Below is a list of some metal bands off the top of my head and when or if they jumped the shark. I know it's a tv term, but who the cares? I'll use it for music as well, because I'm The Zombieslayer and I could do whatever the fuck I want.

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Judas Priest - Priest goes Pop with Turbo
redemption - the speed metal album Painkiller

Iron Maiden - adds guitar synthesizers with Somewhere in Time
redemption - never. Afterwards, Maiden never did a great album. The next best things were Dickinson's solo albums (which were excellent) Accident at Birth and The Chemical Wedding, which is ironic because I liked the Di'Anno Maiden albums better than the Dickinson ones.

Metallica - death of Cliff Burton. They steadily went downhill and their alternative album Load (of crap) was the nail in the coffin.
redemption - never

Slayer - never jumped

Nevermore - never jumped

Cradle of Filth - some say jumped when they left Black Metal, but CoF was never a true Black Metal band. They've always been tongue-in-cheek. And they're still putting out good music.

H.I.M - never jumped

Dimmu Borgir - never jumped

Ozzy Osbourne - death of Randy Rhoads. Not a full jump, it's just Ozzy's songs were never the same quality.

Black Sabbath - was this ever a band after '82 or just a collection of musicians surrounding Iommi?

Guns and Roses - when Izzy was on his way out. Use Your Illusions weren't that good.
redemption - Chinese Democracy will not be that good, if it ever even comes out.

Motley Crue - not really a jump, but the Crue's best years are in the past. They're still cool, but Vince Neil's fat and half brain dead.

Nightwish - we'll see if Tarja's departure is a jump. The thing is, I doubt it. Tuomas writes 95% of the music and 100% of the lyrics. Nightwish is his baby.

Testament - Alex Skolnich leaving. I lost interest.
redemption - ??? Like I said, lost interest.

Heavy Metal itself - NuMetal
redemption - Black Metal

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-The Zombieslayer