History Main / Metal

* Music/CattleDecapitation[[note]]Also see Music/{{Pathology}}[[/note]] - Highly eclectic death metal group that has changed their sound with every album and seamlessly fused a little bit of everything that they enjoy into their music without having anything sound out of place.

* Music/{{Cryptopsy}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Neuraxis}}[[/note]] - The definitive Canadian tech-death band.

* Music/{{Neuraxis}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Abnormality}}, Music/{{Cryptopsy}}, Music/DespisedIcon, and Music/{{Kataklysm}}[[/note]]

* Music/TheFaceless[[note]]Also see Music/{{Animosity}}, Music/BlackCrownInitiate, Music/{{Cynic}}, Music/JobForACowboy, Music/{{Origin}}, Music/SixFeetUnder, and Music/{{Unearth}}[[/note]]

* Music/HateEternal[[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/{{Gigan}}, Music/MorbidAngel, Music/{{Necrophagist}}, Music/{{Nile}}, Music/{{Obscura}}, and Music/{{Suffocation}}[[/note]] - The main band of the (in)famous metal producer Erik Rutan, as well as the breakthrough band for the drum virtuoso Derek Roddy.

* Music/{{Oceano}}

* Music/{{Inferi}}

* Music/ValeOfPnath

* Music/HateEternal[[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/{{Gigan}}, Music/MorbidAngel, Music/{{Nile}}, and Music/{{Suffocation}}[[/note]] - The main band of the (in)famous metal producer Erik Rutan, as well as the breakthrough band for the drum virtuoso Derek Roddy.

* Music/{{Necrophagist}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Benighted}}, Music/ChristianMuenzner, Music/{{Obscura}} and Music/SpawnOfPossession[[/note]] - German TechnicalDeathMetal band who [[DevelopmentHell are now taking forever to write music]].

* Music/{{Obscura}}[[note]]Also see Music/DefeatedSanity, Music/ChristianMuenzner, Music/{{Necrophagist}}, Music/{{Pestilence}}, and Music/SpawnOfPossession[[/note]]

* Music/{{Puya}} - A Puerto Rican ProgressiveMetal/{{Jazz}} Fusion band.

* Music/BeneathTheMassacre

* Music/{{Gorguts}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Cryptopsy}}, Music/{{Angelcorpse}}, Music/{{Origin}}, Music/{{Skinless}}, and Music/{{Krallice}}[[/note]] - TropeCodifier for the noisy, dissonant style of TechnicalDeathMetal that has become popular in recent years.

* Music/DrowningPool - NuMetal (later AlternativeMetal) band from Texas known for their controversial hit single "Bodies", the death of their original vocalist in 2002, and for appearing in ''Franchise/DragonBallZ'' films and Wrestling/{{WWF}} events. In that order.

* Music/AvengedSevenfold - Very successful HardRock and AlternativeMetal band who made it big in the mid-2000s. [[LoveItOrHateIt Loved by their fans, hated by others]]. Known for their distinctly gritty singing and many a GenreShift.

* Music/BabyMetal - A metal [[GirlGroup idol group]] from Japan. While they may be [[LoveItOrHateIt polarizing]] for some, they have become one of the biggest [[MemeticMutation Internet phenomena]] for many metalheads as of late.

* Music/{{Deafheaven}} - LoveItOrHateIt fusion of PostRock, {{Shoegazing}}, and BlackMetal

* Music/{{Emmure}} [[note]]Also see Music/AllShallPerish[[/note]] - LoveItOrHateIt {{Deathcore}} band, who became more popular after integrating NuMetal into their music. Known for vocalist [[FaceOfTheBand Frankie Palmeri]], who is the [[IAmTheBand only original member]].

* Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch - Highly aggressive GrooveMetal band known for their unique sound, which manages to remain dense and mean while still radio-friendly. NarmCharm is everywhere in their discography. [[LoveItOrHateIt About half the metal community consider them a disgrace to music, while the other half like them]].

* Music/InThisMoment - Probably the biggest female-fronted metal band of the '10s (in America, at least). Their sound manages to be harsh and abrasive while still being radio friendly. One of the biggest examples of FaceOfTheBand and LoveItOrHateIt in metal.

* Music/LichKing - One of the biggest bands of the old-school ThrashMetal revival, and definitely one of its most humorous bands. They tend to be [[LoveItOrHateIt extremely polarizing]] among thrashers but really picked up steam with their third album.
* Music/LimpBizkit - One of poster boys for NuMetal. [[LoveItOrHateIt Highly divisive to say the least.]]

* Music/SixFeetUnder[[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/DyingFetus, Music/{{Chimaira}}, and Music/TheFaceless[[/note]] - The next DeathMetal band fronted by Chris Barnes after he left Cannibal Corpse. They tend to be groovier and less serious than most other bands in death metal, making them a hugely LoveItOrHateIt kind of band, though they have gotten much more technical with their last two albums.

* Music/{{Alterbeast}}

* Music/{{Fallujah}}

* Music/Allegaeon

* Music/AllThatRemains[[note]]Also see Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder and Music/ShadowsFall[[/note]] - Started as MelodicDeathMetal, then became one of the faces of Melodic {{Metalcore}}. Shifted to a more [[AlternativeMetal alternative]]/PostGrunge-based sound starting with their fourth album to very mixed reception.