Genre
Metal
Metal is a metal genre. TheMetalNet maps 32,361 bands and 42,904 albums under it, across 12 sub-genres.
Explore the Metal galaxyWhat it is
Credibly metal, defiantly unclassified — the styles that refuse a family, and the bands whose tags fit none of them.
Facts
- Level
- Macro genre
- Bands
- 32,361
- Albums
- 42,904
- Formation span
- 1960 to 2026
- Sub-genres
- 12
Sub-genres
Bands
The 60 most prominent of 32,361. The rest are in the galaxy.
- Nine Inch NailsUnited States · 1988
- Bon JoviUnited States · 1983
- Lana Del ReyUnited States · 1985
- Marilyn MansonUnited States · 1989
- RammsteinGermany · 1994
- Sigur RósIceland · 1994
- Van HalenUnited States · 1972
- ApocalypticaFinland · 1993
- Dream TheaterUnited States · 1985
- NightwishFinland · 1996
- Porcupine TreeUnited Kingdom · 1987
- ToolUnited States · 1990
- Within TemptationNetherlands · 1995
- OpethSweden · 1990
- MastodonUnited States · 2000
- MinistryUnited States · 1981
- Rob ZombieUnited States · 1965
- SkilletUnited States · 1996
- Coheed and CambriaUnited States · 2001
- Fear FactoryUnited States · 1990
- MeshuggahSweden · 1987
- AmorphisFinland · 1990
- BucketheadUnited States · 1969
- CelldwellerUnited States · 1969
- Killing JokeUnited Kingdom · 1979
- Powerman 5000United States · 1991
- QueensrÿcheUnited States · 1981
- KMFDM1984
- Mr. BigUnited States · 1988
- TherionSweden · 1988
- AyreonNetherlands · 1995
- Steve VaiUnited States · 1960
- TarjaFinland · 1977
- Between the Buried and MeUnited States · 2000
- Devin TownsendCanada · 1972
- EpicaNetherlands · 2002
- FlyleafUnited States · 2002
- Night RangerUnited States · 1979
- PainSweden · 1996
- Pain of SalvationSweden · 1991
- SamaelSwitzerland · 1987
- Static‐XUnited States · 1994
- XandriaGermany · 1994
- DopeUnited States · 1997
- EvergreySweden · 1993
- Front Line AssemblyCanada · 1986
- GojiraFrance · 1996
- Hollywood UndeadUnited States · 2005
- PelicanUnited States · 2001
- Protest the HeroCanada · 1999
- RiversidePoland · 2001
- SavatageUnited States · 1979
- Symphony XUnited States · 1994
- ClawfingerSweden · 1989
- GodfleshUnited Kingdom · 1988
- JesuUnited Kingdom · 2003
- L.A. GunsUnited States · 1983
- Trans‐Siberian OrchestraUnited States · 1996
- BlindsideSweden · 1994
- CombichristNorway · 2003
Where it is played
Bands formed by decade
| Decade | Bands formed |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 132 |
| 1970s | 269 |
| 1980s | 1693 |
| 1990s | 3909 |
| 2000s | 6871 |
| 2010s | 5927 |
| 2020s | 1811 |