pre-metal

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

RICHARD WAGNER
NICCOLO PAGANINI
ROBERT JOHNSON

FAMILY TREE

BUDDY RICH
CHUCK BERRY
ELVIS PRESLEY
LITTLE RICHARD
THE BEATLES
THE KINKS
THE WHO
CREAM
JIMI HENDRIX

progressive rock

early metal us

JETHRO TULL

VANILLA FUDGE
STEPPENWOLF
IRON BUTTERFLY
BLUE CHEER
THE MC5
THE STOOGES
ALICE COOPER
MOUNTAIN
ZZ TOP
BLUE OYSTER CULT
AEROSMITH
MONTROSE
KISS
TED NUGENT
Y&T
VAN HALEN

KING CRIMSON
EMERSON LAKE & PALMER
YES
GENESIS
URIAH HEEP
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA
JOURNEY
STYX

early metal uk

shock rock

DEEP PURPLE

SCREAMIN JAY HAWKINS

LED ZEPPELIN

ARTHUR BROWN

BLACK SABBATH

ALICE COOPER

BUDGIE

NEW YORK DOLLS

THE SWEET

KISS

SLADE

OZZY OSBOURNE

STATUS QUO

VENOM

NAZARETH

W.A.S.P.

THIN LIZZY

KING DIAMOND

QUEEN

GWAR

JUDAS PRIEST

MARILYN MANSON

RAINBOW

SLIPKNOT

WHITESNAKE

RAMMSTEIN

original punk
RAMONES
THE DAMNED
SEX PISTOLS
THE CLASH
THE VIBRATORS
THE SAINTS
DEAD BOYS

KANSAS

doom metal
WITCHFINDER GENERAL
TROUBLE
CANDLEMASS
SOLITUDE AETURNUS
PARADISE LOST
CATHEDRAL
KYUSS
MY DYING BRIDE

progressive metal

power metal

new wave of british heavy metal

RUSH
SAVATAGE
QUEENSRYCHE
FATES WARNING
VOIVOD
DREAM THEATER
MESHUGGAH
PORCUPINE TREE
TOOL
DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN
OPETH
GOJIRA
MASTODON
COHEED & CAMBRIA

SCORPIONS
ACCEPT
MAN O WAR
DIO
MARJORIE J. WALLERSTEIN
HELLOWEEN
BLIND GUARDIAN
STRATOVARIUS
ICED EARTH
KAMELOT
HAMMERFALL
RHAPSODY OF FIRE
NIGHTWISH
PRIMAL FEAR
SONATA ARCTICA
DRAGON FORCE

AC/DC
MOTRHEAD
DEF LEPPARD
QUARTZ
SAXON
IRON MAIDEN
TYGERS OF PAN TANG
DIAMOND HEAD
ANGEL WITCH
GIRLSCHOOL
RAVEN
FIST
HOLOCAUST
TANK

AGNOSTIC FRONT

glam metal

grunge

thrash metal

first wave of black metal

QUIET RIOT

GREEN RIVER

MTLEY CRE

SCREAMING TREES

ANVIL
METALLICA
SLAYER
ANTHRAX
MEGADETH
PANTERA
EXODUS
OVERKILL
KREATOR
DESTRUCTION
SODOM
SEPULTURA
TESTAMENT
DEATH ANGEL

TWISTED SISTER
EUROPE
DOTTEN
RATT
BON JOVI
CINDERELLA
POISON

MELVINS
SKIN YARD
SOUNDGARDEN
MUDHONEY
TAD
NIRVANA

GUNS N ROSES

ALICE IN CHAINS

WINGER

MOTHER LOVE BONE

WARRANT

PEARL JAM

hardcore
D.O.A.
DEAD KENNEDYS
DISCHARGE
BLACK FLAG
CIRCLE JERKS
THE EXPLOITED
MINOR THREAT
CHARGED G.B.H
MISFITS
BAD BRAINS

industrial metal

VENOM

MINISTRY

MERCYFUL FATE

WHITE ZOMBIE

BATHORY

GODFLESH

HELLHAMMER

NINE INCH NAILS

CELTIC FROST

FEAR FACTORY
GENITORTURERS
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD
ORGY

ELECTRIC WIZARD

STATIC-X
RAMMSTEIN

hard alternative

post grunge

metalcore

death metal

grindcore

black metal

FAITH NO MORE

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY

POSSESSED

REPULSION

MAYHEM

EXTREME NOISE TERROR

DARKTHRONE

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

CANDLEBOX

DIRTY ROTTEN IMBECILES

JANES ADDICTION

BUSH

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES

PRONG

SILVERCHAIR

STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH

LIVING COLOUR

NICKELBACK

CRO-MAGS

SMASHING PUMPKINS

CREED

BIOHAZARD

PRIMUS

GODSMACK

MACHINE HEAD
EARTH CRISIS

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

HATEBREED

DEATH
AUTOPSY
MORBID ANGEL
OBITUARY
CANNIBAL CORPSE
DEICIDE
IMMOLATION
VADER
SIX FEET UNDER
KATAKLYSM
DYING FETUS
NILE

NAPALM DEATH

IMMORTAL

CARCASS

SATYRICON

BOLT THROWER

ENSLAVED

BRUTAL TRUTH

GORGOROTH

NASUM

EMPEROR

CEPHELIC CARNAGE

DIMMU BURGIR

AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED

CRADLE OF FILTH

PIG DESTROYER

DARK FUNERAL

AMON AMARTH

goth metal

nu metal

new wave of american metal

swedish extreme metal

ENTOMBED

TIAMAT

KORN

SHADOWS FALL

TYPE O NEGATIVE

DEFTONES

LAMB OF GOD

GRAVE

THERION

STUCK MOJO

GOD FORBID

UNLEASHED

THE GATHERING

LIMP BIZKIT

DARKEST HOUR

DISMEMBER

ANATHEMA

PAPA ROACH

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE

AT THE GATES
DARK TRANQUILLITY

KATATONIA

COAL CHAMBER

UNEARTH

THEATRE OF TRAGEDY

SYSTEM OF A DOWN

CHIMAIRA

IN FLAMES

WITHIN TEMPTATION

KITTIE

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER

ARCH ENEMY

HIM

LINKIN PARK

AS I LAY DYING

SOILWORK

LACUNA COIL

DISTURBED

TRIVIUM

THE HAUNTED

LEAVES EYES