--- title: "Metal in United Kingdom" type: "Place" url: "https://themetalnet.com/country/gb" country: "United Kingdom" bands: 1606 --- # Metal in United Kingdom TheMetalNet maps 1,606 metal bands from United Kingdom, most of them More Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal. ## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence) - [Muse](https://themetalnet.com/band/muse) (Alternative Metal, 1994) - [Black Sabbath](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-sabbath) (Heavy Metal, 1968) - [Deep Purple](https://themetalnet.com/band/deep-purple) (Heavy Metal, 1968) - [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (Heavy Metal, 1975) - [Judas Priest](https://themetalnet.com/band/judas-priest) (Heavy Metal, 1969) - [Motörhead](https://themetalnet.com/band/motorhead) (Heavy Metal, 1975) - [Porcupine Tree](https://themetalnet.com/band/porcupine-tree) (Progressive Metal, 1987) - [Def Leppard](https://themetalnet.com/band/def-leppard) (Heavy Metal, 1977) - [Anathema](https://themetalnet.com/band/anathema-20aa23e3) (Doom Metal, 1990) - [Bullet for My Valentine](https://themetalnet.com/band/bullet-for-my-valentine) (Metalcore, 2003) - [Cradle of Filth](https://themetalnet.com/band/cradle-of-filth) (Black Metal, 1991) - [DragonForce](https://themetalnet.com/band/dragonforce) (Power Metal, 1999) - [Uriah Heep](https://themetalnet.com/band/uriah-heep) (Heavy Metal, 1970) - [Enter Shikari](https://themetalnet.com/band/enter-shikari) (Electronicore, 1999) - [Killing Joke](https://themetalnet.com/band/killing-joke) (Industrial, 1979) - [Led Zeppelin](https://themetalnet.com/band/led-zeppelin) (Heavy Metal, 1968) - [Paradise Lost](https://themetalnet.com/band/paradise-lost) (Gothic Metal, 1988) - [The Darkness](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-darkness) (Heavy Metal, 2000) - [My Dying Bride](https://themetalnet.com/band/my-dying-bride) (Doom Metal, 1990) - [Napalm Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/napalm-death) (Grindcore, 1982) - [Saxon](https://themetalnet.com/band/saxon) (Heavy Metal, 1976) - [Skunk Anansie](https://themetalnet.com/band/skunk-anansie) (Nu Metal, 1994) - [Bring Me the Horizon](https://themetalnet.com/band/bring-me-the-horizon) (Metalcore, 2004) - [Carcass](https://themetalnet.com/band/carcass) (Death Metal, 1985) - [Electric Wizard](https://themetalnet.com/band/electric-wizard) (Doom Metal, 1993) - [Rainbow](https://themetalnet.com/band/rainbow) (Heavy Metal, 1974) - [Therapy?](https://themetalnet.com/band/therapy) (Alternative Metal, 1989) - [UFO](https://themetalnet.com/band/ufo) (Heavy Metal, 1969) - [Venom](https://themetalnet.com/band/venom) (Black Metal, 1979) - [Skindred](https://themetalnet.com/band/skindred) (Alternative Metal, 1998) - [The Exploited](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-exploited) (Thrash Metal, 1978) - [Diamond Head](https://themetalnet.com/band/diamond-head) (Heavy Metal, 1976) - [Godflesh](https://themetalnet.com/band/godflesh) (Industrial, 1988) - [Jesu](https://themetalnet.com/band/jesu) (Post Metal, 2003) - [Orange Goblin](https://themetalnet.com/band/orange-goblin) (Stoner Metal, 1995) - [Discharge](https://themetalnet.com/band/discharge) (More Metal, 1977) - [Pitchshifter](https://themetalnet.com/band/pitchshifter) (Industrial, 1989) - [Anaal Nathrakh](https://themetalnet.com/band/anaal-nathrakh) (Black Metal, 1999) - [Architects](https://themetalnet.com/band/architects) (Metalcore, 2004) - [Asking Alexandria](https://themetalnet.com/band/asking-alexandria) (Metalcore, 2006) - [Bolt Thrower](https://themetalnet.com/band/bolt-thrower) (Death Metal, 1986) - [Budgie](https://themetalnet.com/band/budgie) (Heavy Metal, 1967) - [Girlschool](https://themetalnet.com/band/girlschool) (Heavy Metal, 1978) - [Alestorm](https://themetalnet.com/band/alestorm) (Folk Metal, 2007) - [Cathedral](https://themetalnet.com/band/cathedral) (Doom Metal, 1989) - [Sweet](https://themetalnet.com/band/sweet) (More Metal, 1968) - [Threshold](https://themetalnet.com/band/threshold) (Progressive Metal, 1988) - [Benediction](https://themetalnet.com/band/benediction) (Death Metal, 1988) - [Extreme Noise Terror](https://themetalnet.com/band/extreme-noise-terror) (Death Metal, 1985) - [Ozzy Osbourne](https://themetalnet.com/band/ozzy-osbourne) (Heavy Metal) - [PIG](https://themetalnet.com/band/pig) (Industrial, 1988) - [Skyclad](https://themetalnet.com/band/skyclad) (Folk Metal, 1990) - [Onslaught](https://themetalnet.com/band/onslaught) (Thrash Metal, 1983) - [The Quireboys](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-quireboys) (More Metal, 1984) - [Tygers of Pan Tang](https://themetalnet.com/band/tygers-of-pan-tang) (NWOBHM, 1978) - [Raven](https://themetalnet.com/band/raven) (Heavy Metal, 1975) - [Rolo Tomassi](https://themetalnet.com/band/rolo-tomassi) (Mathcore, 2005) - [Sylosis](https://themetalnet.com/band/sylosis) (Thrash Metal, 2000) - [TesseracT](https://themetalnet.com/band/tesseract) (Progressive Metal, 2003) - [Deaf Havana](https://themetalnet.com/band/deaf-havana) (Alternative Metal, 2005) ## Cities - [London](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/london): 153 bands - [Birmingham](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/birmingham): 47 bands - [Manchester](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/manchester): 31 bands - [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/newcastle%20upon%20tyne): 27 bands - [Bristol](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/bristol): 27 bands - [Nottingham](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/nottingham): 23 bands - [Leeds](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/leeds): 22 bands - [Glasgow](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/glasgow): 18 bands - [Liverpool](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/liverpool): 17 bands - [Sheffield](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/sheffield): 17 bands - [Edinburgh](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/edinburgh): 8 bands - [Belfast](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/belfast): 7 bands - [Cardiff](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/cardiff): 6 bands - [Coventry](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/coventry): 4 bands - [Rochester](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/rochester): 2 bands - [Perth](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/perth): 2 bands - [Cape Town](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/cape%20town): 1 bands - [Antwerp](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb/antwerp): 1 bands ## Genres - [More Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/other-metal): 652 bands - [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal): 148 bands - [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal): 125 bands - [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal): 116 bands - [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal): 90 bands - [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal): 61 bands - [Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/metalcore-classic): 54 bands - [NWOBHM](https://themetalnet.com/genre/nwobhm): 51 bands - [Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal): 37 bands - [Alternative Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/alternative-metal): 28 bands - [Stoner Rock](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-rock): 27 bands - [Atmospheric Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/atmospheric-black): 19 bands --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/country/gb](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt