List of heavy metal musicians

Table of contents

1 Early heavy metal 2 New Wave of British Heavy Metal(NWOBHM) 3 Thrash metal 4 Power metal 5 Stoner metal 6 Death metal 7 Industrial metal 8 Black metal 9 Nu metal 10 Doom metal 11 Neo-classical metal 12 Progressive metal 13 Glam metal/hair metal

Early heavy metal

• Aerosmith
• Black Sabbath
• Blue Cheer
• Blue Oyster Cult
• Led Zeppelin
• The Misfits
• The Stooges
• Velvet Underground

• Angel Witch
• Def Leppard
• Diamond Head
• Iron Maiden
• Judas Priest
• Motorhead
• Praying Mantis
• Raven
• Samson
• Saxon

• Anthrax
• Cacophony
• Celtic Frost
• Corrosion of Conformity
• King Diamond
• Kreator
• Megadeth
• Mercyful Fate
• Metallica
• Napalm Death
• Overkill
• Pantera
• Rollins Band
• Sepultura
• Slayer
• Suicidal Tendencies

• Accept
• Blind Guardian
• Demons & Wizards
• Gamma Ray
• Hammerfall
• Helloween
• Iced Earth
• Iron Maiden
• Jag Panzer
• Judas Priest
• Nevermore
• Pantera
• Rhapsody
• Stratovarius

• Acid King
• Kyuss
• Monster Magnet
• Queens of the Stone Age
• Spirit Caravan

• At the Gates
• Arch Enemy
• Atheist
• Benediction
• Bolt Thrower
• Cannibal Corpse
• Carcass
• Cynic
• Dark Tranquility
• Death
• Deicide
• Entombed
• Hypocrisy
• In Flames
• Morbid Angel
• Mortification
• Napalm Death
• Obituary
• Pestilence
• Rotting Christ
• Tiamat
• Venom

• Godflesh
• Marilyn Manson
• Ministry

• Burzum
• Cradle of Filth
• Borknagar
• Dimmu Borgir
• Emperor
• Finntroll
• Mayhem
• Old Man's Child
• Sacramentum
• Samael
• Thorns
• Ulver

• Drowning Pool
• Fear Factory
• Korn
• Lacrimosa
• Limp Bizkit
• Papa Roach
• Staind
• System of a Down
• Theatre of Tragedy
• Tool

• Anathema
• Candlemass
• Cathedral
• Cemetary
• Crowbar
• Danzig
• Opeth
• Lake of Tears
• My Dying Bride
• Paradise Lost
• Saint Vitus
• Trouble

• Jennifer Batten
• Ritchie Blackmore and Deep Purple
• The Great Kat
• Eddie Van Halen
• Greg Howe
• Yngwie Malmsteen
• Randy Rhoads

• Anacrusis
• Buckethead
• Dream Theater
• King Crimson
• King's X
• Queensryche
• Symphony X
• Voivod

• Cinderella
• Alice Cooper
• Bon Jovi
• Def Leppard
• Dokken
• Extreme
• Great White
• Guns 'n' Roses
• KISS
• Mötley Crüe
• Mr. Big
• Poison
• Ratt
• The Scorpions
• Skid Row
• Tesla
• Twisted Sister
• Van Halen
• Vixen
• Warrant
• W.A.S.P
• Whitesnake
• Winger