---
title: "Metal in San Diego"
type: "Place"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/country/us/san%20diego"
city: "San Diego"
country: "United States"
bands: 54
---

# Metal in San Diego

TheMetalNet maps 54 metal bands from San Diego, United States. The local scene leans More Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal.

## Bands

- [P.O.D.](https://themetalnet.com/band/p-o-d) (Nu Metal, 1992)
- [Stone Temple Pilots](https://themetalnet.com/band/stone-temple-pilots) (Alternative Metal, 1990)
- [As I Lay Dying](https://themetalnet.com/band/as-i-lay-dying) (Metalcore, 2000)
- [Earthless](https://themetalnet.com/band/earthless) (Stoner Rock, 2001)
- [Author & Punisher](https://themetalnet.com/band/author-punisher) (Doom Metal, 1977)
- [Lower Definition](https://themetalnet.com/band/lower-definition) (More Metal, 2002)
- [Austrian Death Machine](https://themetalnet.com/band/austrian-death-machine) (Thrash Metal, 2008)
- [Psychotic Waltz](https://themetalnet.com/band/psychotic-waltz) (Progressive Metal, 1986)
- [Disgorge](https://themetalnet.com/band/disgorge-ed907db5) (Death Metal, 1992)
- [In Fear and Faith](https://themetalnet.com/band/in-fear-and-faith) (Melodic Metalcore, 2006)
- [Marco Mendoza](https://themetalnet.com/band/marco-mendoza) (More Metal, 1963)
- [Burning the Masses](https://themetalnet.com/band/burning-the-masses) (Technical Death Metal, 2005)
- [CHON](https://themetalnet.com/band/chon) (Progressive Metal, 2008)
- [CORPSE](https://themetalnet.com/band/corpse-d8e99eeb) (Rap Metal, 1997)
- [Gehenna](https://themetalnet.com/band/gehenna) (Black Metal, 1993)
- [Benedictum](https://themetalnet.com/band/benedictum) (Heavy Metal, 2005)
- [Adestria](https://themetalnet.com/band/adestria) (Melodic Metalcore, 2009)
- [Goblin Cock](https://themetalnet.com/band/goblin-cock) (More Metal)
- [Craig Goldy](https://themetalnet.com/band/craig-goldy) (Heavy Metal, 1961)
- [Stephen Pearcy](https://themetalnet.com/band/stephen-pearcy) (Alternative Metal)
- [Unbroken](https://themetalnet.com/band/unbroken) (More Metal, 1991)
- [Corelia](https://themetalnet.com/band/corelia) (Progressive Metal, 2010)
- [Deprecated](https://themetalnet.com/band/deprecated) (Death Metal, 1995)
- [Buddy Lackey](https://themetalnet.com/band/buddy-lackey) (Progressive Metal, 1966)
- [Wovenwar](https://themetalnet.com/band/wovenwar) (Metalcore, 2013)
- [Ancestral](https://themetalnet.com/band/ancestral-af12b09b) (Black Metal, 2007)
- [Ascended Dead](https://themetalnet.com/band/ascended-dead) (Death Metal, 2011)
- [Hanging Garden](https://themetalnet.com/band/hanging-garden) (Black Metal, 2008)
- [Elegiac](https://themetalnet.com/band/elegiac) (Black Metal, 2014)
- [Anal Trump](https://themetalnet.com/band/anal-trump) (Grindcore, 2016)
- [Aslan](https://themetalnet.com/band/aslan) (More Metal, 1985)
- [Catharsis](https://themetalnet.com/band/catharsis-d8c6570a) (More Metal, 1992)
- [Fermentor](https://themetalnet.com/band/fermentor) (Death Metal, 2010)
- [Mongrel](https://themetalnet.com/band/mongrel-0a4478e1) (Death Metal)
- [Tideless](https://themetalnet.com/band/tideless) (Doom Metal, 2015)
- [Eukaryst](https://themetalnet.com/band/eukaryst) (More Metal, 2009)
- [The Eternal Night](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-eternal-night) (Black Metal, 2008)
- [Cave Bastard](https://themetalnet.com/band/cave-bastard) (More Metal, 2014)
- [Sacrilega](https://themetalnet.com/band/sacrilega) (Black Metal, 2019)
- [Submerged](https://themetalnet.com/band/submerged) (Death Metal, 2023)
- [Tumulation](https://themetalnet.com/band/tumulation) (Doom Metal, 2021)
- [Broken Foundation](https://themetalnet.com/band/broken-foundation) (More Metal, 2003)
- [Colossal](https://themetalnet.com/band/colossal) (Deathcore)
- [Apocalypse](https://themetalnet.com/band/apocalypse-3b569a8b) (Thrash Metal, 1990)
- [Syndicate](https://themetalnet.com/band/syndicate) (More Metal, 1986)
- [Putrid Tomb](https://themetalnet.com/band/putrid-tomb) (More Metal, 2019)
- [Morbid Gods](https://themetalnet.com/band/morbid-gods) (Death Metal, 2008)
- [Longing and Silence](https://themetalnet.com/band/longing-and-silence) (Atmospheric Black Metal, 2013)
- [Apathian](https://themetalnet.com/band/apathian) (Progressive Metal, 2020)
- [Seraphic Disgust](https://themetalnet.com/band/seraphic-disgust) (More Metal, 2013)
- [Plaguelands](https://themetalnet.com/band/plaguelands) (Black Metal)
- [GutRot](https://themetalnet.com/band/gutrot) (Death Metal, 1998)
- [Raise the Guns](https://themetalnet.com/band/raise-the-guns) (More Metal)
- [Strangulation](https://themetalnet.com/band/strangulation-001ac9b9) (Brutal Death Metal)

## Genres

- [More Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/other-metal): 13 bands
- [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal): 8 bands
- [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal): 7 bands
- [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal): 5 bands
- [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal): 3 bands
- [Melodic Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-metalcore): 2 bands
- [Alternative Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/alternative-metal): 2 bands
- [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal): 2 bands

## Country

- [Metal in United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us)

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/country/us/san%20diego](https://themetalnet.com/country/us/san%20diego). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt