10. Rob Zombie and Al Jourgensen of Ministry - This two has introduced industrial metal into the maintream metal music.
9. Philip Anselmo - Although Dimebag Darrel was the signature icon of Pantera but Phil Anselmo's vocal was the who influenced most of the nu metal and metalcore singers today.
8. Glen Benton - death metal's resident satanist looms his influence on the death metal scene
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7. Conrad Lant & Quorthon - Black Metal pioneers
6. Chuck Billy & Tom Araya - Thrash metal gods Testament and Slayer won't be the same without these two.
5. Ronnie James Dio - He replace Ozzy as the lead singer of Black Sabbath and he also gain success with his own band Dio.
4. Lemmy Kilmister - Lemmy's infectious raspy voice and lyrics was one of most influential thing in metal music history.
3. Bruce Dickinson - Bruce's unique vocal talent has also influence the Power Metal and Thrash metal scences
2. Rob Halford - The Greatest Metal Screamer of all time was the main influence of the Power Metal scene
1. Ozzy Osbourne - The godfather of Heavy metal, Ozzy and the rest of Black Sabbath started it all.
