Vote On The Metal Hammer Hall Of Fame!
Get voting on who you would like to see inducted into our very own Hall Of Fame!
We tip our hat to the Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame after the committee have inducted the second heavy metal act into their esteemed list. Black Sabbath were rightly the first (having invented the bloody thing, it’d be hard to ignore them really) and Metallica joined them on Saturday evening. Again, being the biggest selling metal band of all time, they’re a logical choice.
As it is unlikely that anyone outside of Iron Maiden and Kiss will be joining them any time soon, we decided we’d take matters into our own hands and open the doors to the Metal Hammer Hall Of Fame.
Every Monday from now on, we will be inducting a new metal act into the Metal Hammer Heavy Metal Hall Of Fame and we want your view on who should be the first inductees and who should be allowed into our hallowed halls.
Get voting right now in our comments section!







Anyone but fucking Pantera. Ooh their guitarist got shot they have to go in there.
Wankers.
Judas Priest
Moosehead are you joking? Vulgar Display of Power is the definitive heavy metal album of all time in my books.
I vote Pantera
IRON MAIDEN
As kinda harsh as it may seem, i kind of agree with moosehead, it seems they were more popular and had their music thought better of after dimebag was shot.
I would like to say machine head but supercharger (and the burning red a little) holds them back.
Death – They defined death metal.
Winrar
Do we only get one vote or something?!
Screw it, one band stands above the rest anyway…FUCKING SLAYERRRRR!!!
Or Death, good shout Eddy!
RIP Chuck
Death, Slayer, Testament, Exodus, Morbid Angel, Dark Angel, Motorhead and yes, Pantera.
Believe it or not but quite a lot of people listened to them before Dime got shot and rightfully so!
Machine Head and Slayer!
Blatently has to be MegaDave
IRON FOCKING MAIDEN
IRON FOCKING MAIDEN
IRON FOCKING MAIDEN
IRON FOCKING MAIDEN
IRON FOCKING MAIDEN
As it was Metallica that went in at the weekend, there’s only one band that Hammer should induct this week:
Megadeth
Without Mustaine, there is no Metallica and no Slayer (remember he helped shape Kerry F King!). Without them, there is no Death, no Testament, no Pantera, no Machine Head, no Lamb Of God. Any of those bands would be worthy inductees, but without Mustaine none would exist. If only one band can go in this week, it should be Megadeth. Next week one of the other greats can go in- Iron Maiden, anyone?
FAAAAAAITH NO MORE!
@Repka, neither Megadeth nor Metallica had any part in inspiring Death.
Chuck was inspired by bands such as Possesed and King Diamond.
I do agree MegaDeth > Tallica but Death > Both of them
MOTORHEAD!
Simply put one of britains best exports. Lemmy deserves it.
death, slayer, anthrax, iron maiden, black sabbath, metallica, dream theater, megadeth
i will have to say slayer no one can beat them they are just legendary in the metal world
pantera or black sabbath
Megadeth are one of the few that truly deserve to in my opinion, along with Nine Inch Nails for being an utterly unique and innovative rock entity for 20 years now.
Napalm Death have shaped an changed metal for over 20 years and are still producing music that wipes the floor with most of the new shit that’s coming up. Absolute legends and a huge inspiration to all sub-genres of metal
pantera, kiss, judas priest, motorhead, ministry, white zombie, slayer, metallica, iron maiden, black sabbath, testament, anthrax, killing joke, machine head, napalm death, misfits, megadeth, dream theatre, def leppard, henry rollins and faith no more please
ffs, i replied before anyone else and my comment went walkies: Deep Purple!
Now i think about maybe in flames because they pretty much made melodic death metal
These bands in this order:
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Metallica
Deep Purple
Motorhead
Slayer
Van Halen
Megadeth
Venom
No they didn’t.
slayer muthafucker!
lamb of god, they deserve it been making qaulity records for years, not a duff one yet.
Judas Priest, Megadeth or Carcass.
And Repka is a genius.
And I’m afraid I have to agree with the Pantera bashing. VDOP sounds horrible and Phil’s tough guy attitude is incredibly irritating.
3 bands from 3 different eras.
Black Sabbath – They Invented Heavy Metal
Metallica – Nuff Said
Slipknot – For defying the odds and for reinventing themselves each album.
oh and fuck it i will add 2 more.
Iron Maiden – cos they are British
Pantera – They were awesome
Machine Head would be good one to have in their. they are proof that if you continue to give your all consistently it will pay off, The Blackening is an achieve that only the could have made
but i have to agree with Repka, Dave Mustaine is responsible for modern greats that we listen to and adore, He Deserves recognition for everything he has done for metal. Perhaps he could stand alone in the Hall of Fame?
I’m surprised at the anti-Pantera vibes, I thought they were one of those bands that everyone liked. Can’t say I agree with VDOP sounding horrible, think that’s more to do with your setup mate.
I used to know a guy who met Anselmo a number of times and said that he shared the award for “worlds biggest cunt” with Kerry King. As a person, I couldn’t care less about Anselmo but vocally I think he’s great.
I will concede that Pantera have had a bit of a Nirvana-esque period after Dimebag was shot, but as with Nirvana, there were plenty of people who liked them before that happened.
You’d have to be an idiot to think that Pantera has only received acclaim AFTER Dimebag was shot. I’m not a big Pantera fan, but they absolutely deserve to be in a “Metal” Hall of Fame. They have 3 or 4 Grammy Nominations under their belt and have influenced so many bands that are up and coming today.
I also agree that Death definitely holds a place in the HoF. I mean…it’s fucking Death!!!
I vote Pantera too! Moosehead must be mental!
I’m voting Pantera and just to calrify: I have been listening to them since 1993, Death are a good shout as well, but for me it has got to be Pantera.
“Can’t say I agree with VDOP sounding horrible, think that’s more to do with your setup mate.” Nah, too much groove gets on my tits, can only take it in small doses I’m afraid.
Metallica
Maiden
Sabbath
Motorhead
Moosehead has his head stuck up his own ass. Pantera were very popular before they split up and before Dimebag was murdered. They definitely deserve an induction into the Hall Of Fame. Other deserving bands:
Iron Maiden
Saxon
Venom
Slayer
Bathory
Death
Ministry
Candlemass
Celtic Frost
Sepultura
black sabbath
deep purple
iron maiden
slayer
metallica
Pantera,Maiden,Sabbath,Metallica,AC/DC,Slayer,Megadeth,Sepultura,Motorhead
FUCK YOU MOOSEHEAD
CANDLEMASS! Robert Lowe is amazing! (The new album is damn good too!)
This is the Heavy Metal Hall of fame- some of yous have included Heavy rock!!
Slayer of course
Machine Head (they have suffered from change of line ups and won through big time)
Lamb of God
no one is more deserving then: RUSH
SLAAYEERRRRR and death!
iron maiden motorhead black sabbath anthrax slayer and sorry people but i have to say BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE (i love them soooooooo much)
Let’s be honest, if you take the shouts for Slayer and Death out, this list wouldn’t be half as long.
That says a lot for me, but that’s just me…
Venom anyone?
And how about:
Cannibal Corpse
Deicide
Morbid Angel
Suffocation
We gotta get some Death Metal in there.
And BMTH ….. jokes
before we induct the extreme death metal bands we need the big four:
Anthrax
Slayer
Megadeth
Metallica.
the guys that made metal what it is today.
Saxon. they may not have ‘invented’ a genre, but NWOBHM passed them by with Iron Maiden and Def Leppard leaving them standing, and they still play the same Thing they did back in the day. No ‘re-invention’ to become popular. They are who they are. And even their shit albums have Stand out moments any other band would kill to have. i.e. ‘Dogs of War – Dogs of War’.
DEATH …………………………………………………
fucking anybody but slayer, the most overrated band ever.
DEATH
PANTERA
TESTAMENT
AT THE GATES
MACHINE HEAD
CHILDREN OF BODOM
IN FLAMES
SYLOSIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Morbid Fucking Angel.
why the fuck has anyone mentioned this. Fucking ANTHRAX!!!!
Get Joey Belladona back and they fucking kick ass!
Alice in Chains
Rage Against The Machine and Nine Inch Nails have to be there.
fuck Slipkknot
Spinal Tap!
Has to be Pantera and megadeth!!
Where the hell’s my comment gone?
Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Motörhead, Running Wild.
Slayer, Machine Head, Slipknot, Faith No More, Maiden
How about Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Slayer, Maiden, Pantera, Machine Head & Sepultura. I will name more later.
Pantera DID do amazing things for metal in the 1990s and have left an indelible mark on the scene for all time to come.
So I’d like to see them inducted.
Also, Helmet. My all time favourite band and hugely influential on the future of metal and rock from the early 90s-on.
These:
Metallica
System of a Down
Machine Head
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Nine Inch Nails
Lamb of God
Killswitch Engage
Slipknot
maiden and slayer end of
fuck off with slayer, their shite, should have quit years ago.
GET SYLOSIS IN THERE
best band the UK has ever produced, yeh their better than maiden and sabbath.
http://www.myspace.com/sylosis
Deathstars FTW!
If you saw Slayer at Unholy Alliance last year you would not say that. They are still the Daddies.
COBHCJQ – LOL
They seemed remarkably average supporting Testament…
Death
Metallica
Slayer
Kreator
Paradise lost
Pestilece (first 2 albums)
Gorefest
Sepultura (+max)
Death
Metallica
Iron Maiden
Anthrax
Slayer
Megadeth
Black Sabbath
Motorhead
Judas Priest
They are all worthy!
Black Sabbath
Death
-Chuck Schuldiner R.I.P-
Maiden! Maiden! Maiden! Maiden! Maiden! Maiden!
Iron Maiden! Again and again and again! None better! They fucking deserve it!
IRON FUCKIN MAIDEN
black sabbath
So we’re all in agreement;
Pantera are to be the first band inducted into the Metal Hammer Hall of Fame
iron maiden rock so its gotta be them
It’s looking like the people want Death.
Its gotta be megadeth or maiden
PANTERA, SLAYER AND OPETH AT SOME POINT.
and to that cunt ‘moosehead’ who wrote this..
(Anyone but fucking Pantera. Ooh their guitarist got shot they have to go in there.
Wankers.)
words can’t describe how much i pitty you and your pathetic disgusting mind.
DIMEBAG R.I.P
Jesus, this is going no-where fast. Let’s just cut the crap and agree the top 3 bands voted for are Death, Slayer and Pantera….now choose 1.
(I’m kinda surprised Tool haven’t been mentioned once)
Personally, I’m jumping in with the Slayer crowd….just. I only really got into Death after ‘Human’, when they (by ‘they’ I mean Chuck) wrote more technical, progressive music. So I’m throwing all my chips in the Slayer corner, purely based on consistency.
BLACK SABBATH
Black Sabbath have already been inducted rob, in 2005 i think.
2006 sorry, that was naaive!
Priest, Sabbath, Tallica, Bathory, Maiden, And Dio. MANOWAR!!!!!!
Metall ‘Fuckin’ ca!!!!
FUCKIN SLAYER!
Motorhead. Hands down. They were awesome then, they’re awesome now and I’m sure they will continue to be awesome until Lemmy falls down dead. Which won’t ever happen because he’s clearly immortal.
Or Manowar
NOKTURNAL MORTUM.
The best thing to come out of Ukraine ever. They deserve to be recognized.
Madina Lake obviously deserve to be in there xD
this is obviously a joke but i feel i have to tell everyone before someone starts a comment fight >.<
Slipknot
Metallica
Iron Maiden
Ministry
Fear Factory
Motorhead
dunt matter what anyone sez hammer;s gonna put maiden in 1st
Think of a metal band who’re still going and still going strong, whose band members embody the spirit of rock and roll and still serve us well as metal fans.
It just has to be MOTORHEAD!
COBHCJQ
This is about bands who have made an impact on metal. Sylosis are good but have in no way made an impact on metal.
godflesh faith no more nine inch nails iron maiden deep purple
metallica ,and nothing else matters!!!!!!!!!!!
PanterA
Opeth
Satyricon
… but anyway i vote PANTERA
Well of course Iron Maiden, Machine Head, Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer, Pantera. I have to add Kamelot I know they might not be the biggest band in the world but they can be just as kickass as any of the big names.
Iron Maiden
Megadeth, Deep Purple,Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dio, Scorpions,Pantera, Motorhead, Rainbow, Ted Nugent, Saxon, Manowar, Queensryche are all deserving.
right i realise Sylosis ain’t gonna be put in just now, i was just mentioning them so people would go listen to them, cos i feel they should be alot bigger than they currently are.
anyway
first band in should be
PANTERA!!!
followed by Death
Diamondhead!!!!!!! You morons would not have metallica or megadeth without them oh yeah venom,motorhead and saxon!! UP THE IRONS!!! NOWBHM RULEZ!!!!
Avenged sevenfold all the way boys
Iron Maiden
Metallica
Slayer
Judas Priest
Pantera
Black Sabbath
Slipknot
Motorhead
The most consistant band of the last 26 years:
SLAYER
metallica
black label society
machine head
megadeth
pantera
alice in chains
nirvana
megadeth or maiden
ViolentFluid – damn right Maiden should be in first.
fiend – you mean, consistently average at best, right?
definitively Iron Maiden… and Megadeth
fuck all those avengsevenfold, slipknot bullshiters. There nowhere fucking near good enough for a metal hall of fame. Next u’ll be saying fucking my chemical romance and fallout boy.
Motorhead
Judas Priest
Alice Cooper
Saxon
Testament
Venom
Megadeth
HALFORD
FIGHT
JUDAS PRIEST
HALFORD
FIGHT
JUDAS PRIEST
HALFORD
FIGHT
JUDAS PRIEST
http://www.myspace.com/gloriaromana
IRON MAIDEN!
Pantera absolutely…..
Pantera—- Absolutely—–
gotta be
metallica
megadeth
SLAYER
pantera
im suppirsed by the death votes listenin to em now musically i lovem em but the vocals fucking suck ass
FNM is one of my favorite bands, but NO WAY can they be inducted into the Metal hall. Sorry.
Now Metal? Trouble, Celtic Frost, Anthrax, Anvil, Sepultura, Mastodon, Gojira, Kyuss.
IRON MAIDEN
IRON MAIDEN
IRON MAIDEN
IRON MAIDEN
IRON MAIDEN
SLAYER
TESTAMENT
IN FLAMES !
Judas Priest! The metal god should be recognised, and the band started several months before Sabbath!
in any order but honestly these bands are far better than bands stated by others, why? Because they are carrying on the metal belief even further :p.
1. Deathstars
2. Melechesh
3. Dimmu Borgir
4. Whitechapel
5. Bleeding Through
6. The Cyan Velvet Project
7. Raunchy
8. Tyr
9. Behemoth
10. Rage
Bathory or Moonsorrow
Slayer and Maiden
DragonForce should be on their somewhere. SCREW YOU HATERS!!!!
Metallica or megadeth = obvious choice
In flames also have to be in there for pioneering melodic death metal
and so do gojira for being so damn awesome
oh and machine for coming back to their senses after the whole nu metal thing
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Megadeth
GWAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sabbath blaits
¡ SLAYER !
MACHINE HEAD!!!!
MACHINE FUCKING HEAD.
end of.
not a bad album in there career (EVEN supercharger and the burning red)
anyway.
the blackening was awesome, and shows that theyre legendaryu enough to make a comeback….
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Judas Preist
Anthrax
Metallica
Megadeth
Slayer
Testament
Motorhead
Saxon
Pantera
Venom
All for very obvious reasons that you should know if you are reading this.
Machine Head
I put in a vote for Machine Head. They’ve been around for a while and are still producing some kick ass metal. Keep it coming boys!
head says slipknot, cradle of filth and gojira, but have to go with maiden on this 1
Children of Bodom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Metallica
Slipknot
Pantera
Rammstein
Iron Maiden.
Yes, yes, I heard what you said. But they fookin’ rock.
Failing that, Blaze Bayley, for not-giving-up-award. In fact, yeah, I go with him.
To ignore Morbid Angel would be a criminal offence.
Iron Maiden, Pantera, Slayer, Sabbath, metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, any of those, mainly maiden though! lol
I think anvil deserve to be in there. cause they were robbed of their chance by metallica and i would also have to pu bullet for my valentine in there. They really have kickstarted a metal revival in britain.
oh…. and bring me the horizon SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
megadeth all the way man!
Dave’s a fucking legend
I Have to say Pantera, because they wrote good music, who cares if Phil is a twat.
And Iron Maiden, Arguably the biggest Metal band out there, ever-ish.
And i think Cradle Of Filth, yes, i know, all of you hate them, but they HAVE had a lot of great tunes and musicianship. And they’re British =]
DEATHSTARS & MACHINE FUCKING HEAD
SAVATAGE??
Aren’t we forgetting Slipknot? They came along at a time when metal was in stasis and kicked everyone’s asses up to the next level.
MACHINE FUCKING HEAD!!!
yesh supercharger sucked, but it had a couple gd songs in it [bout 2 ]
and burning red sucked ass
BUT…. they made and exelent comeback with the blackening! so thats my vote
and slipknot if its possible!!
In no particular order:
Iron Maiden
Pantera
Megadeath
Motorhead
Rammstein
Deathstars
Slayer
Inflames
System of a Down
Metallica
Black Sabbath
Deftones, Paradise Lost, KoЯn, Soulfly(!!!)
Machine Head!! They hella deserve it after the way they have turned themselves around the last few years!!
MACHINE HEAD!
come on guys! one of the biggest metal bands around!
MACHINE – FUCKING – HEAD!!!
fantastic band! awesome live and ahh they by far deserve to be in the hall of fame!
MACHINE HEAD!!
Iron Maiden
Megadeth
Pantera
Lamb Of God
Cannibal Corpse
Rob Zombie
Death
Machine Head
Disturbed
Dream Theater
Fear Factory
Judas Priest
Sepultura
Slayer
Slipknot
Testament
Type O Negative
EXODUS they were the masters of the bay area thrash scene and deserve credit for it. \m/
Avenged Sevenfold
All That Remains
Slipknot
Killswitch Engage
Iron Maiden
machine head
machine head
machine head
machine head
machine head
machine head
MEGADETH
METALLICA
Noobpotato, Far Beyond Driven debut at No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1994, 10 years BEFORE Dime was killed. What heavier band has debut at No. 1 on the Billboard charts? Pantera was popular in the past, present, and future.