Music|Forbes is especially known for its listings measuring the money and influence of the world’s financial elite.
The summary is made by artificial intelligence and checked by a human.
Forbes published a list of the 38 best heavy metal bands.
On the list, Nightwish is number 31.
The top spots are Metallica, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden.
Loudwire praises the inclusion of extreme metal bands such as Carcass and Slipknot on the list.
American The financial magazine Forbes publishes a wide range of articles on financial life, investing and industry, but in addition to this, it is especially known for its listings.
For example, Forbes maintains a list of the world’s billionaires, the richest people in the United States, and thirty influencers under the age of 30.
At the end of September, however, Forbes surprised its readers by focusing on metal music and published the list 38 of the best heavy metal bands. Forbes contributor Quentin Thane Singerin the list compiled does not explain in more detail why there are exactly 38 bands on the list and not, for example, the round 40.
Anyway, it is said to list the bands that have shaped metal music into what it is today.
For Finns the presence of Nightwish, classified as symphonic metal, at number 31, just before the American prog metal band Dream Theater, brings joy. Extreme metal is represented by, for example, Carcass, Cannibal Corpse and Slipknot.
The best-known names in metal music, from Black Sabbath to Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, still take the top spots. The first place on the list is the big name of metal music, Metallica.
Financial life the following Forbes is certainly unusual for publishing a list, which is also pointed out in the comment field of the article: “This is really not a list of the ‘best heavy metal bands’. This is ‘the most popular metal bands according to some bankers,’” one commenter writes.
In any case, the list is relatively comprehensive in terms of different genres of metal music. For example, one that focuses on rock and metal music and also publishes many different listings Loudwire website thanks the Forbes list for including extreme metal bands – there are 11 of them in the list of 38 bands in total.
“In general, it’s not at all surprising that mainstream bands get the most media exposure,” Loudwire Chad Childers writes and continues that the inclusion of so many extreme metal bands on the Forbes list is a “welcome change”.
Forbes top ten list of the best metal bands
10. Avenged Sevenfold
9. Tool
8. Slayer
7. Slipknot
6. Ozzy Osbourne
5. Judas Priest
4. Pantera
3. Iron Maiden
2. Black Sabbath
1. Metallica