I take it that by heavy metal, you mean the entire metal genre, not just the heavy metal subgenre. My favourite metal bands ever are Opeth and Iron Maiden. So, here are my favs from most subgenres:
Prog/Tech Death:
Opeth
Cryptopsy
Atheist
Nile
Necrophagist
Quo Vadis
Akerc0cke
Death
Extol
Melodic Death:
Arch Enemy
Carcass
Dark Tranquillity
Scar Symmetry
Amon Amarth
Straight Death/Thrash:
Bloodbath
Obituary
Gorod
Megadeth
Pantera
Overkill
Metallica
Mekong Delta
Coroner
Dark Angel
Testament
Exhorder
Voivod
Slayer
Doom/Goth/Folk:
Candlemass
Cathedral
Katatonia
Imperia
Ensiferum
Wintersun
Black Sabbath
Heavy/Prog/Power:
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Bruce D1ckinson
Queensryche
Planet X
Dream Theater
Pain of Salvation
Mastodon
Tool
... and other bands which could be considered prog rock as well...
Iced Earth
Blind Guardian
Dragonforce
Kalmah - wtf genre is this?
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