Heavy Metal

proto nwobhm/nwobhm/early speed metal/proto thrash/glam metal and their roots:

yardbirds

cream

jimi Hendrix experience

iron butterfly

steppenwolf

deep purple

andromeda

led zeppelin

the stooges

edgar broughton band

high tide

sir lord baltimore

black sabbath

wicked lady

Uriah heep

hawkwind

ufo

mott the hoople

David bowie

t. rex

slade

status quo

alice cooper

mott the hoople

atomic rooster

wishbone ash

amon duul II

fuzzy duck

lucifer's friend

third world war

Arthur brown's kingdom come

thin lizzy

jerusalem

zz top

queen

necromandus

new York dolls

aerosmith

the Hollywood brats

heavy metal kids

judas priest

kiss

ac/dc

dirty tricks

scorpions

moxy

rainbow

motorhead

quartz

van halen

riot

yesterday and today (Y&T)

van halen

samson

saxon

accept

angel witch

diamond head

def leppard

iron maiden

mythra

fist

white spirit

tygers of pan tang

the handsome beasts

crucifixion

AIIZ

witchfynde

girlschool

manilla road

blitzkrieg

more

saracen

gaskin

demon pact

holocaust

raven

venom

death ss

bitches sin

tyrant (Gloucester)

cirith ungol

satan

jaguar

witchfinder general

tank

hell (uk)

night ranger

mercyful fate/king diamond

anvil

virgin steel

twisted sister

manowar

savage

chateaux

Tokyo blade

rock goddess

grim reaper

battleaxe

motley crue

metal church

exciter

metallica

slayer

pentagram

turbo

cloven hoof

atomkraft

warfare

trouble

saint vitus

triarchy

traitors gate

blind guardian

helloween

Skid row

speed metal/proto thrash/thrash metal:

led zeppelin (proto)

deep purple (proto)

black sabbath (proto)

wicked lady (proto)

Uriah heep (proto)

budgie (proto)

Jerusalem (proto)

sweet (proto)

ufo (proto)

queen (proto)

aerosmith (proto)

rainbow (proto)

judas priest

motorhead

riot

accept

saxon

angel witch

diamond head

tygers of pan tang

AIIZ

fist

girlschool

more

venom

raven

gaskin

holocaust

anvil

satan

jaguar

tank

mercyful fate

chateaux

rock goddess

Tokyo blade

metal church

victim (usa)

exciter

metallica

slayer

broken bones

d.r.i.

suicidal tendencies

anthrax

English dogs

voivod

destruction

celtic frost

Sodom

turbo (Poland)

sacrilege (uk)

corrosion of conformity

stormtroopers of death

cryptic slaughter

cro mags

exodus

overkill

onslaught

agent steel

watchtower

whiplash

bathory

megadeth

sepultura

possessed

agent steel

sacred reich

exumer

holy moses

tankard

Racer x

flotsam and jetsam

death angel

dark angel

nuclear assault

blind guardian

coroner

helloween

kreator

testament

sarcofago

necrodeath

necrophagia

vio-lence

sabbat (uk)

forbidden

cerebral fix

acid reign

pantera

death metal (including brutal, progressive & technical):

possessed

kreator

sepultura

death (metal band)

necrophagia

napalm death

bolt thrower

carcass

pestilence

cerebral fix

morbid angel

deicide

autopsy

cancer

benediction

dismember

Mortician

Skinless

Malignancy

suffocation

malevolent creation

cannibal corpse

Nocturnus

atheist

asphyx

entombed

in flames

Opeth 

Edge of sanity

at the gates

dark tranquility

grave

cynic

amon amarth

cryptopsy

nile

devourment

Internal bleeding

Cephalotripsy

Origin

dying foetus

Obscura

children of bodom

Gojira

gorerotted

black metal:

venom

hellhammer/celtic frost

Bathory

sarcofago

necrodeath

mayhem

darkthrone

dissection

behemoth

immortal

emperor

burzum

gorgoroth

Sacramentum

Naglfar

Dawn

Unanimated 

cradle of filth

Tormentor

Blasphemy

Smael

Ulver

Dawn

Judas iscariot

Archgoat

bal sagoth

akercocke

anaal nathrakh

dragged into sunlight

deafheaven

progressive metal and it's roots:

iron butterfly

andromeda

led zeppelin

king crimson

deep purple

Jethro tull

gentle giant

genesis

yes

emerson lake and palmer

black sabbath

David bowie (the man who sold the world album)

stray

three man army

atomic rooster

Uriah heep

lucifer's friend

amon duul II

flower travellin' band

spontaneous combustion

necromandus

queen

sweet

judas priest

rush

Armageddon 

quartz

yesterday & today

angel witch

iron maiden

diamond head

yngwie malmsteen

mercyful fate/king diamond

metallica

English dogs

megadeth

voivod

watchtower

candlemass

corner

sabbat (uk)

sacrilege (uk)

queensryche

dream theater

atheist

cynic 

tool

death

symphony x

opeth

meshuggah

porcupine tree

Gojira

sikth

Fellsilent

Monuments

mastodon

textures

animals as leaders

Plini

grunge/alternative metal/groove metal/nu metal/nwoahm:

faith no more

red hot chilli peppers

Living color

Kings x

jane's addiction

dinosaur jr.

green river

mudhoney

melvins

U- men

Mad season

Babes in toyland

Blood circus

Skin yard

Malfunkshun

Tad

L7

Mother love bone

Screaming trees

Soundgarden

living colour

nirvana

7 year bitch

Temple of the dog

Hammerbox

My sisters Machine

rage against the machine

Seaweed

pantera

Willard

Life of agony

Jane's addiction

Rollins band

alice in chains

stone temple pilots

the jesus lizard

tool

Sponge

Dandelion

Love battery

sepultura

biohazard

hole

Candlebox

Incubus

Snot

Paw

The toadies

Sweet water

Veruca salt

The presidents of the united states of america

smashing pumpkins

primus

mr. bungle

helmet

Marilyn manson

korn

meshuggah

slipknot

deftones

lamb of god

porcupine tree

Audioslave

linkin park

sikth

textures

mastodon

gojira

Papa roach

doom/stoner/sludge/industrial/gothic metal/post metal:

black sabbath

wicked lady

judas priest

quartz

witchfynde

witchfinder general

pagan altar

trouble

pentagram

saint vitus

candlemass

melvins

justin broadrick (fall of because/godflesh/head of David/god/ice/jesu)

ministry

sacrilege (uk)

neurosis

the obsessed

paradise lost

my dying bride

anathema

winter

crowbar

cathedral

type o negative

solstice

sleep

Kyuss

Strapping young lad

katatonia

dystopia

asphyx

Grief

Down

acid bath

acid king

Eyehategod

Isis

Soilent green

Baroness

Marilyn manson

rammstein

acrimony

iron monkey

electric wizard

orange goblin

deftones

queens of the stone age

boris

sun 0))

Cult of luna

All them witches

1990s and 2000s metalcore-deathcore

Breakdown

Killing Time

Madball

Bulldoze

Terror Zone

Neglect

earth crisis

integrity

hatebreed

biohazard

converge

coalesce

botch

Dillinger escape plan

poison the well

at the drive in

arkangel

Killswitch Engage

All That Remains

Trivium

As I Lay Dying

Shadows fall

Khymera

Unearth

Bullet for My Valentine

Parkway Drive 

Antagony

Despised Icon

Infant annihilator

Red Chord

beecher

horse the band

bullet for my valentine

architects

devil sold his soul

enter shikari

All Shall Perish

Through the Eyes of the Dead

Bring Me the Horizon

Suicide Silence

The black dahlia murder

Carnifex

Job for a Cowboy

Chelsea Grin

Whitechapel

asking alexandria