	Jul 2nd, 2010 at 01:15 GMT		8 points
	thesporacle is right. Everybody thinks of Queen as Bohemian Rhapsody and We Will Rock You. They have some really good riffs and they are definitely hard rock, in songs such as, Stone Cold Crazy.

	MercurialMe:	Nov 25th, 2010 at 02:04 GMT		5 points
	It's refreshing to see a list where Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam outrank Nirvana for a change.

	mcrSlipknot128:	Dec 24th, 2010 at 16:00 GMT		-2 points
	honestly I thought the idea of the quiz was good! but I disagree on the bands you have put on there! Must say nirvana are better and are bigger (had more hits) than pearl jam and I think Alice in Chains should have been further down the list and slipknot higher up the list thats all. But if you like all those bands you have great taste in music!

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	thesporacle:	Jan 27th, 2011 at 10:24 GMT		1 point
	You know, ten years ago I would have agreed with you about grunge and nu metal; however nu metal is practically considered classic metal now. The first time I saw Slipknot at Ozzfest 99, I thought "wow this band is just another group of Ross Robinson produced nu metal posers." Next thing you know, fans are getting Slipknot tattooed on their skulls (a privilege that should only be reserved for Slayer). Nirvana is on the list because they influenced a ton of the newer (not nu) metal acts out there (unfortunately). Trust me, no one dislikes Nirvana more than me. On the other hand, have you ever seen a "greatest bands" list with Nirvana ranked last? Pearl Jam is still alive and kicking as one of the best rock shows around; they have not been a grunge band since 1991. Additionally, "Ten" outsold "Nevermind." AIC, Soundgarden, and STP also grew out of the Nirvana grunge shadow long ago.

	Flayer:	Nov 2nd, 2011 at 09:15 GMT		2 points
	Great list, a lot more inclusive than I thought it would be. Too be honest seems a little light on the heavy meal, doesn't have Primal Fear or Savatage, for example.

	griffey5050:	Jan 15th, 2012 at 01:16 GMT		4 points
	It's bad enough Journey is listed, but in the top half??? Even if you concede that Journey is hard rock, there's no way they are one of the best 100 of all time. I gotta check out this Gears of Rock source.

	briskt:	Feb 15th, 2012 at 20:56 GMT		-2 points
	Remove Journey and Bon Jovi, add Opeth and Devin Townsend

	PublicEnemy:	Feb 15th, 2012 at 23:14 GMT		1 point
	lol Bon Jovi...I thought this was Hard Rock/Metal

	nascarfan101:	Jun 10th, 2012 at 03:31 GMT		3 points
	Slaps on the Foo Fighters!!!!! Where's Avenged Sevenfold?!?!?!?!

	MrsSchiebel:	Oct 7th, 2012 at 19:22 GMT		1 point
	Could you accept last names only, for the few solo artists on here?

	Ruba:	Oct 12th, 2012 at 16:34 GMT		3 points
	I could complain about the list very much, but this is only one: why on Earth is Slipknot higher than Queensÿche? Which one has made Operation:Mindcrime? Or Rage for Order? But I am extremely thankful that Ministry is in top 40. That band is beyond awesome.

	drRobert7777:	Oct 13th, 2012 at 12:51 GMT		0 points
	I'm sorry, but in my opinion, this list is ****. It's got good ones at first, the whole list is filled with good ones, but they're not prioritizeing them right.

	drRobert7777:	Oct 13th, 2012 at 12:52 GMT		0 points
	AND WHERE THE HELL IS THE WHO? IT SAYS HARD ROCK!

	GAThrawn:	Dec 2nd, 2012 at 03:12 GMT		0 points
	This is pretty bad. When I think of hard rock and metal, I do not think of Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Journey, Queen, Cream, Van Halen, Pearl Jam, or even Rush. While they are all great bands, they're all VERY tame compared to the later acts.

	BudsNBoats:	Dec 8th, 2012 at 01:31 GMT		1 point
	good quiz, but pretty crappy top 100. Had to scratch my head at a few of those, and a few that weren't included.

	nascarfan101:	Dec 29th, 2012 at 03:43 GMT		0 points
	Again... WHY ISN'T AVENGED SEVENFOLD AND DISTURBED ON THIS LIST?!?!?!

	Direwolf4:	Mar 28th, 2013 at 15:11 GMT		1 point
	Yet another quiz lost to spelling.

	illnath:	Apr 6th, 2013 at 07:10 GMT		1 point
	Do you just call everything hard rock/heavy metal? Marilyn Manson? Ramones? Pearl Jam? Lamb of God? Type O Negative? Cannibal Corpse? Nirvana? Korn? really?