| 100% | ARCH | 4 | With 33 Down, death metal band with an adversarial name |
| 47% | ABBA | 4 | Band with an acronymic name |
| 47% | ELMS | 4 | With "the," rock band with an arboreal name |
| 47% | ANTHRAX | 7 | Metal band with a killer name? |
| 46% | CRUE | 4 | One of two words with an umlaut in a metal band's name |
| 46% | ACDC | 4 | Band with an "electric" name |
| 45% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band with an electrical name |
| 45% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band with an electric name |
| 45% | ACDC | 4 | "Moneytalks" band with an electric name |
| 45% | ACDC | 4 | Hard rock band with an electrical name |
| 45% | ACDC | 4 | Australian rock band with an electrical name |
| 44% | RIOT | 4 | Quiet ___ (heavy metal band with a rhyming name) |
| 44% | RIOT | 4 | Quiet ___(heavy metal band with a rhyming name) |
| 44% | AXE | 3 | Kick ___ (heavy metal band with a punny name) |
| 44% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band with an "electrical" name |
| 44% | ACDC | 4 | Classic rock band with an "energetic" name |
| 44% | MOBIUSSTRIP | 11 | Band with an umlaut in its name |
| 43% | PANICATTHEDISCO | 15 | Emo pop band with an exclamation point in its name |
| 43% | RATT | 4 | Glam metal band with a rodent-inspired name |
| 42% | TESLA | 5 | Rock band with an inventor's name |
| 42% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band with an electrical-sounding name |
| 41% | KORN | 4 | Grammy-winning metal band with a tasty-sounding name |
| 41% | MOTORHEAD | 9 | "Ace of Spades" band with a "metal umlaut" over an O in its name |
| 40% | CHEAPTRICK | 10 | "I Want You to Want Me" band with an underhanded-sounding name |
| 39% | DAATH | 5 | Current name of the death metal band known as "Dirt Nap" until 2004 |
| 39% | HEL | 3 | Norse goddess of death with an apt-sounding name |
| 39% | BLUEOYSTERCULT | 14 | "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" band with a "metal umlaut" over an O in its name: 3 wds. |
| 39% | AMERICA | 7 | "Sister Golden Hair" rock band with an appropriate name for this puzzle (despite having been formed in England) |
| 38% | IRONMAIDEN | 10 | Heavy metal band whose name includes an actual heavy metal |
| 38% | ALABAMA | 7 | Geographically named band with the 1982 hit "Take Me Down" |