--- title: "Metal in San Francisco" type: "Place" url: "https://themetalnet.com/country/us/san%20francisco" city: "San Francisco" country: "United States" bands: 101 --- # Metal in San Francisco TheMetalNet maps 101 metal bands from San Francisco, United States. The local scene leans More Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal. ## Bands - [Faith No More](https://themetalnet.com/band/faith-no-more) (Alternative Metal, 1983) - [Night Ranger](https://themetalnet.com/band/night-ranger) (More Metal, 1979) - [Blue Cheer](https://themetalnet.com/band/blue-cheer) (Heavy Metal, 1966) - [Death Angel](https://themetalnet.com/band/death-angel) (Thrash Metal, 1982) - [Metal Church](https://themetalnet.com/band/metal-church) (Heavy Metal, 1980) - [Acid King](https://themetalnet.com/band/acid-king) (Stoner Metal, 1993) - [Fantômas](https://themetalnet.com/band/fantomas) (Avant-Garde Metal, 1998) - [Om](https://themetalnet.com/band/om) (Stoner Metal, 2003) - [Flipper](https://themetalnet.com/band/flipper) (Sludge Metal, 1979) - [Enchant](https://themetalnet.com/band/enchant) (More Metal, 1989) - [First Blood](https://themetalnet.com/band/first-blood) (Metalcore, 2002) - [Possessed](https://themetalnet.com/band/possessed) (Death Metal, 1983) - [Steve von Till](https://themetalnet.com/band/steve-von-till) (More Metal, 1969) - [Black Cobra](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-cobra) (Doom Metal, 2002) - [Skinlab](https://themetalnet.com/band/skinlab) (Metalcore, 1994) - [Vain](https://themetalnet.com/band/vain) (Heavy Metal, 1986) - [Deafheaven](https://themetalnet.com/band/deafheaven) (Blackgaze, 2010) - [Light This City](https://themetalnet.com/band/light-this-city) (Melodic Death Metal, 2002) - [Magellan](https://themetalnet.com/band/magellan) (More Metal, 1985) - [Hammers of Misfortune](https://themetalnet.com/band/hammers-of-misfortune) (Progressive Metal, 2000) - [Kirk Hammett](https://themetalnet.com/band/kirk-hammett) (Heavy Metal, 1962) - [Babylon A.D.](https://themetalnet.com/band/babylon-a-d) (More Metal, 1988) - [Orchid](https://themetalnet.com/band/orchid) (Doom Metal, 2007) - [Fallujah](https://themetalnet.com/band/fallujah) (Death Metal, 2007) - [Grayceon](https://themetalnet.com/band/grayceon) (Progressive Metal, 2005) - [Botanist](https://themetalnet.com/band/botanist) (Black Metal, 2009) - [Hexx](https://themetalnet.com/band/hexx) (Death Metal, 1983) - [Odious Mortem](https://themetalnet.com/band/odious-mortem) (Death Metal, 1998) - [Severed Savior](https://themetalnet.com/band/severed-savior) (Death Metal, 1999) - [Animosity](https://themetalnet.com/band/animosity) (Deathcore, 2000) - [Dragonlord](https://themetalnet.com/band/dragonlord) (Symphonic Black Metal, 2000) - [Turn Me On Dead Man](https://themetalnet.com/band/turn-me-on-dead-man) (Stoner Rock, 2000) - [Airs](https://themetalnet.com/band/airs) (Black Metal, 2009) - [Ludicra](https://themetalnet.com/band/ludicra) (Black Metal, 1998) - [Shrinebuilder](https://themetalnet.com/band/shrinebuilder) (Doom Metal, 2008) - [Acephalix](https://themetalnet.com/band/acephalix) (Death Metal, 2007) - [Bosse‐de‐Nage](https://themetalnet.com/band/bosse-de-nage) (Black Metal, 2006) - [Griffin](https://themetalnet.com/band/griffin) (Power Metal, 1980) - [Hatchet](https://themetalnet.com/band/hatchet) (Thrash Metal, 2006) - [King Woman](https://themetalnet.com/band/king-woman) (Doom Metal, 2009) - [Lascowiec](https://themetalnet.com/band/lascowiec) (Black Metal, 2006) - [Ulysses Siren](https://themetalnet.com/band/ulysses-siren) (Thrash Metal, 1983) - [Worm Ouroboros](https://themetalnet.com/band/worm-ouroboros) (Post Metal, 2007) - [Antagony](https://themetalnet.com/band/antagony) (More Metal, 1999) - [Cacophony](https://themetalnet.com/band/cacophony) (Neoclassical Metal, 1986) - [Insanity](https://themetalnet.com/band/insanity) (Death Metal, 1985) - [Trauma](https://themetalnet.com/band/trauma-09dec2be) (Speed Metal, 1981) - [Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound](https://themetalnet.com/band/assemble-head-in-sunburst-sound) (Stoner Metal) - [The Gault](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-gault) (More Metal, 1998) - [Crebain](https://themetalnet.com/band/crebain) (Black Metal, 2003) - [Attitude Adjustment](https://themetalnet.com/band/attitude-adjustment) (Thrash Metal) - [Alleycat Scratch](https://themetalnet.com/band/alleycat-scratch) (More Metal, 1989) - [Grotus](https://themetalnet.com/band/grotus) (Industrial, 1989) - [The Cutthroats 9](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-cutthroats-9) (Sludge Metal, 2000) - [Weakling](https://themetalnet.com/band/weakling) (Black Metal, 1997) - [Dispirit](https://themetalnet.com/band/dispirit) (Doom Metal, 2000) - [Kerasphorus](https://themetalnet.com/band/kerasphorus) (Black Metal, 2009) - [Sausage](https://themetalnet.com/band/sausage) (Funk Metal) - [Vastum](https://themetalnet.com/band/vastum) (Death Metal, 2009) - [Inanimate Existence](https://themetalnet.com/band/inanimate-existence) (Death Metal, 2011) ## Genres - [More Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/other-metal): 26 bands - [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal): 18 bands - [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal): 14 bands - [Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal): 6 bands - [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal): 6 bands - [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal): 5 bands - [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal): 3 bands - [Stoner Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-metal): 3 bands ## Country - [Metal in United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us) --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/country/us/san%20francisco](https://themetalnet.com/country/us/san%20francisco). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt