Hier gibt es eine Auswahl an Metalbands, die nach den jeweiligen Metalarten aufgezählt sind. Die Anzahl der angegebenen Bands ist eingeschränkt und nicht komplett.
Death, At the Gates, Carcass, Morbid Angel, Celtic Frost, In Flames, Morgoth, Atheist, Dark Tranquillity, Hypocrisy, Obituary, Bolt Thrower, Ildisposed, Benediction, Edge of Sanity, Amorphis (alte Alben), Immolation, Into Eternity, Asphyx, Behemoth, Amon Amarth, Bloodbath, The Crown, Deicide, Dismember, Eternal Dirge, God Dethroned, Gorefest, Vader, Pestilence, The Rotted, Sinister, Six Feet Under, Fleshcrawl, Unleashed, Vile
Paradise Lost, Tiamat, Darkseed, Type o Negative, Theatre of Tragedy, Dreadful Shadows, Lake of Tears, Evereve, The Sins of thy Beloved, Sirenia, Secret Discovery, Within Temptation (erste zwei Alben), Mortal Love, Entwine, Tristania, Poison Black, Crematory, Elis, To Die For, Unshine, Macbeth, Trail of Tears, After Forever
Red Harvest, Ministry, Godflesh, Schnitt Acht, Blow, Srapping Young Lad, Miserry Loves Co., O.L.D., Testify, Puncture, Last Rites
Jazzcore ( Mathcore )
Fantomas, Naked City, Painkiller, NoMeansNo, The Dilinger Escape Plan, Arcanes Division, Doppler, Bakerton Group, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Psyopus, The Moonchild Trio, Between the Buried and Me, Converge, The Locust, Norma Jean, Sik Th, Ion Dissonance, Number 12 looks like You, The Arusha Accord, Training for Utopia, Botch, Rorschach, Kiss it Goodbye
Metalcore ( Deathcore )
Heaven Shall Burn, Killswitch Engage, Arson, BA“AL, Fall of Serenity, All that Remains, Bleed the Sky, As I lay Dying, Bring me the Horizon, Bullet for My Valentine, By Night, Darkest Hour, Diecast, Embrace the End, Bloodsimple, Hate Squad, It Dies Today, Maroon, On Broken Wings, Glass Casket, Pro-Pain, Shadows Fall, Stigmata, Unbroken, All Shall Perish, Carnifex, Bleed from Within, Suicide Silence, Emmure, My Bitter End
Stormwarrior, Riger, Gernotshagen, Runic, Equilibrium, Graveland, Mithotyn, Menhir, Magog, Kawir, Isengard, Ensiferum, Bergtrohn, Arkona, Miasthenia, In The Woods, Black Messiah, Adorned Brood, Andras, Magane, Folkheim, Quest for Blood (Japan), Misogi (Japan), Narjahanam (Arabien), Al-Namrood (Arabien), Corubo (Indien), Zuriaake, Yn Gizarm (China)
Post Metal
Isis, Neurosis (zum Teil), Baroness, Dirge, Jesu, Pelican, Rosetta, Burst, Intronaut, Russian Circles, Mouth of the Architect, Long Distance Calling, Callisto, Cult of Luna
Rhapsody (Rhapsody of Fire), Lucca Turilli, After Forever, Epica, Trail of Tears, Tristania, Sirenia, Therion, Within Temptation, Nightwish, Hollenthon, Macbeth, Xandria, Elis, Edenbridge, Dreams of Sanity, Battlelore, Angtoria, Leaves Eyes, Lacrimosa
Sludge ( Sludgecore - Sludge Doom )
Crowbar, Warhorse, Eye Hate God, Kylesa, Dystopia, Acid Bath, Bongzilla, Corosion of Conformity, Kingdom of Sorrow, Neurosis (erste Alben), Buzzoven, Down, Grief, Soulpreacher, Eye Hate God, Iron Monkey, Church of Misery, Heavy Lord