1-4 : Gotta have the big four: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax
5-7 Gotta have big three from Germany: Destruction, Kreator, and Sodom
8-10: I’m gonna go with Testament, Overkill, and Forbidden
1. Napalm Death
2. Brutal Truth
3. Terrorizer
4. Repulsion
5. Nasum
6. Phobia
7. Agoraphobic Nosebleed
8. Pig Destroyer
9. Insect Warfare
10. Wormrot
Grindcore:
1. Napalm Death
2. Brutal Truth
3. Terrorizer
4. Repulsion
5. Nasum
6. Phobia
7. Agoraphobic Nosebleed
8. Pig Destroyer
9. Insect Warfare
10. Wormrot
New wave of Thrash Metal:
1. Municipal Waste
2. Toxic Holocaust
3. Havok
4. Hatchet
5. Vektor
6. Warbringer
7. Evile
8. Violator
9. Lich King
10. Gamma Bomb
Old school 80’s era Thrash:
1-4 : Gotta have the big four: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax
5-7 Gotta have big three from Germany: Destruction, Kreator, and Sodom
8-10: I’m gonna go with Testament, Overkill, and Forbidden
Heavy Metal:
1. Iron Maiden
2. Judas Priest
3. Black Sabbath
4. Motorhead
5. Dio
6. Motley Crue
7. Led Zeppelin
8. Saxon
9. Manowar
10. Deep Purple
Black Metal:
Gotta go with bands that paved the way: 1-4 Venom, Bathory, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost
5-10: Mayhem, Immortal, Burzum, Emperor, Darkthrone, Dissection
Industrial Metal:
1. Ministry
2. Prong
3. Rammstein
4. NIN (Nine Inch Nails)
5. Godflesh
6. KMFDM
7. Skinny Puppy
8. Fear Factory
9. Killing Joke
10. CombiChrist
Some of the better known Death Metal bands for the beginning metal fan:
1. Death
2. Cannibal Corpse
3. Morbid Angel
4. Obituary
5. Suffocation
6. Immolation
7. Deicide
8. Carcass
9. Bolt Thrower
10. Sepultura
Some of the most popular Swedish Death Metal Bands:
1. At The Gates
2. Bloodbath
3. Grave
4. Dismember
5. Unleashed
6. Hypocrisy
7. In Flames
8. Opeth
9. Entombed
10. Katatonia
Technical Death Metal:
1. Necrophagist
2. Spawn of Possession
3. Origin
4. Gorod
5. Brain Drill
6. Nile
7. Obscura
8. Psycroptic
9. The Faceless
10. Domination Through Impurity
Doom Metal:
1. Candlemass
2. Solitude Aeturnus
3. My Dying Bride
4. Anathema
5. Novembers Doom
6. Goatsnake
7. Pentagram
8. Witchfinder General
9. Yob
10. Mournful Congregation
Sludge Metal:
1. Crowbar
2. Down
3. Eyehategod
4. Buzzoven
5. Melvins
6. Acid Bath
7. Kylesa
8. Baroness
9. Superjoint Ritual
10. Iron Monkey
Stoner Metal:
1. Sleep
2. Electric Wizard
3. Kyuss
4. Bongzilla
5. High on Fire
6. Orange Goblin
7. Queens of the Stone Age
8. Om
9. Fu Manchu
10. Monster Magnet
Nu Metal:
1. Korn
2. Disturbed
3. Linkin Park
4. System of a Down
5. Papa Roach
6. P.O.D.
7. Drowning Pool
8. Slipknot
9. Godsmack
10. Coal Chamber
Power Metal:
1. Blind Guardian
2. Hammerfall
3. Helloween
4. Gamma Ray
5. Iced Earth
6. Stratovarius
7. Dragonforce
8. Twisted Tower Dire
9. Rhapsody of Fire
10. Sonata Artica