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This is a list of heavy metal artists from the formative years of the movement ( formed between 1963 and 1981 ). For bands formed after 1981, please consult the lists for each heavy metal subgenre.
Slipknot ( / ˈslɪpnɒt / SLIP-not) is an American heavy metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1995 by percussionist Shawn Crahan, former vocalist Anders Colsefni and bassist Paul Gray. [1] After several lineup changes in its early years, the band settled on nine members for more than a decade: Crahan, Gray, Joey Jordison, Craig Jones ...
This is a list of power metal bands including notable bands that have at some point in their careers played power metal or heavily contributed to the genre's development. Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a more uplifting sound, in contrast to ...
The lists of black metal bands that have articles available on Wikipedia can be found at: List of black metal bands, 0–K, for bands beginning with 0–9 through K. List of black metal bands, L–Z, for bands beginning with L through Z. Category: Lists of black metal bands.
Metalcore is a broad fusion genre of extreme metal and hardcore punk. [1] Its subgenres include mathcore and melodic metalcore. [citation needed] This incomplete list includes bands described as performing any of these styles, including those who also perform other styles (with the exception of deathcore bands, which fuse metalcore with death metal and are listed separately ).
This is a list of notable gothic metal bands. Gothic metal is a genre of music characterized as a combination of the dark atmosphere of gothic rock with the aggression of heavy metal. The genre originated during the early 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of death/doom, a fusion of death metal, doom metal, and gothic rock.
It emerged partially as a reaction to the more conventional and widely acceptable glam metal, a less aggressive, pop music-infused heavy metal subgenre which appeared simultaneously. [3] Four American bands, Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, and Slayer, are credited with popularizing the genre, earning them the title of the "Big Four of Thrash".
List of new wave of British heavy metal bands. The mid-late 1970s–early 1980s period in the United Kingdom introduced a movement of young musicians, generally identified as the new wave of British heavy metal (often abbreviated as NWOBHM). The movement spawned more than a thousand hard rock and heavy metal bands from all over the UK, which ...