Em 2011, os leitores da revista Rolling Stone votaram nas 10 melhores bandas de Metal. Importa assim referir que o ranking não inclui nenhuma banda que se tenha popularizado após esse período.
Músicas sugeridas: Schism, The Pot, Sober, Forty Six & 2, Stikfist, Vicarious,
Músicas sugeridas: Cowboys From Hell, Walk, Cemetery Gates, Domination, I'm Broken, This Love, 5 Minutes Alone e Floods
Músicas sugeridas: Kashmir, Nobody's Fault but Mine, Immigrant Song, When the Levee Breaks, Dazed And Confused, Stairway to Heaven e Whole Lotta Love
Músicas sugeridas: Painkiller, Breaking The Law, Living After Midnight, Electric Eye, Turbo Lover, No Surrender, Angel, Lochness e You've Got Another Thing Coming
Músicas sugeridas: Symphony Of Destruction, Holy Wars...The Punishment Due, A Tout Le Monde, Tornado Of Souls, Peace Sells, Sweating Bullets e Hangar 18
Músicas sugeridas: Raining Blood, Angel Of Death, South of Heaven, Repentless, Dead Skin Mask, War Ensemble, Seasons In The Abyss e Bloodline
Músicas sugeridas: The Trooper, Run to the Hills, Fear of the Dark, The Number of the Beast, Wasted Years, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Aces High e Flight of Icarus
Músicas sugeridas: War Pigs, Black Sabbath, N.I.B., Paranoid, Iron Man, Children Of The Grave, The Wizard e Heaven and Hell
Músicas sugeridas: Panic Attack, Octavarium, Pull Me Under, Another Day, As I Am, The Enemy Inside, The Spirit Carries On, Wither e Fatal Tragedy
Músicas sugeridas: War Pigs, Black Sabbath, N.I.B., Paranoid, Iron Man, Children Of The Grave, The Wizard e Heaven and Hell