Explore metal bands, genres, line-ups and discographies

TheMetalNet maps 60,000 metal bands, 190,000 releases and 30,000 musicians across 86 genres and sub-genres and 170 countries — their line-ups, their discographies, and the connections between them.

• Explore the whole genre taxonomy as an interactive 3D map
• Drill from a genre to its sub-genres, bands, albums and musicians
• Follow the connections between bands: shared members, related acts, and what their listeners play alongside them
• Full line-ups, with founding members, current members and past members
• Full discographies with track listings, release years and labels
• See where a scene is on a 3D world map, by country and by city
• Rewind the map through time to watch scenes appear decade by decade
• Save bands to your own galaxy and share it as a link
• Play a band without leaving the map
• Rate bands, albums, musicians and genres
• Search that forgives accents, typos and abbreviations
• A plain, permanent page for every band, album, musician, genre and city