---
title: "Metal in France"
type: "Place"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/country/fr"
country: "France"
bands: 1554
---

# Metal in France

TheMetalNet maps 1,554 metal bands from France, most of them More Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal.

## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence)

- [Gojira](https://themetalnet.com/band/gojira) (Progressive Metal, 1996)
- [Blut aus Nord](https://themetalnet.com/band/blut-aus-nord) (Black Metal, 1994)
- [Alcest](https://themetalnet.com/band/alcest) (Blackgaze, 2000)
- [Deathspell Omega](https://themetalnet.com/band/deathspell-omega) (Black Metal, 1998)
- [Dagoba](https://themetalnet.com/band/dagoba) (Groove Metal, 1997)
- [Trust](https://themetalnet.com/band/trust) (Heavy Metal, 1977)
- [Benighted](https://themetalnet.com/band/benighted) (Death Metal, 1998)
- [Igorrr](https://themetalnet.com/band/igorrr) (Death Metal, 1984)
- [Dark Sanctuary](https://themetalnet.com/band/dark-sanctuary) (More Metal, 1996)
- [Gorod](https://themetalnet.com/band/gorod) (Death Metal, 1997)
- [Peste Noire](https://themetalnet.com/band/peste-noire) (Black Metal, 2001)
- [The Algorithm](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-algorithm) (Progressive Metal, 1989)
- [Elend](https://themetalnet.com/band/elend) (More Metal, 1993)
- [Klone](https://themetalnet.com/band/klone) (Progressive Metal, 1995)
- [Les Discrets](https://themetalnet.com/band/les-discrets) (Blackgaze, 2003)
- [Mütiilation](https://themetalnet.com/band/mutiilation) (Black Metal, 1991)
- [Ad Hominem](https://themetalnet.com/band/ad-hominem) (Black Metal, 1998)
- [Mass Hysteria](https://themetalnet.com/band/mass-hysteria) (Nu Metal, 1993)
- [Nocturnal Depression](https://themetalnet.com/band/nocturnal-depression) (Black Metal, 2004)
- [Shaka Ponk](https://themetalnet.com/band/shaka-ponk) (Alternative Metal, 2004)
- [Black Bomb A](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-bomb-a) (Metalcore, 1995)
- [Misanthrope](https://themetalnet.com/band/misanthrope) (More Metal, 1989)
- [No One Is Innocent](https://themetalnet.com/band/no-one-is-innocent) (Alternative Metal, 1994)
- [Penumbra](https://themetalnet.com/band/penumbra) (Gothic Metal, 1996)
- [Antaeus](https://themetalnet.com/band/antaeus) (Black Metal, 1993)
- [Eths](https://themetalnet.com/band/eths) (More Metal, 1999)
- [Celeste](https://themetalnet.com/band/celeste) (Black Metal, 2005)
- [Destinity](https://themetalnet.com/band/destinity) (Melodic Death Metal, 1996)
- [Heavenly](https://themetalnet.com/band/heavenly) (Power Metal, 1994)
- [The Old Dead Tree](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-old-dead-tree) (Progressive Metal, 1997)
- [Fairyland](https://themetalnet.com/band/fairyland) (Power Metal, 1998)
- [Glorior Belli](https://themetalnet.com/band/glorior-belli) (Black Metal, 2002)
- [Loudblast](https://themetalnet.com/band/loudblast) (Thrash Metal, 1986)
- [Stille Volk](https://themetalnet.com/band/stille-volk) (More Metal, 1994)
- [Belenos](https://themetalnet.com/band/belenos) (Black Metal, 1995)
- [Celestia](https://themetalnet.com/band/celestia-6a7876b1) (Black Metal, 1995)
- [Dirge](https://themetalnet.com/band/dirge) (Sludge Metal, 1994)
- [Lethian Dreams](https://themetalnet.com/band/lethian-dreams) (Doom Metal, 2002)
- [Mars Red Sky](https://themetalnet.com/band/mars-red-sky) (Stoner Rock, 2007)
- [Monolithe](https://themetalnet.com/band/monolithe) (Doom Metal, 2001)
- [Nuit Noire](https://themetalnet.com/band/nuit-noire) (Black Metal, 1997)
- [Temple of Baal](https://themetalnet.com/band/temple-of-baal) (Black Metal, 1998)
- [Treponem Pal](https://themetalnet.com/band/treponem-pal) (Industrial, 1989)
- [ADX](https://themetalnet.com/band/adx) (Heavy Metal, 1982)
- [AqME](https://themetalnet.com/band/aqme) (Nu Metal, 1999)
- [Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!](https://themetalnet.com/band/chunk-no-captain-chunk) (Metalcore, 2008)
- [No Return](https://themetalnet.com/band/no-return) (Death Metal, 1989)
- [Ataraxie](https://themetalnet.com/band/ataraxie) (Doom Metal, 2000)
- [Carcariass](https://themetalnet.com/band/carcariass) (Death Metal, 1991)
- [Eilera](https://themetalnet.com/band/eilera) (Gothic Metal, 2000)
- [Lonewolf](https://themetalnet.com/band/lonewolf) (Power Metal, 1991)
- [Merrimack](https://themetalnet.com/band/merrimack) (Black Metal, 1994)
- [Seth](https://themetalnet.com/band/seth) (Black Metal, 1996)
- [Adagio](https://themetalnet.com/band/adagio-e6842e30) (Progressive Metal, 1999)
- [Agressor](https://themetalnet.com/band/agressor) (Death Metal, 1986)
- [Betraying the Martyrs](https://themetalnet.com/band/betraying-the-martyrs) (Metalcore, 2008)
- [Hacride](https://themetalnet.com/band/hacride) (Progressive Metal, 2001)
- [Himinbjorg](https://themetalnet.com/band/himinbjorg) (Black Metal, 1996)
- [Killers](https://themetalnet.com/band/killers) (Heavy Metal, 1982)
- [Kronos](https://themetalnet.com/band/kronos) (Brutal Death Metal, 1994)

## Cities

- [Paris](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr/paris): 130 bands
- [Lyon](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr/lyon): 33 bands
- [Toulouse](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr/toulouse): 23 bands
- [Marseille](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr/marseille): 22 bands
- [Grenoble](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr/grenoble): 21 bands
- [Nantes](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr/nantes): 19 bands
- [Bordeaux](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr/bordeaux): 19 bands
- [Lille](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr/lille): 18 bands
- [Montreal](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr/montreal): 1 bands

## Genres

- [More Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/other-metal): 703 bands
- [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal): 314 bands
- [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal): 101 bands
- [Stoner Rock](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-rock): 47 bands
- [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal): 47 bands
- [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal): 44 bands
- [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal): 38 bands
- [Atmospheric Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/atmospheric-black): 19 bands
- [Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal): 17 bands
- [Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/metalcore-classic): 17 bands
- [Power Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/power-metal): 16 bands
- [Nu Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/nu-metal): 15 bands

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/country/fr](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt