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Top-rated symphonic metal bands

Find your next favourite through the community’s ratings.

How these rankings work

Weighted scores balance an item’s average with the community average and its number of ratings. Album and track scores are calculated separately. Their weighting uses at least 10 prior ratings, or the average number of ratings per rated item if that is higher. Artist charts keep the existing artist weighting. Unrated items do not enter the charts.

Formula: (votes × average + weight × community average) / (votes + weight). Choose “Average rating” for the unweighted score, or increase the minimum ratings to focus on established results.

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29 matching entries

  1. 1

    Epica

    8.14/10344 ratings8.51 averageRate →
  2. 2

    Sonata Arctica

    8.05/10162 ratings8.73 averageRate →
  3. 3

    Stratovarius

    7.82/1065 ratings8.98 averageRate →
  4. 4

    Avantasia

    7.75/10135 ratings8.23 averageRate →
  5. 5

    Amaranthe

    7.71/1077 ratings8.49 averageRate →
  6. 6

    Within Temptation

    7.68/10126 ratings8.13 averageRate →
  7. 7

    Blind Guardian

    7.56/1041 ratings8.44 averageRate →
  8. 8

    Leaves' Eyes

    7.54/1040 ratings8.40 averageRate →
  9. 9

    Therion

    7.53/1023 ratings8.96 averageRate →
  10. 10

    Temperance

    7.50/1035 ratings8.29 averageRate →
  11. 11

    Edge of Paradise

    7.50/1055 ratings7.98 averageRate →
  12. 12

    Apocalyptica

    7.40/1033 ratings7.76 averageRate →
  13. 13

    Sirenia

    7.33/1035 ratings7.40 averageRate →
  14. 14

    Serpentyne

    7.32/1022 ratings7.32 averageRate →
  15. 15

    Kamelot

    7.32/1085 ratings7.32 averageRate →
  16. 16

    Galneryus

    7.32/1035 ratings7.31 averageRate →
  17. 17

    Beyond the Black

    7.32/1090 ratings7.31 averageRate →
  18. 18

    Dimmu Borgir

    7.30/1014 ratings7.14 averageRate →
  19. 19

    Visions of Atlantis

    7.28/1021 ratings7.00 averageRate →
  20. 20

    Ad Infinitum

    7.27/1038 ratings7.05 averageRate →
  21. 21

    Shattered Vessels

    7.26/1013 ratings6.62 averageRate →
  22. 22

    Symphony X

    7.26/1015 ratings6.67 averageRate →
  23. 23

    Xandria

    7.25/1044 ratings7.02 averageRate →
  24. 24

    Delain

    7.24/1019 ratings6.63 averageRate →
  25. 25

    Amberian Dawn

    7.24/1011 ratings6.09 averageRate →