This seems to be one of the most popular genres of music, behind rock music.
Heavy metal seems to be very popular with members of the male gender and nowadays members of the female gender as well, lol
Heavy metal: a type of music that is the most commercially successful of all music genres. It is easily recognizable by its heavy use of electric guitar. It's often heard as loud, aggressive, powerful, with lots of electric guitars, electric bass guitars, operatic vocals and thrashing drums. Some refer to heavy metal as nothing more than noise, since with some genres of metal it's difficult to discern notes, rhythm or even lyrics. Sometimes heavy metal can also be controversial and provocative in its lyrics. During the 1980s, heavy metal came under fire for accusations of making people commit crimes thanks to the Parents Music Resource Council (PMRC).
Just to let you know, you might see artists appear under more than one category. That's because they can do more than one genre of metal (i.e. Iron Maiden-speed metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal, etc). The artists who appear more than once under multiple categories are multi-genre in their music
Like rock, there are many
subgenres of heavy metal. Here are some of them
-Beginning in the early 1990s as a subgenre of emo (emotional) music, this subgenre is extremely aggressive, uses equally short songs and more often than not, the singer is screaming at the top of their lungs
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| Black Veil Brides |
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| Bullet for My Valentine |
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| Asking Alexandra |
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| A Day to Remember |
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| The Used |
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| Escape the Fate |
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| Babymetal |
-Originating in the late 1970s with the advent of the NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) movement, this specific type of extreme metal that is played/performed at breakneck speed and is very demanding on time changes, guitar playing, drum playing and can be very technical and complex
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| Metallica |
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| Anthrax |
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| Motorhead |
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| Megadeth |
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| Slayer |
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| Judas Priest |
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| Pantera |
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| Helloween |
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| Annihilator |
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| Exciter |
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| Metal Church |
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| Testament |
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| Venom |
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| Sodom |
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| DragonForce |
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| Overkill |
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| Kreator |
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| Exodus |
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| Sepultura |
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| Children of Bodom |
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| Lamb of God |
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| Iron Maiden |
-Fast, loud, aggressive music that mixes both heavy metal and punk
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| Slayer |
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| Metallica |
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| Megadeth |
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| Anthrax |
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| Kreator |
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| Sodom |
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| Testament |
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| Exodus |
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| Destruction |
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| Pantera |
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| Overkill |
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| Death |
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| Death Angel |
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| Venom |
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| Voivod |
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| Annihilator |
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| Dark Angel |
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| Nuclear Assault |
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| Sepultura |
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| Suicidal Tendencies |
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| Metal Church |
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| Exciter |
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| Machine Head |
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| Lamb of God |
-Beginning in the mid 1960s as garage rock or psychedelic rock, this type of music relies heavily on distorted electric guitars, bass guitars, pounding drums and are sometimes accompanied by pianos, keyboards, saxophones, etc.
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| Kiss |
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| Def Leppard |
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| AC/DC |
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| Deep Purple |
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| Guns N'Roses |
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| Aerosmith |
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| Alice Cooper |
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| Van Halen |
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| The Scorpions |
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| ZZ Top |
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| Queen |
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| Avenged Sevenfold |
-A type of alternative metal combining funk music and metal music
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| Primus |
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| Living Colour |
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| Rage Against the Machine |
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| Incubus |
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| Korn |
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| Jane's Addiction |
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| Extreme |
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| Clutch |
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| Limp Bizkit |
-A type of metal combining metalcore with melodic death metal and takes characteristics from both genres. It will typically include melodic metal guitar playing, metalcore-type breakdowns and vocals that can go from clean singing to growls and screaming
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| All That Remains |
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| As I Lay Dying |
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| The Devil Wears Prada |
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| Atreyu |
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| In Flames |
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| Black Veil Brides |
-Also known as hair metal, this subgenre of metal is from the 1980s. It uses creative guitar riffs and lyrics, talks about nothing more than girls, the rock and roll lifestyle, etc. The Sunset Strip area is most synonymous with the glam metal genre. Also, glam/hair metal is heavily reliant on makeup and androgyny (men dressing like women)
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| Motley Crue |
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| Poison |
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| Ratt |
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| Bon Jovi |
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| Cinderella |
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Twisted Sister
The one in red, Eddie Ojeda, is the one I like! |
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| Skid Row |
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| Dokken |
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| Kiss during the "hair band" days |
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| L.A. Guns |
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| Warrant |
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| Quiet Riot |
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| Hanoi Rocks |
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| Stryper |
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| White Lion |
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| The Scorpions |
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| BulletBoys |
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Black N'Blue
Bet you can't guess who that is on the far left? It's Tommy Thayer, who's now in KISS |
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| Steel Panther |
-A sort of alternative metal that combines the use of other genres of music, such as hip hop, grunge, funk or alternative rock. May also use instruments native to those genres, such as turntables
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Linkin Park
My sister likes the one in the center, their singer, Chester Bennington |
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| Korn |
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| Limp Bizkit |
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| Disturbed |
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| Mudvayne |
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| Papa Roach |
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| Drowning Pool |
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| Godsmack |
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| Sevendust |
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| Staind |
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| Incubus |
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| Coal Chamber |
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| Sepultura |
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| Rage Against the Machine |
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| Machine Head |
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| Chevelle |
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| Flyleaf |
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| Fear Factory |
-This particularly disturbing subgenre deals with Satan, Satanism, devil worship, occult practices, supernatural
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| Venom. Essentially the world's first black metal band |
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| Cradle of Filth |
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| Bathory |
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| Immortal |
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| Enslaved |
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| Emperor |
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| Darkthrone |
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| Mayhem |
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| Satyricon |
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| Behemoth |
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| Carpathian Forest |
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| Dissection |
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| Celtic Frost |
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| Dark Funeral |
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| Mercyful Fate |
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| King Diamond |
-A very macabre and disturbing type of heavy metal that more often than not includes lyrics pertaining to death, destruction, violence and suffering
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| Morbid Angel |
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| Death |
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| Cannibal Corpse |
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| Behemoth |
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| Amon Amarth |
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| Arch Enemy |
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| Suffocation |
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| Decapitated |
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| In Flames |
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| Children of Bodom |
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| Obituary |
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| Amorphis |
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| Entombed |
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| Dethklok |
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| The Black Dahlia Murder |
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| Fear Factory |
-This type of heavy metal often uses lyrics pertaining to Christianity
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| Lightforce |
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| Underoath |
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| Extol |
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| Vengeance Rising |
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| Demon Hunter |
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| Stryper |
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| Seventh Angel |
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| August Burns Red |
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| Whitecross |
-This subgenre takes its entire creation from strongly industrial dance music and tosses into hardcore punk, thrash metal and uses metal guitar riffs that often repeat, synthesizers and heavily distorted vocals
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| Rammstein |
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| Ministry |
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| Rob Zombie |
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| White Zombie |
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| Marilyn Manson |
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| Deathstars |
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| Filter |
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| Powerman 5000 |
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| Korn |
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| Sepultura |
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| Till Lindemann (singer for Rammstein) |
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| Coal Chamber |
-This type of extreme metal uses slow tempos, low tuned guitars and thicker or heavier sounds to illicit a feeling of dread, despair and doom that is to come
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Black Sabbath
And this was supposed to be surprising? |
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| Candlemass |
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| My Dying Bride |
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| Cathedral |
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| Pentagram |
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| Katatonia |
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| Celtic Frost |
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| Type O Negative |
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| Sleep |
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| Funeral |
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| Witchfinder General |
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| Burning Witch |
-This can cover a wide variety of subgenres in heavy metal. It's been around since the 1980s and is characterized by its overall extreme nature, fast, loud, aggressive
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| Napalm Death |
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| Celtic Frost |
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| Darkthrone |
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| Sepultura |
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| Venom |
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| Dimmu Borgir |
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| Cradle of Filth |
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| Mercyful Fate |
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| Satyricon |
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| In Vain |
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| Acid Bath |
-Combines extreme metal and harcore punk. This type of music encourages mosh pitting (crowd surfing) at concerts
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| As I Lay Dying |
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| August Burns Red |
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| All That Remains |
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| Avenged Sevenfold |
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| Bring Me the Horizon |
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| Bullet for My Valentine |
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| Lamb of God |
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| Trivium |
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| The Devil Wears Prada |
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| A Day to Remember |
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| Asking Alexandra |
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| Memphis May Fire |
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| Of Mice & Men |
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| The Dillinger Escape Plan |
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| Motionless in White |
-It strongly emphasizes use of melodic instruments and uses key features from melodic death metal. It uses melody-based guitar riffs, metalcore-type breakdowns and vocals that can go from clean singing one minute to screaming and growls the next minute
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| Amon Amarth |
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| In Flames |
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| Children of Bodom |
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| Wintersun |
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| Arch Enemy |
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| As I Lay Dying |
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| All That Remains |
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| Dethklok |
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| Sonic Syndicate |
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| Shadows Fall |
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| Trivium |
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| Kataklysm |
-Combines elements of traditional metal music with elements of speed metal and just adding a symphonic melody over it. Power metal is known for its uplifting, almost cheery beat and melody rather than the dark, doom and gloom, heaviness that other genres, like death or doom metal, might have
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| Helloween |
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| DragonForce |
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| Rhapsody of Fire |
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| Iced Earth |
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| Manowar |
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| Masterplan |
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| Judas Priest |
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| Sabaton |
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| Children of Bodom |
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| Powerwolf |
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| Fates Warning |
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| Wintersun |
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| Iron Savior |
-Originated in the UK in the 1970s. It's essentially similar to progressive rock, with it's multitude of time changes, but it's metal
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| Opeth |
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| Death |
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| Symphony X |
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| Fates Warning |
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| Mastodon |
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| Voivod |
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| King's X |
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| Coheed and Cambria |
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| The Dillinger Escape Plan |
-Combines the characteristics of metal music with the elements of classical music, such as choirs, symphonic instruments or even a full symphony orchestra
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| Nightwish |
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| Within Temptation |
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| After Forever |
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| Rhapsody of Fire |
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| Blind Guardian |
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| Symphony X |
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| Dimmu Borgir |
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| Cradle of Filth |
-Essentially coined to a time during the late 1970s where Britain saw an onslaught of heavy metal bands emerging from the pub scenes. These bands were harder, faster and more aggressive in music than the so-called "dinosaurs" of the 1970s, such as Black Sabbath, Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin. Essentially this time, nicknamed NWOBHM, is like the British Invasion of the 1970s
-By the way, the years next to each band's name is when they formed/started
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| Iron Maiden: 1975 |
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| Diamond Head: 1976 |
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| Saxon: 1976 |
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| Judas Priest: 1969 |
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| Angel Witch: 1977 |
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| Tygers of Pan Tang: 1978 |
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Motorhead: 1975-2015
Ian Fraser Kilmister, aka "Lemmy" and "Philthy" Phil Taylor-gone |
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Girlschool: 1978
They're like a female Motorhead |
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| Venom: 1979 |
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| Raven: 1974 |
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| Witchfinder General: 1979 |
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Samson: 1977-2002
Bet you can't figure out who the guy on the far left is? If not, it's Bruce Dickinson!! |
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| Praying Mantis: 1974 |
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| Grim Reaper: 1979 |
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Urchin: 1972-1980
The guy second from the left should look familiar if you like Iron Maiden! It's Adrian Smith! |
-Inspired by classical music with speed metal thrown in and using very technical playing, essentially a combination of classical music and heavy metal music
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| Symphony X |
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| Cacophony |
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| Rhapsody of Fire |
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| Randy Rhoads: 1956-1982 |
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| Children of Bodom |
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| Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow |
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| Iron Mask |
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| Nightwish |
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| Racer X. The guy second from the right is Scott Travis, currently drumming for Judas Priest |
-Combines the heaviness of metal music with the dark, gloomy environment of gothic rock
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| Nightwish |
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| Cradle of Filth |
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| Evanescence |
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| My Dying Bride |
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| HIM |
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| Type O Negative |
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| After Forever |
-Subgenre of heavy metal that takes Nordic folk songs and black metal and combines them together. Lyrics often reference Norse mythology, Norse paganism, the Viking Age and generally anything Viking-related. Bands of this subgenre will often be from Denmark, Norway, Sweden or Scandinavia
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| Bathory |
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| Amon Amarth |
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| Enslaved |
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| Moonsorrow |
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| Wintersun |
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| Obscurity |
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| Satyricon |
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| Equilibrium |
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