---
title: "Metal in Iran"
type: "Place"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/country/ir"
country: "Iran"
bands: 62
---

# Metal in Iran

TheMetalNet maps 62 metal bands from Iran, most of them More Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal.

## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence)

- [O‐Hum](https://themetalnet.com/band/o-hum) (More Metal, 1999)
- [Ekove Efrits](https://themetalnet.com/band/ekove-efrits) (Black Metal, 2001)
- [Ahoora](https://themetalnet.com/band/ahoora) (Death Metal, 2002)
- [1000 Funerals](https://themetalnet.com/band/1000-funerals) (Doom Metal, 2005)
- [Zakhm](https://themetalnet.com/band/zakhm) (Depressive Black Metal, 2009)
- [اكوان](https://themetalnet.com/band/band-38cfaebc) (Black Metal, 2015)
- [TarantisT](https://themetalnet.com/band/tarantist) (Death Metal, 2000)
- [Unperishable Fall](https://themetalnet.com/band/unperishable-fall) (Funeral Doom Metal, 2008)
- [Shivered](https://themetalnet.com/band/shivered) (Doom Metal, 2015)
- [Chaos Descent](https://themetalnet.com/band/chaos-descent) (Death Metal, 2013)
- [Parham Gharavaisi](https://themetalnet.com/band/parham-gharavaisi) (Doom Metal)
- [Urnscent](https://themetalnet.com/band/urnscent) (Doom Metal, 2018)
- [Eternal Candle](https://themetalnet.com/band/eternal-candle) (Progressive Metal, 2012)
- [Anoushbard](https://themetalnet.com/band/anoushbard) (More Metal, 2017)
- [Halla](https://themetalnet.com/band/halla) (Black Metal, 2007)
- [Bloody Sadism](https://themetalnet.com/band/bloody-sadism) (Brutal Death Metal, 2014)
- [Ramin Namdar](https://themetalnet.com/band/ramin-namdar) (Djent Metal, 1998)
- [Pooyan Ahmadi](https://themetalnet.com/band/pooyan-ahmadi) (Technical Death Metal, 1995)
- [Sabke Morde](https://themetalnet.com/band/sabke-morde) (More Metal, 2008)
- [Thy Dispraise](https://themetalnet.com/band/thy-dispraise) (Metalcore, 2012)
- [Acrovaya](https://themetalnet.com/band/acrovaya) (Progressive Metal, 2005)
- [Creation of Darkness](https://themetalnet.com/band/creation-of-darkness) (Death Metal, 2009)
- [Zaar](https://themetalnet.com/band/zaar) (Blackened Death Metal, 2009)
- [Whispers in Crimson](https://themetalnet.com/band/whispers-in-crimson) (More Metal)
- [Point Mutation](https://themetalnet.com/band/point-mutation) (Death Metal, 2018)
- [Devilhunters](https://themetalnet.com/band/devilhunters) (More Metal, 2012)
- [Varte](https://themetalnet.com/band/varte) (More Metal, 2014)
- [جوخه مرگ](https://themetalnet.com/band/band-c10e9405) (Black Metal)
- [Awoken](https://themetalnet.com/band/awoken) (Death Metal, 2019)
- [December Moon](https://themetalnet.com/band/december-moon) (Black Metal, 2022)
- [Abathur](https://themetalnet.com/band/abathur) (More Metal, 1999)
- [Ahramog](https://themetalnet.com/band/ahramog) (More Metal, 2021)
- [Ali Jamali](https://themetalnet.com/band/ali-jamali) (More Metal)
- [Alizam](https://themetalnet.com/band/alizam) (More Metal, 2019)
- [Ancient Cavalry](https://themetalnet.com/band/ancient-cavalry) (More Metal)
- [Andromelin](https://themetalnet.com/band/andromelin) (More Metal)
- [Aneraxt](https://themetalnet.com/band/aneraxt) (More Metal, 2022)
- [Arsames](https://themetalnet.com/band/arsames) (More Metal, 2002)
- [Azhirock](https://themetalnet.com/band/azhirock) (More Metal, 2003)
- [Beshenitar](https://themetalnet.com/band/beshenitar) (More Metal)
- [Broken Pillars](https://themetalnet.com/band/broken-pillars) (More Metal, 2023)
- [Cold Cry](https://themetalnet.com/band/cold-cry) (More Metal, 2008)
- [Confess](https://themetalnet.com/band/confess) (More Metal)
- [Corvoyd](https://themetalnet.com/band/corvoyd) (More Metal, 2016)
- [Forestionist](https://themetalnet.com/band/forestionist) (More Metal, 1997)
- [Garhelenth](https://themetalnet.com/band/garhelenth) (More Metal, 2010)
- [Helzgloriam](https://themetalnet.com/band/helzgloriam) (More Metal, 2013)
- [Hlmn'](https://themetalnet.com/band/hlmn) (More Metal)
- [Jawzael](https://themetalnet.com/band/jawzael) (Black Metal)
- [Koubar](https://themetalnet.com/band/koubar) (More Metal)
- [Lavizan Jangal](https://themetalnet.com/band/lavizan-jangal) (More Metal)
- [Nathorg](https://themetalnet.com/band/nathorg) (More Metal, 2010)
- [Neonscepter](https://themetalnet.com/band/neonscepter) (More Metal)
- [Pointed Mutation](https://themetalnet.com/band/pointed-mutation) (More Metal)
- [Sargas](https://themetalnet.com/band/sargas) (More Metal, 2018)
- [Sorg Innkallelse](https://themetalnet.com/band/sorg-innkallelse) (More Metal)
- [Sounds of Pain](https://themetalnet.com/band/sounds-of-pain) (More Metal)
- [Tenebrous Shadow](https://themetalnet.com/band/tenebrous-shadow) (Black Metal)
- [VitaPhobia](https://themetalnet.com/band/vitaphobia) (More Metal)
- [Warahran](https://themetalnet.com/band/warahran) (More Metal, 2024)

## Genres

- [More Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/other-metal): 36 bands
- [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal): 7 bands
- [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal): 6 bands
- [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal): 4 bands
- [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal): 2 bands
- [Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/metalcore-classic): 1 bands
- [Blackened Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/blackened-death): 1 bands
- [Technical Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/technical-death): 1 bands
- [Brutal Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/brutal-death): 1 bands
- [Depressive Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/depressive-black): 1 bands
- [Djent Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/djent): 1 bands
- [Funeral Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/funeral-doom): 1 bands

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