--- title: "Rap Metal" type: "MusicGenre" url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/rap-metal" parent: "Alternative Metal" bands: 139 era: "late 1980s" --- # Rap Metal **Rap Metal** is a metal sub-genre, formative in the late 1980s. TheMetalNet maps 139 bands and 464 albums under it. Rap metal fuses hip-hop vocals and rhythms with metal’s riffs and power, putting rapped verses over heavy, often funk-inflected guitar. Rage Against the Machine defined its politically charged peak in the 1990s, marrying Tom Morello’s inventive riffing to Zack de la Rocha’s rapped, revolutionary lyrics, while acts like Body Count came from adjacent angles. It overlaps heavily with nu metal but leans harder on genuine hip-hop delivery. The mood is confrontational and rhythm-driven. ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Genre | Rap Metal | | Level | Sub-genre | | Parent genre | Alternative Metal | | Formative era | late 1980s | | Bands | 139 | | Albums | 464 | | Formation span | 1963 to 2026 | ## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence) - [Kid Rock](https://themetalnet.com/band/kid-rock) (United States, 1971) - [Biohazard](https://themetalnet.com/band/biohazard) (United States, 1988) - [Clawfinger](https://themetalnet.com/band/clawfinger) (Sweden, 1989) - [Molotov](https://themetalnet.com/band/molotov) (Mexico, 1995) - [Body Count](https://themetalnet.com/band/body-count) (United States, 1989) - [Denzel Curry](https://themetalnet.com/band/denzel-curry) (United States, 1995) - [Dog Eat Dog](https://themetalnet.com/band/dog-eat-dog) (United States, 1990) - [BONES](https://themetalnet.com/band/bones-e3f7631b) (United States, 1994) - [Ghostemane](https://themetalnet.com/band/ghostemane) (United States, 1991) - [THE MAD CAPSULE MARKETS](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-mad-capsule-markets) (Japan, 1985) - [XXXTENTACION](https://themetalnet.com/band/xxxtentacion) (United States, 1998) - [Scarlxrd](https://themetalnet.com/band/scarlxrd) (United Kingdom, 1994) - [Stuck Mojo](https://themetalnet.com/band/stuck-mojo) (United States, 1989) - [Fred Durst](https://themetalnet.com/band/fred-durst) (United States, 1970) - [iAmJakeHill](https://themetalnet.com/band/iamjakehill) (1993) - [No One Is Innocent](https://themetalnet.com/band/no-one-is-innocent) (France, 1994) - [Lil Darkie](https://themetalnet.com/band/lil-darkie) (1998) - [Rico Nasty](https://themetalnet.com/band/rico-nasty) (United States, 1997) - [24‐7 Spyz](https://themetalnet.com/band/24-7-spyz) (United States, 1986) - [E.Town Concrete](https://themetalnet.com/band/e-town-concrete) (United States, 1995) - [Jasiah](https://themetalnet.com/band/jasiah) (United States, 1996) - [Zheani](https://themetalnet.com/band/zheani) (Australia, 1993) - [Hora Zulu](https://themetalnet.com/band/hora-zulu) (Spain, 2000) - [SosMula](https://themetalnet.com/band/sosmula) (Brazil, 1994) - [Jeris Johnson](https://themetalnet.com/band/jeris-johnson) (United States, 1996) - [CORPSE](https://themetalnet.com/band/corpse-d8e99eeb) (United States, 1997) - [One Minute Silence](https://themetalnet.com/band/one-minute-silence) (1995) - [ROTTENGRAFFTY](https://themetalnet.com/band/rottengraffty) (Japan, 1999) - [Slapshock](https://themetalnet.com/band/slapshock) (Philippines, 1997) - [Mario Judah](https://themetalnet.com/band/mario-judah) (1999) - [ZillaKami](https://themetalnet.com/band/zillakami) (United States, 1999) - [3rd Strike](https://themetalnet.com/band/3rd-strike) (United States, 1995) - [Lil Mariko](https://themetalnet.com/band/lil-mariko) (United States, 1996) - [Panik](https://themetalnet.com/band/panik) (Germany, 2002) - [ISSBROKIE](https://themetalnet.com/band/issbrokie) - [Kim Dracula](https://themetalnet.com/band/kim-dracula) (Australia, 1997) - [ZOTiYAC](https://themetalnet.com/band/zotiyac) (2000) - [Kid Bookie](https://themetalnet.com/band/kid-bookie) (United Kingdom, 1992) - [Rise of the Northstar](https://themetalnet.com/band/rise-of-the-northstar) (France, 2008) - [John Otto](https://themetalnet.com/band/john-otto) (United States, 1977) - [Reveille](https://themetalnet.com/band/reveille) (United States, 1997) - [Sub Urban](https://themetalnet.com/band/sub-urban) - [Savage Ga$p](https://themetalnet.com/band/savage-ga-p) - [Teenage Disaster](https://themetalnet.com/band/teenage-disaster) (2001) - [The Butcher Sisters](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-butcher-sisters) (2011) - [City Morgue](https://themetalnet.com/band/city-morgue) (2017) - [Dangerkids](https://themetalnet.com/band/dangerkids) (United States, 2012) - [Islander](https://themetalnet.com/band/islander) (United States, 2011) - [Kongcrete](https://themetalnet.com/band/kongcrete) (2000) - [PlayThatBoiZay](https://themetalnet.com/band/playthatboizay) - [WHOKILLEDXIX](https://themetalnet.com/band/whokilledxix) (United States) - [2PU](https://themetalnet.com/band/2pu) (Poland, 2001) - [Shuvel](https://themetalnet.com/band/shuvel) (United States, 1997) - [Tribal Ink](https://themetalnet.com/band/tribal-ink) (Sweden) - [Twisted Method](https://themetalnet.com/band/twisted-method) (United States, 1998) - [Discrepancies](https://themetalnet.com/band/discrepancies) (2013) - [DVSR](https://themetalnet.com/band/dvsr) (2013) - [Evangelion](https://themetalnet.com/band/evangelion) (Spain, 2002) - [Nick Eyra](https://themetalnet.com/band/nick-eyra) (France, 1990) - [Flesh Juicer](https://themetalnet.com/band/flesh-juicer) (Taiwan, 2006) ## Where it is played - [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 39 bands - [Japan](https://themetalnet.com/country/jp): 5 bands - [France](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr): 5 bands - [United Kingdom](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb): 3 bands - [Australia](https://themetalnet.com/country/au): 3 bands - [Brazil](https://themetalnet.com/country/br): 2 bands - [Italy](https://themetalnet.com/country/it): 2 bands - [Argentina](https://themetalnet.com/country/ar): 2 bands ## Bands formed by decade | Decade | Bands formed | | --- | --- | | 1960s | 1 | | 1970s | 3 | | 1980s | 8 | | 1990s | 46 | | 2000s | 23 | | 2010s | 19 | | 2020s | 14 | --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/rap-metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/rap-metal). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt