---
title: "Metal in South Korea"
type: "Place"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/country/kr"
country: "South Korea"
bands: 60
---

# Metal in South Korea

TheMetalNet maps 60 metal bands from South Korea, most of them More Metal, Black Metal, Brutal Death Metal.

## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence)

- [CRASH](https://themetalnet.com/band/crash) (Thrash Metal, 1989)
- [Oathean](https://themetalnet.com/band/oathean) (Melodic Black Metal, 1993)
- [N.EX.T](https://themetalnet.com/band/n-ex-t) (Progressive Metal, 1992)
- [김경호](https://themetalnet.com/band/band-42f019cc) (More Metal, 1971)
- [Vassline](https://themetalnet.com/band/vassline) (More Metal, 1996)
- [Xdinary Heroes](https://themetalnet.com/band/xdinary-heroes) (More Metal, 2021)
- [Zihard](https://themetalnet.com/band/zihard) (Heavy Metal, 1996)
- [Sad Legend](https://themetalnet.com/band/sad-legend) (More Metal, 1997)
- [Sinawe](https://themetalnet.com/band/sinawe) (Heavy Metal, 1983)
- [Moonshine](https://themetalnet.com/band/moonshine) (More Metal, 1996)
- [Dark Mirror ov Tragedy](https://themetalnet.com/band/dark-mirror-ov-tragedy) (Black Metal, 2003)
- [폐허](https://themetalnet.com/band/band-2b8123ff) (More Metal, 2001)
- [Holymarsh](https://themetalnet.com/band/holymarsh) (More Metal, 2000)
- [Yellow Monsters](https://themetalnet.com/band/yellow-monsters) (More Metal, 2010)
- [Necramyth](https://themetalnet.com/band/necramyth) (More Metal, 2001)
- [Kvell](https://themetalnet.com/band/kvell) (Black Metal, 2000)
- [Madmans Esprit](https://themetalnet.com/band/madmans-esprit) (Depressive Black Metal)
- [Ishtar](https://themetalnet.com/band/ishtar-1408115b) (More Metal, 2005)
- [Ji-In Cho](https://themetalnet.com/band/ji-in-cho) (More Metal, 1976)
- [Terrormight](https://themetalnet.com/band/terrormight) (Melodic Death Metal, 2006)
- [Svedhous](https://themetalnet.com/band/svedhous) (Depressive Black Metal, 2005)
- [Remnants of the Fallen](https://themetalnet.com/band/remnants-of-the-fallen) (More Metal, 2009)
- [Dark Ambition](https://themetalnet.com/band/dark-ambition) (More Metal, 2002)
- [DIABLO](https://themetalnet.com/band/diablo-f034e74d) (More Metal, 1993)
- [Sahon](https://themetalnet.com/band/sahon) (More Metal, 1999)
- [Crow](https://themetalnet.com/band/crow) (Nu Metal, 1995)
- [GAWTHROP](https://themetalnet.com/band/gawthrop) (Sludge Metal, 2018)
- [Visceral Explosion](https://themetalnet.com/band/visceral-explosion) (Brutal Death Metal, 2020)
- [Kalpa](https://themetalnet.com/band/kalpa-f77d006d) (More Metal, 1996)
- [Apparition](https://themetalnet.com/band/apparition-345d12cd) (Black Metal)
- [Nocturnal Damnation](https://themetalnet.com/band/nocturnal-damnation) (More Metal, 2010)
- [The Crescents](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-crescents) (More Metal, 2004)
- [Pritz](https://themetalnet.com/band/pritz) (Kawaii Metal, 2014)
- [厄鬼](https://themetalnet.com/band/band-27299a80) (Black Metal, 2009)
- [Kryphos](https://themetalnet.com/band/kryphos) (More Metal, 2010)
- [Lee Hyun Suk](https://themetalnet.com/band/lee-hyun-suk) (More Metal, 1991)
- [IVITs](https://themetalnet.com/band/ivits) (Alternative Metal)
- [Imoned](https://themetalnet.com/band/imoned) (More Metal, 1997)
- [Adokhsiny](https://themetalnet.com/band/adokhsiny) (More Metal)
- [Darkness House](https://themetalnet.com/band/darkness-house) (More Metal, 1990)
- [Shadows of Black Candlelight](https://themetalnet.com/band/shadows-of-black-candlelight) (Black Metal)
- [Dehumanizing Encephalectomy](https://themetalnet.com/band/dehumanizing-encephalectomy) (Brutal Death Metal)
- [Origin of Plague](https://themetalnet.com/band/origin-of-plague) (Black Metal)
- [Pariah](https://themetalnet.com/band/pariah-18ce16f6) (Black Metal, 2011)
- [El Patron](https://themetalnet.com/band/el-patron) (More Metal, 2001)
- [Deep Forest](https://themetalnet.com/band/deep-forest) (More Metal, 2008)
- [Dissektist](https://themetalnet.com/band/dissektist) (Deathgrind, 2012)
- [Spit on My Tomb](https://themetalnet.com/band/spit-on-my-tomb) (More Metal, 2016)
- [Fay Away Sad Dream](https://themetalnet.com/band/fay-away-sad-dream) (More Metal)
- [Skald](https://themetalnet.com/band/skald-9f05c975) (More Metal)
- [Catatonic Revulsion](https://themetalnet.com/band/catatonic-revulsion) (Brutal Death Metal)
- [Valley of the Headless](https://themetalnet.com/band/valley-of-the-headless) (More Metal, 2016)
- [Wooden Lucy](https://themetalnet.com/band/wooden-lucy) (Stoner Rock)
- [Xenotropic Mutation](https://themetalnet.com/band/xenotropic-mutation) (More Metal)
- [To My Last Breath](https://themetalnet.com/band/to-my-last-breath) (More Metal, 2007)
- [Deathrasher](https://themetalnet.com/band/deathrasher) (More Metal, 1993)
- [Eve](https://themetalnet.com/band/eve) (More Metal)
- [Houkago Warfare](https://themetalnet.com/band/houkago-warfare) (More Metal)
- [Malakh](https://themetalnet.com/band/malakh) (More Metal)
- [W‪arped S‪avior](https://themetalnet.com/band/w-arped-s-avior) (More Metal)

## Cities

- [Seoul](https://themetalnet.com/country/kr/seoul): 18 bands

## Genres

- [More Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/other-metal): 36 bands
- [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal): 7 bands
- [Brutal Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/brutal-death): 3 bands
- [Depressive Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/depressive-black): 2 bands
- [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal): 2 bands
- [Nu Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/nu-metal): 1 bands
- [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal): 1 bands
- [Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/sludge-metal): 1 bands
- [Stoner Rock](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-rock): 1 bands
- [Alternative Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/alternative-metal): 1 bands
- [Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal): 1 bands
- [Deathgrind](https://themetalnet.com/genre/deathgrind): 1 bands

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