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These Are The Best 50 Metal Bands Of The Decade, According to Kerrang!

Whores isn't on this list, making it invalid.

Whores isn't on this list, making it invalid.

Yes, it's that time of the year again. The time where Kerrang! publishes a list and then everyone gets mad about it. This time around, they've named the 50 best metal bands of the decade. The main rule was that your debut album had to be released in the last decade, so don't expect to see your Slayers and Lamb of Gods and Panteras on here.

Overall it's a pretty solid list (that you can read in full with explanations here), though a few bands I personally would've put on there are Whores, Magic Circle, Bell Witch, Haunt, and Anciients. Here are the rankings:

#50 Mortuous
#49 Death Of Kings
#48 Bloody Hammers
#47 Ulthar
#46 Cognitive
#45 Un
#44 Ossuarium
#43 Pissgrave
#42 Imperial Triumphant
#41 Artificial Brain
#40 Fórn
#39 Holy Grove
#38 Scorched
#37 Chrch
#36 Glacial Tomb
#35 Primitive Man
#34 Pyrrhon
#33 Visigoth
#32 Dreadnought
#31 Wayfarer
#30 Noisem
#29 Windhand
#28 All Pigs Must Die
#27 King Woman
#26 Necrot
#25 Blood Incantation
#24 Black Fast
#23 Immortal Bird
#22 Temple Of Void
#21 Inter Arma
#20 Devil Master
#19 Rivers Of Nihil
#18 Allegaeon
#17 Horrendous
#16 Oozing Wound
#15 Black Breath
#14 SUMAC
#13 Outer Heaven
#12 Fit For An Autopsy
#11 Midnight
#10 Periphery
#09 Spirit Adrift
#08 Uada
#07 Spectral Voice
#06 Deafheaven
#05 Mutoid Man
#04 Khemmis
#03 Pallbearer
#02 Gatecreeper
#01 Power Trip

You can check out the full list with all the explanations over at Kerrang!.

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