Liste US-amerikanischer Metalbands

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Die Liste US-amerikanischer Metalbands zählt namhafte US-amerikanische Musikgruppen aus dem Genre Metal auf. Hard-Rock-Bands werden nur in die Liste aufgenommen, insofern sie auch Metal spielen. Zur Aufnahme in die Liste muss Wikipediarelevanz vorhanden sein.

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Name Gründung Auflösung Herkunft Genre(s) Anmerkungen
7 Horns 7 Eyes 2006 Seattle (WA) Technical Death Metal, Christlicher Metal
24-7 Spyz 1986 New York City (NY) Crossover, Funk Metal
36 Crazyfists 1994 Anchorage (AK) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
40 Below Summer 1998, 2011 2005 Nu Metal, Rockmusik
40 Grit 1996 2004 Concord (CA) Groove Metal
100 Demons 1998 Waterbury (CT) Hardcore Punk, Metalcore
108 1991, 2005 1996 Metalcore, Screamo

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Name Gründung Auflösung Herkunft Genre(s) Anmerkungen
A Day to Remember 2003 Ocala (FL) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Pop-Punk
ABACABB 2004 2010 Sterling (VA) Deathcore
Abattoir 1982 1988 Los Angeles (CA) Power Metal, Speed Metal
Abigail Williams 2005 New York City (NY) Black Metal, Death Metal
Abnormal Thought Patterns 2008 Pleasanton (CA) Instrumentalmusik, Progressive Metal, Djent
Abomination 1987, 1999 1993 Chicago (IL) Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Abscess 1994 2010 Benicia (CA) Death Metal
The Absence 2002 Tampa (FL) Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal
Absu 1989, 2007 2003, 2018 Plano (Texas) Metal
Abysmal Dawn 2003 Los Angeles (CA) Technical Death Metal
The Acacia Strain 2001 Chicopee (MA) Deathcore, Metalcore
The Accüsed 1981, 2003 1992 Oak Harbor (WA) Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal
Acid Bath 1991 1997 Houma (LA) Sludge, Death Metal
Acid King 1993 San Francisco (CA) Stoner Doom
Acrassicauda 2000 Bagdad (Irak) Thrash Metal ursprünglich aus dem Irak, inzwischen in den USA tätig
Acridity 1987 ca. 1991 Victoria (TX) Thrash Metal
Acrophet 1986 1990 Brookfield (WI) Thrash Metal
Across Five Aprils 2001, 2012 2008 Chattanooga (TN) Metalcore, Emo
Across the Sun 2004 Portland (OR) Progressive Metal, Metalcore
Act of Defiance 2014 Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal
Acumen Nation 1988 Chicago (IL) Crossover, Industrial Metal als Acumen gegründet
Adema 1998 Bakersfield (CA) Nu Metal, Rock
Adolescents 1980, 1986, 2001 1981, 1991 Fullerton (CA) Melodic Hardcore, Punkrock
Adrenaline Mob 2011 New York City (NY) Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Æther Realm 2010 Greenville (NC) Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal
Affiance 2007 Cleveland (OH) Metalcore
After the Burial 2004 Minneapolis (MN) Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal
Aftermath 1985, 2015 1996 Chicago (IL) Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal
Agalloch 1996 2016 Portland (OR) Dark Metal, Doom Metal, Blackgaze, Post-Rock
Agent Steel 1984, 1999 1988, 2011 Los Angeles (CA) Speed Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal
Agents of Man 2000 Irvington (NJ) Metalcore
Agents of Oblivion 1999 2000 Alternative Metal, Crossover
Aghora 1995 Miami (FL) Progressive Metal
Agiel 1997 Rochester (NY) Death Metal
The Agony Scene 2002 2008 Tulsa (OK) Metalcore
Agoraphobic Nosebleed 1994 Grindcore
Akatharta 1999 Death Doom, Funeral Doom als Urzien gegründet
Alabama Thunderpussy 1996 2008 Richmond (VA) Heavy Metal, Stoner Rock
Aldebaran 2003 2012 Portland (OR) Sludge, Funeral Doom
Alice in Chains 1987, 2005 1999 Seattle (WA) Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Sludge Metal, Grunge als Diamond Lie gegründet
All Good Things 2013 Los Angeles (CA) Alternative Metal
All Out War 1991, 1997, 2003, 2006 1990er, 2001, 2004 Newburgh (NY) Metalcore
All Pigs Must Die 2010 Boston (MA) Crustcore, Sludge, Deathgrind
All Shall Perish 2002 Oakland (CA) Deathcore
All That Remains 1998 Springfield (MA) Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal
All Too Human 1995 Corpus Christi (TX) Progressive Metal
Allegaeon 2008 Fort Collins (CO) Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal
Allele 2002 Jacksonville (FL) Alternative Metal, Post-Grunge
Alter Bridge 2004 Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Post-Grunge
Amboog-A-Lard 1987 1996 Fort Lauderdale (FL) Thrash Metal
Amen 1994 Los Angeles (CA) Punkrock, Hardcore Punk, Alternative Metal
American Head Charge 1996, 2011 2009 Minneapolis (MN) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal
American Sin 2012 Cincinnati (OH) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore als Come the Dawn gegründet
Amoricide 2002 Fort Worth (TX) Thrash Metal
Amort 2007 Seattle (WA) Funeral Doom
Amulance 1984, 2007 1990 Aurora (IL) Power Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
Anacrusis 1986, 2009 1993 St. Louis (MO) Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal
Anal Cunt 1988 2011 Newton (MA) Grindcore
Ancient 1992 Bergen (Norwegen) Black Metal ursprünglich aus Norwegen, zwischenzeitlich in den USA, inzwischen in Italien tätig
And Hell Followed With 2006 Detroit (MI) Deathcore
… And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead 1994 Post-Hardcore, Progressive Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal
Angelcorpse 1995, 2006 1999, 2009 Tampa (FL) Black Metal, Death Metal
The Angelic Process 1999 2007 Macon (GA) Drone Doom, Ambient
Animal 1988 Heavy Metal
Animals as Leaders 2007 Washington, D.C. Progressive Metal, Djent
Animosity 2000 2009 San Francisco (CA) Deathcore
Annunaki 2005 Bayonne (NJ) Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal
Anthrax 1981 New York City (NY) Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Crossover, Alternative Metal
Anti-Mortem 2008 2014 Chickasha (OK) Southern Rock, Heavy Metal
Anvil Bitch 1983, 2008 1988 Philadelphia (PA) Thrash Metal als Innocent Exile gegründet
Apocryphia 1987 ca. 1990 Las Vegas (NV) Power Metal, Thrash Metal
Apostle of Solitude 2004 Indianapolis (IN) Doom Metal
Arcane 1986 ca. 1994 Arlington (TX) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Arch / Matheos 2010 Hartford (CT) Progressive Metal
Arduini/Balich 2013 Heavy Metal, Epic Doom, Progressive Metal
Ares Kingdom 1996 Kansas City (MO) Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Arkaik 2004 Technical Death Metal
Armored Saint 1980 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal
Arsis 2000 Virginia Beach Death Metal, Thrash Metal
Arsonists Get All the Girls 2005 2015 Santa Cruz (CA) Deathcore
Artension 1992/93 2005 Cortland (NY) Progressive Metal, Neoklassischer Metal als Atlantis Rising gegründet
Artizan 2008 Jacksonville (FL) Heavy Metal
As Blood Runs Black 2003 2014 Los Angeles (CA) Deathcore
As Hope Dies 2000, 2004 2003, 2005 La Habra (CA) Metalcore
As I Lay Dying 2000/01 San Diego (CA) Metalcore
The Ascendicate 2008 High Point (NC) Metalcore, Christlicher Metal
Asesino 2002 Los Angeles (CA) Deathgrind
Ashdautas 2002 2011 Long Beach (CA) Black Metal, Post-Black-Metal
Ashes of Ares 2012 Heavy Metal, Power Metal
Assück 1987 1998 Saint Petersburg (FL) Grindcore
Asunder 1998 2006 Oakland (CA) Funeral Doom, Death Doom
At All Cost 2002 2009 Austin (TX) Metalcore
At War 1983, 2006 1994 Virginia Beach (VA) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Atheist 1984, 2006 1993 Sarasota (FL) Technical Death Metal
Atreyu 1998, 2014 2011 Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore
Atriarch 2009 Portland (OR) Death-Rock, Black Doom
Atrophy 1986 1991/92 Tucson (AZ) Thrash Metal
Attack Attack! 2005, 2020 2013 Westerville (OH) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Trancecore
Attacker 1983 Speed Metal
Attila 2005 Atlanta (GA) Metalcore, Deathcore, Nu Metal
Attitude Adjustment 1983, 1987, 2007 1986, 1991 San Francisco (CA) Crossover, Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal
Auaesuve 2005 New York City (NY) Funeral Doom, Drone Doom
August Burns Red 2003 Lancaster (PA) Metalcore, Extreme Metal
Aurora Borealis 1995 Waldorf (MD) Death Metal
Austrian Death Machine 2008 San Diego (CA) Thrash Metal
Autograph 1983, 2002–05, 2013 1989 Pasadena (CA) Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal
Autopsy 1987, 2009 1995 San Francisco (CA) Death Metal
The Autumn Offering 1999 2010 Daytona Beach (FL) Metalcore
Avenged Sevenfold 1999 Huntington Beach (CA) Alternative Metal, Metalcore, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Avenger of Blood 2001 Las Vegas (NV) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Aversion 1986 ca. 1995 Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Crossover, Hardcore Punk
Axehammer 1981 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal, Power Metal

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Name Gründung Auflösung Herkunft Genre(s) Anmerkungen
Bad Acid Trip 1990 Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal, Grindcore
Bad Omens 2015 Richmond (VA) Metalcore
Bad Wolves 2017 Metalcore, Heavy Metal, Nu Metal
Bad Yodelers 1983 1992 Salt Lake City (UT) Crossover, Alternative Metal als Season of the Spring gegründet
Baroness 2003 Savannah (GA) Progressive Metal, Sludge
Barren Altar 2013 Santa Rosa (CA) Black Doom
Barren Cross 1983 1994 Los Angeles (CA) Christlicher Metal, Heavy Metal
Battle of Mice 2005 2009 Post-Metal
Battlecross 2003 Warren (MI) Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Beartooth 2012 Columbus (OH) Hardcore Punk, Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore
Beatallica 2001 Heavy Metal, Fun Metal
Beautiful Creatures 1999, 2016 2010 Los Angeles (CA) Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Becoming the Archetype 1999 Atlanta (GA) Death Metal, Metalcore als Nonexistent Failure gegründet, zwischenzeitlich The Remnant
Beelzefuzz 2009 Doom Metal, Hard Rock
Behold… the Arctopus 2001 New York City (NY) Progressive Metal, Extreme Metal, Mathcore
Believer 1986, 2007 1995 Colebrook (PA) Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Christlicher Metal
Bell Witch 2010 Seattle (WA) Funeral Doom
Beneath Oblivion 2003 Cincinnati (OH) Funeral Doom, Sludge
Benümb 1994 2006 Oakland (CA) Grindcore
Beowülf 1981, 2000 1995 Venice Beach (CA) Crossover, Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal
Bereft 2011 Los Angeles (CA) Funeral Doom
Bermuda 2009 Oxnard (CA) Deathcore
Betrayal 1989, 2000 1993 Van Nuys (CA) Thrash Metal, Christlicher Metal, Gothic Metal, Industrial Metal
Between the Buried and Me 2000 Progressive Metal, Mathcore, Metalcore
Beyond Fear 2005 Akron (OH) Heavy Metal
Beyond the Embrace 2000 New Bedford (MA) Melodic Death Metal
Bigelf 1991 Los Angeles (CA) Progressive Metal
Bigwig 1995 Hardcore Punk, Punkrock, Thrash Metal
Biohazard 1987, 2008 2005 New York City (NY) Hardcore Punk, Crossover, Metal, Metalcore
Bionic Jive 1998, 2000 1999 Phoenix (AZ) Rapcare, Rapmetal
Birth A.D. 2008 Austin (TX) Crossover, Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk
Bitch 1981, 2003 1990 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Power Metal
Bitter End 1985, 2011 1992 Seattle (WA) Thrash Metal
Black Anvil 2007 New York City (NY) Extreme Metal
Black Breath 2005 Seattle (WA) Crust Punk, Metal
Black Cobra 2001 San Francisco (CA) Sludge
The Black Dahlia Murder 2000 Detroit (MI) Melodic Death Metal
Black Funeral 1993 Black Metal, Post-Industrial
Black Label Society 1998 Heavy Metal, Southern Metal, Groove Metal
Black Lung 2013 Baltimore (MD) Doom Metal, Bluesrock, Stoner Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Black September 2006 Chicago (IL) Death Metal
Black Stone Cherry 2001 Edmonton (KY) Hardrock, Southern Rock, Heavy Metal, Country-Rock
Black Tide 2004 2016 Miami (FL) Heavy Metal, Metalcore
Black Tusk 2005 Savannah (GA) Sludge
Black Veil Brides 2006 Hard Rock, Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
Black ’n Blue 1979, 1997, 2003, 2008 1989 Portland (OR) Glam Metal
Blacklace 1981 ca. 1987 New York City (NY) Heavy Metal
The Bled 2001 Tucson (AZ) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Mathcore
Bleed the Sky 2003 Metalcore
Bleeding Through 1998, 2018 2014 Metalcore
Blessed Curse 2001 Colfax (CA) Thrash Metal als Atrosity gegründet, zwischenzeitlich Devastator
Blessed Death 1984 1992 Old Bridge (NJ) Thrash Metal
Blessthefall 2004 Scottsdale (AZ) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
Blind Illusion 1979, 2008 1989 San Francisco (CA) Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal
Blood Feast 1985, 1999, 2007 1991, 1999 Bayonne (NJ) Thrash Metal, Death Metal als Blood Lust gegründet
Blood Has Been Shed 1997 Granby (CT) Metalcore, Mathcore
Blood Incantation 2011 Denver (CO) Death Metal
Blood of the Black Owl 2005 Seattle (WA) Funeral Doom, Dark Ambient, Nordic Ritual Folk
Bloodclot 2006 New York City (NY) New York Hardcore, Groove Metal, Straight Edge als Bloodclot! gegründet
Bloodgood 1985, 2006 1994 Seattle (WA) White Metal
Bloodhound Gang 1992 2015 Trappe (PA) Alternative Rock, Rap-Rock, Hip-Hop, Funk Metal, Rapcore, Electronic Rock
Bloodlust 1983, 2004 1988 Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Bloodsimple 2002 2008 Long Island (NY) Metalcore, Alternative Metal
Bloodsoaked 2006 Raleigh (NC) Brutal Death Metal
Blue Öyster Cult 1967 Stony Brook (NY) Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Blue Tears 1983, 2005 1993, 2009 Jackson (TN) Glam Metal
Body Count 1990, 2009 2006 Los Angeles (CA) Rap Metal, Crossover, Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk
Body Void 2014 San Francisco (CA) Sludge
Boiler Room 1996 2001 New York City (NY) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal
Bon Jovi 1983 (NJ) Rock, Hard Rock, Metal
Bondes by Blood 2005 Pomona (CA) Thrash Metal
Bongripper 2005 Chicago (IL) Stoner Metal, Drone Doom
Bongzilla 1995, 2015 2007 Madison (WI) Sludge, Stoner Doom
Born of Osiris 2003 Palatine (IL) Deathcore, Metalcore, Progressive Metal, Djent als DiminisheD gegründet
Botch 1993 2002 Tacoma (WA) Mathcore, Metalcore
Bound for Glory 1989 (MN) Rechtsrock, Metal
BPMD 2019 Thrash Metal
Brain Drill 2005 Technical Death Metal, Grindcore
Brainoil 1998 Oakland (CA) Sludge
Breaker 1982 Cleveland (OH) Power Metal
Breaking Benjamin 1998 Wilkes-Barre (PA) Hard Rock, Post-Grunge, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock
A Breath Before Surfacing 2006 2009 Deathcore
Brick Bath 1996 2006 San Diego (CA) Crossover, Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal, Groove Metal, Metalcore als Epitaph gegründet
Bride 1983 Hard Rock, Christlicher Metal
Brides of Destruction 2002 Hardrock, Heavy Metal
Britny Fox 1985 Philadelphia (PA) Hard Rock, Hair Metal
Brocas Helm 1982 San Francisco (CA) Heavy Metal, Power Metal
Brodequin 1998, 2016 2008 Knoxville (TN) Death Metal
Broken Hope 1988, 2012 2001 Chicago (IL) Death Metal
The Browning 2005 Kansas City (MO) Deathcore, Trancecore, Metalcore, Industrial Metal
Brutality 1986 Tampa (FL) Death Metal
A Bullet for Pretty Boy 2006 Dallas (TX) A Bullet for Pretty Boy
BulletBoys 1988 Los Angeles (CA) Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Burning Brides 1999 Philadelphia (PA) Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Burning Inside 1995 ca. 2007 Springfield (MO) Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal
Burning Rain 1998 Los Angeles (CA) Hardrock, Heavy Metal
Burning the Masses 2006 San Diego (CA) Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal
Burning Witch 1995 1998 Seattle (WA) Stoner Doom, Sludge
Burnt by the Sun 1999 2009 (NJ) Metalcore, Grindcore, Mathcore
Burnt Offering 1987, 1997 1990 Chicago (IL) Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Bury Your Dead 2001 Worcester (MA) Hardcore Punk, Metalcore
Butcher Babies 2009 Los Angeles (CA) Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Metalcore, Alternative Metal
Buzzov•en 1990, 2010 1999 Charlotte (NC) Sludge
Byzantine 2000, 2012 2008 Charleston (WV) Thrash Metal, Groove Metal

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Name Gründung Auflösung Herkunft Genre(s) Anmerkungen
Cacophony 1986 1989 San Francisco (CA) Progressive Metal, Neo-Classical Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal
Cage 1992 San Diego (CA) Heavy Metal
Calico System 1998 2007 St. Louis (MO) Metalcore, Emocore, Punk
Candiria 1992 New York City (NY) Experimental Metal, Crossover, Jazzcore, Hip-Hop
Cannabis Corpse 2006 Richmond (VA) Death Metal
Cannibal Corpse 1988 Buffalo (NY) Death Metal
Capharnaum 1993 Sanford (FL) Technical Death Metal
Car Bomb 2000 New York City (NY) Extreme Metal
Carnifex 2005 San Diego (CA) Deathcore, Death Metal, Black Metal
Carnivore 1982 1989 New York City (NY) Thrash Metal, Hardcore
Castle 2009 San Francisco (CA) Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, Rock
Catacombs 2003 (NJ) Funeral Doom
Cathartes Aura 2019 Corvallis (OR) Atmospheric Doom, Funeral Doom
Catherine 2003 Sacramento (CA) Metalcore
Cattle Decapitation 1996 San Diego (CA) Deathgrind
Cave In 1995 Methuen (MA) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Alternative Rock
Cavity 1992, 2015 2003 Miami (FL) Sludge Metal
Celestiial 2004 (MN) Funeral Doom, Nordic Ritual Folk
Cellador 2003 Omaha (NE) Power Metal
Celldweller 1999 New York City (NY) Synth Rock, Industrial Rock, Nu Metal, Dubstep, Techno, Trance, Drum and Bass, Breakbeat
Cephalic Carnage 1992 Denver (CO) Deathgrind
Ceremonic Buryment 2022 Funeral Doom US-amerikanisch-kroatisches Gemeinschaftsprojekt
Ceremonium 1992 2004 New York City (NY) Death Doom
Chalice of Suffering 2015 (MN) Death Doom, Funeral Doom
Charred Walls of the Damned 2009 Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal
Chastain 1984 Cincinnati (OH) Heavy Metal
Chelsea Grin 2007 Salt Lake City (UT) Deathcore als Ahaziah gegründet
Chencha Berrinches 1997 Los Angeles (CA) Ska, Punk, Heavy Metal
Chevelle 1995 Grayslake (IL) Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal
Chimaira 1998 2014 Cleveland (OH) Groove Metal, Metalcore, Nu Metal
Chiodos 2002 2016 Flint (MI) Alternative Rock, Post-Hardcore, Emocore, Metalcore
Chrch 2013 Sacramento (CA) Death Doom, Post-Metal als Church gegründet
Christian Death 1979 Los Angeles (CA) Death-Rock, Alternative Metal
Cianide 1988 Chicago (IL) Death Metal, Death Doom
Cinderella 1982 2017 Philadelphia (PA) Glam Metal, Hard Rock, Bluesrock
Circle II Circle 2001 Heavy Metal
Circus of Power 1986, 2014 1995 New York City (NY) Hard Rock, Sleaze Rock, Heavy Metal
Cirith Ungol 1976 Ventura (CA) Heavy Metal
Civil Defiance 1989 Los Angeles (CA) Progressive Metal
CKY 1998 West Chester (PA) Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, Stoner Rock, Post-Grunge
Cloakroom 2012 Michigan City (IN) Stoner Rock, Doom Metal, Shoegazing
Cloudkicker 2008 Columbus (OH) Progressive Metal, Post-Metal, Post-Rock
Clown Alley 1985 1987 San Francisco (CA) Crossover, Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk
Coal Chamber 1994, 2011 2003, 2016 Los Angeles (CA) Nu Metal
Coalesce 1994, 1995, 2002, 2005 1995, 1999, 2002 Kansas City (MO) Mathcore, Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
Code Orange 2008 Pittsburgh (PA) Hardcore, Metalcore als Code Orange Kids gegründet
Coldsteel 1986, 2012 1993 Long Island (NY) Thrash Metal, Power Metal
The Color Morale 2007 Rockfords (IL) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
Columns 2003 Charlotte (NC) Grindcore
Combat 1984, 2000 1990 New York City (NY) Thrash Metal von 1986 bis 1990 als Napalm
Complete Failure 2006 Pittsburgh (PA) Grindcore
Condemned 2004 Imperial Beach (CA) Brutal Death Metal
Confessor 1986, 2002 1994 Raleigh (NC) Doom Metal, Progressive Metal
Confide 2004, 2012 2010, 2013 Los Angeles (CA) Deathcore, Metalcore, Post-Hardcore
Conquer Divide 2013 (MI) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Alternative Rock
The Contortionist 2006 Indianapolis (IN) Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Deathcore als Achilles Rising gegründet
Control Denied 1995 2001 Tampa (FL) Progressive Metal
Converge 1990 Boston (MA) Hardcore Punk, Mathcore, Grindcore
Cornbugs 1995 2007 San Dimas (CA) Experimental Metal, Progressive Metal, Alternative Metal
Corrections House 2012 Alternative Metal, Doom Metal, Industrial Metal Supergroup
Corrosion of Conformity 1982 Raleigh (NC) Sludge, Hardcore Punk, Rock
The Coup de Grace 1988 1996 Minneapolis (MN) Thrash Metal
Coven 1984, 2012 ca. 1993 Seattle (WA) Thrash Metal, Power Metal
Crazy Town 1999, 2007 2003 Los Angeles (CA) Nu Metal, Crossover
Creation Is Crucifixion 1997 Pittsburgh (PA) Metalcore, Mathcore, Grindcore
Creation’s End 2003 New York City (NY) Progressive Metal
Crematorium 1991, 2000 1998 Los Angeles (CA) Deathcore
Crimson Glory 1982, 1998, 2005 1991 Sarasota (FL) Power Metal, Progressive Metal
Crisis 1994 2006 New York City (NY) Metal
Cro-Mags 1981/82, 1998 1994 New York City (NY) Hardcore, Crossover-Thrash
Crowbar 1989 New Orleans (LA) Doom Metal, Sludge
Crown the Empire 2010 Dallas (TX) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Melodic Hardcore, Symphonic Rock, Alternative Metal, Electronicore
Crucified Mortals 2001 Cleveland (OH) Thrash Metal
Crumbsuckers 1982 1989 Long Island (NY) Crossover, Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal
Crypt Sermon 2013 Philadelphia (PA) Epic Doom
Cryptic Slaughter 1984 Santa Monica (CA) Crossover-Thrash, Hardcore Punk
Culprit 1982, 2010 1984 Seattle (WA) Heavy Metal
Cult of Herodias 2012 Holbrook (NY) Atmospheric Doom, Funeral Doom, Gothic Metal
Currents 2011 Fairfield (CT) Metalcore, Djent
Cyclone Temple 1989 1994 Chicago (IL) Thrash Metal
Cynic 1987, 2007 1994 Miami (FL) Thrash Metal, Technical Death Metal, Fusion, Progressive Metal, Artrock

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Name Gründung Auflösung Herkunft Genre(s) Anmerkungen
Dååth 2003 Atlanta (GA) Death Metal als Dirtnap gegründet
Damageplan 2003 2004 Groove Metal
Damien Thorne 1983 Chicago (IL) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Power Metal
Damnation A.D. 1992, 2005 1998 Washington, D.C. Metalcore, Hardcore Punk
The Damned Things 2009 New York City (NY) Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Dance Club Massacre 2004 Chicago (IL) Deathcore
Danger Danger 1987 New York City (NY) AOR, Hardrock, Glam Metal
Dangerous Toys 1987 1999 Austin (TX) Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Danzig 1987 Lodi (NJ) Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Bluesrock, Doom Metal, Industrial Metal
Dark Angel 1981, 2002, 2013 1992 Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal
Dark Castle 2005 St. Augustine (FL) Death Doom
Dark Empire 2004 New Jersey (NJ) Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal
Darkest Hour 1995 Washington, D.C. Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal
Darklin Reach 1989 2001 Chicago (IL) Power Metal, Thrash Metal
Darwin’s Waiting Room 1995 2004 Miami (FL) Nu Metal, Rapcore
Davey Suicide 2011 Los Angeles (CA) Alternative Metal
Dawnbringer 1995 Chicago (IL) Heavy Metal
Daylight Dies 1996 Asheville (NC) Melodic Death Metal, Death Doom
Dayseeker 2012 Orange County (CA) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore
Dayshell 2012 Chino Hills (CA) Post-Hardcore, Alternative Rock, Metalcore
Dead in the Dirt 2008 Atlanta (GA) Grindcore
The Dead Rabbitts 2011 Phoenix (AZ) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore
Dead to Fall 1999 2009 Chicago (IL) Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal
Deaden 1990 Chicago (IL) Death Metal
The Deadlights 1998 2001 Huntington Beach (CA) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal
Deadly Blessing 1985, 2006 ca. 1990 Tunersville (NJ) Power Metal, Thrash Metal
Deadstar Assembly 2001 Fort Lauderdale (FL) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal
Deafheaven 2010 San Francisco (CA) Blackgaze, Post-Black-Metal
Death 1983 2001 Tampa (FL) Death Metal, Technical Death Metal als Mantas gegründet
Death Angel 1982, 2001 1991 (CA) Thrash Metal
Death Before Dishonor 2000 Boston (MA) Hardcore, Metalcore
Death Grips 2010 Hip-Hop, Punkrock, Elektro, Noise, Industrial, Metal, Jazz, Pop
Death Mask 1984, 2009 1987 New York City (NY) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Death Strike 1985 1987 Chicago (IL) Death Metal
Debris Inc. 2001 2008 Chicago (IL) Punk, Doom Metal
Deceased... 1984 Arlington County (VA) Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal
December 1994 Reno (NV) Metalcore, Grindcore
Decrepit Birth 2001 Santa Cruz (CA) Technical Death Metal, Progressive Death Metal
Ded 2016 Tempe (AZ) Nu Metal
Deeds of Flesh 1993 Los Osos (CA) Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal
Defiance 1985, 2005 1994, 2012 Oakland (CA) Thrash Metal
Defiler 2010, 2019 2015 Castro Valley (CA) Deathcore
Deftones 1988 Sacramento (CA) Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
Deicide 1987 Tampa (FL) Death Metal, Extreme Metal als Amon gegründet
Dekapitator 1996 San José (CA) Thrash Metal
Deliverance 1985, 1986, 2000, 2006 1985, 1996, 2002 Los Angeles (CA) Christlicher Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Demiricous 2001 Indianapolis (IN) Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Demise of Eros 2003 2007 Pittsburgh (PA) Metalcore
Demolition Hammer 1986, 2016 1994 New York City (NY) Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Demon Hunter 2002 Seattle (WA) Metalcore, Christlicher Metal
Depswa 1999 Modesto (CA) Nu Metal
Destructor 1984, 1999 Cleveland (OH) Thrash Metal, Power Metal
Détente 1984, 2008 1989, 2010 Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Dethklok 2006 Melodic Death Metal
Devastation 1986, 2008 1991 Corpus Christi (TX) Thrash Metal
Device 2012 2014 Austin (TX) Industrial Metal, Alternative Metal, Hard Rock
The Devil Wears Prada 2005 Dayton (OH) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Christlicher Metal
DevilDriver 2002 Santa Barbara (CA) Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal
Devourment 1995 (TX) Slam Death Metal
Diamond Plate 2004 Worth (IL) Thrash Metal
Diecast 1997 Boston (MA) Metalcore
A Different Breed of Killer 2006 Knoxville (TN) Deathcore
The Dillinger Escape Plan 1997 2017 (NJ) Mathcore, Progressive Metal, Experimental Metal, Metalcore
Dio 1982 2010 Cortland (NY) Heavy Metal
Dio Disciples 2011 Heavy Metal
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles 1982 Houston (TX) Hardcore, Thrash Metal, Crossover
Disciple 1992 Knoxville (TN) Christlicher Metal
Disgorge 1992 San Diego (CA) Death Metal
Disincarnate 1992 1993 Tampa (FL) Death Metal
Disrupt 1987 1994 Lynn (MA) Crust, Punk, Grindcore
Disturbed 1994 Chicago (IL) Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Nu Metal als Brawl gegründet
Divine Empire 1997 Boca Raton (FL) Death Metal
Divine Heresy 2006 Los Angeles (CA) Metalcore, Groove Metal, Technical Death Metal
Divine Regale 1991, 2014 ca. 1997 Dover (NH) Progressive Metal
Doctor Butcher 1994 Heavy Metal
Dofka 1987 Washington, D.C. Power Metal, Thrash Metal
Dog Eat Dog 1991 (NJ) Crossover
Dog Fashion Disco 1996, 2013 2007 Rockville (MD) Progressive Metal
Dokken 1978 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Dope 1997 New York City (NY) Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
Down 1991 New Orleans (LA) Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Southern Metal
Downer 1990er 2001 Orange County (CA) Alternative Rock, Nu Metal, Hardcore Punk
Downthesun 1999, 2010 2003 Kansas City (MO), De Moines (IA) Nu Metal
A Dozen Furies 2003 2006 Dallas (TX) Metalcore
Dr. Acula 2005 2012 Long Island (NY) Deathcore
Dr. Mastermind 1982 Speed Metal, Heavy Metal
Dragonlord 2001 Extreme Metal
Dread 2007 2011 Albuquerque (NM) Thrash Metal
Dream Death 1985, 2011 1989 Pittsburgh (PA) Death Doom, Thrash Metal
Dream Theater 1985 New York City (NY) Progressive Metal als Majesty gegründet
Dream Widow 2022 Seattle (WA) Thrash Metal fiktive Band aus dem Film Studio 666
Drop Dead, Gorgeous 2005 2011 Denver (CO) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
Drop Hammer 1989 1993 Muskegon (MI) Thrash Metal
Drown 2012 Portland (OR) Funeral Doom
Drowning Pool 1997 Dallas (TX) Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, Nu Metal, Post-Grunge
Dry Cell 1998, 2008 2005 (CA) Nu Metal, Hard-Rock
Dry Kill Logic 1993 Westchester County (NY) Nu Metal, Metalcore
Dublin Death Patrol 2006 Dublin (CA) Thrash Metal
D.V.C. 1988 1992 Tallahassee (FL) Death Metal, Thrash Metal
Dying Fetus 1991 Annapolis Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Grindcore
DYS 1983, 2010 1984 Boston (MA) Hardcore Punk, Metal
Dysrhythmia 1998 Philadelphia (PA) Instrumentalmusik, Progressive Rock, Technical Death Metal
Dystopia 1991 2005 Orange County (CA) Sludge, Crustcore

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Name Gründung Auflösung Herkunft Genre(s) Anmerkungen
Early Man 2003 Columbus (OH) Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal
Earshot 1999 Los Angeles (CA) Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, Post-Grunge
Earth 1989 Drone Doom
Earth Crisis 1989, 2007 2001 Syracuse (NY) Metalcore, Hatecore, Straight Edge, Hardcore Punk
Echoes of Eternity 2005 Los Angeles (CA) Progressive Metal
Eighteen Visions 1996, 2017 2007 Orange County (CA) Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore
Element Eighty 2000 2010 Tyler (TX) Nu Metal
Eliminator 2006 Edison (NJ) Thrash Metal
Emarosa 2006 Lexington (KY) Alternative Rock, Post-Hardcore, Metalcore als Corsets Are Cages gegründet
Embrace the End 2001 Sacramento (CA) Metalcore, Mathcore, Deathcore
Emmure 2003 New Fairfield (CT) Metalcore, Deathcore, Nu Metal, Alternative Metal
The End Machine 2018 Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Endo 1995, 2012 2007 Miami (FL) Rap Metal, Nu Metal, Crossover, Alternative Metal
Endymion 1997 1999 Austin (TX) Funeral Doom
Enfold Darkness 2005 Nashville (TN) Black Metal, Technical Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal
Enforsaken 1998 2006 Chicago (IL) Melodic Death Metal
Enterprise Earth 2014 Spokane (WA) Deathcore, Technical Death Metal
Ephemeros 2010 Portland (OR) Funeral Doom
Epidemic 1987 1994 San Francisco (CA) Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Erra 2009 Birmingham (AL) Metalcore, Progressive Metal, Djent
Escape the Fate 2004 Las Vegas (NV) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Hard Rock, Screamo, Emo
Eugenic Death 2010 Greensboro (NC) Thrash Metal
Euphoric Defilement 2009 Los Angeles (CA) Brutal Death Metal
Evanescence 1995 Little Rock (AR) Alternative Rock, Nu Metal, Alternative Metal
Event 1996 Progressive Metal
Ever Forthright 2008 New York City (NY) Progressive Metal, Jazz Fusion
Evergreen Terrace 1999 Jacksonville (FL) Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore, Hardcore Punk, Post-Hardcore
Every Time I Die 1998 2022 Buffalo (NY) Metalcore
Eviction 1986 1993 Leetsdale (PA) Thrash Metal
EvilDead 1987, 2009 1992 Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal
Evoken 1992 Lyndhurst (NJ) Funeral Doom
Excantation 2017 San Antonio (TX) Funeral Doom
Excel 1983, 1994 1992, 1995 Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal, Crossover, Punk
Excruciator 2008 Portland (OR) Thrash Metal
E-X-E 1984 1991 New York City (NY) Thrash Metal, Power Metal als Executioner gegründet
Executioner 1984 1989 Boston (MA) Thrash Metal als Last Generation gegründet
Exhorder 1985, 2008 1993 New Orleans (LA) Thrash Metal, Groove Metal
Exhumed 1991 Death Metal
Exmortus 2003 Whittier (CA) Thrash Metal
Exodus 1981, 1996, 2001 1992, 1998 San Francisco Bay Area (CA) Thrash Metal
Exorcist 1985 ca. 1986 New York City (NY) Thrash Metal, Black Metal
Experiment Fear 1989 Appleton (WI) Death Metal
Extreme 1985, 2009 1995 Boston (MA) Hard Rock, Funk Metal, Glam Metal
Exulansis 2016 Talent (OR) Post-Black-Metal, Doom Metal
EyeHateGod 1988, 2000, 2001 1998, 2001 New Orleans (LA) Sludge
Eyes Like Diamonds 2005 Las Vegas (NV) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
Eyes of Fire 1998 Orange (CA) Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal als Shiva gegründet
Eyes Set to Kill 2003 Phoenix (AZ) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Screamo, Alternative

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F5 2003 Phoenix (AZ) Metal
The Faceless 2004 Los Angeles (CA) Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal
Factory 81 1997 2003 Detroit (MI) Nu Metal
Faith No More 1982, 2009 1998 San Francisco (CA) Crossover, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal
Faith or Fear 1982, 2002 1991 Richland (NJ) Thrash Metal
Falling in Reverse 2008 Henderson (NV) Hardcore-Punk, Punkrock, Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Rap-Rock, Hard Rock, Pop-Punk, Alternative Rock
Fallout 1989 1982 New York City (NY) Heavy Metal
Fallujah 2007 San Francisco (CA) Technical Death Metal
Family Force 5 2004 Atlanta (GA) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Crunkcore, Crossover, Post-Hardcore
Faster Pussycat 1985, 2001 1993 Los Angeles (CA) Glam Metal, Hard Rock, Bluesrock
Fates Warning 1983 (CT) Progressive Metal
Fear Before 2002 Aurora (CO) Metalcore, Mathcore, Post-Hardcore
Fear Factory 1989, 2003 2002 Los Angeles (CA) Industrial Metal, Neo-Thrash/Groove Metal, Death Metal als Ulceration gegründet
Fear of God 1989 1996 Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal als Sediction gegründet
Fecund Betrayal 2012 Salem (IL) Funeral Doom
Fever 333 2017 Los Angeles (CA) Rock, Hardcore Punk, Rap-Metal
Fight 1993 1996 Phoenix (AZ) Heavy Metal, Groove Metal, Thrash Metal
Fireball Ministry 1999 Los Angeles (CA) Stoner Metal
Fireflight 1999 Eustis (FL) Christlicher Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative Metal
FireHouse 1989 Charlotte (NC)
Fifth Angel 1983, 2017 1990 Bellevue (WA) Power Metal
First Blood 2002 (CA) Hardcore Punk, Metalcore
Fit for a King 2007 Texas (TX) Metalcore, Christlicher Metal, Post-Hardcore
Fit for an Autopsy 2008 Jersey City (NJ) Deathcore, Death Metal
Five Finger Death Punch 2005 Las Vegas (NV) Alternative Metal, Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Five Pointe O 1999 2003 Joliet (IL) Rap Metal, Nu Metal
Flaw 1996, 2006 2004 Louisville (KY) Alternative Metal, Nu Metal als F. Law gegründet
Fleshgrind 1992 2005 Chicago (IL) Death Metal, Grindcore
The Flight of Sleipnir 2007 Arvada (CO) Epic Doom
Flotsam and Jetsam 1981 Phoenix (AZ) Speed Metal, Thrash Metal als Paradox gegründet
The Flying Luttenbachers 1991 2007 Hardcore Punk, Black Metal, Creative Jazz
For All Those Sleeping 2007 2014 St. Cloud (MN) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore
For the Fallen Dreams 2003 Lansing (MI) Metalcore, Mathcore, Hardcore
For Today 2005 2016 Sioux City (IA) Metalcore
Forbidden 1985, 2007 1997 San Francisco (CA) Thrash Metal
Forced Entry 1982, 2002 1995, 2002 Seattle (WA) Thrash Metal als Critical Condition gegründet
Forté 1987 Oklahoma City (OK) Thrash Metal, Power Metal
Fozzy 1999 (GA) Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Frightmare 2002 Portland (OR) Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Grindcore, Punk
From a Second Story Window 2002 2008 (OH) / (PA) Metalcore
From Ashes to New 2013 Lancaster (PA) Nu Metal
From Autumn to Ashes 2000, 2014 2008 Long Island (NY) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
From First to Last 2002, 2013 2010 Los Angeles (CA) Post-Hardcore, Alternative Metal, Emocore, Screamo
Fueled by Fire 2002 Norwalk (CA) Thrash Metal
Full Blown Chaos 1997 New York City (NY) Metalcore
Full of Hell 2009 Ocean City (MD) / (PA) Grindcore, Sludge, Noise
Funerary 2013 2017 Phoenix (AZ) Funeral Doom, Sludge
Fury of Five 1994, 2000, 2010 1998, 2000 Asbury Park (NJ) Crossover, Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal, Metalcore
Futures End 2007 Martinez (CA) Progressive Metal, Power Metal

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Galactic Cowboys 1989, 2017 2000 Houston (TX) Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal
Gammacide 1986, 2004 1992 Arlington (TX) Thrash Metal
Gang Green 1982 Boston (MA) Hardcore, Punkrock, Skatepunk
Ganon 2001 2010er Ferndale / Ann Arbor (MI) Post-Metal
Gatecreeper 2013 Tucson / Phoenix (AZ) Death Metal
The Gates of Slumber 2013 Indianapolis (IN) Doom Metal
Generation Kill 2008 Congers (NY) Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk
Genitorturers 1991 Orlando (FL) Industrial Metal, Industrial Rock
Genöcide 1979 ca. 1987 New Brunswick (NJ) Crossover, Punk, Thrash Metal, Power Metal
Get Scared 2008 Layton (UT) Post-Hardcore, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Gothic Rock, Metalcore
Ghost Bath 2012 Minot (ND) Blackgaze, Depressive Black Metal, Post-Black-Metal
The Ghost Inside 2004 Los Angeles (CA) Hardcore, Metalcore
Ghost Machine 2005 2007 Los Angeles (CA) Industrial Metal, Hard Rock
Giant Squid 2002 2015 Sacramento (CA) Sludge, Doom Metal, Progressive Metal
Gideon 2008 Tuscaloosa (AL) Hardcore Punk, Metalcore
Giraffe Tongue Orchestra 2011 Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal Supergroup
Glass Casket 2001 Winston-Salem (NC) Deathcore als Gadrel gegründet
Glass Cloud 2011 2015 Hampton (VA) Metalcore, Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal
Goatlord 1985 1997 Las Vegas (NV) Sludge, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Death Doom
Goatsnake 1996, 2004 2002 Los Angeles (CA) Stoner Doom
Goatwhore 1996/97 New Orleans (LA) Black Metal, Death Metal
God Forbid 1998 2013 East Brunswick (NJ) Thrash Metal, Metalcore
Godhead 1990er Washington, D.C. Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal
Godsmack 1995 Boston (MA) Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Post-Grunge, Nu Metal, Heavy Metal
Godspeed ca. 1991/92 1996 Asbury Park (NJ) Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Stoner Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Gorgasm 1994, 2010 2008 Chicago (IL) Death Metal, Grindcore, Goregrind
Gothic Slam 1984 1991 Union City (NJ) Thrash Metal als Slayer gegründet
Graf Orlock 2003 Los Angeles (CA) Grindcore
Grand Belial’s Key 1992, 2009 2006 Oakton (VA) Black Metal
Grave Ritual 2009 Montgomery (AL) Death Metal
Gravehill 2001, 2006 ca. 2001 Anaheim (CA) Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal
Grayceon 2005 Progressive Metal
The Great Commission 2007 Redlands (CA) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Hardcore Punk, Deathcore, Christlicher Metal
Great White 1981, 2006 2001 Huntington Beach (CA) Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Greeley Estates 2002 Phoenix (AZ) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
Green Jellÿ 1981 Rock, Heavy Metal, Punk-Rock, Comedy Rock als Green Jellö gegründet
Grief 1991, 2001, 2006 2005, 2008 Boston (MA) Sludge
Griffin 1982, ca. 2011 ca. 1986 San Francisco (CA) Power Metal, Speed Metal
Guardian 1982 1999 Hardrock, Power Metal, Rock als Fusion gegründet, zwischenzeitlich Gardian
Gwar 1985 Richmond (VA) Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Hardcore Punk, Shock Rock
Gwen Stacy 2004 Indianapolis (IN)

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Hades 1978, 1995 1989 (NJ) Power Metal, Thrash Metal
Haji’s Kitchen 1993 Lewisville (TX) Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Groove Metal
Halcyon Way 2001 Atlanta (GA) Progressive Metal, Power Metal
Halestorm 1997 Red Lion (PA) Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal, Post-Grunge
Hallowed Butchery 2004 Kennebec County (ME) Funeral Doom, Industrial Metal, Neofolk, Grindcore
Halloween 1981 Detroit (MN) Heavy Metal, Speed Metal als Bitch gegründet
Hallows Eve 1983, 2004 Atlanta (GA) Thrash Metal
Halo of Gunfire 2006 Santa Maria (CA) Deathcore, Death Metal
Hammers of Misfortune 1990er San Francisco (CA) Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal als Unholy Cadaver gegründet
Hammerwhore 2001, 2013 2007 Alice (TX) Thrash Metal
Hands 2007, 2017 2011, 2017 Fargo (ND) Christlicher Metal, Metalcore, Post-Metal
Hanzel und Gretyl 1993 New York City (NY) Alternative Metal, Industrial Rock, Breakbeat, Drum & Bass
Happy Days 2007 Sarasota (FL) Depressive Black Metal, Shoegazing
Hardline 1991, 1999, 2011 1992, 2009 Los Angeles (CA) Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Glam Metal
Haste 1993 2007 Birmingham (AL) Metalcore
Haste the Day 2001, 2014 2011 Carmel () Metalcore, Christlicher Metal
Hatchet 2006 San Francisco (CA) Thrash Metal
Hate Eternal 1997 Saint Petersburg (FL) Death Metal
Hatebeak 2003, 2015 2009 Baltimore (MD) Death Metal, Grindcore
Hatebreed 1994 Bridgeport (CT) Metalcore, Hardcore-Punk
Hateplow 1994 Fort Lauderdale (FL) Death Metal Supergroup
Hatriot 2011 Oakland (CA) Thrash Metal
Hatrix 1989 Cleveland (OH) Thrash Metal
Have Mercy 1983 1988 Baltimore (MD) Power Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
Havoc Mass 1990 ca. 1993 Tampa (FL) Thrash Metal
Havok 2004 Denver (CO) Thrash Metal
Hawaii 1981 1986 Honolulu (HI) Speed Metal, Power Metal, Heavy Metal als Vixen gegründet
Hawthorne Heights 2001 Dayton (OH) Post-Hardcore, Alternative Metal
Heart 1967 Seattle (WA) Hard Rock, Pop, Glam Metal
Heathen 1984, 2001 1992 San Francisco (CA) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Heimskringla 2015 Funeral Doom
Heir Apparent 1984, 1998 1990 Seattle (WA) Power Metal, Progressive Metal
Hellcannon 2009 Buffalo (NY) Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Hellion 1982 Los Angeles (CA) Power Metal
Hellish Form 2019 Drone Doom, Funeral Doom
Hellvetron 2003 El Paso (TX) Black Doom
Hellwitch 1994, 2004 1998 Fort Lauderdale (FL) Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Hellyeah 2006 Groove Metal, Heavy Metal
Helmet 1980er, 2004 1997 New York City (NY) Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore, Crossover
Helstar 1981/82 Houston (TX) Heavy Metal, Power Metal als Black Rose gegründet, zwischenzeitlich Vigilante
Heretic 1985, 2011 1988 Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal, Power Metal
Hewhocorrupts 2000 2012 Chicago (IL) Grindcore
Hexen 2003 Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal
Hexx 1978 1991 San Francisco (CA) Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal
The Hidden Hand 2002 2007 (MD) Stoner Doom
Hierophant 1994 2003 (NJ) Funeral Doom
High on Fire 1999 Oakland (CA) Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal
High Spirits 2009 Chicago (IL) Heavy Metal
Himsa 1998 2008 Seattle (WA) Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal
Hirax 1984, 2000 1989 Cypress (CA) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal eine der wenigen Metal-Gruppen mit afroamerikanischem Sänger
Hittman 1984 1994 New York City (NY) Power Metal, Progressive Metal
Hollywood Undead 2005 (CA) Rap-Rock, Alternative Rock, Crossover, Nu Metal
Holy Grail 2008 Pasadena (CA) Heavy Metal
Holy Terror 1985 Los Angeles (CA) Speed Metal
HolyHell 2005 Power Metal
Honour Crest 2009 2014 Norfolk (VA) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Trancecore, Djent
Hoobastank 1994 Agoura Hills (CA) Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge, Nu Metal
Horrendous 2009 Philadelphia (PA) Death Metal
Horse the Band 1999 Lake Forest (CA) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore
House of Lords 1988, 2002 1999 Hard Rock, Glam Metal
House of Low Culture 2000 Drone Doom, Lounge, Ambient, Noise
The Howling Void 2007 San Antonio (CA) Funeral Doom
The Human Abstract 2004 2011 Los Angeles (CA) Progressive Metal
Hundredth 2008 Myrtle Beach (SC) Melodic Hardcore, Metalcore, Shoegaze, Indie-Rock
Huntress 2009 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal
Hurt 2000 Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge, Alternative Metal

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I Am Heresy 2011 2015 (DE) Hardcore Punk, Metalcore
I Declare War 2005 Seattle (WA) Deathcore
I Prevail 2013 Rochester Hills (MI) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
I See Stars 2005 Warren (MI) Trancecore, Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
I Set My Friends on Fire 2007 Miami (FL) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Trancecore, Electronica, Crunkcore
I, the Breather 2009 2016 Baltimore (MD) Metalcore
Ice Nine Kills 2002 Boston (MA) Metalcore, Melodic Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Symphonic Metal, Post-Hardcore
Iced Earth 1984 (IN) Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Icon for Hire 2007 Decatur (IL) Alternative Rock, Pop-Punk, Electronic-Rock, Alternative Metal
Idre 2012 Oklahoma City (OK) Post-Metal, Funeral Doom
If Hope Dies 1998 Auburn (NY) Metalcore
Ill Niño 1998 (NJ) Latin Metal, Nu Metal, Alternative Metal als El Niño gegründet
Imagika 1993, 2019 2010 Kalifornien (CA) Power Metal, Thrash Metal
Immolation 1986 Yonkers (NY) New York Death Metal
Impaled 1997 Oakland (CA) Deathgrind
Impellitteri 1987 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal
Impending Doom 2005 Riverside (CA) Deathcore, Death Metal, Goregrind
Impetigo 1987 Bloomington (IL) Goregrind, Grindcore, Death Metal
Imprecation 1991, 2009 1998 Houston (TX) Death Metal, Black Metal
In Dying Arms 2006, 2020 2017 Baltimore (MD) Deathcore, Metalcore
In Oblivion 2009 Austin (TX) Funeral Doom
In This Moment 2005 Los Angeles (CA) Metalcore, Alternative Metal
Inanimate Existence 2010 Santa Cruz (CA) Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal
I.N.C. 1985, 2010 1990 Bridgeport (CT) Thrash Metal
Incantation 1989 Johnstown (PA) Death Metal
Incite 2004 Phoenix (AZ) Thrash Metal, Groove Metal
Incubus 1991 Calabasas Funk Metal, Nu Metal, Crossover
Indestroy 1983 ca. 1989 Rockville (MD) Thrash Metal
Indian 2003, 2018 2015 Chicago (IL) Sludge
Infectious Grooves 1991 Los Angeles (CA) Funk Metal
Inferi 2006 Nashville (TN) Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal
Inhale Exhale 2005 2013 Canton (OH) Metal, Post-Hardcore
Inherit Disease 2001 Ventura (CA) Brutal Death Metal
Inquisition 1988 Cali (Kolumbien) Thrash Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal in Kolumbien gegründet, später nach Seattle gezogen
Insanity 1985, 2005 2001 San Francisco (CA) Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Insatanity 1992 Philadelphia (PA) Death Metal, Black Metal, Brutal Death Metal
Insolence 1995 San José (CA) Nu Metal, Reggae
Integrity 1989 Cleveland (OH) Hardcore Punk, Metalcore
Internal Bleeding 1991, 2011 2004 Long Island (NY) Death Metal
Internal Void 1987 2013 Frederick (MD) Doom Metal
Intrinsic 1984, 2006 1996 Morro Bay (CA) Speed Metal, Power Metal
Intronaut 2003 Los Angeles (CA) Progressive Metal, Post-Metal
Intruder 1987, 2002 1992 Nashville (TN) Thrash Metal
Invection 2007 Oakland (CA) Thrash Metal
Invent, Animate 2011 Port Neches (TX) Metalcore, Progressive Metal
Irepress 1998 Sharon (MA) Post-Rock, Post-Metal, Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Space Rock, Instrumentalmusik
The Iron Maidens 2001 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal
Iron Man 1988 Gaithersburg (MD) Doom Metal als Force gegründet
Iron Reagan 2012 Richmond (VA) Crossover, Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal
Isis 1997 2010 Boston (MA) Post-Metal, Alternative Metal
Issues 2012 Atlanta (GA) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Nu Metal, Contemporary R&B
It Dies Today 2001 Buffalo (NY) Metalcore
Iwrestledabearonce 2007 2016 Shreveport (LA) Mathcore, Metalcore, Alternative Metal

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Jag Panzer 1981, 2013 2011 Colorado Springs (CO) Power Metal
Jane’s Addiction 1985, 1997, 2001-2004, 2008 1991 West Hollywood (CA) Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Funk Metal
Jersey Dogs 1989 ca. 1993 Hoboken (NJ) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Jex Thoth San Francisco (CA) Stoner Doom, Psychedelic Rock
Job for a Cowboy 2003 Glendale (AZ) Death Metal
John Diva & The Rockets of Love 2009 Glam Metal inzwischen in Deutschland tätig
Jon Oliva’s Pain 2003 Progressive Metal
Jucifer 1993 Sludge, Noise-Rock
Judas Iscariot 1992 2003 Extreme Metal
Juggernaut 1985 1993 San Antonio (TX) Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal
Julien-K 2003 (CA) Synth-Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, Indietronica, Electronica
Jungle Rot 1994 Kenosha (WI) Death Metal

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Kamelot 1991 Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal
Kamikabe 2003 Pittsburgh (PA) Technical Death Metal
Katagory V 1999 Salt Lake City (UT) Progressive Metal, Power Metal
Kayo Dot 2003 New York City (NY) Avantgarde, Progressive Rock, Metal
Keel 1984, 1998, 2008 1989 Los Angeles (CA) Hard Rock, Glam Metal
The Kennedy Veil 2009 Sacramento (CA) Technical Death Metal
Ketch 2013 Arvada (CO) Death Doom, Sludge
Khanate 2000 2006 New York City (NY) Drone Doom, Sludge
Khemmis 2012 Denver (CO) Epic Doom
Kill the Client 2002 Dallas (TX) Grindcore
Killer Be Killed 2011 Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal Supergroup, als Killer or Be Killed gegründet
Killer Fox 1986 1987 Manchester (NH) Thrash Metal
The Killing Tree 1999 2006 Chicago (IL) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore
Killswitch Engage 1999 Westfield (MS) Metalcore
Kinetic Dissent 1987 ca. 1991 Atlanta (GA) Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal
King 810 2008 Flint (MI) Metal
King Conquer 2001 2019 Naples (FL) Deathcore
Kingdom Come 1987, 2018 2016 Hard Rock
Kingdom of Sorrow 2005 Metalcore, Sludge
Kissing Candice 2012 Long Island (NY) Metalcore
Kix 1980, 2003 1995 Hagerstown (MD) Hard Rock, Glam Metal
KK’s Priest 2019 Heavy Metal
Knocked Loose 2013 Oldham (KY) Hardcore Punk, Hardcore, Metalcore
Korn 1993 Bakersfield (CA) Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
Kowloon Walled City 2007 San Francisco (CA) Sludge
Krallice 2008 New York City (NY) Extreme Metal
Krashkarma 2005 Los Angeles (CA) Hard Rock, Metal
Kublai Khan 1984, 2003, 2017 1989, 2003 Minneapolis (MN) Thrash Metal
Kublai Khan TX 2009 Abilene (TX) Beatdown Hardcore, Hardcore Punk, Metalcore
Kylesa 2001 Sludge
Kyuss 1988 1995 Palm Desert (CA) Stoner Rock, Stoner Doom

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L.A. Guns 1983 Los Angeles (CA) Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Lääz Rockit 1982 Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal
Lamb of God 1990 Richmond (VA) Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Death Metal
L.A.P.D. 1989 1993 Bakersfield (CA) Funk Metal
Last Chance to Reason 2005 Portland (ME) Progressive Metal, Djent
Last Crack 1987, 1994, 2002 1992, 1994 Madison (WI) Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal
Last in Line 2012 Heavy Metal
The Last Ten Seconds of Life 2010 Meadville (PA) Deathcore
Lazarus A.D. 2005 2015 Kenosha (WI) Thrash Metal, Groove Metal
Leatherwolf 1981 Huntington Beach (CA) Heavy Metal
Leathürbitch 2015 Portland (OR) Speed Metal, Sleaze Rock, Heavy Metal als Leathürwitch gegründet
Lecherous Nocturne 1997 Greenville (SC) Technical Death Metal
Leeway 1983 1995 New York City (NY) Thrash Metal, Hardcore
Lethal 1982, 2006 1996 (KT) Progressive Metal, Power Metal
Lethal Aggression 1985 Asbury Park (NJ) Thrash Metal, Crossover, Hardcore Punk
Lethal Dose 1986 ca. 1989 Seattle (WA) Power Metal, Thrash Metal
Lethargy 1992 1999 Rochester (NY) Mathcore, Technical Death Metal
Leviathan 1989, 2009 1998 Littleton (CO) Power Metal, Progressive Metal
Leviathan (CA) Black Metal
Lich King 2004 Amherst (MA) Thrash Metal
Liege Lord 1982, 2000, 2013 1990, 2000 Stamford (CT) Speed Metal, Power Metal als Deceiver gegründet
Life of Agony 1989, 2003, 2014 1999, 2012 New York City (NY) Alternative Metal
A Life Once Lost 1999 (PA) Metalcore, Groove Metal
Lifer 1999 2002 Wilkes-Barre (PA) Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
Light the Torch 2012 Los Angeles (CA) Metalcore, Groove Metal
Light This City 2002 2008 San Francisco (CA) Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal
Like Moths to Flames 2010 Columbus (OH) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore
Limp Bizkit 1994 Jacksonville (FL) Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Crossover
Linkin Park 1996 Agoura Hills (CA) Alternative Rock, Electro Rock. Alternative Metal, Nu Metal, Rap Rock als Xero gegründet, zwischenzeitlich Hybrid Theory
Lionheart 2004, 2017 2016 Oakland (CA) Hardcore Punk, Metalcore, Two-Step
The Liquescent Horror 2004 Peoria (AZ) Funeral Doom
Liquid Tension Experiment 1997 Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal
Liturgy 2005 New York City (NY) Blackgaze, Post-Black-Metal
Lividity 1993 Champaign (IL) Death Metal, Porngrind
Living Colour 1984, 2002 1994 New York City (NY) Alternative Metal, Funk Metal eine der wenigen afroamerikanischen Metal-Bands
Living Sacrifice 1989, 2008 2003 Little Rock (AR) Christlicher Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Metalcore
Lizzy Borden 1983 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal
Locrian 2005 Chicago (IL) Drone Doom, Metal, Ambient
Lody Kong 2011 Phoenix (AZ) Sludge, Grunge, Hardcore Punk
London 1978, 2006 1991 Los Angeles (CA) Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Lord Dying 2010 Portland (OR) Sludge
Lord Mantis 2005, 2015, 2019 2014, 2017 Chicago (IL) Sludge
Lord of War 2008 San Diego (CA) Deathcore, Death Metal
Lorna Shore 2010 (NJ) Deathcore
Losa 2003 Dallas (TX) Metalcore
Loss 2003 Nashville (TN) Funeral Doom
Lost Hours 2013 Atlanta (GA) Funeral Doom
Love and Death 2012 Phoenix (AZ) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Christlicher Metal
Lucian the Wolfbearer 2010 Cleveland (OH) Funeral Doom, Nordic Ritual Folk
Ludichrist 1984, 2007 1989, 2007 Long Island (NY) Crossover, Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk
Ludicra 1998 2011 San Francisco (CA) Metal, Crust Punk
Lurker of Chalice unbe., 2004 2003 Black Doom
Lycus 2008, 2011 2009 Oakland (CA) Funeral Doom

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Macabre 1985 Chicago (IL) Death Metal
Mace 1983, 2012 1989 Everett (WA) Crossover, Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk
Machine Head 1991 Oakland (CA) Thrash Metal, Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Nu Metal
Made Out of Babies 2005 2012 New York City (NY) Post-Metal, Post-Hardcore
Magellan 1991 Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal
Magrudergrind 2002 Washington, D.C. Powerviolence, Grindcore
Malevolent Creation 1987 Fort Lauderdale (FL) Death Metal
Malformed Earthborn 1992 ca. 1995 Industrial Metal, Noise
Malice 1980, 2006 1989 Heavy Metal
Mamiffer 2008 Seattle (WA) Drone Doom, Post-Rock
Mammoth WVH 2015 Los Angeles (CA) Hard Rock, Metal, Post-Grunge, Alternative Rock
Manilla Road 1977, 2001 1990, 2018 Wichita (KS) Heavy Metal, Power Metal
Manntis 2000 Riverside County (CA) Metalcore
Manowar 1980 Auburn (NY) True Metal, Heavy Metal, Power Metal Begründer des Stils True Metal
Mantic Ritual 2004 Pittsburgh (PA) Thrash Metal als Meltdown gegründet
Marilyn Manson 1989 Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, Hard Rock
Martriden 2001 Havre (MT) Black Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Metal
Massacre 19984, 2007, 2016 1996, 2014 Death Metal eine der ersten Death-Metal-Gruppen
Master 1983 Chicago (IL) Death Metal
Mastodon 2000 Atlanta (GA) Progressive Metal, Sludge
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster 2004 Birmingham (AL) Metalcore, Southern Rock, Post-Hardcore, Hard Rock, Nu Metal
Mega Colossus 2005 Raleigh (NC) Heavy Metal
Megadeth 1983, 2004 2002 Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal
Meliah Rage 1987 Boston (MA) Thrash Metal, Power Metal
Melvins 1983 Montesano (WA) Experimental Rock, Sludge Metal, Alternative Metal, Grunge, Stoner Rock
Memphis May Fire 2006 Denton (TX) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Southern Rock
Merauder 1990 New York City (NY) Crossover, Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk, Metalcore
Merciless Death 2003 Santa Clarita (CA) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Metal Church 1981, 1999, 2012 1993, 2009 Seattle (WA) Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
Metallica 1981 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal
Methadrone 1998 2009 (NJ) Drone Doom, Ambient, Postrock
Methods of Mayhem 1999, 2009 2000 Rap Metal, Nu Metal, Alternative Rock
Midnight 2003 Cleveland (OH) Black Metal, Speed Metal, Punk
The Midnight Ghost Train 2008 2018 Topeka (KS) Stoner Rock, Hard Rock, Southern Rock, Sludge
Mind Funk 2007 Funk Metal, Grunge, Stoner Rock
Mindrot 1989 1998 Westminster (CA) Death Doom
Mindset 1994 2000 Virginia Beach (VA) Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
Mindwars 2013 Turin (Italien); Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Minenwerfer 2007, 2016 2014 Sacramento (CA) Extreme Metal, War Metal
Ministry 1981, 2011 2008 Chicago (IL) Industrial Metal, Thrash Metal, Crossover, EBM, Synth Pop
Minsk 2002 Chicago (IL) Stoner Doom
Misery Index 2001 Death Metal
Misery Signals 2002 Milwaukee (WI) Metalcore
Misfits 1977, 1995 1983 Lodi (NJ) Horrorpunk, Hardcore-Punk, Punkrock, Heavy Metal
Miss May I 2007 Troy (OH) Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal
M.O.D. 1986 2015 Crossover, Thrash Metal
Modern Day Escape 2006, 2020 2013 Orlando Metalcore, Post-Hardcore
Molotov Solution 2004 Las Vegas (NV) Deathcore
Monstrosity 1990 Fort Lauderdale (FL) Death Metal
Moodring 2020 Orlando (FL) Alternative Metal, Nu Metal, Grunge
Morbid Angel 1984 Tampa (FL) Death Metal als Heretic gegründet
Morbid Saint 1986, 2010 1993 Sheboygan (WI) Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Morbikon 2020 Thrash Metal, Black Metal, Hardcore Punk US-amerikanisch-finnisches Projekt
Mordom 2017 San Diego (CA) Death Doom
Mordred 1984, 2002 1994 San Francisco (CA) Funk Metal, Thrash Metal
Morfin 2010 Pico Rivera (CA) Death Metal
Morgion 1990 2013 Orange County (CA) Death Doom, Gothic Metal
Morne 2005 Boston (MA) Sludge, Crustcore, Death Metal, Post-Rock
Morpheus Descends 1990 Middletown (NY) Death Metal
Morta Skuld 1990, 2012 ca. 2004 Milwaukee (WI) Death Metal
Mortal Decay 1991 Audubon (NJ) Brutal Death Metal
Mortician 1989 Deathgrind
Mortifier 2007 Canton (OH) Thrash Metal
Most Precious Blood 2001 New York City (NY) New York Hardcore, Metalcore
Mother’s Finest 1970, 1989 1983 Atlanta (GA) Funk, Funk Metal, Rock, Soul, R&B
Motionless in White 2006 Scranton (PA) Metalcore
Mötley Crüe 1980, 2019 2015 Los Angeles (CA) Glam Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Motograter 1995, 2006, 2008 2005, 2006 Santa Barbara (CA) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore
Mouth of the Architect 2003 Akron (OH) Post-Metal
Mt. Helium 1999 2008 Los Angeles (CA) Progressive Rock, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock als The Apex Theory
Mucky Pup 1985, 2009 1990er Bergenfield (NJ) Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk, Crossover
Mudvayne 1996, 2021 2010 Peoria (IL) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock
Municipal Waste 2000 Richmond (VA) Crossover, Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk
Murderdolls 1999 2013 Los Angeles (CA) Glam Metal, Horrorpunk Supergroup
Mushroomhead 1993 Cleveland (OH) Crossover, Nu Metal, Alternative Metal
Mutoid Man 2012 New York City (NY) Metal, Punk, Rock
MX Machine 1985, 2007 1989 Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal
My Bitter End 2002 Middletown (NY) Deathcore
My Ruin 1999 Los Angeles (CA) Alternative Metal, Industrial Metal, Nu Metal
Myka Relocate 2007 Houston (TX) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore
Mystic Force 1983 Baltimore (MD) Progressive Metal, Power Metal
Mystik 1988 ca. 1994 Cleveland (OH) Power Metal, Speed Metal

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Nachtmystium 2000, 2014 2013 Extreme Metal, Psychedelic Rock
Nails 2007 Oxnard (CA) Powerviolence, Grindcore, Crustcore
Narcotic Wasteland 2011 Taylors (SC) Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal
Nasty Savage 1983, 2004 1991 Brandon Thrash Metal
Native Construct 2011 Boston (MA) Progressive Metal
Nausea 1985 Los Angeles (CA) Grindcore, Crustcore
Nebula 1997 Stoner Rock, Heavy Metal
Necrophagia 1984, 1997 1987, 2018 (OH) Death Metal
Necrytis 2016 Heavy Metal, Power Metal
Nekrogoblikon 2006 (CA) Heavy Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal
Nelson 1990 Glam Metal
Neurosis 1985 Oakland (CA) Post-Metal, Thrash Metal, Crustcore
Nevermore 1991 2017 Seattle (WA) Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal
New Years Day 2005 Anaheim (CA) Pop-Punk, Post-Hardcore, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal
Newsted 2012 2014 Heavy Metal
Night Demon 2011 Ventura (CA) Heavy Metal
Nile 1993 Greenville (SC) Technical Death Metal
Nine Inch Nails 1988 Cleveland (OH) Alternative Rock, Ambient, Electronica, Industrial Rock, Industrial Metal
Nitro 1987, 2016 1993 Los Angeles (CA) Glam Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Nocturne 1995 Alternative Metal, Synth Rock
Nocturnus 1987, 1999 1993, 2002 Tampa (FL) Death Metal, Technical Death Metal
Nodes of Ranvier 2000 2007 Sioux Falls (SD) Metalcore
Non-Fiction 1988, 2009 1996 (NJ) Heavy Metal, Groove Metal, Alternative Metal, Power Metal
Nonpoint 1997 Fort Lauderdale (FL) Nu Metal, Crossover
Noothgrush 1994, 2011 2001 San José (CA) Sludge
Norma Jean 1997 Douglasville (GA) Metalcore, Mathcore
Nothing More 2003 San Antonio (TX) Alternative Metal, Progressive Rock
Nothingface 1995 2009 Washington, D.C. Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
Novembers Doom 1989 Chicago (IL) Thrash Metal, Death Doom
Nuclear Assault 1984 2022 New York City (NY) Thrash Metal
Nuclear Death 1986 2000 Phoenix (AZ) Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Grindcore
Num Skull 1985 1996 Winthrop Harbor (IL) Death Metal, Thrash Metal
NunSlaughter 1987 Pittsburgh (PA) Death Metal

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Obituary 1994, 2004 1998 Brandon (FL) Death Metal als Executioner gegründet, zwischenzeitlich Xecutioner
The Obsessed 1979, 2012 1995 Washington, D.C. Doom Metal
Oceano 2006 Chicago (IL) Deathcore
Oceans of Slumber 2011 Houston (TX) Progressive Metal
Odd Project 2000 Orange County (CA) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore
Odious Mortem 2001 San Francisco (CA) Technical Death Metal, Death Metal
Of Mice & Men 2009 Costa Mesa (CA) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Nu Metal, Alternative Metal
Oh, Sleeper 2006 Fort Worth (TX) Metalcore, Christlicher Metal
O.L.D. 1996 2002 Bergenfield (NJ) Grindcore, Death Metal, Industrial Metal als Regurgitation gegründet
Old Man Gloom 1999 Santa Fe (NM) Post-Metal
Oliver Magnum 1983 1997 Enid (OK) Speed Metal, Power Metal, Heavy Metal
Om 2004 Stoner Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Stoner Doom, Ambient
The Omega Experiment 2007 Muskegon (MI) Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal
Omen 1983, 1996 1988 Los Angeles (CA) Power Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal
On Broken Wings 2001 Boston (MA) Metalcore
One Bad Pig 1985 Austin (TX) Crossover, Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal, Christlicher Metal
Only Living Witness 1989 1995 Boston (MA) Hardcore Punk, Metal, Crossover
Operation: Mindcrime 2012 Seattle (WA) Progressive Metal als Queensrÿche gegründet
Opium Doom Cult 2009 Cincinnati (OH) Funeral Doom, Stoner Doom
Oppressor 1991 1999 Chicago (IL) Technical Death Metal
Opprobrium 1986 Metairie (LA) Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Christlicher Metal als Incubus gegründet
Orange 9mm 1992 2000 New York City (NY) Post-Hardcore, Alternative Rock, Crossover
Orchid 2007 San Francisco (CA) Doom Metal
Order from Chaos 1987, 2010 1995 Kansas City (MO) Death Metal
Order of Ennead 2007 Tampa (FL) Death Metal
Ordo Obsidium 2009 Bay Area (CA) Black Doom, Funeral Doom
Orgy 1997 Los Angeles (CA) Synth Rock, Nu Metal
Origin 1997 Topeka (KS) Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal
Otep 2000 Los Angeles (CA) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Crossover
Our Last Night 2003 Hollis (NH) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Alternative Metal
Outlaw Order 2002 New Orleans (LA) Sludge, Crustcore
Outworld 1997 2009 Houston (TX) Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal
Overkill 1980 (NY) Thrash Metal
Ovid’s Withering 2010 Tampa (FL) Deathcore
Ov Sulfur 2021 Las Vegas (NV) Deathcore

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Paingod Lake Worth (FL) Thrash Metal, Groove Metal
Pallbearer 2008 Little Rock (AR) Doom Metal
Panopticon 2007 Post-Metal, Post-Black-Metal, Postrock, Folk, Bluegrass
Pantera 1981 2003 Arlington (TX) Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Glam Metal als Panteras Metal Magic gegründet
Papa Roach 1993 Vacaville (CA) Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
Pathology 2006 San Diego (CA) Deathgrind
Paths of Possession 1999 Tampa (CA) Melodic Death Metal
Paw 1990, 2008 2000, 2008 Lawrence (KS) Alternative Rock, Grunge, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Pelican 1999 Chicago (IL) Post-Rock, Post-Metal
Pentagram 1971, 1978, 1984, 1994, 1997, 2008 1976, 1979, 1988, 1996, 2005 Alexandria (VA) Doom Metal
Periphery 2004 Bethesda (MD) Progressive Metal, Metalcore, Djent
Persephone’s Dream 1993 Pittsburgh (PA) Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal
Persistence in Mourning 2006 Oklahoma City (OH) Funeral Doom, Drone Doom
Pg. 99 1998 2003 Sterling (VA) Screamo, Emo, Grindcore
Phantom 1985 ca. 1993 New York City (NY) Speed Metal, Power Metal
Phantom Blue 1987, 2009 2001, 2009 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal Frauen-Band
Phobia 1990 Orange County (CA) Grindcore
Picture Me Broken 2005 Redwood City (CA) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Screamo, Hard Rock
Pig Destroyer 1997 Richmond (VA) Grindcore
Pigmy Love Circus 1990, 1999 1995 Los Angeles (CA) Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Punk-Rock
Pillar 1998 (KS) Alternative Metal, Rock, Christlicher Metal
Pillory 2003 2008 Boston (MA) Death Metal, Technical Death Metal
Pinkly Smooth 2001 2002 Orange County (CA) Metal
Pissing Razors 1994 2004 El Paso (TX) Groove Metal
Pist.On 1993 New York City (NY) Alternative Metal
Place of Skulls 2000 Knoxville (TN) Doom Metal, White Metal
Planet X 1999 Progressive Metal, Jazz Fusion
Plasmatics 1978 1984 Punk, Metal
A Plea for Purging 2005 2012 Nashville (TN) Metalcore
The Plot in You 2010 Findlay (OH) Metalcore, Alternative Rock
P.O.D. 1992 San Diego (CA) Nu Metal, Christlicher Metal, Crossover, Rap Metal, Post-Grunge, Alternative Metal
Poet 2016 Eugene (OR) Funeral Doom, Gothic Metal
Poison 1983 Harrisburg (PA) Glam Metal
Poison the Well 1997 Miami (FL) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
Polkadot Cadaver 2007 Rockville (MD) Rock, Progressive Metal
Poobah 1972 Youngstown (OH) Psychedelic Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Psyche, Protometal
Pop Evil 2001 Grand Rapids (MI) Hard Rock, Post-Grunge, Alternative Metal
Possessed 1983, 1990, 2007 1987, 1993 San Francisco (CA) Death Metal
Post Mortem 1982 Belmont (MA) Death Doom, Thrash Metal, Hardcore
Power of Omens 1994 2005 San Antonio (TX) Progressive Metal
Power Trip 2008 Dallas (TX) Crossover, Thrash Metal, Hardcore
Powerglove 2005 Power Metal, Speed Metal
Powerlord 1984 Oklahoma City (OK) Power Metal, Thrash Metal
Powermad 1984, 2007 1990 Minneapolis (MN) Thrash Metal, Power Metal
Powerman 5000 1991 Boston (MA) Alternative Metal, Electronic Rock, Nu Metal, Crossover
Premonitions of War 2000 2005 Toledo (OH) Metalcore, Grindcore, Hardcore Punk
Pressure 4-5 1998 Santa Barbara (CA) Alternative Metal, Rap Metal
Pretty Boy Floyd 1987 Los Angeles (CA) Glam Metal
Primer 55 1997, 2007 2003 Memphis (TN) Nu Metal, Rap Metal
Primitive Man 2012 Denver (CO) Death Doom
Primus 1984, 2002 2000 (CA) Funk Metal, Crossover, Alternative Metal
Pro-Pain 1992 New York City (NY) Hardcore, Metalcore, Groove Metal
Product of Hate 2007 Kenosha (WI) Thrash Metal, Groove Metal
Professional Murder Music 1999 Los Angeles (CA) Nu Metal, Industrial Metal
Project 86 1996 Orange County (CA) Christlicher Metal, Nu Metal, Post-Hardcore, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Rap Metal
Prong 1986 New York City (NY) Groove Metal, Alternative Metal, Hardcore Punk als R-Ruin gegründet
Prophets of Rage 2016 2019 Los Angeles (CA) Rap-Rock, Rap-Metal
Prosevere 2006 Memphis (TN) Alternative Metal, Thrash Metal, Rock ’n’ Roll
Prototype 1994 Los Angeles (CA) Progressive Metal
Prowler 2000 New York City (NC) Thrash Metal, Power Metal
Prymary 2000 Orange County (CA) Progressive Metal
Psychostick 2000 Phoenix (AZ) Comedy Metal, Hardcore Punk
Psychotic Waltz 1988, 2011 1997 El Cajon (CA) Progressive Metal
Psyclon Nine 2000 San Francisco (CA) Aggrotech, Alternative Metal
Purgatory 1984 1989 Cleveland (OH) Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
Pyrexia 1990 Death Metal
Pythonissam 2021 (ND) / (WI) Funeral Doom

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Queens of the Stone Age 1996 Palm Desert (CA) Stoner Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal
Queensrÿche 1981 Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal als The Mob gegründet
Quick Change 1983, 2000 1991 Markham (IL) Thrash Metal
Quiet Riot 1975, 1982, 1993, 2004, 2010 1979, 1989, 2003, 2008 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal, Glam Metal

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Rabbit Junk 2004 Seattle (WA) Alternative Metal, Nu Metal, Electronica, Hardcore Techno, Punk, Hip-Hop
Racer X 1985, 1999 1989, 2009 Speed Metal, Heavy Metal
Radakka 1988 ca. 1998 Chicago (IL) Power Metal, Progressive Metal
Rage Against the Machine 1991, 2007, 2019 2000, 2011 Los Angeles (CA) Rap Metal, Rap Rock, Funk Metal, Alternative Metal, Crossover
Ramallah 2001, 2013 2007 Boston (MA) Hardcore Punk, Metalcore
Ramming Speed 2007 Boston (MA) Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk, Death Metal, Grindcore, Crustcore
Ratt 1979 San Diego (CA) Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal
Realm 1985 1992 Milwaukee (WI) Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal
Rebel Meets Rebel 1999 2004 Heavy Metal, Outlaw Country
Reclusiam 2004 Virginia Beach (VA) Funeral Doom
Red 2002 Nashville (TN) Christlicher Rock, Nu Metal, Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge
The Red Chord 1999 Revere (MA) Deathcore
The Red Death 2002 2008 Bath (NY) Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore
Red Fang 2005 Portland (OR) Stoner Rock, Sludge
Red Hot Chili Peppers 1983 Los Angeles (CA) Funk Rock, Alternative Rock, Crossover, Funk Metal
Red Sparowes 2003 Los Angeles (CA) Post-Metal, Post-Rock
Red Tide 1993 2002 Avon (CT) Progressive Death Metal, Fusion
Redrum 1985, 1991, 2005 1989, 1992 Sacramento (CA) Thrash Metal
Reflux 2002 2006 Washington, D. C. Metalcore, Progressive Metal
Remembering Never 1990er Fort Lauderdale (FL) Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore
Remove the Veil 2005 2008 Birmingham (AL) Metalcore
Repulsion 1984, 1990, 2003 1988, 1993 Grindcore, Death Metal, Goregrind älteste Grindcore-Band der USA
Resurrection 1990 Tampa (FL) Death Metal
Rev Theory North Andover (MA) Hard Rock, Post-Grunge, Nu Metal, Alternative Metal als Revelation Theory gegründet
Reveille 1998 2003 Harvard Nu Metal, Crossover, Rap Metal
Revelation 1986 Baltimore (MD) Doom Metal
Revenant 1985 1995 Bergenfield (NJ) Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Reverend 1989, 2000 1992 Seattle (WA) Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal
Revocation 2000 Boston (MA) Technical Death Metal, Thrash Metal als Cryptic Warning gegründet
The Revolution Smile 2000 Sacramento (CA) Indie, Alternative Metal
Righteous Pigs 1987 1991 Hardcore Punk, Grindcore
Rigor Mortis 1983, 2005 1991, 2013 Dallas-Fort-Worth-Metroplex (TX) Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Rigor Sardonicous 1988 Long Island (NY) Funeral Doom
Rings of Saturn 2009 Dublin (CA) Deathcore, Technical Death Metal
Ringworm 1990, 1995, 1998 1993, 1995 Cleveland (OH) Hardcore Punk, Metalcore, Thrash Metal
Riot 1976, 1987 1984 New York City (NY) Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Hard Rock als Riot V gegründet
Rise Against 1999 Chicago (IL) Melodic Hardcore, Punk-Rock, Hardcore Punk als Transistor Revolt
Rivers of Nihil 2009 Reading (PA) Technical Death Metal
The Rods 1980, 2006 1986 Cortland (NY) Heavy Metal
Rorschach Test 1992 2001 Industrial Metal
Rose Funeral 2005 Cincinnati (OH) Deathcore, Death Metal
Rosetta 2003 Philadelphia (PA) Post-Metal
Rotting Sky 2006 Portland (OR) Funeral Doom
Rough Cutt 1980er 1990er Los Angeles (CA) Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Roxx Gang 1985 1991 Tampa (FL) Glam Rock, Glam Metal
Ruby the Hatchet 2011 (NJ) Doom Metal, Psychedelic Rock
Ruffians 1983, 2004 1989 Berkeley (CA) Heavy Metal, Power Metal
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder 2002 Philadelphia (PA) Thrash Metal
Runaway Kids 2005 San Fernando (CA) Hardcore, Metalcore
Russian Circles 2004 Chicago (IL) Post-Rock, Post-Metal, Instrumentalmusik
Ruthless 1982, 2008 1990 Los Angeles (CA) Power Metal, Heavy Metal
Rwake 1996 Little Rock (AR) Sludge

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Sacrament 1989 2994 Folcroft (PA) Thrash Metal, Christlicher Metal
Sacred Reich 1985, 2006 2000 Phoenix (AZ) Thrash Metal
Sacrilege B.C. 1983 1991 Berkeley (CA) Thrash Metal, Crossover, Hardcore
Sadistic Intent 1987 Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Sadness 2014 Oak Park (IL) Blackgaze, Depressive Black Metal
Sadus 1984 Antioch (CA) Thrash Metal
Saigon Kick 1988, 2012 2000 Miami (FL) Hard Rock, Glam Metal
Saint Vitus 1979, 2003 1995 Los Angeles (CA) Doom Metal
Saliva 1996 Memphis (TN) Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock
Salt the Wound 2001, 2010 2010 Cleveland (OH) Deathcore, Melodic Death Metal
Samhain 1983, 1999 1987 Death-Rock, Horrorpunk, Heavy Metal
Sanctity 2000 2008 Asheville (NC) Thrash Metal
Sanctuary 1985, 2010 1992 Seattle (WA) Power Metal
Sarcolytic 2003 Austin (TX) Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal
Saul 2017 Sutherland (IA) Alternative Metal
Savage Grace 1981, 2009, 2020 1988 Los Angeles (CA) Speed Metal, Power Metal als Marquis De Sade gegründet
Savatage 1981, 2014 2007 Tampa (FL) Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Power Metal
Saviour Machine 1989 Los Angeles (CA) White Metal, Progressive Metal
Scale the Summit 2004 Houston (TX) Progressive Metal
Scar the Martyr 2013 2016 Alternative Metal, Post-Grunge
Scars of Life 1999, 2011 2006, 2014 (FL) Nu Metal
Scars on Broadway 2006, 2010 2009 Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock
Scatterbrain 1989, 2007 ca. 1994, 2007 Long Island (NY) Crossover, Funk Metal, Fun Metal, Hardcore Punk
Sea of Treachery 2004 Hebron (KY) Deathcore, Metalcore als At Daggers Dawn gegründet
Seax 2009 Framingham (MA) Speed Metal
See You Next Tuesday 2005 Bay City (MI) Deathcore, Mathcore
Sentinel Beast 1984, 2007 1987 Sacramento (CA) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Power Metal
Serpentine Dominion 2016 Death Metal
Seven Kingdoms 2007 Deland (FL) Thrash Metal, Power Metal
Seven Witches 1998 (NJ) Power Metal
Sevendust 1994 Atlanta (GA) Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Nu Metal als Rumblefish gegründet
Severed Savior 1999 San Francisco (CA) Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal
Shadow Gallery 1991 Progressive Metal
Shadow of Intent 2014 (CT / RI) Deathcore, Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal
Shadow Project 1987 1998 Los Angeles (CA) Death-Rock, Heavy Metal, Gothic Metal
Shadows Fall 1995 Boston (MA) Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Metalcore, Post-Thrash
Shai Hulud 1995 Pompano Beach (FL) Metalcore, Progressive Metal, Hardcore
Shatter Messiah 2005 Akron (OH) Thrash Metal, Power Metal
Shattered Realm 2000, 2011 2009 Asbury Park (NJ) Metalcore, Hardcore Punk
Sheer Terror 1984, 2004 1998 New York City (NY) Hardcore, Crossover-Thrash
Shinedown 2001 Jacksonville (FL) Post-Grunge, Hard Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal
The Showdown 2002 Elizabethton (TN) Metalcore, Heavy Metal als 2540 gegründet
Shrinebuilder 2008 Stoner Doom
Shuvel 1997 2011 Wichita (KS) Rap Metal, Nu Metal
Signs of the Swarm Pittsburgh (PA) Deathcore
Silent Civilian 2004 (CA) Thrash Metal, Metalcore
Silent Planet 2010 Los Angeles (CA) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore
Simple Aggression 1989 ca. 1996 Independence Thrash Metal, Power Metal
Since October 2005 Wauchula (FL) Christlicher Metal, Alternative Metal, Post-Grunge
Sindrome 1986 Highland Park (IL) Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Siren 1981 1991 Tampa (FL) Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal
Six Feet Under 1993 Tampa (FL) Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll
Skarp 2000 Seattle (WA) Grindcore, Crustcore
Skeletal Remains 2011 Whittier (CA) Death Metal als Anthropophagy gegründet
Skeletonwitch 2003 Athens (OH) Thrash Metal, Black Metal
Skid Row 1987, 1999 1996 (NJ) Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Sleaze Rock
Skillet 1996 Memphis (TN) Christlicher Rock, Alternative Rock, Nu Metal
Skin Chamber 1991 1993 Boston (MA) Post-Metal, Industrial Metal
Skin Yard 1985 1992 Seattle (WA) Grunge, Alternative Metal
Skinlab 1995 San Francisco (CA) Nu Metal, Groove Metal
Skinless 1992, 2013 2011 Glen Falls (NY) Death Metal
Skrape 1997 2004 Orlando (FL) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal
Skrew 1991, 2009 1998 Austin (TX) Industrial Metal
Sky Eats Airplane 2005 2011 Fort Worth (TX) Trancecore, Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
A Skylit Drive 2005 2017 Lodi (CA) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
Slant 2001 Annandale (VA) Alternative Metal
Slayer 1981 2019 Huntington Park (CA) Thrash Metal
Sleep 1990, 2009 1997 San José (CA) Stoner Doom
Sleeping with Sirens 2009 Orlando (FL) Post-Hardcore, Rock, Pop, Metalcore
Sleepwave 2013 St. Petersburg (FL) Alternative Rock, Post-Rock, Ambient, Post-Hardcore
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum 1999 Oakland (CA) Rock, Progressive Metal
Slipknot 1995 Des Moines (IO) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal
The Smashing Pumpkins 1988, 2006 2000 Chicago (IL) Rock, Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock, Artrock, Alternative Metal
Smile Empty Soul 1998/99 (CA) Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge, Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
Snot 1994, 2008 1998 Santa Barbara Hardcore Punk, Nu Metal
So This Is Suffering 2007 Los Angeles (CA) Deathcore
Society 1 1998 Los Angeles (CA) Nu Metal
SOiL 1997 Chicago (IL) Alternative Metal, Hard Rock
Soilent Green 1988 Grindcore, Sludge
Solitude Aeturnus 1987 Dallas (TX) Epic Doom Progressive Metal als Solitude gegründet
Solstice 1990, 1995, 2008 1993, 1995 Death Metal
Son of Aurelius 2009 Santa Cruz (CA) Technical Death Metal
Son of Sam 2000, 2007 2001 Los Angeles (CA) Horrorpunk, Death-Rock
Sons of Apollo 2016 Progressive Metal Supergroup
Sons of Azrael 2004 2012 Buffalo (NY) Melodic Death Metal
Sons of Liberty 2009 Heavy Metal
Souls at Zero 1993 1996 Baltimore (MD) Thrash Metal, Groove Metal
Soundgarden 1984, 2010 1997, 2018 Seattle (WA) Grunge, Heavy Metal, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock
Sourvein 1992 Wilmington Sludge als Brent gegründet
Spastic Ink 1993 2004 Progressive Metal
Spastik Children 1985 1990 Metal Supergroup
Speed Kill Hate 2002 New York City (NY) Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
Spellcaster 2009 Portland (OR) Heavy Metal, Speed Metal
Spinal Tap 1964 (fiktiv), 1979, 1992, 2001, 2007, 2009 1982 (fiktiv), 1984 Heavy Metal, Hard Rock halb-fiktive Heavy-Metal-Band, die durch den Film This Is Spinal Tap aus dem Jahr 1984 bekannt wurde
Spineshank 1996 Los Angeles (CA) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal
Spirit Caravan 1996, 2013 2002 Stoner Doom
Spite 1996 2001 Charlotte Nu Metal
The Spudmonsters 1987, 2011 1998 Cleveland (OH) Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk, Crossover
Stabbing Westward 1985, 2016 2002 Alternative Rock, Industrial Rock, Alternative Metal
Staind 1995 Springfield (MA) Post-Grunge, Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Rock
Starset 2013 Columbus (OH) Alternative Rock, Synth Rock, Progressive Rock, Alternative Metal
Static-X 1994, 2018 2013 Los Angeles (CA) Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
Steel Aggressor 2010 Indianapolis (IN) Power Metal, Thrash Metal. Speed Metal, Heavy Metal
Steel Hook Prostheses 1999 Arlington (TX) Death Industrial
Steel Panther 2000 Los Angeles (CA) Glam Metal, Sleaze Rock als Metal Shop gegründet
Steel Prophet 1983 Middletown (CT) Power Metal
Steeler 1981 1984 Nashville (TN) Heavy Metal
Steelheart 1984, 2005 1992 Norwald (CT) Hard Rock, Hair Metal
Stick to Your Guns 2003 Orange County (CA) Hardcore Punk, Metalcore
Still Remains 2001 Grand Rapids (MI) Metalcore
Stolen Babies 2002 Los Angeles (CA) Avantgarde Metal, Progressive Metal
Stone Sour 1992, 2000 1997 Des Moires (IA) Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, Post-Grunge
A Storm of Light 2008 New York City (NY) Post-Metal
Stormtroopers of Death 1985, 1997 1986, 2002 New York City (NY) Thrash Metal, Crossover-Thrash
Straight Line Stitch 2000 Knoxville (TN) Metalcore, Hardcore Punk
Stryper 1981, 1999, 2003 1993, 2001 Orange County (CA) Christlicher Metal, Glam Metal als Roxx Regime gegründet
Stuck Mojo 1989, 2005 2000 Atlanta (GA) Rap-Metal, Crossover
Stygian Crown 2018 Los Angeles (CA) Epic Doom
Submersed 2003 2008 Stephenville (TX) Alternative Metal, Hard Rock
SubRosa 2005 2019 Salt Lake City (UT) Sludge, Doom Metal, Stoner Rock
Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky 2006 Tampa (FL) Deathgrind
Suffering Hour ca. 2009 Minneapolis (MS) Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal als Compassion Dies gegründet
Suffocation 1990, 2003 1998 New York City (NY) Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal gelten als Begründer des Brutal Death Metal
Suffokate 2003 Oakland (CA) Deathcore
Suicidal Tendencies 1982, 1997 1995 Venice Beach (CA) Hardcore Punk, Crossover, Thrash Metal, Skate-Punk
Suicide Silence 2002 Riverside (CA) Deathcore, Alternative Metal
Suicideboys 2014 New Orleans (LA) Hip-Hop, Trap, Cloud Rap, Trap Metal
Sunn O))) 1998 Seattle (WA) Drone Doom
Superjoint 1993, 2014 2004 New Orleans (LA) Metal, Hardcore Punk als Superjoint Ritual gegründet
Sutratma 2010 Santa Barbara (CA) Funeral Doom
Swarm of the Lotus 1998, 2009 2006, 2010 Baltimore (MD) Post-Metal, Sludge, Mathcore
Swashbuckle 2005 Thrash Metal
Switched 1999 North Royalton (OH) Nu Metal, Hard Rock
Switchpin 2001 Denver (CO) Metalcore, Alternative Metal
The Sword 2003 2022 Austin (TX) Heavy Metal, Stoner Rock, Doom Metal
Sworn Enemy 1997 New York City (NY) Hardcore Punk, Metalcore, Crossover als Mindset gegründet
Sworn In 2011 Grayslake (IL) Metalcore, Deathcore, Progressive Metal, Djent, Nu Metal
Symphony X 1994 Middletown Township (NJ) Progressive Metal
Syris 1993 2000 South Elgin (IL) Progressive Metal, Power Metal
Syrus 1983, 1988, 2014 1987, 1990 San Antonio (TX) Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal als Sacred Play gegründet
System of a Down 1994 (CA) Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Nu Metal, Hard Rock

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Take Over and Destroy 2008 Phoenix (AZ) Rock, Metal
Tantric 1999 Louisville (KY) Post-Grunge, Nu Metal
Taproot 1997 Ann Arbor (MI) Nu Metal, Post-Grunge
Tardy Brothers 2008 Gibsonton (FL) Death Metal
Tempel 2003 Phoenix (AZ) Post-Metal
Temple of Brutality 2004 Nashville (TN) Thrash Metal
Tenet 1996 2012 Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Tension 1978, 2011 1988 Baltimore (MD) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Power Metal als Deuce
Terrorizer 1987 2023 Los Angeles (CA) Grindcore
Testament 1983 Berkeley (CA) Thrash Metal als Legacy gegründet
Tetrarch 2007 Atlanta (GA) Metalcore, Nu Metal, Groove Metal
Texas in July 2007 Ephrata (PA) Metalcore
Theocracy 2002 Athens (GA) Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Christlicher Metal
Theories 2011 Seattle (WA) Deathgrind
This Is Hell 2004 Long Island (NY) Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal, Crossover
This or the Apocalypse 2006 Lancaster (PA) Metalcore
This Will Destroy You 2005 San Marcos Post-Rock, Ambient, Shoegaze, Doom Metal
Thorns of the Carrion 1992 2003 Cincinnati (OH) Death Doom, Funeral Doom, Gothic Metal
Thorr’s Hammer 1994, 2009 1995 Ballard (WA) Death Doom
Thrash Queen 1984 New Britain (CT) Thrash Metal
Thrasher 1983 ca. 1985 New York City (NY) Heavy Metal
Three Sixes 1998 Orange County (CA) Alternative Metal
Through the Eyes of the Dead 2003 Florence (SC) Death Metal, Deathcore
Throwdown 1997 Metalcore, Groove Metal, Hardcore Punk
Timelord 2005 Springfield (VA) Thrash Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal
Times of Grace 2008 Metalcore, Alternative Metal
Titan Force 1983 Colorado Springs (CO) Progressive Metal, Power Metal als Titan gegründet
Today Is the Day 1992 Nashville (TN) Hardcore Punk, Noise-Rock, Grindcore, Metal
Tombs 2007 New York City (NY) Post-Metal, Sludge
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza 2004 2012 Murfreesboro (TN) Grindcore, Djent, Mathcore
Tool 1990 Los Angeles (CA) Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Art Rock
Torche 2004 Miami (FL) Sludge, Alternative Rock, Stoner Rock
Torque 1994 1997 Concord (CA) Thrash Metal
Torture 1986, 2004 1990er El Paso (TX) Thrash Metal
Tourniquet 1990 2022 Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal, Christlicher Metal
Toxic Holocaust 1999 Portland (OR) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Toxik 1985, 2007 1992 Peekskill (NY) Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal
Trap Them 2001 Seattle (WA) Death Metal, Crustcore, Grindcore, Hardcore Punk
Trauma 1980, 2012 1986 San Francisco (CA) Heavy Metal, Speed Metal
Tremonti 2011 Orlando (FL) Hard Rock, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal
Trhä 2020 Black Metal
Trivium 1999 Orlando (FL) Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Thrash Metal
Trouble 1978 Chicago (IL) Doom Metal
Trust Company 1999, 2007 2005 (AL) Alternative Metal, Hard Rock
TSOL 1979 Huntington Beach (CA) Hardcore, Anarcho-Punk, Horrorpunk, Death-Rock, Hair Metal
T.T. Quick 1979 Osbornville (NJ) Heavy Metal
Tuff 1985 Phoenix (AZ) Glam Metal, Sleaze Rock
T&N 2011 Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Hair Metal von ehemaligen Mitgliedern von Dokken gegründet
Tura Satana 1993 1998 Los Angeles (CA) Alternative Metal, Rap Metal, Nu Metal als Manhole gegründet
Twilight 2005 2014 Extreme Metal, Post-Metal Supergroup
Twisted Sister 1973, 1997 1988, 2016 New York City (NY) Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Glam Metal
Tyketto 1987, 2004, 2007, 2008 1996, 2004, 2007 New York City (NY) Glam Metal, Hard Rock, Country-Rock
Type O Negative 1989 2010 New York City (NY) Alternative Metal, Doom Metal, Dark Rock
Tyrant’s Reign 1985, 2003 1990 (IL) Thrash Metal

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Name Gründung Auflösung Herkunft Genre(s) Anmerkungen
Uada 2014 Portland (OR) Black Metal
Ugly Kid Joe 1989, 2010 1997 (CA) Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, mit Punk- und Funk-Einflüssen
Ultimatum 1992 (NM) Thrash Metal, Christlicher Metal
Un 2012 Seattle (WA) Funeral Doom
Unbroken 1991 1995 San Diego (CA) Metalcore, Hardcore
Uncle Slam 1984 1995 Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal, Crossover als The Brood gegründet
Underminded 1999 San Diego (CA) Punk, Metalcore
Underoath 1998, 2015 2013 Tampa (FL) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Christlicher Metal, Mathcore, Deathcore, Screamo
Unearth 1998 Winthrop (MA) Metalcore
Unearthly Trance 2000, 2015 2012 New York City (NY) Sludge
Unida 1998, 2012 2003 Stoner Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
The Union Underground 1996 2002 San Antonio (TX) Nu Metal, Industrial Rock
Unloco 2000 2003 (TX) Nu Metal
Unmerciful 2001, 2005 2002 Topeka (KS) Brutal Death Metal
The Unsane 1986 Levitown (NY) Thrash Metal
Unto Others 2017 Portland (OR) Heavy Metal, Gothic Rock als Idle Hands gegründet
Upon a Burning Body 2005 San Antonio (CA) Deathcore
Usnea 2011 Portland (OR) Funeral Doom
Usurper 1993 2007 Chicago (IL) Thrash Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal

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Name Gründung Auflösung Herkunft Genre(s) Anmerkungen
Vacant Eyes 2011 Easthampton (MA) Funeral Doom, Gothic Metal, Melodic Death Doom
Vaginal Jesus 2011 North Branford (CT) Hardcore, Metal, Thrash Metal, Grindcore
Vain 1986, 1993 1991 San Francisco (CA) Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Sleaze Rock
Valkyrie 2002 Harrisonburg (VA) Epic Doom
Vampires Everywhere! 2009, 2015, 2021 2013, 2016 Los Angeles (CA) Post-Hardcore, Trancecore, später: Metalcore, Shock Rock
Vangough 2007 Oklahoma City (OK) Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
Vanna 2004 2007 Boston (MA) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Melodic Hardcore
Veil of Maya 2004 Chicago (IL) Deathcore, Metalcore
Vektor 2002 Tempe (AZ) Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal
Vengeance Rising 1986 Thrash Metal
Venomous Concept 2004 Chicago (IL) Hardcore Punk, Grindcore
Venomous Echoes 2020 Kettering (OH)
Verbal Abuse 1981, 2005 1996 San Francisco (CA) Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk, Crossover
Vicious Rumors 1979 Santa Rosa Power Metal, Heavy Metal
Viking 1985, 2011 1990 Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal als Tracer gegründet
Vile 1996 Concord (CA) Death Metal
Villains 2003 New York City (NY) Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal
Vindicator 2005 South Amherst (OH) Thrash Metal
Vinnie Vincent Invasion 1985 1988 Rock, Glam Metal
Vintersea 2014 Portland (OR) Progressive Metal als Asterion gegründet
Vio-lence 1985, 2001, 2019 1994, 2003 San Francisco (CA) Thrash Metal
Violent Playground 1987 ca. 1988 Fort Lauderdale (FL) Thrash Metal
Virgin Steele 1981 (NY) Heavy Metal, Power Metal
Visigoth 2010 Salt Lake City (UT) Heavy Metal, Epic Metal
Vision of Disorder 1992 Hardcore-Punk, Thrash Metal
Vital Remains 1989 Death Metal
Vixen 1980, 1997, 2001 1991, 1998 Saint Paul (MN) Hard Rock, Glam Metal, früher: Pop-Rock
Volto! 2003 Los Angeles (CA) Fusion, Instrumentalmusik
Volumes 2009 Los Angeles (CA) Metalcore, Djent
The Vomit Arsonist 2001 (RI) Death Industrial
VON 1988, 2010 1992 San Francisco (CA) Black Metal
Vouna 2010 Olympia (WA) Blackgaze, Atmospheric Doom

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Name Gründung Auflösung Herkunft Genre(s) Anmerkungen
Waco Jesus 1994 (IL) Porngrind, Death Metal
Wage War 2010 Ocala (FL) Metalcore, Hardcore Punk, als Empires gegründet
Waking the Cadaver 2006, 2018 2013 Shore Points (NJ) Deathcore, Brutal Death Metal
Walls of Jericho 1998 Detroit (MI) Hardcore Punk, Metalcore
War of Ages 2002 Erie (PA) Metalcore, Christlicher Metal
Warbringer 2004 Ventura (CA) Thrash Metal als Onslaught gegründet
Wargasm 1982, 2004 1995 Boston (MA) Thrash Metal
Warlord 1981, 2011 1986 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal, Power Metal
Warrant 1984 Glam Metal
W.A.S.P. 1982 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal, Glam Metal
Watch Me Burn 2000, 2017 2008 Los Angeles (CA) Grindcore, Sludge, Thrash Metal
Watch Them Die 2003 Oakland (CA) Metalcore, Thrash Metal
Watchmaker 1997 ca. 2006 Boston (MA) Grindcore
Watchtower 1982, 2000 1994 Progressive Metal
We Are the Fallen 2009 2012 Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal
We Came as Romans 2005 Troy (MI) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Trancecore als This Emergency gegründet
Weakling ca. 1998 1999 San Francisco (CA) Extreme Metal
Wednesday 13 2004 Horrorpunk, Glam Metal
Weedeater 1997 Wilmington (NC) Stoner Doom, Sludge
Wehrmacht 1985, 2009 1990 Portland (OR) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
Whether, I 2013 2016 Houston (TX) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
While Heaven Wept 1989 Dale City (VA) Epic Doom, Progressive Metal als Dream Wytch gegründet
Whiplash 1984, 1996, 2008 1990, 1998 Passaic (NJ) Thrash Metal
White Lion 1983 1991 New York City (NY) Hard Rock, Glam Metal
White Tiger 1985 1988 Heavy Metal
White Wizzard 2007 Los Angeles (CA) New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal
White Zombie 1985 1998 (NY) Groove Metal, Alternative Metal, Noise-Rock
Whitechapel 2006 Knoxville (TN) Deathcore, Death Metal, Progressive Metal
Whitecross 1986, 2005 1998 Chicago (IL) Christlicher Metal, Heavy Metal, Hair Metal
Widowmaker 1987 2000 Heavy Metal
Wild Dogs 1981 Portland (OR) Power Metal
Wildside 1988 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal
Will Haven 1995 Sacramento (CA) Metal
Windfærer 2006 (NJ) Blackened Folk Metal
Windhand 2009 Richmond (VA) Stoner Doom
Winds of Plague 2002 Upland (CA) Deathcore
Winger 1987, 2002, 2006 1993 (NJ) Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Glam Metal
Winter 1988 New York City (NJ) Death Doom, Funeral Doom
The Wise Man’s Fear 2013 Indianapolis (IA) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore
Witch Mountain 1997 Portland (OR) Doom Metal
With Blood Comes Cleansing 2005 2010 Albany (GA) Deathcore, Metalcore
With Dead Hands Rising 2001 2009 Minneapolis (MN) Metalcore, Death Metal
With Passion 2002 2007 Sacramento (CA) Progressive Death Metal
Witherfall 2013 Los Angeles (CA) Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Neoklassischer Metal
Within the Ruins 2003 Westfield (MA) Metalcore, Progressive Metal
Woe, Is Me 2009 2013 Atlanta (GA) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Rock
Wolves at the Gate 2009 Cedarville (OH) Metal, Post-Hardcore
Wolves in the Throne Room 2002 Olympia (WA) Blackgaze, Ambient
Woman Is the Earth 2007 Black Hills (SD) Cascadian Black Metal
The Word Alive 2008 Phoenix (AZ) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore
Wovenwar 2013 San Diego (CA) Melodic Metalcore, Alternative Metal
Wraith of the Ropes 2001 Hamilton (OH) Funeral Doom
Wrath 1982 Chicago (IL) Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal
Wrathchild America 1978 1993 Baltimore (MD) Thrash Metal als Atlantis gegründet
Wretched 2005 Charlotte (NC) Deathcore, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal als And Since Forgotten gegründet
WWIII 1986 Heavy Metal

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Name Gründung Auflösung Herkunft Genre(s) Anmerkungen
Xasthur 1995, 2015 2010 Alhambra (CA) Depressive Black Metal, Dark Ambient, Neofolk
Xehanort 2011, 2020 2019 Deathcore, Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Djent

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Y&T 1974, 1995 1991 San Francisco (CA) Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Glam Metal
Yaotl Mictlan 1998 Salt Lake City (UT) Pagan Metal, Extreme Metal
Yob 1996, 2008 2006 Eugene (OR) Stoner Doom

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Zakk Sabbath 2014 Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy-Metal Supergroup, Coverband von Black Sabbath
Zao 1994 (PA) Metalcore
Zebrahead 1996 La Habra (CA) Pop-Punk, Punk-Rock, Rap-Rock, Alternative Metal
Zeke 1993 Seattle (WA) Punk 'n' Roll, Heavy Metal
Zero Hour 1993 Pleasanton (CA) Progressive Metal
Znöwhite 1981, 1990 1990 Chicago (IL) Speed Metal, Thrash Metal Vorgänger von Cyclone Temple
Zoetrope 1976 1993 Chicago (IL) Thrash Metal