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Darkthrone
Darkthrone
Norwegian black metal band
1
Gallhammer
Gallhammer
Japanese metal band
2
Celestia
Celestia
French black metal band
3
Alkonost
Alkonost
Russian rock band
4
Dio
Dio
American heavy metal band
5
Grand Belial's Key
Grand Belial's Key
American black metal band
6
Erben der Schöpfung
Erben der Schöpfung
band
7
Solefald
Solefald
Norwegian band
8
Behemoth
Behemoth
Polish extreme metal band
9
Holy Blood
Holy Blood
band
10
Fleurety
Fleurety
Norwegian avant-garde metal band
11
Trivium
Trivium
American heavy metal band
12
Darkwoods My Betrothed
Darkwoods My Betrothed
Finnish band
13
Necromantia
Necromantia
Greek black metal band
14
Kittie
Kittie
Canadian heavy metal band
15
Peste Noire
Peste Noire
band
16
Angra
Angra
Brazilian power metal band
17
Cave In
Cave In
band
18
Necrophobic
Necrophobic
Swedish death metal band
19
Melvins
Melvins
American rock band
20
Avulsed
Avulsed
band
21
Dark Fortress
Dark Fortress
German black metal band
22
Zoetrope
Zoetrope
band
23
Crimson Moonlight
Crimson Moonlight
band
24
Sabaton
Sabaton
Swedish heavy metal band
25
The Kristet Utseende
The Kristet Utseende
26
Stryper
Stryper
American band
27
The Stone
The Stone
28
Project Pitchfork
Project Pitchfork
German band
29
Mark Boals
Mark Boals
American musician
30
Dungeon
Dungeon
Australian band
31
Diamond Head
Diamond Head
British heavy metal band
32
Sleep
Sleep
American stoner doom metal band
33
Scott Weinrich
Scott Weinrich
American guitarist and singer
34
Theatres des Vampires
Theatres des Vampires
band
35
Heir Apparent
Heir Apparent
36
Pod People
Pod People
Australian band
37
Gehenna
Gehenna
Norwegian black metal band
38
Anubis Gate
Anubis Gate
Danish progressive metal band
39
Circle of Dead Children
Circle of Dead Children
band
40
Ilium
Ilium
41
Tumulus
Tumulus
Russian fold metal band
42
Iron Fire
Iron Fire
band
43
Steel Prophet
Steel Prophet
band
44
DragonForce
DragonForce
British power metal rock band
45
Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes
46
A Hill to Die Upon
A Hill to Die Upon
Blackened death metal band based out of Illinois
47
Triumvirat
Triumvirat
German progressive rock band
48
Jungle Rot
Jungle Rot
American band
49
Artillery
Artillery
Danish thrash metal band
50
Ancient
Ancient
Norwegian black metal band
51
Becoming the Archetype
Becoming the Archetype
band
52
Ensiferum
Ensiferum
Finnish folk metal band
53
Frosthardr
Frosthardr
54
Antestor
Antestor
Norwegian band
55
Bonfire
Bonfire
German musical group; heavy metal band
56
Liege Lord
Liege Lord
speed/power metal band
57
Vektor
Vektor
American thrash metal band
58
Sabbat
Sabbat
band
59
Dope
Dope
American heavy metal band
60
Ragnarok
Ragnarok
Norwegian black metal band
61
Black Majesty
Black Majesty
band
62
Watchtower
Watchtower
American progressive metal band
63
Desaster
Desaster
band
64
Therapy?
Therapy?
Northern Irish rock band
65
Glittertind
Glittertind
band
66
Therion
Therion
Swedish symphonic metal band
67
Morbid Saint
Morbid Saint
band that plays thrash metal
68
Deafheaven
Deafheaven
American band formed in 2010
69
Solitude Aeturnus
Solitude Aeturnus
American epic doom metal band
70
Enthroned
Enthroned
band
71
Damaged
Damaged
band
72
Sadist
Sadist
Italian death metal band

Holy Dragons is a Kazakhstani metal band, founded in 1992 in Almaty.

Since the beginning to the present day the main musical direction for the group has been heavy metal. The band sticks to the 1980s style.

In addition, one can trace the influence and identify the components of such styles as speed metal, power metal, hard rock, techno thrash and some other styles in the music of Holy Dragons.

The band recorded its first full-length album, Dragon Steel, in 1998. Since 2003, the band began to work with the Russian record label Metalism Records, some of the albums were released in cooperation with Soyuz Music, Metal Agen, Sound Age, etc.

In 2009, the band released the album Iron Mind as a free downloadable Internet release. Currently the group is working with independent label Pitch Black Records, based in Cyprus.