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* Music/{{Evile}} - The leaders of the old-school ThrashMetal revival. Put together {{Slayer}} and '80s {{Metallica}} and you'd basically get their sound.
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* Music/{{Evile}} - The leaders of the old-school ThrashMetal revival. Put together {{Slayer}} and '80s {{Metallica}} Music/{{Metallica}} and you'd basically get their sound.
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* Music/{{Gorguts}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Cryptopsy}}, Music/{{Origin}}, and Music/{{Skinless}}[[/note]]
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* Music/{{Immolation}} - Noteworthy OS NY death metal band for their slow, yet heavy atmospheric sound.
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* Music/{{Immolation}} Music/{{Immolation}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Angelcorpse}}[[/note]] - Noteworthy OS NY death metal band for their slow, yet heavy atmospheric sound.
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* Music/{{Nile}} - Put together brutal TechnicalDeathMetal and Egyptian culture, and Nile is what you get. Also famous for having one of the fastest and most technically adept drummers in metal - George Kollias.
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* Music/{{Nile}} Music/{{Nile}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Angelcorpse}}[[/note]] - Put together brutal TechnicalDeathMetal and Egyptian culture, and Nile is what you get. Also famous for having one of the fastest and most technically adept drummers in metal - George Kollias.
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* Music/{{Origin}}[[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/TheFaceless, Music/{{Pathology}}, and Music/{{Skinless}}[[/note]] - One of the heaviest and most brutal bands in the technical death genre, in addition to having musicians who are renowned for their [[UpToEleven truly jaw-dropping ability even by genre standards]].
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* Music/{{Origin}}[[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/TheFaceless, Music/{{Pathology}}, Music/{{Angelcorpse}}, and Music/{{Skinless}}[[/note]] - One of the heaviest and most brutal bands in the technical death genre, in addition to having musicians who are renowned for their [[UpToEleven truly jaw-dropping ability even by genre standards]].
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* Music/{{Skinless}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Origin}}[[/note]] - StealthParody of brutal death metal.
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* Music/{{Skinless}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Origin}}[[/note]] Music/{{Origin}} and Music/{{Angelcorpse}}[[/note]] - StealthParody of brutal death metal.
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* Music/TNT - Norwegian HairMetal band.
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* Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder [[note]]Also see Music/{{Arsis}} and Music/DespisedIcon[[/note]] - One of the most extreme MelodicDeathMetal bands to exist in this planet. Very popular among both the general public and melodeath fans alike.
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* Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder [[note]]Also see Music/{{Arsis}} and Music/DespisedIcon[[/note]] - One of the most extreme Highly popular MelodicDeathMetal bands to exist in this planet. Very popular among both band who take the general genre to absolute extremes. The public probably recognizes them as "those fat, hairy {{basement dweller}}s who love to play metal and melodeath fans alike.goof around".
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* Music/TheAgonist [[note]]Also see Music/{{Kamelot}}[[/note]] - Canadian MelodicDeathMetal with a female vocalist with a surprisingly good vocal range. Their lyrical themes are Society-based.
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* Music/TheAgonist [[note]]Also see Music/{{Kamelot}}[[/note]] - Canadian MelodicDeathMetal with fronted by a female vocalist with a surprisingly good vocal range. Their lyrical themes are Society-based.mostly deal with social issues.
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* Music/BlueStahli - An electronic based [[IAmTheBand one man band.]]
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* Music/BlueStahli - An electronic based [[ElectronicMusic Electronic]] [[IndustrialMetal Metal]] [[IAmTheBand one man band.]]band]] whose songs are popular picks for fanmade video game music mixes.
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* Music/{{Celldweller}} - The most well-respected NuMetal band since Deftones. Easily recognizable with its metal/ElectronicMusic crossover sound.
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* Music/{{Celldweller}} - The most well-respected NuMetal band since Deftones. Easily recognizable with its metal/ElectronicMusic crossover sound. Frontman and [[IAmTheBand sole member]] Klayton writes all the music by himself.
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* Music/DarkTranquillity[[note]]Also see Music/InFlames and Music/AtTheGates[[/note]] - One of the pioneers of MelodicDeathMetal. They have since gravitated towards a more progressive, baroque pop-influenced sound.
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* Music/DarkTranquillity[[note]]Also see Music/InFlames and Music/AtTheGates[[/note]] - One of the pioneers of MelodicDeathMetal. They have since gravitated towards a more progressive, [[ClassicalMusic baroque pop-influenced pop]][=-=]influenced sound.
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* Music/DeepPurple - One of the first metal bands. They were around before Black Sabbath, but didn't play metal right away.
* Music/{{Deftones}} - The EnsembleDarkhorse of NuMetal. Identifiable by Chino Moreno's PerishingAltRockVoice and [[CarefulWithThatAxe angry pterodactyl screams]]. Gradually got more [[AvantGardeMetal experimental]] as time went on.
* Music/{{Deicide}} [[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse and Music/{{Obituary}}[[/note]] - Satanic DeathMetal band that formed in the 80s as well as one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s for the genre.
* Music/{{Deftones}} - The EnsembleDarkhorse of NuMetal. Identifiable by Chino Moreno's PerishingAltRockVoice and [[CarefulWithThatAxe angry pterodactyl screams]]. Gradually got more [[AvantGardeMetal experimental]] as time went on.
* Music/{{Deicide}} [[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse and Music/{{Obituary}}[[/note]] - Satanic DeathMetal band that formed in the 80s as well as one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s for the genre.
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* Music/DeepPurple - One of the first metal bands. [[OlderThanTheyThink They were around before Black Sabbath, Sabbath]], but didn't play metal right away.
* Music/{{Deftones}} - The EnsembleDarkhorse of NuMetal. Identifiable by vocalist Chino Moreno's PerishingAltRockVoice and [[CarefulWithThatAxe angry pterodactyl screams]]. Gradually got more [[AvantGardeMetal experimental]] as time went on.
* Music/{{Deicide}} [[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse and Music/{{Obituary}}[[/note]] -Satanic [[RockMeAsmodeus Satanic]] DeathMetal band that formed in the 80s as well as one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s for the genre.
* Music/{{Deftones}} - The EnsembleDarkhorse of NuMetal. Identifiable by vocalist Chino Moreno's PerishingAltRockVoice and [[CarefulWithThatAxe angry pterodactyl screams]]. Gradually got more [[AvantGardeMetal experimental]] as time went on.
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* Music/DirEnGrey - A highly respected [[WidgetSeries Japanese]] metal band with a worldwide cult following. Also one of the most [[AvantGardeMetal diverse and unusual-sounding]] metal bands in the active scene. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly They]] [[CarefulWithThatAxe must]] [[SerialEscalation be]] [[GenreBusting heard]] [[SensoryAbuse to]] [[UpToEleven be]] [[HellIsThatNoise believed]].
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* Music/DirEnGrey - A highly respected [[WidgetSeries Japanese]] Japanese metal band with a devoted worldwide cult following. Also one of the most [[AvantGardeMetal diverse and unusual-sounding]] metal bands in the active scene. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly They]] [[CarefulWithThatAxe must]] [[SerialEscalation be]] [[GenreBusting heard]] [[SensoryAbuse to]] [[UpToEleven be]] [[HellIsThatNoise They must be heard to be believed]].
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* Music/{{Disgorge}} [[note]]Also see Music/DefeatedSanity, Music/AbominablePutridity, Music/{{Suffocation}}, Music/DeedsOfFlesh and Music/{{Pathology}}[[/note]] - An American Brutal Death Metal band known for their anti-christian based gore lyrics and highly influential nature. The majority of their past vocalists are now involved in various other bands.
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* Music/{{Disgorge}} [[note]]Also see Music/DefeatedSanity, Music/AbominablePutridity, Music/{{Suffocation}}, Music/DeedsOfFlesh and Music/{{Pathology}}[[/note]] - An American Brutal Death Metal band known for their anti-christian based gore [[{{Gorn}} gory]], anti-Christian lyrics and highly influential nature. The majority of their past vocalists are now involved in various other bands.
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* Music/EnterShikari - Highly famous British PostHardcore/AvantGardeMetal band, which take NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly to [[UpToEleven truly ungodly levels]] for their genre. They are ''the'' leaders of modern PostHardcore.
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* Music/EnterShikari - Highly famous British PostHardcore/AvantGardeMetal PostHardcore[=/=]AvantGardeMetal band, which take NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly to [[UpToEleven truly ungodly levels]] for their genre. They are ''the'' leaders Easily the most respected band in their genre as of modern PostHardcore.late.
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* Music/FaithNoMore[[note]]Also see Music/MrBungle[[/note]] - Metal meets [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly everything else]]. Enough said.
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* Music/FaithNoMore[[note]]Also see Music/MrBungle[[/note]] - Metal meets HeavyMetal [[XMeetsY meets]]...well [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly pretty much everything else]]. Enough said.
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* Music/{{Kvelertak}} - Norwegian metal band combining BlackMetal, HardcorePunk and HardRock influences into what fans call "Black & Roll".
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* Music/{{Kvelertak}} - Norwegian metal band combining BlackMetal, HardcorePunk and HardRock influences into what fans call "Black "[[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly Black & Roll".Roll]]".
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* Music/LacunaCoilMusic/LacunaCoil - One of the faces of GothicMetal. They're highly influential, but their rep has been scarred by their UnpleasableFanbase.
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* Music/{{Motorhead}} - The supposed creators of the SpeedMetal genre. Fronted by Lemmy, who is known for his [[RatedMForManly manly presence]], [[KavorkaMan promiscuity]], [[GutturalGrowler gravelly singing voice]], and refusal to accept his own band's genre, calling them "rock and roll". [[BerserkButton Don't tell him otherwise.]]
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* Music/{{Motorhead}} - The supposed creators of the SpeedMetal genre. Fronted by Lemmy, who is known for his [[RatedMForManly manly presence]], [[KavorkaMan promiscuity]], [[GutturalGrowler gravelly singing voice]], and refusal to accept his own band's genre, calling them "rock and roll". [[BerserkButton Don't Never tell him otherwise.]]
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* Music/BreakingBenjamin - A popular AlternativeMetal band known for their contributions to ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}''.
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* Music/{{Babymetal}} - A metal [[GirlGroup idol group]] from Japan, and perhaps the biggest MemeticMutation in all of metal.
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* Music/{{Babymetal}} - A metal [[GirlGroup idol group]] from Japan, and perhaps Japan. While they may be [[LoveItOrHateIt polarizing]] for some, they have become one of the biggest MemeticMutation in all [[MemeticMutation Internet phenomena]] for many metalheads as of metal.late.
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* Music/BulletForMyValentine - A Welsh {{Metalcore}}/neo-ThrashMetal band known for their [[{{Emo}} emotional]] lyrics and heavy melodeath influences. Also, arguing about their "metalness" won't usually end well.
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* Music/BulletForMyValentine - A Welsh {{Metalcore}}/neo-ThrashMetal {{Metalcore}}[=/=]HardRock band known for their [[{{Emo}} emotional]] lyrics and heavy melodeath influences. Also, arguing about their "metalness" won't usually end well.
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* Music/{{Candiria}}Music/{{Candiria}} - AvantGardeMetal outfit whose members famoulsy averted total AuthorExistenceFailure via vehicular accident.
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* Music/ChildrenOfBodom - [[MelodicDeathMetal Melodic death]]/PowerMetal band from Finland known for their NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly tendencies. Gravitated towards a modern ThrashMetal sound in recent years, [[BrokenBase much to the disdain of their fanbase]].
* Music/{{Chimaira}} [[note]]Also see Music/FearFactory, Music/DyingFetus, Music/MiseryIndex, and Music/SixFeetUnder [[/note]] - One of the most aggressive {{Metalcore}} bands. Characterized by their extremely fast double-bass drumming and distinctly angry vocals.
* Music/{{Chimaira}} [[note]]Also see Music/FearFactory, Music/DyingFetus, Music/MiseryIndex, and Music/SixFeetUnder [[/note]] - One of the most aggressive {{Metalcore}} bands. Characterized by their extremely fast double-bass drumming and distinctly angry vocals.
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* Music/ChildrenOfBodom - [[MelodicDeathMetal Melodic death]]/PowerMetal band from Finland known for their NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly tendencies.[[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly unique sound]] and WordSaladLyrics. Gravitated towards a modern ThrashMetal sound in recent years, [[BrokenBase much to the disdain of their fanbase]].
* Music/{{Chimaira}} [[note]]Also see Music/FearFactory, Music/DyingFetus, Music/MiseryIndex, and Music/SixFeetUnder [[/note]] -One of the most aggressive {{Metalcore}} bands. Characterized band characterized by their extremely fast double-bass drumming and distinctly angry vocals.
* Music/{{Chimaira}} [[note]]Also see Music/FearFactory, Music/DyingFetus, Music/MiseryIndex, and Music/SixFeetUnder [[/note]] -
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* Music/{{Deadlock}} - Female-fronted German band who [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly frequently mix and mash up genres]].
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* Music/IcedEarth[[note]]Also see Music/DemonsAndWizards[[/note]] - Highly regarded American PowerMetal[=/=]ThrashMetal band known for their frequent lineup changes and love for the ConceptAlbum.
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* Music/IcedEarth[[note]]Also see Music/DemonsAndWizards[[/note]] - Highly regarded American PowerMetal[=/=]ThrashMetal band known for their [[RevolvingDoorBand frequent lineup changes changes]] and love for the ConceptAlbum.
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* Music/{{Nevermore}} - ProgressiveMetal band known for their cynical singing and subject matter, as well as the signature guitar playing of Jeff Loomis. Split (at least temporarily) in 2011.
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* Music/{{Oathean}} - Korean metal band that blends traditional Korean music with extreme metal.
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* Music/{{Oathean}} - South Korean metal band that blends traditional Korean music with extreme metal.
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* Music/{{Origin}}[[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/TheFaceless, Music/{{Pathology}}, and Music/{{Skinless}}[[/note]] - One of the heaviest and most brutal bands in the technical death genre, in addition to having musicians who are renowned for their truly jaw-dropping ability even by genre standards.
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* Music/{{Origin}}[[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/TheFaceless, Music/{{Pathology}}, and Music/{{Skinless}}[[/note]] - One of the heaviest and most brutal bands in the technical death genre, in addition to having musicians who are renowned for their [[UpToEleven truly jaw-dropping ability even by genre standards.standards]].
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* Music/{{Sepultura}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Soulfly}}[[/note]] - The face of Latin American metal. began as a straight-up [[DeathMetal Death]]/[[ThrashMetal Thrash]] metal band, but became known for their crushing approach to [[AvantGardeMetal experimental metal]] for most of their career, and for the departure of their frontman and main creative force, Max Cavalera, who was replaced by a black NuMetal singer [[ReplacementScrappy who is widely hated by the fanbase]].
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* Music/{{Sepultura}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Soulfly}}[[/note]] - The face of Latin American metal. began as a straight-up [[DeathMetal Death]]/[[ThrashMetal Thrash]] metal band, but became known for their crushing approach to [[AvantGardeMetal experimental metal]] for most of their career, and for the departure of their frontman and main creative force, Max Cavalera, who was replaced by a black NuMetal singer [[ReplacementScrappy who is widely hated by whom the fanbase]].fanbase strongly despises]].
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* Music/{{Soulfly}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Sepultura}}[[/note]] - Max Cavalera's current musical project. Recognizable for mixing DeathMetal and ThrashMetal with tribal and {{Reggae}} percussion
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* Music/{{Venom}} - One of, if not the first, black metal bands.
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* Music/{{Wintersun}} [[note]]Also See Music/{{Ensiferum}}[[/note]]
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* Music/{{Wintersun}} [[note]]Also See Music/{{Ensiferum}}[[/note]]Music/{{Ensiferum}}[[/note]] - Finnish MelodicDeathMetal project whose [[IAmTheBand sole founding member and creative force]] [[DevelopmentHell takes ages to record music]].
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* Music/AsILayDying - TropeCodifier for melodic {{Metalcore}}, and one of the heaviest melodic metalcore bands around. Well-known for being a [[ChristianRock Christian Metal]] band that does not sound Christian at all.
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* Music/AsILayDying - TropeCodifier for melodic {{Metalcore}}, and one of the heaviest melodic metalcore bands around. Well-known for being a [[ChristianRock Christian Metal]] band that does not sound Christian at all.of their kind. They're [[ChristianMetal Christian]].
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* Music/AtTheGates[[note]]Also see Music/CradleOfFilth, Music/TheHaunted and Music/ParadiseLost[[/note]]
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* Music/AtTheGates[[note]]Also see Music/CradleOfFilth, Music/TheHaunted and Music/ParadiseLost[[/note]]Music/ParadiseLost[[/note]] - One of the original three {{Trope Codifier}}s of MelodicDeathMetal and the UrExample of their subgenre's more brutal side.
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* Music/AvengedSevenfold - Very successful HardRock and AlternativeMetal band who made it big in the mid-2000s. Loved by their fans, [[LoveItOrHateIt hated by others]]. Known for their distinctly gritty singing and many a GenreShift.
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* Music/AvengedSevenfold - Very successful HardRock and AlternativeMetal band who made it big in the mid-2000s. [[LoveItOrHateIt Loved by their fans, [[LoveItOrHateIt hated by others]]. Known for their distinctly gritty singing and many a GenreShift.
* Music/{{Babymetal}} - A metal [[GirlGroup idol group]] from Japan, and perhaps the biggest MemeticMutation in all of metal.
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* Music/BlackSabbath[[note]]Also see Music/RonnieJamesDio, Music/OzzyOsbourne and Music/DeepPurple[[/note]] - The first ever HeavyMetal band.
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* Music/DeadByApril - [[MelodicDeathMetal Melodic]] {{Metalcore}} band from Sweden, known for their '90s BoyBand-esque musical stylings, complete with [[{{Wangst}} melodramatic]] lyrics.
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* Music/DeadByApril - [[MelodicDeathMetal Melodic]] {{Metalcore}} band from Sweden, known for their '90s BoyBand-esque musical stylings, complete with [[{{Wangst}} melodramatic]] lyrics.stylings and polished sound.
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* Music/DirEnGrey - The most acclaimed and well-known metal band to come out of [[WidgetSeries Japan]]. Also one of the most [[AvantGardeMetal diverse and unusual-sounding]] metal bands in the active scene. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly They]] [[CarefulWithThatAxe must]] [[SerialEscalation be]] [[GenreBusting heard]] [[SensoryAbuse to]] [[UpToEleven be]] [[HellIsThatNoise believed]].
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* Music/DirEnGrey - The most acclaimed and well-known metal band to come out of A highly respected [[WidgetSeries Japan]].Japanese]] metal band with a worldwide cult following. Also one of the most [[AvantGardeMetal diverse and unusual-sounding]] metal bands in the active scene. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly They]] [[CarefulWithThatAxe must]] [[SerialEscalation be]] [[GenreBusting heard]] [[SensoryAbuse to]] [[UpToEleven be]] [[HellIsThatNoise believed]].
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* Music/DreamTheater - The most popular ProgressiveMetal band. Famous for their [[EpicRocking long songs]] and their immense technical skill.
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* [[Music/MasakiYamada EZO]]: The first Japanese metal band to perform outside of Japan and be signed by a Western label. Was somewhat HairMetal but could also do ''much'' darker lyrics (''Fire Fire,'' about [[TheDeadliestMushroom nuclear war's aftermath]], and ''Senso'' about the Japanese attitude toward [[ImperialJapan Imperial]] war atrocities).
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* [[Music/MasakiYamada EZO]]: The first Japanese metal band to perform outside of Japan and be signed by a Western label. Was somewhat HairMetal but could also do ''much'' darker lyrics (''Fire Fire,'' about [[TheDeadliestMushroom nuclear war's aftermath]], and ''Senso'' about the Japanese attitude toward [[ImperialJapan Imperial]] war atrocities).with DarkerAndEdgier lyrical content.
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** Music/MikePatton - Arguably the biggest example of ManOfAThousandVoices in the entire metal world, who sings for the above band. He's even ''[[UpToEleven more]]'' weird than them.
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** Music/MikePatton - Arguably [[TropeCodifier the biggest example example]] of ManOfAThousandVoices in the entire metal world, who sings for the above band. He's even ''[[UpToEleven more]]'' weird than them.
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* Music/FleshgodApocalypse [[note]]Also see Music/HourOfPenance[[/note]] - A TechnicalDeathMetal band from Italy with neo-classical and symphonic elements.
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* Music/FleshgodApocalypse [[note]]Also see Music/HourOfPenance[[/note]] - A brutal TechnicalDeathMetal band from Italy with neo-classical and symphonic elements.
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* Music/{{Hatebreed}} - One of the top dogs of modern metalcore.
* Music/HateEternal[[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/{{Gigan}}, Music/MorbidAngel, Music/{{Nile}}, and Music/{{Suffocation}}[[/note]] - The main band of the famed producer Erik Rutan, as well as the breakthrough band for the drum virtuoso Derek Roddy.
* Music/TheHaunted - Music/AtTheGates' SpiritualSuccessor; a MelodicDeathMetal band that doesn't sound like one, but instead, sounds like a mix of {{Metalcore}}, GrooveMetal, ThrashMetal and DeathMetal.
* Music/HateEternal[[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/{{Gigan}}, Music/MorbidAngel, Music/{{Nile}}, and Music/{{Suffocation}}[[/note]] - The main band of the famed producer Erik Rutan, as well as the breakthrough band for the drum virtuoso Derek Roddy.
* Music/TheHaunted - Music/AtTheGates' SpiritualSuccessor; a MelodicDeathMetal band that doesn't sound like one, but instead, sounds like a mix of {{Metalcore}}, GrooveMetal, ThrashMetal and DeathMetal.
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* Music/{{Hatebreed}} - One of the top dogs of modern metalcore.
metalcore and the TropeCodifier for its heavier end along with Converge.
* Music/HateEternal[[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/{{Gigan}}, Music/MorbidAngel, Music/{{Nile}}, and Music/{{Suffocation}}[[/note]] - The main band of thefamed (in)famous metal producer Erik Rutan, as well as the breakthrough band for the drum virtuoso Derek Roddy.
* Music/TheHaunted -Music/AtTheGates' SpiritualSuccessor; a MelodicDeathMetal band that doesn't sound like one, but instead, sounds like a mix [[MelodicDeathMetal Melodic]] GrooveMetal formed from the ashes of {{Metalcore}}, GrooveMetal, ThrashMetal and DeathMetal.At The Gates.
* Music/HateEternal[[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/{{Gigan}}, Music/MorbidAngel, Music/{{Nile}}, and Music/{{Suffocation}}[[/note]] - The main band of the
* Music/TheHaunted -
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* Music/JungleRot - Old-school DeathMetal band who's entire catalog has recently been VindicatedByHistory. Known for their hardcore-influenced writing and war themes.
* Music/{{Jupiter}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Versailles}} and Music/{{Hizaki}}[[/note]] - Japanese {{Symphonic|Metal}} PowerMetal band formed by the instrumentalists of Music/{{Versailles}} after that band went on hiatus in 2012.
* Music/{{Jupiter}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Versailles}} and Music/{{Hizaki}}[[/note]] - Japanese {{Symphonic|Metal}} PowerMetal band formed by the instrumentalists of Music/{{Versailles}} after that band went on hiatus in 2012.
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* Music/JungleRot - Old-school DeathMetal band who's whose entire catalog has recently been VindicatedByHistory. Known for their hardcore-influenced writing and war themes.
* Music/{{Jupiter}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Versailles}} and Music/{{Hizaki}}[[/note]] - Japanese {{Symphonic|Metal}} PowerMetal band formed by the instrumentalists ofMusic/{{Versailles}} Versailles after that band went on hiatus in 2012.
* Music/{{Jupiter}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Versailles}} and Music/{{Hizaki}}[[/note]] - Japanese {{Symphonic|Metal}} PowerMetal band formed by the instrumentalists of
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* Music/{{Loudness}}: Second Japanese metal band to be signed and tour outside of Japan, most famously so with Music/MotleyCrue. Most famous for being a LongRunner (over 30 years without a breakup or prolonged hiatus) and doing so via ''repeated'' GenreShift, [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly having been everything from HairMetal to hardcore ThrashMetal and SpeedMetal to semi-grunge to NuMetal back to ThrashMetal again to even semi-Visual Rock]]. Also known for its legendary bass players - which have included Taiji Sawada and Naoto Shibata.
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* Music/{{Soulfly}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Sepultura}}[[/note]] - Max Cavalera's current musical project.
* Music/SoundHorizon - Japanese [[AvantGardeMetal avant-garde]] musical outfit known for their expansive catalogue that largely consists of {{Concept Album}}s
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* Music/{{Soulfly}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Sepultura}}[[/note]] - Max Cavalera's current musical project. \n Recognizable for mixing DeathMetal and ThrashMetal with tribal and {{Reggae}} percussion
* Music/SoundHorizon - Japanese one-man [[AvantGardeMetal avant-garde]] musical outfit known for their expansive catalogue that largely consists of {{Concept Album}}s
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* Music/{{Therion}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Candlemass}}, Music/TheKovenant and Music/CradleOfFilth[[/note]] - A TropeCodifier of SymphonicMetal, with [[RevolvingDoorBand frequent line-up changes]].
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* Music/{{Therion}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Candlemass}}, Music/TheKovenant and Music/CradleOfFilth[[/note]] - A TropeCodifier of SymphonicMetal, SymphonicMetal and the arguable TropeMaker of AvantGardeMetal, with [[RevolvingDoorBand frequent line-up changes]].
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* Music/EricCalderone - a Website/YouTube guitarist that plays music in Metal form.
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* Music/{{Whitechapel}} - {{Deathcore}} with a lot more emphasis on the "death" part. Respected by most, but their haters are so vocal that it's hard to tell.
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* Music/{{Alter Bridge}} - A beloved alt-metal band who, believe it or not, is literally Creed with a different singer. They are much heavier than the band they formed from the ashes of, and are a big EnsembleDarkhorse of alternative metal.
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* Music/{{Die Krupps}} - German IndustrialMetal band with a distictive synth and guitar driven style. Known to have influenced {{Rammstein}}.
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* Music/{{Abnormality}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Neuraxis}}[[/note]] - The arguable top dogs in the New England death metal scene, and one of the most famous female-fronted death metal acts. Also known as "[[SongAssociation that band that made that really hard song in Rock Band]]".
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* Music/{{Abnormality}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Neuraxis}}[[/note]] Music/{{Neuraxis}} and Music/{{Sexcrement}}[[/note]] - The arguable top dogs in the New England death metal scene, and one of the most famous female-fronted death metal acts. Also known as "[[SongAssociation that band that made that really hard song in Rock Band]]".
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* Music/{{Sexcrement}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Abnormality}}[[/note]] - New England's premier sleaze merchants.
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* Music/{{Necrophagist}}[[note]]Also see Music/SpawnOfPossession[[/note]] - German TechnicalDeathMetal band who [[DevelopmentHell are now taking forever to write music]].
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* Music/{{Devourment}}[[note]]Also see Music/AcidBath[[/note]] - One of the first major slam bands and the most recognizable band in the genre by far.
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* Music/{{Devourment}}[[note]]Also see Music/AcidBath[[/note]] - One of the first major slam bands and the most recognizable band in the genre by far. Also infamous for revolving-door lineups that consist of the same few people again and again.
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* Music/{{Psycroptic}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Pestilence}} and Music/SpawnOfPossession]]
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''Individuals or bands who perform Music/HeavyMetal''
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* Music/ThreeInchesOfBlood - A Canadian ThrashMetal and PowerMetal band. They are known for their unique vocal alteration between falsetto cleans and metalcore-esque screaming, as well as their [[LargeHam over-the-top nature]], [[RatedMForManly manliness]], and lyrics involving epic battles and HeavyMithril.
* Music/{{Abnormality}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Neuraxis}}[[/note]] - The arguable top dogs in the New England death metal scene, and one of the most famous female-fronted death metal acts. Also known as "[[SongAssociation that band that made that really hard song in Rock Band]]".
* Music/AbominablePutridity - The Face of Russian Slam/Brutal DeathMetal.
* Music/{{Aborted}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Carcass}}, {{Soilwork}}, Music/SystemDivide, Music/GodDethroned, Music/TriggerTheBloodshed, and Music/SpawnOfPossession [[/note]] - A [[DeathMetal Brutal Death Metal]] / [[{{Grindcore}} Deathgrind]] band from Belgium. Known for their use of samples and violent lyrics.
* Music/AbysmalDawn - One of the notable bands in the classic DeathMetal revival scene.
* Music/{{Accept}} - A relatively well-known traditional metal band from Germany. They are considered to be one of the precursors to PowerMetal. Best known for their hit "Balls to the Wall".
* Music/AcidBath[[note]]Also see Music/{{Crowbar}} and Music/{{Devourment}}[[/note]] - One of the first SludgeMetal bands, in addition to being well-known for their NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly tendencies.
* Music/{{Adema}}
* Music/{{Aeon}}[[note]]Also see Music/BloodRedThrone[[/note]]
* Music/AfterForever[[note]]Also see Music/{{Epica}} and Music/{{Revamp}}[[/note]]
* Music/TheAgonist [[note]]Also see Music/{{Kamelot}}[[/note]] - Canadian MelodicDeathMetal with a female vocalist with a surprisingly good vocal range. Their lyrical themes are Society-based.
* Music/{{Alestorm}} - Scottish PowerMetal band who loves singing about pirates.
* Music/AliceInChains - One of the most popular bands from the 1990s, who continue to go strong today. Possibly the only band falling under both {{Grunge}} and HeavyMetal simultaneously. Known for their dark vocal harmonies and the [[DeadArtistsAreBetter death of their drug-addicted singer,]] who got replaced with a black dude who [[ReplacementScrappy isn't well-liked]] but gains more and more rep as time passes.
* Music/AllThatRemains
* Music/{{Amaranthe}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Dragonland}}[[/note]]
* Music/AmonAmarth - MelodicDeathMetal band from Sweden. They are fond of Vikings and giant beards.
* Music/{{Amorphis}}
* Music/AnaalNathrakh - The most extreme BlackMetal band in the world. Got even more extreme as of late thanks to incorporating elements of IndustrialMetal, DeathMetal and {{Grindcore}} in their sound.
* Music/AnalCunt - An over-the-top {{Grindcore}} band seemingly existing only to be metal's equivalent of StylisticSuck. Their now-dead singer thinks [[Music/CannibalCorpse Chris]] [[Music/{{Six Feet Under}} Barnes]] [[MemeticMutation is a pussy.]]
* Music/{{Anathema}}[[note]]Also see Music/MyDyingBride and Music/CradleOfFilth[[/note]]
* Music/{{Annihilator}} - Canadian ThrashMetal band. Well, you might as well call it [[IAmTheBand The Jeff Waters Project]], but still.
* Music/{{Anthrax}} - One of the big 4 ThrashMetal bands, albeit the least popular commercially. They are named after a disease.
* Music/{{Apocalyptica}} - Metal from Finland [[RecycledInSpace WITH CELLOS!]]
* Music/{{Arch Enemy}} - One of MelodicDeathMetal's most popular and acclaimed bands.
* Music/{{Ariya}}
* Music/{{Arkaik}}[[note]]Also see Music/DecrepitBirth and Music/DeedsOfFlesh[[/note]]
* Music/{{Arsis}}[[note]]Also see Music/ArchEnemy and Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder[[/note]]
* Music/{{Artch}}
* Music/AsILayDying - TropeCodifier for melodic {{Metalcore}}, and one of the heaviest melodic metalcore bands around. Well-known for being a [[ChristianRock Christian Metal]] band that does not sound Christian at all.
* Music/{{Atheist}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Cynic}}[[/note]] - An early, highly-acclaimed TechnicalDeathMetal band who reunited after a decade-long split and now continue to tour and record.
* Music/AtTheGates[[note]]Also see Music/CradleOfFilth, Music/TheHaunted and Music/ParadiseLost[[/note]]
* Music/{{Autopsy}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Death}}[[/note]]
* Music/AvengedSevenfold - Very successful HardRock and AlternativeMetal band who made it big in the mid-2000s. Loved by their fans, [[LoveItOrHateIt hated by others]]. Known for their distinctly gritty singing and many a GenreShift.
* Music/AxelRudiPell - HardRock and PowerMetal band led by the guitarist of the same name. Notable for having Johnny Gioeli of Music/{{Crush 40}} (also known as "the SonicTheHedgehog guy") as their vocalist and frontman.
* Music/TheAxisOfPerdition[[note]]Also see Music/BalSagoth and Music/MyDyingBride[[/note]]
* Music/BalSagoth[[note]]Also see Music/MyDyingBride, Music/TheAxisOfPerdition and Music/{{DragonForce}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Bathory}}
* Music/{{Battlelore}}
* Music/{{Behemoth}} - Possibly Poland's biggest DeathMetal band. Started as BlackMetal.
* Music/{{Benighted}} - French [[DeathMetal Brutal Death Metal]] band known for their psychotic lyrics and [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly subtle inclusion of almost every form of death metal ever in one way or another]].
* Music/TheBerzerker - Industrial deathgrind from down under.
* Music/BetweenTheBuriedAndMe - [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly Highly eclectic]] ProgressiveMetal band. Was under the radar for a while, but made it big with their 2007 release ''Colors''.
* Music/BlackVeilBrides - The face of the HairMetal revival along with Music/SteelPanther. Infamous for their rabid fanbase that loves them for [[MisaimedFandom reasons]] [[MrFanservice other]] [[{{Emo}} than their music]].
* Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder [[note]]Also see Music/{{Arsis}} and Music/DespisedIcon[[/note]] - One of the most extreme MelodicDeathMetal bands to exist in this planet. Very popular among both the general public and melodeath fans alike.
* Music/BlackLabelSociety - The most acclaimed old-school heavy metal band of the last years.
* Music/BlackSabbath[[note]]Also see Music/RonnieJamesDio, Music/OzzyOsbourne and Music/DeepPurple[[/note]] - The first ever HeavyMetal band.
* Music/BlindGuardian[[note]]Also see Music/DemonsAndWizards[[/note]] - Popular and well-respected PowerMetal outfit known for their multi-layered vocal harmonies and Creator/JRRTolkien -inspired lyrics.
* Music/BloodRedThrone [[note]]Also see Music/{{Aeon}}, Music/GreenCarnation, Music/{{Emperor}} and Music/SpawnOfPossession[[/note]] - The face of Norwegian DeathMetal, along with Zyklon.
* Music/BloodStainChild - The most well-respected Japanese MelodicDeathMetal outfit. Known for their signature sound that mixes melodeath with ElectronicMusic.
* Music/BlueCheer - The UrExample of the genre whose first album, ''Vincebus Eruptum'', is arguably the first example of the genre.
* Music/BlueStahli - An electronic based [[IAmTheBand one man band.]]
* Music/BoltThrower - HeavyMithril [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] DeathMetal. Easy as that.
* Music/{{Breed 77}} - Underground AlternativeMetal band from Gibraltar. They fuse their music with Spanish flamenco and sometimes use {{Yarling}}.
* Music/BodyCount[[note]]Also see Music/IceT[[/note]] - One of the few all African-American metal bands. Brought about by Ice T's love of metal and realization that he knew a lot of good metal musicians.
* Music/BringMeTheHorizon - A popular British {{Metalcore}} band whose fanbase loves them for [[PeripheryDemographic the]] [[MrFanservice wrong]] [[FanDumb reasons.]] Wasn't very respected until they released ''[[GrowingTheBeard Sempiternal]]''.
* Music/BrokenHope[[note]]Also see Music/DyingFetus[[/note]]
* Music/BulletForMyValentine - A Welsh {{Metalcore}}/neo-ThrashMetal band known for their [[{{Emo}} emotional]] lyrics and heavy melodeath influences. Also, arguing about their "metalness" won't usually end well.
* Music/{{Burzum}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Mayhem}}[[/note]] - Infamous one-man BlackMetal outfit which served as the TropeMaker for the genre's more ambient side. [[IAmTheBand Sole member]] Varg Vikernes was jailed from 1994-2009 for the arson of three churches and the murder of Music/{{Mayhem}} guitarist Euronymous.
* Music/{{Candiria}}
* Music/{{Candlemass}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Carcass}} and Music/{{Therion}}[[/note]] - TropeCodifier for DoomMetal known for their bombastic sound and ex-singer [[LargeHam Messiah Marcolin's]] even more bombastic singing.
* Music/CannibalCorpse[[note]]Also see Music/HateEternal, Music/{{Nevermore}}, and Music/{{Origin}}[[/note]] - The most popular DeathMetal band on the planet. Known for their [[ContemptibleCover violent cover art]] and [[{{Gorn}} explicitly violent lyrics and song titles.]]
* Music/{{Carcass}}[[note]]Also see Music/NapalmDeath, Music/TriggerTheBloodshed, and Music/{{Candlemass}}[[/note]] - Highly influential goregrind group that gradually changed their sound to melodic death and influenced even more bands.
* Music/{{Carnifex}}
* Music/{{Cathedral}}[[note]]Also see Music/NapalmDeath[[/note]]
* 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/{{Celldweller}} - The most well-respected NuMetal band since Deftones. Easily recognizable with its metal/ElectronicMusic crossover sound.
* Music/CelticFrost - Claimed to be the missing link between '80s ThrashMetal and BlackMetal. Known for their dark, aggressive playing style and their NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly tendencies.
* Music/{{Charlemagne}}[[note]]Also see Music/RhapsodyOfFire and HeavyMithril[[/note]]
* Music/ChildrenOfBodom - [[MelodicDeathMetal Melodic death]]/PowerMetal band from Finland known for their NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly tendencies. Gravitated towards a modern ThrashMetal sound in recent years, [[BrokenBase much to the disdain of their fanbase]].
* Music/{{Chimaira}} [[note]]Also see Music/FearFactory, Music/DyingFetus, Music/MiseryIndex, and Music/SixFeetUnder [[/note]] - One of the most aggressive {{Metalcore}} bands. Characterized by their extremely fast double-bass drumming and distinctly angry vocals.
* Music/{{Clawfinger}}
* Music/{{Clutch}} - Very bluesy alternative metal and stoner rock band. You can easily recognize them from their old-school rock influences and WordSaladLyrics.
* Music/{{Coroner}}
* Music/CradleOfFilth[[note]]Also see Music/AtTheGates, Music/{{Anathema}}, Music/MyDyingBride, Music/{{Therion}}, Music/TheKovenant and Music/ParadiseLost[[/note]] - The most successful British metal band since Iron Maiden. Also, despite their name and lyrical themes, and vocal style, they are not a BlackMetal band, claiming otherwise will earn you the wrath of "trve" black metal fans, or at least another FacePalm.
* Music/{{Crowbar}}[[note]]Also see Music/AcidBath and Music/{{Pantera}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Chthonic}} - Taiwanese band rivaling Sigh on being the face of Asian Black Metal. Well-respected for their music. Also loved by fans for [[MsFanservice other reasons]]...
* Music/{{Cryptopsy}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Neuraxis}}[[/note]] - The definitive Canadian tech-death band.
* Music/{{Cynic}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Death}}, Music/{{Atheist}}, Music/GordianKnot and Music/TheFaceless[[/note]] - Acclaimed TechnicalDeathMetal band that shifted more towards ProgressiveRock after its second album.
* Music/DangerDanger
* Music/{{Danzig}}[[note]]Also see Music/TypeONegative[[/note]]
* Music/{{Darkthrone}}
* Music/DarkTranquillity[[note]]Also see Music/InFlames and Music/AtTheGates[[/note]] - One of the pioneers of MelodicDeathMetal. They have since gravitated towards a more progressive, baroque pop-influenced sound.
* Music/{{Debauchery}}
* Music/{{Deadlock}}
* Music/DeadByApril - [[MelodicDeathMetal Melodic]] {{Metalcore}} band from Sweden, known for their '90s BoyBand-esque musical stylings, complete with [[{{Wangst}} melodramatic]] lyrics.
* Music/{{Death}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Cynic}} and Music/{{Autopsy}}[[/note]]. The [[TropeMakers creators]] of DeathMetal.
* Music/{{Decapitated}} - One of TechnicalDeathMetal's most lauded bands.
* Music/DecrepitBirth[[note]]Also see Music/{{Arkaik}}, Music/DeedsOfFlesh, and Music/{{Suffocation}}[[/note]]
* Music/DeedsOfFlesh [[note]]Also see Music/{{Suffocation}}, Music/{{Disgorge}}, Music/{{Exhumed}}, Music/{{Arkaik}}, Music/SpawnOfPossession, and Music/BloodRedThrone[[/note]] - Up there with Suffocation as ''the'' brutal death band, and arguably even more important to the genre thanks to Unique Leader Records, which frontman Erik Lindmark owns and runs.
* Music/DefeatedSanity [[note]]Also see Music/{{Disgorge}}, Music/{{Necrophagist}} and Music/SpawnOfPossession[[/note]] - Essentially Devourment if they were led by a jazz drummer and a modern classical composer-turned-bassist. ''The'' EnsembleDarkhorse of tech-death.
* Music/DeepPurple - One of the first metal bands. They were around before Black Sabbath, but didn't play metal right away.
* Music/{{Deftones}} - The EnsembleDarkhorse of NuMetal. Identifiable by Chino Moreno's PerishingAltRockVoice and [[CarefulWithThatAxe angry pterodactyl screams]]. Gradually got more [[AvantGardeMetal experimental]] as time went on.
* Music/{{Deicide}} [[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse and Music/{{Obituary}}[[/note]] - Satanic DeathMetal band that formed in the 80s as well as one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s for the genre.
* Music/{{Delain}}
* Music/DemonHunter - Christian {{Metalcore}} that doesn't really sound Christian.
* Music/DemonsAndWizards[[note]]Also see Music/BlindGuardian and Music/IcedEarth[[/note]]
* Music/DespisedIcon[[note]]Also see Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder, Music/JobForACowboy, and Music/{{Neuraxis}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Device}} - Music/{{Disturbed}} [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] IndustrialMetal. Not much else to say.
* Music/TheDevilWearsPrada
* Music/{{Devourment}}[[note]]Also see Music/AcidBath[[/note]] - One of the first major slam bands and the most recognizable band in the genre by far.
* Music/KingDiamond
* Music/RonnieJamesDio[[note]]Also see Music/{{Rainbow}} and Music/BlackSabbath[[/note]] - The undisputed king of the classic metal sound. Died in 2010 and left behind one of the genre's biggest legacies.
* Music/DirEnGrey - The most acclaimed and well-known metal band to come out of [[WidgetSeries Japan]]. Also one of the most [[AvantGardeMetal diverse and unusual-sounding]] metal bands in the active scene. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly They]] [[CarefulWithThatAxe must]] [[SerialEscalation be]] [[GenreBusting heard]] [[SensoryAbuse to]] [[UpToEleven be]] [[HellIsThatNoise believed]].
* Music/DirtyRottenImbeciles
* Music/{{Disciple}} - One of the most blatant examples of [[ChristianRock Christian Metal]]. Easy to point out due to Kevin Young's distinct wail and highly religious lyrics.
* Music/{{Disgorge}} [[note]]Also see Music/DefeatedSanity, Music/AbominablePutridity, Music/{{Suffocation}}, Music/DeedsOfFlesh and Music/{{Pathology}}[[/note]] - An American Brutal Death Metal band known for their anti-christian based gore lyrics and highly influential nature. The majority of their past vocalists are now involved in various other bands.
* Music/{{Disturbed}}[[note]]Also see Music/ArtOfDying[[/note]] - One of the most popular metal bands in history. They started off as pretty straightfoward NuMetal, but gradually evolved into a one-of-a-kind style of metal leaning towards HardRock. You might (actually, probably) know them as the band that did "Down with the Sickness".
* Music/{{Dokken}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Europe}} and Music/{{Dio}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Dorso}}
* Music/DragonForce[[note]]Also see Music/BalSagoth[[/note]] - PowerMetal band famous for, [[ArcWords among]] [[GuitarHero many]] [[EpicRocking other]] [[RatedMForManly things]], super-fast guitars and their liberal use of [[HeavyMithril fantastic themes]].
* Music/{{Dragonland}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Amaranthe}}[[/note]]
* Music/DreamTheater - The most popular ProgressiveMetal band. Famous for their [[EpicRocking long songs]] and their immense technical skill.
* Music/DrowningPool
* Music/DwellingOfDuels
* Music/DyingFetus[[note]]Also see Music/BrokenHope, Music/{{Chimaira}} and Music/MiseryIndex[[/note]] - TechnicalDeathMetal band from Maryland known for their exceptionally low vocals and rap-like rhythms. [[VulgarHumor Yes, their name was meant to be offensive.]]
* Music/EdgeOfSanity
* Music/{{Edguy}}
** Music/{{Avantasia}}
* Music/ElectricWizard
* Music/{{Eluveitie}}
* Music/{{Emperor}}[[note]]Also see Music/GreenCarnation, Music/{{Zyklon}}, Music/BloodRedThrone and Music/{{Mortiis}}[[/note]] - One of the most highly influential Norwegian "second generation" black metal bands.
** Music/{{Ihsahn}}
* Music/{{Ensiferum}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Wintersun}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Enslaved}} - Long-running, highly acclaimed Norwegian BlackMetal band known for their [[ProgressiveMetal progressive]] songwriting and big, epic compositions.
* Music/EnterShikari - Highly famous British PostHardcore/AvantGardeMetal band, which take NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly to [[UpToEleven truly ungodly levels]] for their genre. They are ''the'' leaders of modern PostHardcore.
* Music/{{Epica}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{AfterForever}}, Music/GodDethroned, Music/{{Mayan}}, and Music/{{Kamelot}}[[/note]] - A Dutch SymphonicMetal band that combines various elements of other metal subgenres.
* Music/ESPosthumus - The EnsembleDarkhorse of SymphonicMetal. Highly notable for their film score-inspired sound and heavy orchestrations.
* Music/{{Evile}} - The leaders of the old-school ThrashMetal revival. Put together {{Slayer}} and '80s {{Metallica}} and you'd basically get their sound.
* Music/{{Exhumed}}[[note]]Also see Music/DeedsOfFlesh[[/note]] - One of the most famous and long-lived Carcass worship groups. Known for their near-constant touring and raucous live shows.
* [[Music/ExodusBand Exodus]] [[note]]Also see Music/{{Slayer}}, Music/{{Metallica}}, and Music/{{Testament}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Eyehategod}} - One of the creators of the sludge genre as well as the undisputed kings of it.
* [[Music/MasakiYamada EZO]]: The first Japanese metal band to perform outside of Japan and be signed by a Western label. Was somewhat HairMetal but could also do ''much'' darker lyrics (''Fire Fire,'' about [[TheDeadliestMushroom nuclear war's aftermath]], and ''Senso'' about the Japanese attitude toward [[ImperialJapan Imperial]] war atrocities).
* Music/TheFaceless[[note]]Also see Music/{{Cynic}}, Music/JobForACowboy, Music/{{Origin}}, Music/SixFeetUnder, and Music/{{Unearth}}[[/note]]
* Music/FairToMidland
* Music/FaithNoMore[[note]]Also see Music/MrBungle[[/note]] - Metal meets [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly everything else]]. Enough said.
** Music/MikePatton - Arguably the biggest example of ManOfAThousandVoices in the entire metal world, who sings for the above band. He's even ''[[UpToEleven more]]'' weird than them.
* Music/FallOfEfrafa
* Music/{{Fallujah}}
* Music/FearFactory[[note]]Also see Music/{{Malignancy}} and Music/SystemDivide[[/note]] - IndustrialMetal[=/=]GrooveMetal[=/=]DeathMetal band known for popularizing the one-man SopranoAndGravel technique. Recognizable for their abrasive, mechanical sound and science fiction-themed lyrics. Easily one of the most popular bands of the genre.
* Music/{{Finntroll}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Moonsorrow}}[[/note]]
* 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/FleshgodApocalypse [[note]]Also see Music/HourOfPenance[[/note]] - A TechnicalDeathMetal band from Italy with neo-classical and symphonic elements.
* Music/{{Fozzy}} - Modern metal band fronted by wrestler Wrestling/ChrisJericho. Started as a joke band, but became a true face in the metal world with the album ''All That Remains''.
* Music/{{Galneryus}} - The face of Japanese neoclassical metal along with Music/XJapan and Music/{{Versailles}}. Notable for their work on the opening and ending theme of ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}'' and for the departure of then-vocalist Yama-B, whose replacement is widely disliked for his [[AutoTune questionable singing ability]].
* Music/GamaBomb
* Music/GammaRay[[note]]Also see Music/{{Helloween}}[[/note]]
* Music/TheGathering
* Music/TheGazette - Currently one of the most successful and iconic bands in [[VisualKei Japanese heavy metal]], [[EnsembleDarkhorse despite being signed to a non-metal label]].
* Music/GenghisTron
* Music/{{Ghost}} - Deicide's lyrics plus Black Sabbath's sound equals them.
* Music/{{Gigan}}[[note]]Also see Music/HateEternal[[/note]]
* Music/GodDethroned [[note]]Also see Music/{{Epica}}, Music/{{Aborted}} and Music/{{Mayan}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Godsmack}} - The SpiritualSuccessor to Music/AliceInChains. Some call them rip-offs, and others love their heavy take on the AlternativeMetal / PostGrunge sound. Their name may or may not come from the song of the same name.
* Music/{{Gojira}} - French TechnicalDeathMetal[=/=]GrooveMetal band known for their musical precision and [[GreenAesop environmentalist lyrics]].
* Music/{{Gorgoroth}} [[note]]Also See Music/{{Immortal}} and Music/{{Obituary}}[[/note]] - One of the most infamous BlackMetal bands hailing from Norway due to the history of a major past member.
* Music/{{Gorguts}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Cryptopsy}}, Music/{{Origin}}, and Music/{{Skinless}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Gorod}}
* Music/GraveDigger
* Music/GreenCarnation[[note]]Also see Music/{{Emperor}} and Music/BloodRedThrone[[/note]]
* Music/{{GWAR}}- Long-running "Scumdogs of the Universe" who take theatricality to a whole other level.
* Music/{{Hammerfall}}
* Music/{{Hardline}}
* Music/{{Hatebreed}} - One of the top dogs of modern metalcore.
* Music/HateEternal[[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/{{Gigan}}, Music/MorbidAngel, Music/{{Nile}}, and Music/{{Suffocation}}[[/note]] - The main band of the famed producer Erik Rutan, as well as the breakthrough band for the drum virtuoso Derek Roddy.
* Music/TheHaunted - Music/AtTheGates' SpiritualSuccessor; a MelodicDeathMetal band that doesn't sound like one, but instead, sounds like a mix of {{Metalcore}}, GrooveMetal, ThrashMetal and DeathMetal.
* Music/HeavensGate
* Music/HeavenShallBurn [[note]]Also see Music/TriggerTheBloodshed[[/note]] - A MelodicDeathMetal / {{Metalcore}} band from Germany notable for their socio-political lyrics, aggressive music, distinct vocals, and for being vegans.
* Music/{{Helloween}}[[note]]Also see Music/GammaRay and Music/{{Masterplan}}[[/note]]
* Music/HolyGrail
* Music/HourOfPenance [[note]]Also see Music/FleshgodApocalypse[[/note]] - One of the pioneers of the current Italian Death Metal Scene
* Music/{{Hypocrisy}} [[note]]Also See Music/{{Immortal}}[[/note]] - The musical project of DeathMetal producer Peter Tagtgren. Notable for their dense, [[LoudnessWar very loud]], brutal death-influenced MelodicDeathMetal sound
* Music/IcedEarth[[note]]Also see Music/DemonsAndWizards[[/note]] - Highly regarded American PowerMetal[=/=]ThrashMetal band known for their frequent lineup changes and love for the ConceptAlbum.
* Music/IllNino - Latin-infused metal from New Jersey. [[NewSoundAlbum No two albums by them sound the same]]. Considered in their heyday to be one of NuMetal's best bands. They have since shifted to a more DeathMetal-influenced sound.
* Music/{{Immolation}} - Noteworthy OS NY death metal band for their slow, yet heavy atmospheric sound.
* Music/{{Immortal}} - [[note]]Also see Music/{{Hypocrisy}} and Music/{{Gorgoroth}}[[/note]] One of the poster children for the image of BlackMetal. Subject to {{Narm}} and MemeticMutation.
* Music/InFlames[[note]]Also see Music/AtTheGates and Music/DarkTranquillity[[/note]] - One of three {{Trope Codifier}}s for MelodicDeathMetal early on, but gradually gravitated towards a more AlternativeMetal style with elements of {{Metalcore}} and NuMetal.
* Music/InternalSuffering [[note]]also see Music/HateEternal[[/note]] - The most extreme, most hard-hitting, most everything tech-death band to ever come out from South America.
* Music/IronButterfly
* Music/IronMaiden - Along with Motorhead and Judas Priest, one of the most popular and influential bands of the NWOBHM (NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetal). Known for their operatic singing, galloping bass, and triple-guitar sound. [[FollowTheLeader Has spawned numerous imitators]].
** Music/BruceDickinson - Iron Maiden's singer.
* Music/IronSavior
* Music/JagPanzer
* Music/{{Jesu}} - Justin Broadrick's current project after Music/{{Godflesh}}. Put together Sunn O))) and My Bloody Valentine and you pretty much get their sound.
* Music/JobForACowboy[[note]]Also see Music/DespisedIcon and Music/TheFaceless[[/note]] - {{Deathcore}} turned DeathMetal band from Arizona. Popular among [[PeripheryDemographic non-death metal fans]]. Despite the name, they are not a country band.
* Music/JudasPriest - The TropeCodifier for NWOBHM along with Motorhead and Iron Maiden.
* Music/{{Judicator}}
* Music/JungleRot - Old-school DeathMetal band who's entire catalog has recently been VindicatedByHistory. Known for their hardcore-influenced writing and war themes.
* Music/{{Jupiter}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Versailles}} and Music/{{Hizaki}}[[/note]] - Japanese {{Symphonic|Metal}} PowerMetal band formed by the instrumentalists of Music/{{Versailles}} after that band went on hiatus in 2012.
* Music/{{Kamelot}} - [[note]]Also see Music/{{Epica}} and Music/TheAgonist[[/note]] PowerMetal band from Florida. Known for their soaring melodies and heavier sound than some of their contemporaries. Their original singer was nothing short of a DreadfulMusician, but their next two singers are widely considered to have some of the best cleans in metal.
* Music/{{Kataklysm}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Neuraxis}}[[/note]] - Canadian DeathMetal band known for their hyperspeed drumming sections. They have had [[VocalTagTeam two singers]], one who sounds like a deranged man in a mental institution, and one who alternates between demonic growls and banshee shrieks.
* Music/{{Katalepsy}} - The youngest son of Russian DeathMetal.
* Music/{{Katatonia}}
* Music/{{Khanate}}[[note]]Also see Music/SunnO[[/note]] - EnsembleDarkhorse of drone metal. Recognisable for their [[EpicRocking long songs]], their [[BrownNote feedback-heavy, noisy guitars]], strange drum patterns and [[CarefulWithThatAxe their singer's bloodcurling screams.]]
* Music/KidCrusher
* Music/KillswitchEngage - The quintessential mainstream metalcore band.
* Music/{{Knorkator}}
* Music/{{Korpiklaani}}
* Music/TheKovenant[[note]]Also see Music/{{Therion}}, Music/CradleOfFilth, Music/{{Mayhem}} and Music/{{Emperor}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Kreator}} - The face of Teutonic ThrashMetal and an ''arguable'' UrExample of both DeathMetal and MelodicDeathMetal, never mind their semi-cyclic {{Genre Shift}}s to GothicMetal.
* Music/{{Kvelertak}} - Norwegian Metal combining Black Metal, Hardcore Punk and Hard Rock influences into what fans call "Black & Roll".
* Music/{{Kyuss}}[[note]]Also see Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge[[/note]]
* Music/LacunaCoil
* Music/LambOfGod - Pretty much [[TropeCodifier the leaders]] of modern metal. Known for their sound's raw production and heavy grooves.
* Music/LascaillesShroud
* Music/LedZeppelin
* Music/LichKing
* Music/LivingColour - FunkMetal and AlternativeMetal band. All their members are African-American.
* Music/{{Loudness}}: Second Japanese metal band to be signed and tour outside of Japan, most famously so with Music/MotleyCrue. Most famous for being a LongRunner (over 30 years without a breakup or prolonged hiatus) and doing so via ''repeated'' GenreShift, [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly having been everything from HairMetal to hardcore ThrashMetal and SpeedMetal to semi-grunge to NuMetal back to ThrashMetal again to even semi-Visual Rock]]. Also known for its legendary bass players - which have included Taiji Sawada and Naoto Shibata.
** Music/AkiraTakasaki
** Music/MasakiYamada
** Music/MinoruNiihara
** Music/MunetakaHiguchi
** Music/TaijiSawada [[note]]Also see Music/XJapan[[/note]]
* Music/{{Lordi}}
* Music/{{Lyriel}}
* Music/MachinaeSupremacy
* Music/MachineHead [[note]]Also see Music{{Violence}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Malignancy}}[[note]]Also see Music/FearFactory and Music/SystemDivide[[/note]] - The dauntless underdogs of NYDM, though they have attracted more attention as of late thanks to Mike Heller's involvement with Fear Factory. Known for their devoted cult following and completely one-of-a-kind sound.
* Music/YngwieMalmsteen - TropeCodifier of neoclassical metal.
* Music/{{Manowar}} - American PowerMetal and SpeedMetal band which talks mainly about HeavyMithril. '''[[RatedMForManly They are so manly it's not even funny]]'''.
* Music/{{Marduk}}
* Music/{{Masterplan}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Helloween}} and Music/IronSavior[[/note]]
* Music/{{Mastodon}} - Popular Georgian band which started out as a [[GrooveMetal Groove]][=/=]SludgeMetal band before [[GenreShift moving on]] to a more [[ProgressiveMetal progressive]] sound staring with their third album.
* Music/{{Mayan}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Epica}} and Music/{{AfterForever}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Mayhem}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Burzum}}, Music/{{Emperor}} and Music/SunnO[[/note]] - One of the most infamous BlackMetal bands, due to the suicide of one band member and murder of another at the height of the genre's second wave. Arguable TropeCodifier for all of BlackMetal and the most famous band in the whole genre.
* Music/{{Megadeth}} - The second most popular band in the big 4 of ThrashMetal, as well as the one with the largest catalog (14 albums) and arguably most line-up changes. Known for their shred-style guitar and for [[IAmTheBand Dave Mustaine]], who also is known for getting booted out of Metallica and for his ignorant behavior.
* Music/{{Melvins}} - TropeMaker and TropeCodifier for sludge metal.
* Music/{{Meshuggah}} - Swedish [[GenreBusting experimental]] metal quintet, haven't found any mainstream success but nigh-famous in many circles for their [[UpToEleven excessively]] [[UncommonTime technical]], [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth chug-heavy]], seemingly [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly unclassifiable]] sound, and for the virtuosity of the band's founding members.
* Music/{{Metallica}} - The most popular metal band in the entire world, by far. [[UnpleasableFanbase You can't please]] [[BrokenBase their so-called "fans"]].
* Music/MetalChurch - American PowerMetal band with socially-conscious lyrics.
* Music/{{Ministry}} - The {{Trope Maker|s}} for IndustrialMetal.
* Music/MiseryIndex[[note]]Also see Music/DyingFetus and Music/PigDestroyer[[/note]]
* {{Mnemic}}
* Music/MonsterMagnet
* Music/{{Moonsorrow}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Finntroll}}[[/note]]
* Music/MorbidAngel[[note]]Also see Music/HateEternal[[/note]] - A pioneering DeathMetal band in the late eighties and early nineties. Caused a massive BrokenBase with their IndustrialMetal-tinged ''Illud Divinum Insanus'' album.
* Music/{{Mortiis}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Emperor}}[[/note]] - Initially an {{Ambient}} solo project of the former bassist of Music/{{Emperor}}, which later developed into a full band that plays IndustrialMetal.
* Music/{{Motorhead}} - The supposed creators of the SpeedMetal genre. Fronted by Lemmy, who is known for his [[RatedMForManly manly presence]], [[KavorkaMan promiscuity]], [[GutturalGrowler gravelly singing voice]], and refusal to accept his own band's genre, calling them "rock and roll". [[BerserkButton Don't tell him otherwise.]]
* Music/{{Mudvayne}} - A ProgressiveMetal band from Illinois known for using [[MonsterClown weird face paint]], EsotericMotifs, [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly unusual genre meshings]], and complex technical playing based in [[ArcNumber Arc Numbers]].
* Music/MunicipalWaste
* Music/{{Mushroomhead}} - IndustrialMetal band who, much like {{Slipknot}}, has many members and wears masks. Whether Slipknot fans want to hear it or not, [[OlderThanTheyThink Mushroomhead did it before them]].
* Music/MyDyingBride[[note]]Also see Music/BalSagoth, Music/CradleOfFilth, Music/TheAxisOfPerdition and Music/{{Anathema}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Naglfar}}
* Music/NanowarOfSteel
* Music/NapalmDeath[[note]]Also see Music/{{Carcass}}, Music/{{Godflesh}} and Music/{{Cathedral}}[[/note]] - The first ever {{Grindcore}} band. Rose to fame thanks to their song "You Suffer", which has the Guinness World Record for [[MinisculeRocking "Shortest song ever recorded"]].
* Music/{{Necrophagist}}[[note]]Also see Music/SpawnOfPossession[[/note]] - German TechnicalDeathMetal band who [[DevelopmentHell are now taking forever to write music]].
* Music/{{Neuraxis}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Abnormality}}, Music/{{Cryptopsy}}, Music/DespisedIcon, and Music/{{Kataklysm}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Nevermore}} - ProgressiveMetal band known for their cynical singing and subject matter, as well as the signature guitar playing of Jeff Loomis. Split (at least temporarily) in 2011.
* Music/JasonNewsted [[note]]Also see Music/{{Metallica}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Nightwish}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Tarot}}[[/note]] - The TropeCodifier for SymphonicMetal. Easily the face of said music genre.
** Music/TarjaTurunen
* Music/{{Nile}} - Put together brutal TechnicalDeathMetal and Egyptian culture, and Nile is what you get. Also famous for having one of the fastest and most technically adept drummers in metal - George Kollias.
* Music/{{Nonpoint}} - Powerful, hard-hitting AlternativeMetal is what they play.
* Music/{{Oathean}}
* Music/{{Obituary}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Gorgoroth}}[[/note]] - A notable TropeCodifier for DeathMetal. Characterized by their laid-back grooves and absolutely psychotic vocals.
* Music/{{Oomph}} - TropeMaker for Neue Deutsche Harte.
* Music/{{Opeth}} - Endlessly acclaimed Swedish ProgressiveMetal band known for their [[EpicRocking excessively long songs]] and [[GenreRoulette seamless shift between music genres in any song.]]
* Music/{{Origin}}[[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/TheFaceless, Music/{{Pathology}}, and Music/{{Skinless}}[[/note]] - One of the heaviest and most brutal bands in the technical death genre, in addition to having musicians who are renowned for their truly jaw-dropping ability even by genre standards.
* Music/OzzyOsbourne[[note]]Also see Music/BlackSabbath[[/note]]
* Music/{{Otep}}
* Music/{{Overkill}}
* Music/PainOfSalvation - [[GenreShift Frequently changing]] prog-metal act recognizable for their focus on precision and emotion rather than all-out technicality. Some of their albums are considered classics in the genre.
* Music/{{Pantera}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Crowbar}}[[/note]] - Either the {{Trope Maker|s}} or TropeCodifier of GrooveMetal.
* Music/ParadiseLost[[note]]Also see Music/AtTheGates and Music/CradleOfFilth[[/note]]
* Music/{{Pathology}}[[note]]Also see Music/CattleDecapitation, Music/{{Disgorge}}, and Music/{{Origin}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Pentagram}}
* Music/{{Periphery}}
* Music/{{Pestilence}}
* Music/PigDestroyer[[note]]Also see Music/MiseryIndex[[/note]]
* Music/{{Powerman 5000}}
* Music/PrimalFear
* Music/ProtestTheHero
* Music/{{Psychostick}} - A very silly, yet highly heralded metalcore band.
* Music/{{Queensryche}} - A classic rock-influenced ProgressiveMetal band, known for their ''massive'' BrokenBase.
* Music/QuietRiot
* Music/{{Rage}}
* Music/{{Rainbow}}[[note]]Also see Music/DeepPurple and Music/RonnieJamesDio[[/note]]
* Music/{{Rammstein}} - German IndustrialMetal band known for their unique sound, [[NightmareFuel scary music and lyrics]], [[LargeHam larger-than-life singer Till Lindemann]], and their [[NotSafeForWork obscene music videos.]] [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff More popular abroad than in their home country]], they also are the TropeCodifier for Neue Deutsche Harte and is one of the most popular industrial metal bands alongside Music/NineInchNails, Music/FearFactory, and Music/MarilynManson.
* Music/{{Ratt}}
* Music/{{Revamp}} - [[note]]Also see Music/AfterForever[[/note]] Floor Jansen's new band after AfterForever disbanded due to Sander Gommans having a health breakdown and a lack of passion to continue.
* Music/{{Revocation}} - One of the most talked about new bands in the metal scene. Their unusual mix of TechnicalDeathMetal and ThrashMetal, as well as [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly subtle influences from other music]], gained them rising status.
* Music/RhapsodyOfFire
* Music/RicardoIorio
* Music/RiversOfNihil
* Music/RoloTomassi
* Music/RunningWild
* Music/{{Sabaton}} - Swedish PowerMetal quintet notable for their history and war inspired lyrics.
* Music/{{Satan}}
* Music/{{Savatage}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Trans-Siberian Orchestra}}[[/note]]
* Music/ScarsOnBroadway
* Music/ScarSymmetry
* Music/{{Sepultura}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Soulfly}}[[/note]] - The face of Latin American metal. began as a straight-up [[DeathMetal Death]]/[[ThrashMetal Thrash]] metal band, but became known for their crushing approach to [[AvantGardeMetal experimental metal]] for most of their career, and for the departure of their frontman and main creative force, Max Cavalera, who was replaced by a black NuMetal singer [[ReplacementScrappy who is widely hated by the fanbase]].
* Music/{{Sevendust}} - Atlanta-based metal band who got their start in the late 1990s. Best known for their crushing riffs, radio-friendly hooks, and the unique R&B-influenced vocal delivery of [[TokenMinority Lajon Witherspoon]]. The band members are TrueCompanions.
* Music/SevenKingdoms
* Music/SevereTorture
* Music/SeveredSavior
* Music/ShadowsFall
* Music/{{SikTh}} - A [[EnsembleDarkhorse highly respected]] NuMetal band known for their chaotic musicianship and [[SopranoAndGravel dual]] [[VocalTagTeam vocal]] setup, but better known as an early pioneer of the [[GrooveMetal djent]] subgenre.
* Music/{{Sigh}} - Possibly the first BlackMetal band to form in Japan, but gradually shifted towards a more [[AvantGardeMetal experimental]] sound.
* Music/{{Sirenia}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Tristania}}[[/note]]
* 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 CannibalCorpse. 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/{{Skelteria}}
* Music/SkidRow
* Music/{{Skindred}} - The only band to ever successfully fuse metal with reggae.
* Music/{{Skinless}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Origin}}[[/note]] - StealthParody of brutal death metal.
* Music/{{Skyclad}}
* Music/{{Slapshock}} - The face of Filipino metal. [[GenreRoulette Frequently shifts styles]].
* Music/{{Slayer}} - [[note]]Also see [[Music/ExodusBand Exodus]][[/note]] A massively popular American ThrashMetal band formed in the 1980s and well-known for being DarkerAndEdgier than their contemporaries. Their BlackSheepHit [[ThoseWackyNazis "Angel Of Death"]] made them particularly infamous in the public eye.
* Music/{{Slipknot}} - One of the best-known metal bands in the world, as well as the genre's arguable public face. Known for their use of masks, Corey Taylor's distinct vocals, and for [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters having 9 members]] ([[AuthorExistenceFailure though one died]]).
* Music/SleepytimeGorillaMuseum - A mind-breakingly weird AvantGardeMetal band.
* Music/{{Sodom}}
* Music/{{Soilwork}}
* Music/SonicSyndicate
* Music/SonataArctica
* Music/{{Soulfly}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Sepultura}}[[/note]] - Max Cavalera's current musical project.
* Music/SoundHorizon - Japanese [[AvantGardeMetal avant-garde]] musical outfit known for their expansive catalogue that largely consists of {{Concept Album}}s
* Music/SpawnOfPossession[[note]]Also see Music/DeedsOfFlesh and Music/DefeatedSanity[[/note]]
* Music/SteelPanther - The other face of the HairMetal revival
* Music/StinkingLizaveta
* Music/{{Stratovarius}} - A Finnish PowerMetal band known for their soaring musicianship and dense, cinematic sound.
* Music/{{Stryper}}
* Music/{{Suffocation}}[[note]]Also see Music/DecrepitBirth and Music/HateEternal[[/note]] - One of the most important bands in death metal, as they created the brutal death subgenre and revolutionized tech by proving that you could be both technical and incredibly heavy.
* Music/SuicidalTendencies [[note]]Also see Music/{{Metallica}} and Music/{{Megadeth}}[[/note]] - Originally (and currently) a HardcorePunk band, achieved several years of mainstream success when they blended ThrashMetal and {{Funk}}.
* Music/SuicideSilence - The kings of modern deathcore.
* Music/SuidAkrA
* Music/{{Summoning}}
* Music/SumoCyco
* Music/SunnO[[note]]Also see Music/{{Mayhem}} and Music/{{Khanate}}[[/note]] - TropeCodifier of drone doom. DO NOT listen to them while on drugs. [[BrownNote It might end very badly]].
* Music/{{Sylosis}}
* Music/{{Symfonia}}
* Music/SymphonyX
* Music/SystemDivide [[note]]Also see Music/{{Aborted}}, Music/FearFactory, Music/{{Malignancy}}[[/note]]
* Music/SystemOfADown - One of the most commercially successful and acclaimed metal bands on the planet. Their music is political, funny, and unlike anything else.
* Music/{{Tarot}}[[note]]:Also see Music/{{Nightwish}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Tankard}}
* Music/{{Terasbetoni}}
* Music/{{Testament}} [[note]]Also see [[Music/ExodusBand Exodus]] [[/note]]
* Music/{{Theatre of Tragedy}}
* Music/{{Theocracy}}
* Music/{{Therion}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Candlemass}}, Music/TheKovenant and Music/CradleOfFilth[[/note]] - A TropeCodifier of SymphonicMetal, with [[RevolvingDoorBand frequent line-up changes]].
* Music/{{Tiamat}}
* Music/TokyoYankees[[note]]Also see Music/XJapan[[/note]] - The band that launched legendary [[ManOfAThousandVoices power vocalist]] Soichiro "Ume" Umemura into recognition.
* Music/{{Tool}} - The second most popular ProgressiveMetal band. They are from Los Angeles. They are.... [[MindScrew Weird]], [[SurrealMusicVideo to]] [[TheWalrusWasPaul say]] [[WordSaladLyrics the]] [[NightmareFuel least.]] Their long-awaited next album has been in DevelopmentHell for almost 8 years.
* DevinTownsend - Canadian musician and producer, known for his [[ManOfAThousandVoices vocal versatility]], strong affinity for [[RuleOfFunny humor]] and [[UpToEleven extreme]] [[GenreBusting musical]] [[MadArtist insanity]].
* Music/ToxicHolocaust
* Music/TriggerTheBloodshed [[note]] Also see Music/HeavenShallBurn, Music/{{Carcass}}, and Music/{{Aborted}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Tristania}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Sirenia}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Trivium}} - One of the poster children of recent metal, and also one of {{metalcore}}[='=]s hugest {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}s.
* Music/{{Turisas}}
* Music/TwentyDeadFlowerChildren
* Music/TwistedSister
* Music/TypeONegative[[note]]Also see Music/{{Danzig}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Underoath}} - Started off as a Christian Deathcore[=/=][[BlackMetal Unblack Metal]] group before switching to their post-hardcore sound.
* Music/{{Unearth}} [[note]]Also see Music/TheFaceless and Music/LambOfGod[[/note]] - Considered by some to be the SpiritualSuccessor to Music/InFlames.
* Music/{{Unleashed}}
* Music/{{Vader}} - (One of) The pioneers of Polish DeathMetal.
* Music/VanCanto
* Music/{{Venom}} - One of, if not the first, black metal bands.
* Music/{{Versailles}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Jupiter}}[[/note]] - Japanese {{Symphonic|Metal}} PowerMetal band well-known for their [[UpToEleven over-the-top]] [[RockMeAmadeus musical style]] and [[VisualKei image]].
** Music/{{Hizaki}} - Lead guitarist of Versailles (and too many other bands to list, including his own solo project). Known for fast, melodic guitar solos. As famous for his [[WholesomeCrossdresser fashion]] [[UsefulNotes/LolitaFashion sense]] as he is for his music.
* Music/{{Violence}} [[note]]Also see Music/MachineHead[[/note]]
* Music/{{Voivod}} - A Canadian ProgressiveMetal band.
* Music/VisionDivine
* Music/{{Volbeat}} - The leaders of modern metal, with Music/LambOfGod.
* Music/WakingTheCadaver - Slam deathcore band infamous for their violent music and lyrics.
* Music/{{Warbringer}}
* Music/{{WASP}}
* Music/{{Whitechapel}} - {{Deathcore}} with a lot more emphasis on the "death" part. Respected by most, but their haters are so vocal that it's hard to tell.
* Music/WhiteWizzard
* Music/{{Wintersun}} [[note]]Also See Music/{{Ensiferum}}[[/note]]
* Music/WithinTemptation
* Music/WoodsOfYpres - a melodic BlackMetal-turned-DoomMetal band from Canada which suffered sudden AuthorExistenceFailure just before the release of their final album.
* Music/TheWordAlive
* Music/{{Wormed}}
* Music/WutheringHeights
* Music/XJapan - Arguably the band that [[TropeMakers defined]] VisualKei and, along with Loudness, practically created the non-underground Japanese metal scene. Tied with Loudness for the second most famous Japanese metal band and ''was'' the first most famous Asian heavy metal band until Dir en Grey.
** [[Music/YoshikiHayashi Yoshiki]][[note]]Also see Music/VioletUK[[/note]] - One of the most well-known drum and piano virtuosos in metal, made famous for his compositional skill, attention-grabbing persona and, prior to a string of neck and back injuries from 1995 onwards, his extreme speed and proficiency in both the drums and the piano and, consequently, for being the UrExample of extreme metal. Post-injuries work showcases his increased focus on extreme technicality.
** [[Music/ToshimitsuDeyama Toshi]] - Known for his unique vocal tone and range, for making Rob Halford look heterosexual and possibly kickstarting the entire "{{yaoi}} {{fanservice}}" thing in Visual Kei whatever his actual orientation was, and for spending 10 years in an unhappy marriage and a [[ScamReligion religion]] that he denounced and left and sued.
** [[Music/HidetoMatsumoto hide]] - One of the most acclaimed metal guitarists ever, known for pioneering AlternativeMetal, bridging the gap between the Eastern and Western metal scenes with his side project Zilch, and inspiring the creation of the various Visual Kei spin-offs, but unfortunately known for a shocking, unusual and tragic [[AuthorExistenceFailure death]] via either suicide or [[EroticAsphyxiation autoerotic asphyxiation]].
** Music/{{Sugizo}} - Guitarist of Music/LunaSea who replaced hide post the 2007 reunion, officially as of 2009.
** [[Music/TomoakiIshizuka Pata]] - Guitarist who developed a cult following outside of Japan for his works with James Christian, and who was arguably the better guitar player technically in the early years.
** [[Music/TaijiSawada Taiji]][[note]]Also see Music/{{Loudness}}[[/note]] - Virtuoso bassist and guitarist, unfortunately also one who had major problems with alcohol and drugs and severe health issues as a result. Died in 2011, likely as a result of homicide in custody, though the official story is that he hung himself with a bedsheet. [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch With no wounds from doing so, and no autopsy conducted.]]
** [[Music/HiroshiMorie Heath]] - Replaced Taiji as bassist from 1993 to 1997, and again as of TheNewTens. A capable musician, but mentioning his name in a discussion about VisualKei bassists (or Music/HeavyMetal bassists in general) [[InternetBackdraft will]] [[BaseBreaker not]] [[ReplacementScrappy end]] [[FlameWar well]].
* Music/YouseiTeikoku - Japanese GothicMetal band, fronted by seiyuu (voice actress) Creator/YuiItsuki. Known for their contributions to several anime series and their bizarre approach to their genre. The fanbase loves them for [[{{Moe}} the]] [[MsFanservice wrong]] [[CostumePorn reasons]], however.
* Music/RobZombie - IndustrialMetal and GrooveMetal musician. Fronted the band White Zombie in the 80s and 90s. You may know him for [[Film/Houseof1000Rejects the]] [[Film/{{Halloween 2007}} movies]] [[Film/{{Grindhouse}} he's]] [[Film/TheLordsOfSalem directed]].
* Music/{{Zao}}
* Music/{{Zyklon}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Emperor}} and Music/MorbidAngel[[/note]] - Though to a lesser extent than Blood Red Throne, they were noted as a poster band for Norwegian DeathMetal.
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* Music/ThreeInchesOfBlood - A Canadian ThrashMetal and PowerMetal band. They are known for their unique vocal alteration between falsetto cleans and metalcore-esque screaming, as well as their [[LargeHam over-the-top nature]], [[RatedMForManly manliness]], and lyrics involving epic battles and HeavyMithril.
* Music/{{Abnormality}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Neuraxis}}[[/note]] - The arguable top dogs in the New England death metal scene, and one of the most famous female-fronted death metal acts. Also known as "[[SongAssociation that band that made that really hard song in Rock Band]]".
* Music/AbominablePutridity - The Face of Russian Slam/Brutal DeathMetal.
* Music/{{Aborted}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Carcass}}, {{Soilwork}}, Music/SystemDivide, Music/GodDethroned, Music/TriggerTheBloodshed, and Music/SpawnOfPossession [[/note]] - A [[DeathMetal Brutal Death Metal]] / [[{{Grindcore}} Deathgrind]] band from Belgium. Known for their use of samples and violent lyrics.
* Music/AbysmalDawn - One of the notable bands in the classic DeathMetal revival scene.
* Music/{{Accept}} - A relatively well-known traditional metal band from Germany. They are considered to be one of the precursors to PowerMetal. Best known for their hit "Balls to the Wall".
* Music/AcidBath[[note]]Also see Music/{{Crowbar}} and Music/{{Devourment}}[[/note]] - One of the first SludgeMetal bands, in addition to being well-known for their NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly tendencies.
* Music/{{Adema}}
* Music/{{Aeon}}[[note]]Also see Music/BloodRedThrone[[/note]]
* Music/AfterForever[[note]]Also see Music/{{Epica}} and Music/{{Revamp}}[[/note]]
* Music/TheAgonist [[note]]Also see Music/{{Kamelot}}[[/note]] - Canadian MelodicDeathMetal with a female vocalist with a surprisingly good vocal range. Their lyrical themes are Society-based.
* Music/{{Alestorm}} - Scottish PowerMetal band who loves singing about pirates.
* Music/AliceInChains - One of the most popular bands from the 1990s, who continue to go strong today. Possibly the only band falling under both {{Grunge}} and HeavyMetal simultaneously. Known for their dark vocal harmonies and the [[DeadArtistsAreBetter death of their drug-addicted singer,]] who got replaced with a black dude who [[ReplacementScrappy isn't well-liked]] but gains more and more rep as time passes.
* Music/AllThatRemains
* Music/{{Amaranthe}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Dragonland}}[[/note]]
* Music/AmonAmarth - MelodicDeathMetal band from Sweden. They are fond of Vikings and giant beards.
* Music/{{Amorphis}}
* Music/AnaalNathrakh - The most extreme BlackMetal band in the world. Got even more extreme as of late thanks to incorporating elements of IndustrialMetal, DeathMetal and {{Grindcore}} in their sound.
* Music/AnalCunt - An over-the-top {{Grindcore}} band seemingly existing only to be metal's equivalent of StylisticSuck. Their now-dead singer thinks [[Music/CannibalCorpse Chris]] [[Music/{{Six Feet Under}} Barnes]] [[MemeticMutation is a pussy.]]
* Music/{{Anathema}}[[note]]Also see Music/MyDyingBride and Music/CradleOfFilth[[/note]]
* Music/{{Annihilator}} - Canadian ThrashMetal band. Well, you might as well call it [[IAmTheBand The Jeff Waters Project]], but still.
* Music/{{Anthrax}} - One of the big 4 ThrashMetal bands, albeit the least popular commercially. They are named after a disease.
* Music/{{Apocalyptica}} - Metal from Finland [[RecycledInSpace WITH CELLOS!]]
* Music/{{Arch Enemy}} - One of MelodicDeathMetal's most popular and acclaimed bands.
* Music/{{Ariya}}
* Music/{{Arkaik}}[[note]]Also see Music/DecrepitBirth and Music/DeedsOfFlesh[[/note]]
* Music/{{Arsis}}[[note]]Also see Music/ArchEnemy and Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder[[/note]]
* Music/{{Artch}}
* Music/AsILayDying - TropeCodifier for melodic {{Metalcore}}, and one of the heaviest melodic metalcore bands around. Well-known for being a [[ChristianRock Christian Metal]] band that does not sound Christian at all.
* Music/{{Atheist}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Cynic}}[[/note]] - An early, highly-acclaimed TechnicalDeathMetal band who reunited after a decade-long split and now continue to tour and record.
* Music/AtTheGates[[note]]Also see Music/CradleOfFilth, Music/TheHaunted and Music/ParadiseLost[[/note]]
* Music/{{Autopsy}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Death}}[[/note]]
* Music/AvengedSevenfold - Very successful HardRock and AlternativeMetal band who made it big in the mid-2000s. Loved by their fans, [[LoveItOrHateIt hated by others]]. Known for their distinctly gritty singing and many a GenreShift.
* Music/AxelRudiPell - HardRock and PowerMetal band led by the guitarist of the same name. Notable for having Johnny Gioeli of Music/{{Crush 40}} (also known as "the SonicTheHedgehog guy") as their vocalist and frontman.
* Music/TheAxisOfPerdition[[note]]Also see Music/BalSagoth and Music/MyDyingBride[[/note]]
* Music/BalSagoth[[note]]Also see Music/MyDyingBride, Music/TheAxisOfPerdition and Music/{{DragonForce}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Bathory}}
* Music/{{Battlelore}}
* Music/{{Behemoth}} - Possibly Poland's biggest DeathMetal band. Started as BlackMetal.
* Music/{{Benighted}} - French [[DeathMetal Brutal Death Metal]] band known for their psychotic lyrics and [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly subtle inclusion of almost every form of death metal ever in one way or another]].
* Music/TheBerzerker - Industrial deathgrind from down under.
* Music/BetweenTheBuriedAndMe - [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly Highly eclectic]] ProgressiveMetal band. Was under the radar for a while, but made it big with their 2007 release ''Colors''.
* Music/BlackVeilBrides - The face of the HairMetal revival along with Music/SteelPanther. Infamous for their rabid fanbase that loves them for [[MisaimedFandom reasons]] [[MrFanservice other]] [[{{Emo}} than their music]].
* Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder [[note]]Also see Music/{{Arsis}} and Music/DespisedIcon[[/note]] - One of the most extreme MelodicDeathMetal bands to exist in this planet. Very popular among both the general public and melodeath fans alike.
* Music/BlackLabelSociety - The most acclaimed old-school heavy metal band of the last years.
* Music/BlackSabbath[[note]]Also see Music/RonnieJamesDio, Music/OzzyOsbourne and Music/DeepPurple[[/note]] - The first ever HeavyMetal band.
* Music/BlindGuardian[[note]]Also see Music/DemonsAndWizards[[/note]] - Popular and well-respected PowerMetal outfit known for their multi-layered vocal harmonies and Creator/JRRTolkien -inspired lyrics.
* Music/BloodRedThrone [[note]]Also see Music/{{Aeon}}, Music/GreenCarnation, Music/{{Emperor}} and Music/SpawnOfPossession[[/note]] - The face of Norwegian DeathMetal, along with Zyklon.
* Music/BloodStainChild - The most well-respected Japanese MelodicDeathMetal outfit. Known for their signature sound that mixes melodeath with ElectronicMusic.
* Music/BlueCheer - The UrExample of the genre whose first album, ''Vincebus Eruptum'', is arguably the first example of the genre.
* Music/BlueStahli - An electronic based [[IAmTheBand one man band.]]
* Music/BoltThrower - HeavyMithril [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] DeathMetal. Easy as that.
* Music/{{Breed 77}} - Underground AlternativeMetal band from Gibraltar. They fuse their music with Spanish flamenco and sometimes use {{Yarling}}.
* Music/BodyCount[[note]]Also see Music/IceT[[/note]] - One of the few all African-American metal bands. Brought about by Ice T's love of metal and realization that he knew a lot of good metal musicians.
* Music/BringMeTheHorizon - A popular British {{Metalcore}} band whose fanbase loves them for [[PeripheryDemographic the]] [[MrFanservice wrong]] [[FanDumb reasons.]] Wasn't very respected until they released ''[[GrowingTheBeard Sempiternal]]''.
* Music/BrokenHope[[note]]Also see Music/DyingFetus[[/note]]
* Music/BulletForMyValentine - A Welsh {{Metalcore}}/neo-ThrashMetal band known for their [[{{Emo}} emotional]] lyrics and heavy melodeath influences. Also, arguing about their "metalness" won't usually end well.
* Music/{{Burzum}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Mayhem}}[[/note]] - Infamous one-man BlackMetal outfit which served as the TropeMaker for the genre's more ambient side. [[IAmTheBand Sole member]] Varg Vikernes was jailed from 1994-2009 for the arson of three churches and the murder of Music/{{Mayhem}} guitarist Euronymous.
* Music/{{Candiria}}
* Music/{{Candlemass}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Carcass}} and Music/{{Therion}}[[/note]] - TropeCodifier for DoomMetal known for their bombastic sound and ex-singer [[LargeHam Messiah Marcolin's]] even more bombastic singing.
* Music/CannibalCorpse[[note]]Also see Music/HateEternal, Music/{{Nevermore}}, and Music/{{Origin}}[[/note]] - The most popular DeathMetal band on the planet. Known for their [[ContemptibleCover violent cover art]] and [[{{Gorn}} explicitly violent lyrics and song titles.]]
* Music/{{Carcass}}[[note]]Also see Music/NapalmDeath, Music/TriggerTheBloodshed, and Music/{{Candlemass}}[[/note]] - Highly influential goregrind group that gradually changed their sound to melodic death and influenced even more bands.
* Music/{{Carnifex}}
* Music/{{Cathedral}}[[note]]Also see Music/NapalmDeath[[/note]]
* 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/{{Celldweller}} - The most well-respected NuMetal band since Deftones. Easily recognizable with its metal/ElectronicMusic crossover sound.
* Music/CelticFrost - Claimed to be the missing link between '80s ThrashMetal and BlackMetal. Known for their dark, aggressive playing style and their NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly tendencies.
* Music/{{Charlemagne}}[[note]]Also see Music/RhapsodyOfFire and HeavyMithril[[/note]]
* Music/ChildrenOfBodom - [[MelodicDeathMetal Melodic death]]/PowerMetal band from Finland known for their NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly tendencies. Gravitated towards a modern ThrashMetal sound in recent years, [[BrokenBase much to the disdain of their fanbase]].
* Music/{{Chimaira}} [[note]]Also see Music/FearFactory, Music/DyingFetus, Music/MiseryIndex, and Music/SixFeetUnder [[/note]] - One of the most aggressive {{Metalcore}} bands. Characterized by their extremely fast double-bass drumming and distinctly angry vocals.
* Music/{{Clawfinger}}
* Music/{{Clutch}} - Very bluesy alternative metal and stoner rock band. You can easily recognize them from their old-school rock influences and WordSaladLyrics.
* Music/{{Coroner}}
* Music/CradleOfFilth[[note]]Also see Music/AtTheGates, Music/{{Anathema}}, Music/MyDyingBride, Music/{{Therion}}, Music/TheKovenant and Music/ParadiseLost[[/note]] - The most successful British metal band since Iron Maiden. Also, despite their name and lyrical themes, and vocal style, they are not a BlackMetal band, claiming otherwise will earn you the wrath of "trve" black metal fans, or at least another FacePalm.
* Music/{{Crowbar}}[[note]]Also see Music/AcidBath and Music/{{Pantera}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Chthonic}} - Taiwanese band rivaling Sigh on being the face of Asian Black Metal. Well-respected for their music. Also loved by fans for [[MsFanservice other reasons]]...
* Music/{{Cryptopsy}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Neuraxis}}[[/note]] - The definitive Canadian tech-death band.
* Music/{{Cynic}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Death}}, Music/{{Atheist}}, Music/GordianKnot and Music/TheFaceless[[/note]] - Acclaimed TechnicalDeathMetal band that shifted more towards ProgressiveRock after its second album.
* Music/DangerDanger
* Music/{{Danzig}}[[note]]Also see Music/TypeONegative[[/note]]
* Music/{{Darkthrone}}
* Music/DarkTranquillity[[note]]Also see Music/InFlames and Music/AtTheGates[[/note]] - One of the pioneers of MelodicDeathMetal. They have since gravitated towards a more progressive, baroque pop-influenced sound.
* Music/{{Debauchery}}
* Music/{{Deadlock}}
* Music/DeadByApril - [[MelodicDeathMetal Melodic]] {{Metalcore}} band from Sweden, known for their '90s BoyBand-esque musical stylings, complete with [[{{Wangst}} melodramatic]] lyrics.
* Music/{{Death}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Cynic}} and Music/{{Autopsy}}[[/note]]. The [[TropeMakers creators]] of DeathMetal.
* Music/{{Decapitated}} - One of TechnicalDeathMetal's most lauded bands.
* Music/DecrepitBirth[[note]]Also see Music/{{Arkaik}}, Music/DeedsOfFlesh, and Music/{{Suffocation}}[[/note]]
* Music/DeedsOfFlesh [[note]]Also see Music/{{Suffocation}}, Music/{{Disgorge}}, Music/{{Exhumed}}, Music/{{Arkaik}}, Music/SpawnOfPossession, and Music/BloodRedThrone[[/note]] - Up there with Suffocation as ''the'' brutal death band, and arguably even more important to the genre thanks to Unique Leader Records, which frontman Erik Lindmark owns and runs.
* Music/DefeatedSanity [[note]]Also see Music/{{Disgorge}}, Music/{{Necrophagist}} and Music/SpawnOfPossession[[/note]] - Essentially Devourment if they were led by a jazz drummer and a modern classical composer-turned-bassist. ''The'' EnsembleDarkhorse of tech-death.
* Music/DeepPurple - One of the first metal bands. They were around before Black Sabbath, but didn't play metal right away.
* Music/{{Deftones}} - The EnsembleDarkhorse of NuMetal. Identifiable by Chino Moreno's PerishingAltRockVoice and [[CarefulWithThatAxe angry pterodactyl screams]]. Gradually got more [[AvantGardeMetal experimental]] as time went on.
* Music/{{Deicide}} [[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse and Music/{{Obituary}}[[/note]] - Satanic DeathMetal band that formed in the 80s as well as one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s for the genre.
* Music/{{Delain}}
* Music/DemonHunter - Christian {{Metalcore}} that doesn't really sound Christian.
* Music/DemonsAndWizards[[note]]Also see Music/BlindGuardian and Music/IcedEarth[[/note]]
* Music/DespisedIcon[[note]]Also see Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder, Music/JobForACowboy, and Music/{{Neuraxis}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Device}} - Music/{{Disturbed}} [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] IndustrialMetal. Not much else to say.
* Music/TheDevilWearsPrada
* Music/{{Devourment}}[[note]]Also see Music/AcidBath[[/note]] - One of the first major slam bands and the most recognizable band in the genre by far.
* Music/KingDiamond
* Music/RonnieJamesDio[[note]]Also see Music/{{Rainbow}} and Music/BlackSabbath[[/note]] - The undisputed king of the classic metal sound. Died in 2010 and left behind one of the genre's biggest legacies.
* Music/DirEnGrey - The most acclaimed and well-known metal band to come out of [[WidgetSeries Japan]]. Also one of the most [[AvantGardeMetal diverse and unusual-sounding]] metal bands in the active scene. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly They]] [[CarefulWithThatAxe must]] [[SerialEscalation be]] [[GenreBusting heard]] [[SensoryAbuse to]] [[UpToEleven be]] [[HellIsThatNoise believed]].
* Music/DirtyRottenImbeciles
* Music/{{Disciple}} - One of the most blatant examples of [[ChristianRock Christian Metal]]. Easy to point out due to Kevin Young's distinct wail and highly religious lyrics.
* Music/{{Disgorge}} [[note]]Also see Music/DefeatedSanity, Music/AbominablePutridity, Music/{{Suffocation}}, Music/DeedsOfFlesh and Music/{{Pathology}}[[/note]] - An American Brutal Death Metal band known for their anti-christian based gore lyrics and highly influential nature. The majority of their past vocalists are now involved in various other bands.
* Music/{{Disturbed}}[[note]]Also see Music/ArtOfDying[[/note]] - One of the most popular metal bands in history. They started off as pretty straightfoward NuMetal, but gradually evolved into a one-of-a-kind style of metal leaning towards HardRock. You might (actually, probably) know them as the band that did "Down with the Sickness".
* Music/{{Dokken}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Europe}} and Music/{{Dio}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Dorso}}
* Music/DragonForce[[note]]Also see Music/BalSagoth[[/note]] - PowerMetal band famous for, [[ArcWords among]] [[GuitarHero many]] [[EpicRocking other]] [[RatedMForManly things]], super-fast guitars and their liberal use of [[HeavyMithril fantastic themes]].
* Music/{{Dragonland}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Amaranthe}}[[/note]]
* Music/DreamTheater - The most popular ProgressiveMetal band. Famous for their [[EpicRocking long songs]] and their immense technical skill.
* Music/DrowningPool
* Music/DwellingOfDuels
* Music/DyingFetus[[note]]Also see Music/BrokenHope, Music/{{Chimaira}} and Music/MiseryIndex[[/note]] - TechnicalDeathMetal band from Maryland known for their exceptionally low vocals and rap-like rhythms. [[VulgarHumor Yes, their name was meant to be offensive.]]
* Music/EdgeOfSanity
* Music/{{Edguy}}
** Music/{{Avantasia}}
* Music/ElectricWizard
* Music/{{Eluveitie}}
* Music/{{Emperor}}[[note]]Also see Music/GreenCarnation, Music/{{Zyklon}}, Music/BloodRedThrone and Music/{{Mortiis}}[[/note]] - One of the most highly influential Norwegian "second generation" black metal bands.
** Music/{{Ihsahn}}
* Music/{{Ensiferum}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Wintersun}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Enslaved}} - Long-running, highly acclaimed Norwegian BlackMetal band known for their [[ProgressiveMetal progressive]] songwriting and big, epic compositions.
* Music/EnterShikari - Highly famous British PostHardcore/AvantGardeMetal band, which take NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly to [[UpToEleven truly ungodly levels]] for their genre. They are ''the'' leaders of modern PostHardcore.
* Music/{{Epica}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{AfterForever}}, Music/GodDethroned, Music/{{Mayan}}, and Music/{{Kamelot}}[[/note]] - A Dutch SymphonicMetal band that combines various elements of other metal subgenres.
* Music/ESPosthumus - The EnsembleDarkhorse of SymphonicMetal. Highly notable for their film score-inspired sound and heavy orchestrations.
* Music/{{Evile}} - The leaders of the old-school ThrashMetal revival. Put together {{Slayer}} and '80s {{Metallica}} and you'd basically get their sound.
* Music/{{Exhumed}}[[note]]Also see Music/DeedsOfFlesh[[/note]] - One of the most famous and long-lived Carcass worship groups. Known for their near-constant touring and raucous live shows.
* [[Music/ExodusBand Exodus]] [[note]]Also see Music/{{Slayer}}, Music/{{Metallica}}, and Music/{{Testament}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Eyehategod}} - One of the creators of the sludge genre as well as the undisputed kings of it.
* [[Music/MasakiYamada EZO]]: The first Japanese metal band to perform outside of Japan and be signed by a Western label. Was somewhat HairMetal but could also do ''much'' darker lyrics (''Fire Fire,'' about [[TheDeadliestMushroom nuclear war's aftermath]], and ''Senso'' about the Japanese attitude toward [[ImperialJapan Imperial]] war atrocities).
* Music/TheFaceless[[note]]Also see Music/{{Cynic}}, Music/JobForACowboy, Music/{{Origin}}, Music/SixFeetUnder, and Music/{{Unearth}}[[/note]]
* Music/FairToMidland
* Music/FaithNoMore[[note]]Also see Music/MrBungle[[/note]] - Metal meets [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly everything else]]. Enough said.
** Music/MikePatton - Arguably the biggest example of ManOfAThousandVoices in the entire metal world, who sings for the above band. He's even ''[[UpToEleven more]]'' weird than them.
* Music/FallOfEfrafa
* Music/{{Fallujah}}
* Music/FearFactory[[note]]Also see Music/{{Malignancy}} and Music/SystemDivide[[/note]] - IndustrialMetal[=/=]GrooveMetal[=/=]DeathMetal band known for popularizing the one-man SopranoAndGravel technique. Recognizable for their abrasive, mechanical sound and science fiction-themed lyrics. Easily one of the most popular bands of the genre.
* Music/{{Finntroll}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Moonsorrow}}[[/note]]
* 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/FleshgodApocalypse [[note]]Also see Music/HourOfPenance[[/note]] - A TechnicalDeathMetal band from Italy with neo-classical and symphonic elements.
* Music/{{Fozzy}} - Modern metal band fronted by wrestler Wrestling/ChrisJericho. Started as a joke band, but became a true face in the metal world with the album ''All That Remains''.
* Music/{{Galneryus}} - The face of Japanese neoclassical metal along with Music/XJapan and Music/{{Versailles}}. Notable for their work on the opening and ending theme of ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}'' and for the departure of then-vocalist Yama-B, whose replacement is widely disliked for his [[AutoTune questionable singing ability]].
* Music/GamaBomb
* Music/GammaRay[[note]]Also see Music/{{Helloween}}[[/note]]
* Music/TheGathering
* Music/TheGazette - Currently one of the most successful and iconic bands in [[VisualKei Japanese heavy metal]], [[EnsembleDarkhorse despite being signed to a non-metal label]].
* Music/GenghisTron
* Music/{{Ghost}} - Deicide's lyrics plus Black Sabbath's sound equals them.
* Music/{{Gigan}}[[note]]Also see Music/HateEternal[[/note]]
* Music/GodDethroned [[note]]Also see Music/{{Epica}}, Music/{{Aborted}} and Music/{{Mayan}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Godsmack}} - The SpiritualSuccessor to Music/AliceInChains. Some call them rip-offs, and others love their heavy take on the AlternativeMetal / PostGrunge sound. Their name may or may not come from the song of the same name.
* Music/{{Gojira}} - French TechnicalDeathMetal[=/=]GrooveMetal band known for their musical precision and [[GreenAesop environmentalist lyrics]].
* Music/{{Gorgoroth}} [[note]]Also See Music/{{Immortal}} and Music/{{Obituary}}[[/note]] - One of the most infamous BlackMetal bands hailing from Norway due to the history of a major past member.
* Music/{{Gorguts}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Cryptopsy}}, Music/{{Origin}}, and Music/{{Skinless}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Gorod}}
* Music/GraveDigger
* Music/GreenCarnation[[note]]Also see Music/{{Emperor}} and Music/BloodRedThrone[[/note]]
* Music/{{GWAR}}- Long-running "Scumdogs of the Universe" who take theatricality to a whole other level.
* Music/{{Hammerfall}}
* Music/{{Hardline}}
* Music/{{Hatebreed}} - One of the top dogs of modern metalcore.
* Music/HateEternal[[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/{{Gigan}}, Music/MorbidAngel, Music/{{Nile}}, and Music/{{Suffocation}}[[/note]] - The main band of the famed producer Erik Rutan, as well as the breakthrough band for the drum virtuoso Derek Roddy.
* Music/TheHaunted - Music/AtTheGates' SpiritualSuccessor; a MelodicDeathMetal band that doesn't sound like one, but instead, sounds like a mix of {{Metalcore}}, GrooveMetal, ThrashMetal and DeathMetal.
* Music/HeavensGate
* Music/HeavenShallBurn [[note]]Also see Music/TriggerTheBloodshed[[/note]] - A MelodicDeathMetal / {{Metalcore}} band from Germany notable for their socio-political lyrics, aggressive music, distinct vocals, and for being vegans.
* Music/{{Helloween}}[[note]]Also see Music/GammaRay and Music/{{Masterplan}}[[/note]]
* Music/HolyGrail
* Music/HourOfPenance [[note]]Also see Music/FleshgodApocalypse[[/note]] - One of the pioneers of the current Italian Death Metal Scene
* Music/{{Hypocrisy}} [[note]]Also See Music/{{Immortal}}[[/note]] - The musical project of DeathMetal producer Peter Tagtgren. Notable for their dense, [[LoudnessWar very loud]], brutal death-influenced MelodicDeathMetal sound
* Music/IcedEarth[[note]]Also see Music/DemonsAndWizards[[/note]] - Highly regarded American PowerMetal[=/=]ThrashMetal band known for their frequent lineup changes and love for the ConceptAlbum.
* Music/IllNino - Latin-infused metal from New Jersey. [[NewSoundAlbum No two albums by them sound the same]]. Considered in their heyday to be one of NuMetal's best bands. They have since shifted to a more DeathMetal-influenced sound.
* Music/{{Immolation}} - Noteworthy OS NY death metal band for their slow, yet heavy atmospheric sound.
* Music/{{Immortal}} - [[note]]Also see Music/{{Hypocrisy}} and Music/{{Gorgoroth}}[[/note]] One of the poster children for the image of BlackMetal. Subject to {{Narm}} and MemeticMutation.
* Music/InFlames[[note]]Also see Music/AtTheGates and Music/DarkTranquillity[[/note]] - One of three {{Trope Codifier}}s for MelodicDeathMetal early on, but gradually gravitated towards a more AlternativeMetal style with elements of {{Metalcore}} and NuMetal.
* Music/InternalSuffering [[note]]also see Music/HateEternal[[/note]] - The most extreme, most hard-hitting, most everything tech-death band to ever come out from South America.
* Music/IronButterfly
* Music/IronMaiden - Along with Motorhead and Judas Priest, one of the most popular and influential bands of the NWOBHM (NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetal). Known for their operatic singing, galloping bass, and triple-guitar sound. [[FollowTheLeader Has spawned numerous imitators]].
** Music/BruceDickinson - Iron Maiden's singer.
* Music/IronSavior
* Music/JagPanzer
* Music/{{Jesu}} - Justin Broadrick's current project after Music/{{Godflesh}}. Put together Sunn O))) and My Bloody Valentine and you pretty much get their sound.
* Music/JobForACowboy[[note]]Also see Music/DespisedIcon and Music/TheFaceless[[/note]] - {{Deathcore}} turned DeathMetal band from Arizona. Popular among [[PeripheryDemographic non-death metal fans]]. Despite the name, they are not a country band.
* Music/JudasPriest - The TropeCodifier for NWOBHM along with Motorhead and Iron Maiden.
* Music/{{Judicator}}
* Music/JungleRot - Old-school DeathMetal band who's entire catalog has recently been VindicatedByHistory. Known for their hardcore-influenced writing and war themes.
* Music/{{Jupiter}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Versailles}} and Music/{{Hizaki}}[[/note]] - Japanese {{Symphonic|Metal}} PowerMetal band formed by the instrumentalists of Music/{{Versailles}} after that band went on hiatus in 2012.
* Music/{{Kamelot}} - [[note]]Also see Music/{{Epica}} and Music/TheAgonist[[/note]] PowerMetal band from Florida. Known for their soaring melodies and heavier sound than some of their contemporaries. Their original singer was nothing short of a DreadfulMusician, but their next two singers are widely considered to have some of the best cleans in metal.
* Music/{{Kataklysm}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Neuraxis}}[[/note]] - Canadian DeathMetal band known for their hyperspeed drumming sections. They have had [[VocalTagTeam two singers]], one who sounds like a deranged man in a mental institution, and one who alternates between demonic growls and banshee shrieks.
* Music/{{Katalepsy}} - The youngest son of Russian DeathMetal.
* Music/{{Katatonia}}
* Music/{{Khanate}}[[note]]Also see Music/SunnO[[/note]] - EnsembleDarkhorse of drone metal. Recognisable for their [[EpicRocking long songs]], their [[BrownNote feedback-heavy, noisy guitars]], strange drum patterns and [[CarefulWithThatAxe their singer's bloodcurling screams.]]
* Music/KidCrusher
* Music/KillswitchEngage - The quintessential mainstream metalcore band.
* Music/{{Knorkator}}
* Music/{{Korpiklaani}}
* Music/TheKovenant[[note]]Also see Music/{{Therion}}, Music/CradleOfFilth, Music/{{Mayhem}} and Music/{{Emperor}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Kreator}} - The face of Teutonic ThrashMetal and an ''arguable'' UrExample of both DeathMetal and MelodicDeathMetal, never mind their semi-cyclic {{Genre Shift}}s to GothicMetal.
* Music/{{Kvelertak}} - Norwegian Metal combining Black Metal, Hardcore Punk and Hard Rock influences into what fans call "Black & Roll".
* Music/{{Kyuss}}[[note]]Also see Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge[[/note]]
* Music/LacunaCoil
* Music/LambOfGod - Pretty much [[TropeCodifier the leaders]] of modern metal. Known for their sound's raw production and heavy grooves.
* Music/LascaillesShroud
* Music/LedZeppelin
* Music/LichKing
* Music/LivingColour - FunkMetal and AlternativeMetal band. All their members are African-American.
* Music/{{Loudness}}: Second Japanese metal band to be signed and tour outside of Japan, most famously so with Music/MotleyCrue. Most famous for being a LongRunner (over 30 years without a breakup or prolonged hiatus) and doing so via ''repeated'' GenreShift, [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly having been everything from HairMetal to hardcore ThrashMetal and SpeedMetal to semi-grunge to NuMetal back to ThrashMetal again to even semi-Visual Rock]]. Also known for its legendary bass players - which have included Taiji Sawada and Naoto Shibata.
** Music/AkiraTakasaki
** Music/MasakiYamada
** Music/MinoruNiihara
** Music/MunetakaHiguchi
** Music/TaijiSawada [[note]]Also see Music/XJapan[[/note]]
* Music/{{Lordi}}
* Music/{{Lyriel}}
* Music/MachinaeSupremacy
* Music/MachineHead [[note]]Also see Music{{Violence}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Malignancy}}[[note]]Also see Music/FearFactory and Music/SystemDivide[[/note]] - The dauntless underdogs of NYDM, though they have attracted more attention as of late thanks to Mike Heller's involvement with Fear Factory. Known for their devoted cult following and completely one-of-a-kind sound.
* Music/YngwieMalmsteen - TropeCodifier of neoclassical metal.
* Music/{{Manowar}} - American PowerMetal and SpeedMetal band which talks mainly about HeavyMithril. '''[[RatedMForManly They are so manly it's not even funny]]'''.
* Music/{{Marduk}}
* Music/{{Masterplan}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Helloween}} and Music/IronSavior[[/note]]
* Music/{{Mastodon}} - Popular Georgian band which started out as a [[GrooveMetal Groove]][=/=]SludgeMetal band before [[GenreShift moving on]] to a more [[ProgressiveMetal progressive]] sound staring with their third album.
* Music/{{Mayan}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Epica}} and Music/{{AfterForever}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Mayhem}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Burzum}}, Music/{{Emperor}} and Music/SunnO[[/note]] - One of the most infamous BlackMetal bands, due to the suicide of one band member and murder of another at the height of the genre's second wave. Arguable TropeCodifier for all of BlackMetal and the most famous band in the whole genre.
* Music/{{Megadeth}} - The second most popular band in the big 4 of ThrashMetal, as well as the one with the largest catalog (14 albums) and arguably most line-up changes. Known for their shred-style guitar and for [[IAmTheBand Dave Mustaine]], who also is known for getting booted out of Metallica and for his ignorant behavior.
* Music/{{Melvins}} - TropeMaker and TropeCodifier for sludge metal.
* Music/{{Meshuggah}} - Swedish [[GenreBusting experimental]] metal quintet, haven't found any mainstream success but nigh-famous in many circles for their [[UpToEleven excessively]] [[UncommonTime technical]], [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth chug-heavy]], seemingly [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly unclassifiable]] sound, and for the virtuosity of the band's founding members.
* Music/{{Metallica}} - The most popular metal band in the entire world, by far. [[UnpleasableFanbase You can't please]] [[BrokenBase their so-called "fans"]].
* Music/MetalChurch - American PowerMetal band with socially-conscious lyrics.
* Music/{{Ministry}} - The {{Trope Maker|s}} for IndustrialMetal.
* Music/MiseryIndex[[note]]Also see Music/DyingFetus and Music/PigDestroyer[[/note]]
* {{Mnemic}}
* Music/MonsterMagnet
* Music/{{Moonsorrow}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Finntroll}}[[/note]]
* Music/MorbidAngel[[note]]Also see Music/HateEternal[[/note]] - A pioneering DeathMetal band in the late eighties and early nineties. Caused a massive BrokenBase with their IndustrialMetal-tinged ''Illud Divinum Insanus'' album.
* Music/{{Mortiis}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Emperor}}[[/note]] - Initially an {{Ambient}} solo project of the former bassist of Music/{{Emperor}}, which later developed into a full band that plays IndustrialMetal.
* Music/{{Motorhead}} - The supposed creators of the SpeedMetal genre. Fronted by Lemmy, who is known for his [[RatedMForManly manly presence]], [[KavorkaMan promiscuity]], [[GutturalGrowler gravelly singing voice]], and refusal to accept his own band's genre, calling them "rock and roll". [[BerserkButton Don't tell him otherwise.]]
* Music/{{Mudvayne}} - A ProgressiveMetal band from Illinois known for using [[MonsterClown weird face paint]], EsotericMotifs, [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly unusual genre meshings]], and complex technical playing based in [[ArcNumber Arc Numbers]].
* Music/MunicipalWaste
* Music/{{Mushroomhead}} - IndustrialMetal band who, much like {{Slipknot}}, has many members and wears masks. Whether Slipknot fans want to hear it or not, [[OlderThanTheyThink Mushroomhead did it before them]].
* Music/MyDyingBride[[note]]Also see Music/BalSagoth, Music/CradleOfFilth, Music/TheAxisOfPerdition and Music/{{Anathema}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Naglfar}}
* Music/NanowarOfSteel
* Music/NapalmDeath[[note]]Also see Music/{{Carcass}}, Music/{{Godflesh}} and Music/{{Cathedral}}[[/note]] - The first ever {{Grindcore}} band. Rose to fame thanks to their song "You Suffer", which has the Guinness World Record for [[MinisculeRocking "Shortest song ever recorded"]].
* Music/{{Necrophagist}}[[note]]Also see Music/SpawnOfPossession[[/note]] - German TechnicalDeathMetal band who [[DevelopmentHell are now taking forever to write music]].
* Music/{{Neuraxis}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Abnormality}}, Music/{{Cryptopsy}}, Music/DespisedIcon, and Music/{{Kataklysm}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Nevermore}} - ProgressiveMetal band known for their cynical singing and subject matter, as well as the signature guitar playing of Jeff Loomis. Split (at least temporarily) in 2011.
* Music/JasonNewsted [[note]]Also see Music/{{Metallica}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Nightwish}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Tarot}}[[/note]] - The TropeCodifier for SymphonicMetal. Easily the face of said music genre.
** Music/TarjaTurunen
* Music/{{Nile}} - Put together brutal TechnicalDeathMetal and Egyptian culture, and Nile is what you get. Also famous for having one of the fastest and most technically adept drummers in metal - George Kollias.
* Music/{{Nonpoint}} - Powerful, hard-hitting AlternativeMetal is what they play.
* Music/{{Oathean}}
* Music/{{Obituary}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Gorgoroth}}[[/note]] - A notable TropeCodifier for DeathMetal. Characterized by their laid-back grooves and absolutely psychotic vocals.
* Music/{{Oomph}} - TropeMaker for Neue Deutsche Harte.
* Music/{{Opeth}} - Endlessly acclaimed Swedish ProgressiveMetal band known for their [[EpicRocking excessively long songs]] and [[GenreRoulette seamless shift between music genres in any song.]]
* Music/{{Origin}}[[note]]Also see Music/CannibalCorpse, Music/TheFaceless, Music/{{Pathology}}, and Music/{{Skinless}}[[/note]] - One of the heaviest and most brutal bands in the technical death genre, in addition to having musicians who are renowned for their truly jaw-dropping ability even by genre standards.
* Music/OzzyOsbourne[[note]]Also see Music/BlackSabbath[[/note]]
* Music/{{Otep}}
* Music/{{Overkill}}
* Music/PainOfSalvation - [[GenreShift Frequently changing]] prog-metal act recognizable for their focus on precision and emotion rather than all-out technicality. Some of their albums are considered classics in the genre.
* Music/{{Pantera}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Crowbar}}[[/note]] - Either the {{Trope Maker|s}} or TropeCodifier of GrooveMetal.
* Music/ParadiseLost[[note]]Also see Music/AtTheGates and Music/CradleOfFilth[[/note]]
* Music/{{Pathology}}[[note]]Also see Music/CattleDecapitation, Music/{{Disgorge}}, and Music/{{Origin}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Pentagram}}
* Music/{{Periphery}}
* Music/{{Pestilence}}
* Music/PigDestroyer[[note]]Also see Music/MiseryIndex[[/note]]
* Music/{{Powerman 5000}}
* Music/PrimalFear
* Music/ProtestTheHero
* Music/{{Psychostick}} - A very silly, yet highly heralded metalcore band.
* Music/{{Queensryche}} - A classic rock-influenced ProgressiveMetal band, known for their ''massive'' BrokenBase.
* Music/QuietRiot
* Music/{{Rage}}
* Music/{{Rainbow}}[[note]]Also see Music/DeepPurple and Music/RonnieJamesDio[[/note]]
* Music/{{Rammstein}} - German IndustrialMetal band known for their unique sound, [[NightmareFuel scary music and lyrics]], [[LargeHam larger-than-life singer Till Lindemann]], and their [[NotSafeForWork obscene music videos.]] [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff More popular abroad than in their home country]], they also are the TropeCodifier for Neue Deutsche Harte and is one of the most popular industrial metal bands alongside Music/NineInchNails, Music/FearFactory, and Music/MarilynManson.
* Music/{{Ratt}}
* Music/{{Revamp}} - [[note]]Also see Music/AfterForever[[/note]] Floor Jansen's new band after AfterForever disbanded due to Sander Gommans having a health breakdown and a lack of passion to continue.
* Music/{{Revocation}} - One of the most talked about new bands in the metal scene. Their unusual mix of TechnicalDeathMetal and ThrashMetal, as well as [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly subtle influences from other music]], gained them rising status.
* Music/RhapsodyOfFire
* Music/RicardoIorio
* Music/RiversOfNihil
* Music/RoloTomassi
* Music/RunningWild
* Music/{{Sabaton}} - Swedish PowerMetal quintet notable for their history and war inspired lyrics.
* Music/{{Satan}}
* Music/{{Savatage}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Trans-Siberian Orchestra}}[[/note]]
* Music/ScarsOnBroadway
* Music/ScarSymmetry
* Music/{{Sepultura}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Soulfly}}[[/note]] - The face of Latin American metal. began as a straight-up [[DeathMetal Death]]/[[ThrashMetal Thrash]] metal band, but became known for their crushing approach to [[AvantGardeMetal experimental metal]] for most of their career, and for the departure of their frontman and main creative force, Max Cavalera, who was replaced by a black NuMetal singer [[ReplacementScrappy who is widely hated by the fanbase]].
* Music/{{Sevendust}} - Atlanta-based metal band who got their start in the late 1990s. Best known for their crushing riffs, radio-friendly hooks, and the unique R&B-influenced vocal delivery of [[TokenMinority Lajon Witherspoon]]. The band members are TrueCompanions.
* Music/SevenKingdoms
* Music/SevereTorture
* Music/SeveredSavior
* Music/ShadowsFall
* Music/{{SikTh}} - A [[EnsembleDarkhorse highly respected]] NuMetal band known for their chaotic musicianship and [[SopranoAndGravel dual]] [[VocalTagTeam vocal]] setup, but better known as an early pioneer of the [[GrooveMetal djent]] subgenre.
* Music/{{Sigh}} - Possibly the first BlackMetal band to form in Japan, but gradually shifted towards a more [[AvantGardeMetal experimental]] sound.
* Music/{{Sirenia}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Tristania}}[[/note]]
* 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 CannibalCorpse. 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/{{Skelteria}}
* Music/SkidRow
* Music/{{Skindred}} - The only band to ever successfully fuse metal with reggae.
* Music/{{Skinless}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Origin}}[[/note]] - StealthParody of brutal death metal.
* Music/{{Skyclad}}
* Music/{{Slapshock}} - The face of Filipino metal. [[GenreRoulette Frequently shifts styles]].
* Music/{{Slayer}} - [[note]]Also see [[Music/ExodusBand Exodus]][[/note]] A massively popular American ThrashMetal band formed in the 1980s and well-known for being DarkerAndEdgier than their contemporaries. Their BlackSheepHit [[ThoseWackyNazis "Angel Of Death"]] made them particularly infamous in the public eye.
* Music/{{Slipknot}} - One of the best-known metal bands in the world, as well as the genre's arguable public face. Known for their use of masks, Corey Taylor's distinct vocals, and for [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters having 9 members]] ([[AuthorExistenceFailure though one died]]).
* Music/SleepytimeGorillaMuseum - A mind-breakingly weird AvantGardeMetal band.
* Music/{{Sodom}}
* Music/{{Soilwork}}
* Music/SonicSyndicate
* Music/SonataArctica
* Music/{{Soulfly}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Sepultura}}[[/note]] - Max Cavalera's current musical project.
* Music/SoundHorizon - Japanese [[AvantGardeMetal avant-garde]] musical outfit known for their expansive catalogue that largely consists of {{Concept Album}}s
* Music/SpawnOfPossession[[note]]Also see Music/DeedsOfFlesh and Music/DefeatedSanity[[/note]]
* Music/SteelPanther - The other face of the HairMetal revival
* Music/StinkingLizaveta
* Music/{{Stratovarius}} - A Finnish PowerMetal band known for their soaring musicianship and dense, cinematic sound.
* Music/{{Stryper}}
* Music/{{Suffocation}}[[note]]Also see Music/DecrepitBirth and Music/HateEternal[[/note]] - One of the most important bands in death metal, as they created the brutal death subgenre and revolutionized tech by proving that you could be both technical and incredibly heavy.
* Music/SuicidalTendencies [[note]]Also see Music/{{Metallica}} and Music/{{Megadeth}}[[/note]] - Originally (and currently) a HardcorePunk band, achieved several years of mainstream success when they blended ThrashMetal and {{Funk}}.
* Music/SuicideSilence - The kings of modern deathcore.
* Music/SuidAkrA
* Music/{{Summoning}}
* Music/SumoCyco
* Music/SunnO[[note]]Also see Music/{{Mayhem}} and Music/{{Khanate}}[[/note]] - TropeCodifier of drone doom. DO NOT listen to them while on drugs. [[BrownNote It might end very badly]].
* Music/{{Sylosis}}
* Music/{{Symfonia}}
* Music/SymphonyX
* Music/SystemDivide [[note]]Also see Music/{{Aborted}}, Music/FearFactory, Music/{{Malignancy}}[[/note]]
* Music/SystemOfADown - One of the most commercially successful and acclaimed metal bands on the planet. Their music is political, funny, and unlike anything else.
* Music/{{Tarot}}[[note]]:Also see Music/{{Nightwish}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Tankard}}
* Music/{{Terasbetoni}}
* Music/{{Testament}} [[note]]Also see [[Music/ExodusBand Exodus]] [[/note]]
* Music/{{Theatre of Tragedy}}
* Music/{{Theocracy}}
* Music/{{Therion}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Candlemass}}, Music/TheKovenant and Music/CradleOfFilth[[/note]] - A TropeCodifier of SymphonicMetal, with [[RevolvingDoorBand frequent line-up changes]].
* Music/{{Tiamat}}
* Music/TokyoYankees[[note]]Also see Music/XJapan[[/note]] - The band that launched legendary [[ManOfAThousandVoices power vocalist]] Soichiro "Ume" Umemura into recognition.
* Music/{{Tool}} - The second most popular ProgressiveMetal band. They are from Los Angeles. They are.... [[MindScrew Weird]], [[SurrealMusicVideo to]] [[TheWalrusWasPaul say]] [[WordSaladLyrics the]] [[NightmareFuel least.]] Their long-awaited next album has been in DevelopmentHell for almost 8 years.
* DevinTownsend - Canadian musician and producer, known for his [[ManOfAThousandVoices vocal versatility]], strong affinity for [[RuleOfFunny humor]] and [[UpToEleven extreme]] [[GenreBusting musical]] [[MadArtist insanity]].
* Music/ToxicHolocaust
* Music/TriggerTheBloodshed [[note]] Also see Music/HeavenShallBurn, Music/{{Carcass}}, and Music/{{Aborted}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Tristania}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Sirenia}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Trivium}} - One of the poster children of recent metal, and also one of {{metalcore}}[='=]s hugest {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}s.
* Music/{{Turisas}}
* Music/TwentyDeadFlowerChildren
* Music/TwistedSister
* Music/TypeONegative[[note]]Also see Music/{{Danzig}}[[/note]]
* Music/{{Underoath}} - Started off as a Christian Deathcore[=/=][[BlackMetal Unblack Metal]] group before switching to their post-hardcore sound.
* Music/{{Unearth}} [[note]]Also see Music/TheFaceless and Music/LambOfGod[[/note]] - Considered by some to be the SpiritualSuccessor to Music/InFlames.
* Music/{{Unleashed}}
* Music/{{Vader}} - (One of) The pioneers of Polish DeathMetal.
* Music/VanCanto
* Music/{{Venom}} - One of, if not the first, black metal bands.
* Music/{{Versailles}}[[note]]Also see Music/{{Jupiter}}[[/note]] - Japanese {{Symphonic|Metal}} PowerMetal band well-known for their [[UpToEleven over-the-top]] [[RockMeAmadeus musical style]] and [[VisualKei image]].
** Music/{{Hizaki}} - Lead guitarist of Versailles (and too many other bands to list, including his own solo project). Known for fast, melodic guitar solos. As famous for his [[WholesomeCrossdresser fashion]] [[UsefulNotes/LolitaFashion sense]] as he is for his music.
* Music/{{Violence}} [[note]]Also see Music/MachineHead[[/note]]
* Music/{{Voivod}} - A Canadian ProgressiveMetal band.
* Music/VisionDivine
* Music/{{Volbeat}} - The leaders of modern metal, with Music/LambOfGod.
* Music/WakingTheCadaver - Slam deathcore band infamous for their violent music and lyrics.
* Music/{{Warbringer}}
* Music/{{WASP}}
* Music/{{Whitechapel}} - {{Deathcore}} with a lot more emphasis on the "death" part. Respected by most, but their haters are so vocal that it's hard to tell.
* Music/WhiteWizzard
* Music/{{Wintersun}} [[note]]Also See Music/{{Ensiferum}}[[/note]]
* Music/WithinTemptation
* Music/WoodsOfYpres - a melodic BlackMetal-turned-DoomMetal band from Canada which suffered sudden AuthorExistenceFailure just before the release of their final album.
* Music/TheWordAlive
* Music/{{Wormed}}
* Music/WutheringHeights
* Music/XJapan - Arguably the band that [[TropeMakers defined]] VisualKei and, along with Loudness, practically created the non-underground Japanese metal scene. Tied with Loudness for the second most famous Japanese metal band and ''was'' the first most famous Asian heavy metal band until Dir en Grey.
** [[Music/YoshikiHayashi Yoshiki]][[note]]Also see Music/VioletUK[[/note]] - One of the most well-known drum and piano virtuosos in metal, made famous for his compositional skill, attention-grabbing persona and, prior to a string of neck and back injuries from 1995 onwards, his extreme speed and proficiency in both the drums and the piano and, consequently, for being the UrExample of extreme metal. Post-injuries work showcases his increased focus on extreme technicality.
** [[Music/ToshimitsuDeyama Toshi]] - Known for his unique vocal tone and range, for making Rob Halford look heterosexual and possibly kickstarting the entire "{{yaoi}} {{fanservice}}" thing in Visual Kei whatever his actual orientation was, and for spending 10 years in an unhappy marriage and a [[ScamReligion religion]] that he denounced and left and sued.
** [[Music/HidetoMatsumoto hide]] - One of the most acclaimed metal guitarists ever, known for pioneering AlternativeMetal, bridging the gap between the Eastern and Western metal scenes with his side project Zilch, and inspiring the creation of the various Visual Kei spin-offs, but unfortunately known for a shocking, unusual and tragic [[AuthorExistenceFailure death]] via either suicide or [[EroticAsphyxiation autoerotic asphyxiation]].
** Music/{{Sugizo}} - Guitarist of Music/LunaSea who replaced hide post the 2007 reunion, officially as of 2009.
** [[Music/TomoakiIshizuka Pata]] - Guitarist who developed a cult following outside of Japan for his works with James Christian, and who was arguably the better guitar player technically in the early years.
** [[Music/TaijiSawada Taiji]][[note]]Also see Music/{{Loudness}}[[/note]] - Virtuoso bassist and guitarist, unfortunately also one who had major problems with alcohol and drugs and severe health issues as a result. Died in 2011, likely as a result of homicide in custody, though the official story is that he hung himself with a bedsheet. [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch With no wounds from doing so, and no autopsy conducted.]]
** [[Music/HiroshiMorie Heath]] - Replaced Taiji as bassist from 1993 to 1997, and again as of TheNewTens. A capable musician, but mentioning his name in a discussion about VisualKei bassists (or Music/HeavyMetal bassists in general) [[InternetBackdraft will]] [[BaseBreaker not]] [[ReplacementScrappy end]] [[FlameWar well]].
* Music/YouseiTeikoku - Japanese GothicMetal band, fronted by seiyuu (voice actress) Creator/YuiItsuki. Known for their contributions to several anime series and their bizarre approach to their genre. The fanbase loves them for [[{{Moe}} the]] [[MsFanservice wrong]] [[CostumePorn reasons]], however.
* Music/RobZombie - IndustrialMetal and GrooveMetal musician. Fronted the band White Zombie in the 80s and 90s. You may know him for [[Film/Houseof1000Rejects the]] [[Film/{{Halloween 2007}} movies]] [[Film/{{Grindhouse}} he's]] [[Film/TheLordsOfSalem directed]].
* Music/{{Zao}}
* Music/{{Zyklon}} [[note]]Also see Music/{{Emperor}} and Music/MorbidAngel[[/note]] - Though to a lesser extent than Blood Red Throne, they were noted as a poster band for Norwegian DeathMetal.
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