Band↕ | Era↕ | Subgenre↕ | Country↕ | Iconic Album↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Black Sabbath | 1970s | Heavy Metal | UK | Paranoid |
Metallica | 1980s–present | Thrash Metal | USA | Master of Puppets |
Iron Maiden | 1980s–present | NWOBHM | UK | The Number of the Beast |
Slayer | 1980s–2019 | Thrash Metal | USA | Reign in Blood |
Megadeth | 1980s–present | Thrash Metal | USA | Rust in Peace |
Judas Priest | 1970s–present | Heavy Metal | UK | Screaming for Vengeance |
Pantera | 1990s | Groove Metal | USA | Vulgar Display of Power |
Slipknot | 1990s–present | Nu-Metal/Alternative | USA | Iowa |
Tool | 1990s–present | Progressive Metal | USA | Lateralus |
Rammstein | 1990s–present | Industrial Metal | Germany | Mutter |
Opeth | 1990s–present | Progressive Death Metal | Sweden | Blackwater Park |
Lamb of God | 2000s–present | Groove Metal | USA | Ashes of the Wake |
Motörhead | 1970s–2015 | Speed Metal | UK | Ace of Spades |
Gojira | 2000s–present | Progressive Death Metal | France | From Mars to Sirius |
Mastodon | 2000s–present | Sludge/Progressive Metal | USA | Crack the Skye |
Dio | 1980s–2010 | Heavy Metal | USA | Holy Diver |
Cannibal Corpse | 1990s–present | Death Metal | USA | Tomb of the Mutilated |
Nightwish | 2000s–present | Symphonic Metal | Finland | Once |
Architects | 2010s–present | Metalcore | UK | All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us |
Meshuggah | 1990s–present | Djent/Progressive | Sweden | obZen |
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