--- title: "Metal" type: "MusicGenre" url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/other" bands: 32361 --- # Metal **Metal** is a metal genre. TheMetalNet maps 32,361 bands and 42,904 albums under it. Credibly metal, defiantly unclassified — the styles that refuse a family, and the bands whose tags fit none of them. ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Genre | Metal | | Level | Macro genre | | Bands | 32,361 | | Albums | 42,904 | | Formation span | 1960 to 2026 | ## Sub-genres - [More Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/other-metal) (29,200 bands) - [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal) (1,606 bands) - [Djent Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/djent) (155 bands) - [Symphonic Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/symphonic-metal) (382 bands) - [Post Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/post-metal) (643 bands) - [Industrial](https://themetalnet.com/genre/industrial-metal) (387 bands) - [Cyber Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/cyber-metal) (10 bands) - [Avant-Garde Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/avant-garde-metal) (176 bands) - [Christian Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/christian-metal) (68 bands) - [Pop Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/pop-metal) (24 bands) - [Kawaii Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/kawaii-metal) (18 bands) - [Trance Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/trance-metal) (4 bands) ## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence) - [Nine Inch Nails](https://themetalnet.com/band/nine-inch-nails) (United States, 1988) - [Bon Jovi](https://themetalnet.com/band/bon-jovi) (United States, 1983) - [Lana Del Rey](https://themetalnet.com/band/lana-del-rey) (United States, 1985) - [Marilyn Manson](https://themetalnet.com/band/marilyn-manson) (United States, 1989) - [Rammstein](https://themetalnet.com/band/rammstein) (Germany, 1994) - [Sigur Rós](https://themetalnet.com/band/sigur-ros) (Iceland, 1994) - [Van Halen](https://themetalnet.com/band/van-halen) (United States, 1972) - [Apocalyptica](https://themetalnet.com/band/apocalyptica) (Finland, 1993) - [Dream Theater](https://themetalnet.com/band/dream-theater) (United States, 1985) - [Nightwish](https://themetalnet.com/band/nightwish) (Finland, 1996) - [Porcupine Tree](https://themetalnet.com/band/porcupine-tree) (United Kingdom, 1987) - [Tool](https://themetalnet.com/band/tool) (United States, 1990) - [Within Temptation](https://themetalnet.com/band/within-temptation) (Netherlands, 1995) - [Opeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/opeth) (Sweden, 1990) - [Mastodon](https://themetalnet.com/band/mastodon) (United States, 2000) - [Ministry](https://themetalnet.com/band/ministry) (United States, 1981) - [Rob Zombie](https://themetalnet.com/band/rob-zombie) (United States, 1965) - [Skillet](https://themetalnet.com/band/skillet) (United States, 1996) - [Coheed and Cambria](https://themetalnet.com/band/coheed-and-cambria) (United States, 2001) - [Fear Factory](https://themetalnet.com/band/fear-factory) (United States, 1990) - [Meshuggah](https://themetalnet.com/band/meshuggah) (Sweden, 1987) - [Amorphis](https://themetalnet.com/band/amorphis) (Finland, 1990) - [Buckethead](https://themetalnet.com/band/buckethead) (United States, 1969) - [Celldweller](https://themetalnet.com/band/celldweller) (United States, 1969) - [Killing Joke](https://themetalnet.com/band/killing-joke) (United Kingdom, 1979) - [Powerman 5000](https://themetalnet.com/band/powerman-5000) (United States, 1991) - [Queensrÿche](https://themetalnet.com/band/queensryche-deeea939) (United States, 1981) - [KMFDM](https://themetalnet.com/band/kmfdm) (1984) - [Mr. Big](https://themetalnet.com/band/mr-big) (United States, 1988) - [Therion](https://themetalnet.com/band/therion) (Sweden, 1988) - [Ayreon](https://themetalnet.com/band/ayreon) (Netherlands, 1995) - [Steve Vai](https://themetalnet.com/band/steve-vai) (United States, 1960) - [Tarja](https://themetalnet.com/band/tarja) (Finland, 1977) - [Between the Buried and Me](https://themetalnet.com/band/between-the-buried-and-me) (United States, 2000) - [Devin Townsend](https://themetalnet.com/band/devin-townsend) (Canada, 1972) - [Epica](https://themetalnet.com/band/epica) (Netherlands, 2002) - [Flyleaf](https://themetalnet.com/band/flyleaf) (United States, 2002) - [Night Ranger](https://themetalnet.com/band/night-ranger) (United States, 1979) - [Pain](https://themetalnet.com/band/pain) (Sweden, 1996) - [Pain of Salvation](https://themetalnet.com/band/pain-of-salvation) (Sweden, 1991) - [Samael](https://themetalnet.com/band/samael) (Switzerland, 1987) - [Static‐X](https://themetalnet.com/band/static-x) (United States, 1994) - [Xandria](https://themetalnet.com/band/xandria) (Germany, 1994) - [Dope](https://themetalnet.com/band/dope) (United States, 1997) - [Evergrey](https://themetalnet.com/band/evergrey) (Sweden, 1993) - [Front Line Assembly](https://themetalnet.com/band/front-line-assembly) (Canada, 1986) - [Gojira](https://themetalnet.com/band/gojira) (France, 1996) - [Hollywood Undead](https://themetalnet.com/band/hollywood-undead) (United States, 2005) - [Pelican](https://themetalnet.com/band/pelican) (United States, 2001) - [Protest the Hero](https://themetalnet.com/band/protest-the-hero) (Canada, 1999) - [Riverside](https://themetalnet.com/band/riverside) (Poland, 2001) - [Savatage](https://themetalnet.com/band/savatage) (United States, 1979) - [Symphony X](https://themetalnet.com/band/symphony-x) (United States, 1994) - [Clawfinger](https://themetalnet.com/band/clawfinger) (Sweden, 1989) - [Godflesh](https://themetalnet.com/band/godflesh) (United Kingdom, 1988) - [Jesu](https://themetalnet.com/band/jesu) (United Kingdom, 2003) - [L.A. Guns](https://themetalnet.com/band/l-a-guns) (United States, 1983) - [Trans‐Siberian Orchestra](https://themetalnet.com/band/trans-siberian-orchestra) (United States, 1996) - [Blindside](https://themetalnet.com/band/blindside) (Sweden, 1994) - [Combichrist](https://themetalnet.com/band/combichrist) (Norway, 2003) ## Where it is played - [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 3,423 bands - [Germany](https://themetalnet.com/country/de): 1,543 bands - [Belgium](https://themetalnet.com/country/be): 1,316 bands - [Sweden](https://themetalnet.com/country/se): 845 bands - [Italy](https://themetalnet.com/country/it): 813 bands - [France](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr): 810 bands - [United Kingdom](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb): 779 bands - [Finland](https://themetalnet.com/country/fi): 618 bands ## Bands formed by decade | Decade | Bands formed | | --- | --- | | 1960s | 132 | | 1970s | 269 | | 1980s | 1693 | | 1990s | 3909 | | 2000s | 6871 | | 2010s | 5927 | | 2020s | 1811 | --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/other](https://themetalnet.com/genre/other). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt