--- title: "Metal in Chicago" type: "Place" url: "https://themetalnet.com/country/us/chicago" city: "Chicago" country: "United States" bands: 163 --- # Metal in Chicago TheMetalNet maps 163 metal bands from Chicago, United States. The local scene leans More Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal. ## Bands - [Disturbed](https://themetalnet.com/band/disturbed) (Alternative Metal, 1996) - [Ministry](https://themetalnet.com/band/ministry) (Industrial, 1981) - [SOiL](https://themetalnet.com/band/soil) (Alternative Metal, 1997) - [Pelican](https://themetalnet.com/band/pelican) (Post Metal, 2001) - [Novembers Doom](https://themetalnet.com/band/novembers-doom) (Doom Metal, 1992) - [Russian Circles](https://themetalnet.com/band/russian-circles) (Post Metal, 2004) - [Macabre](https://themetalnet.com/band/macabre) (Death Metal, 1985) - [Acumen Nation](https://themetalnet.com/band/acumen-nation) (Industrial, 1988) - [Bongripper](https://themetalnet.com/band/bongripper) (Doom Metal, 2005) - [Veil of Maya](https://themetalnet.com/band/veil-of-maya) (Deathcore, 2004) - [Yakuza](https://themetalnet.com/band/yakuza) (Progressive Metal, 1999) - [Lair of the Minotaur](https://themetalnet.com/band/lair-of-the-minotaur) (Sludge Metal, 2003) - [Weekend Nachos](https://themetalnet.com/band/weekend-nachos) (Sludge Metal, 2004) - [Cianide](https://themetalnet.com/band/cianide) (Doom Metal, 1988) - [Harm’s Way](https://themetalnet.com/band/harm-s-way) (Metalcore, 2006) - [Usurper](https://themetalnet.com/band/usurper) (Black Metal, 1993) - [The Atlas Moth](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-atlas-moth) (Sludge Metal, 2007) - [American Heritage](https://themetalnet.com/band/american-heritage) (Progressive Metal, 1997) - [Bible of the Devil](https://themetalnet.com/band/bible-of-the-devil) (Heavy Metal, 1999) - [Broken Hope](https://themetalnet.com/band/broken-hope) (Death Metal, 1988) - [Michael Angelo Batio](https://themetalnet.com/band/michael-angelo-batio) (Heavy Metal) - [Dead to Fall](https://themetalnet.com/band/dead-to-fall) (Melodic Death Metal, 1999) - [The Killing Tree](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-killing-tree) (Metalcore, 1999) - [Wrath](https://themetalnet.com/band/wrath-bcc17168) (Progressive Metal, 1982) - [Abomination](https://themetalnet.com/band/abomination) (Death Metal, 1987) - [Sybris](https://themetalnet.com/band/sybris) (Stoner Rock, 2003) - [Damien Thorne](https://themetalnet.com/band/damien-thorne) (Heavy Metal, 1983) - [Oppressor](https://themetalnet.com/band/oppressor) (Death Metal, 1991) - [From Zero](https://themetalnet.com/band/from-zero) (Nu Metal, 1998) - [Devastation](https://themetalnet.com/band/devastation) (Death Metal, 1986) - [Cult of Daath](https://themetalnet.com/band/cult-of-daath) (Black Metal, 1999) - [Ideamen](https://themetalnet.com/band/ideamen) (Avant-Garde Metal, 2006) - [Wrekmeister Harmonies](https://themetalnet.com/band/wrekmeister-harmonies) (Doom Metal, 2006) - [Aftermath](https://themetalnet.com/band/aftermath) (Thrash Metal, 1985) - [REZN](https://themetalnet.com/band/rezn) (Stoner Metal, 2016) - [These Are They](https://themetalnet.com/band/these-are-they) (Death Metal, 2008) - [Cinerary](https://themetalnet.com/band/cinerary) (Brutal Death Metal, 2000) - [Dirge Within](https://themetalnet.com/band/dirge-within) (Melodic Metalcore, 2007) - [Starkill](https://themetalnet.com/band/starkill) (Death Metal, 2012) - [Fleshgrind](https://themetalnet.com/band/fleshgrind) (Brutal Death Metal, 1993) - [Sorcery](https://themetalnet.com/band/sorcery-339a3055) (Heavy Metal, 1975) - [Forest of Impaled](https://themetalnet.com/band/forest-of-impaled) (Black Metal, 1992) - [Kommandant](https://themetalnet.com/band/kommandant) (Death Metal, 2004) - [Racetraitor](https://themetalnet.com/band/racetraitor) (Metalcore, 1995) - [Znöwhite](https://themetalnet.com/band/znowhite) (Thrash Metal, 1981) - [Zoetrope](https://themetalnet.com/band/zoetrope) (Heavy Metal, 1976) - [Fallen Empire](https://themetalnet.com/band/fallen-empire) (Death Metal, 2004) - [Cyclone Temple](https://themetalnet.com/band/cyclone-temple) (Thrash Metal, 1989) - [Deaden](https://themetalnet.com/band/deaden) (Death Metal, 1992) - [DeepSpacePilots](https://themetalnet.com/band/deepspacepilots) (Stoner Rock, 2006) - [Slitheryn](https://themetalnet.com/band/slitheryn) (Nu Metal, 2000) - [Immortal Bird](https://themetalnet.com/band/immortal-bird) (Sludge Metal, 2013) - [meth.](https://themetalnet.com/band/meth-f8e59b3c) (Grindcore, 2016) - [Vukari](https://themetalnet.com/band/vukari) (Black Metal, 2013) - [Black Sites](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-sites) (Heavy Metal, 2015) - [Bloodletter](https://themetalnet.com/band/bloodletter) (Thrash Metal, 2013) - [Nucleus](https://themetalnet.com/band/nucleus) (Death Metal, 2012) - [Warforged](https://themetalnet.com/band/warforged) (Death Metal, 2012) - [Dead for Days](https://themetalnet.com/band/dead-for-days) (Death Metal, 2000) - [Terminal Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/terminal-death) (Death Metal, 1984) ## Genres - [More Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/other-metal): 48 bands - [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal): 25 bands - [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal): 24 bands - [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal): 10 bands - [Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal): 8 bands - [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal): 8 bands - [Brutal Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/brutal-death): 6 bands - [Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/metalcore-classic): 5 bands ## Country - [Metal in United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us) --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/country/us/chicago](https://themetalnet.com/country/us/chicago). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt