# Liste französischer Metalbands

Die Liste französischer Metalbands zählt namhafte französische Musikgruppen aus dem Genre Metal auf. Hard-Rock-Bands werden nur in die Liste aufgenommen, insofern sie auch Metal spielen. Zur Aufnahme in die Liste muss Wikipediarelevanz vorhanden sein.

## Liste

| Name | Gründung | Auflösung | Herkunft | Genre(s) | Anmerkungen |
| 6:33 | 2010 | | Paris | Progressive Metal, Avantgarde Metal | |
| Abysmal Growls of Despair | 2013 | | Toulouse | Dark Ambient, Funeral Doom | |
| Ad Hominem | 1998 | | | Black Metal | |
| Ad Inferna | 1996 | | | Dark Metal, Techno, Trance | als De Profundis gegründet |
| Ad Patres | 2008 | | Bordeaux | Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal | |
| Ad Vitam Aeternam | 1999 | | Paris | Gothic Metal | |
| Adagio | 1998 | | | Progressive Metal | |
| ADX | 1982, 2006 | 1992 | Paris | Thrash Metal, Speed Metal | |
| Aephanemer | 2014 | | Toulouse | Melodic Death Metal | |
| Aes Dana | 1994 | | Paris | Pagan Metal, Folk Metal | |
| Agressor | 1986 | | Antibes | Thrash Metal, Technical Death Metal | |
| Alcest | 2000 | | Avignon | Blackgaze, Post-Rock | |
| The Algorithm | 2009 | | | Electronica, IDM, Progressive Metal, Djent | |
| Amesoeurs | 2004 | 2009 | Bagnols-sur-Cèze | Blackgaze | |
| Angellore | 2007 | | | Gothic Metal | |
| Anorexia Nervosa | 1995 | | Limoges | Extreme Metal | |
| Antaeus | 1993 | | | Black Metal | |
| Aorlhac | 2007 | | Aurillac | Extreme Metal | |
| Arkhon Infaustus | 1997 | | Paris | Black Metal, Death Metal | |
| Ataraxie | 2000 | | Rouen | Death Doom, Funeral Doom | |
| Atlantis Chronicles | 2005 | | Paris | Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal | als Abyss gegründet |
| AUM | 2011 | | Paris | Death Metal | |
| The Austrasian Goat | 2006 | | Metz | Funeral Doom, Black Doom, Neofolk, Post-Industrial, Extreme Metal | |
| Benighted | 1998 | | Balbigny | Deathgrind | |
| Betraying the Martyrs | 2008 | | Paris | Deathcore, Metalcore | |
| Black Bomb A | 1995 | | | Metalcore, Hardcore Punk, Crossover | |
| Blockheads | 1989 | | Nancy | Grindcore | |
| Blóð | 2018 | | Paris | Doom Metal | |
| Blut aus Nord | 1993 | | | Post-Black-Metal, Post-Industrial | |
| Bran Barr | 1995 | | | Pagan Metal, Folk Metal, Celtic Metal | |
| Carcariass | 1991 | | Besançon | Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal | |
| Catacombed | 2015 | | Toulouse | Drone Doom, Funeral Doom | |
| Celeste | 2005 | | Lyon | Black Metal, Sludge, Post-Hardcore | |
| Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! | 2007 | | Paris | Metalcore, Pop-Punk, Post-Hardcore, Hardcore Punk | |
| Dagoba | 1998 | | | Groove Metal, Djent | |
| Darkness Dynamite | 2006 | | | Metalcore | |
| Death Power | 1986 | ca. 1990 | Orange | Thrash Metal | |
| Deathspell Omega | 1998 | | | Black Metal | |
| Despond | 1995, 2022 | 2004 | Paris | Death Doom, Funeral Doom, Gothic Metal | |
| Destinity | 1996 | | Lyon | Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal | |
| Digenvez | 2020 | | Rennes | Funeral Doom | |
| Dirge | 1994 | 2019 | | Post-Metal | |
| Les Discrets | 2000 | | Lyon | Blackgaze, Post-Metal, Shoegazing, Post-Rock | |
| Dogme | 2016 | | Nantes | Funeral Doom | |
| D.S.K. | 1997 | | Amiens | Deathgrind | als Descamisados gegründet |
| Dysmorphic | 2008 | | Tours | Technical Death Metal | |
| Eibon | 2005 | | Paris | Death Doom | |
| Elyose | 2009 | | Paris | Alternative Metal | |
| Epitaphe | 2016 | | Claix | Death Doom, Death Metal | |
| Eths | 1999 | | Marseille | Metalcore, Nu Metal | |
| Fairyland | 1998 | | | Symphonic Power Metal | |
| Fatum Elisum | 2007 | 2014 | Rouen | Death Doom, Gothic Metal | |
| F.F.F. | 1987 | | | Rock, Funk Metal | |
| Fractal Universe | 2014 | | Nancy | Progressive Death Metal | |
| Funeralium | 2003 | | Paris | Funeral Doom | |
| Gojira | 1996 | | | Death Metal, Groove Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal | als Godzilla gegründet |
| Gorod | 1997 | | Bordeaux | Technical Death Metal, Progressive Death Metal | als Gorgasm gegründet |
| Grey November | 1998 | | Paris / Lille | Atmospheric Doom | |
| Hacride | 2001 | | Poitiers | Progressive Death Metal, Technical Death Metal | |
| H-Bomb | 1981 | ca. 1986 | Draveil | Heavy Metal, Speed Metal | |
| Heavenly | 1994 | | Paris | Power Metal | als Satan's Lawyer gegründet |
| Heol Telwen | 1999 | | Paris | Pagan Metal, Folk Metal, Extreme Metal | |
| Igorrr | 2006 | | Paris | Breakcore, Black und Death Metal, Barock- und Volksmusik | |
| In Other Climes | 2004 | | Nizza | Metalcore, Thrash Metal | |
| Karelia | 2000 | | Gebweiler | Symphonic Metal, Metal | |
| Klone | 1995 | | Poitiers | Progressive Death Metal, Alternative Metal | |
| Korum | 1999 | | Paris | Technical Death Metal | |
| Kristallnacht | 1996 | 2002 | Toulon | NSBM | |
| Kronos | 1994 | 2017 | | Brutal Death Metal | |
| Landmvrks | 2014 | | Marseille | Metalcore | als Coldsight gegründet |
| Lethian Dreams | 2002 | | Paris | Gothic Metal, Atmospheric Doom | |
| Lost in Kiev | 2007 | | Paris | Post-Rock, Post-Metal | |
| Loudblast | 1985, 2002 | 1999 | Villeneuve-d’Ascq | Thrash Metal, Death Metal | |
| Low Cave Sounds | 2015 | | Toulouse | Dark Ambient, Drone Doom | |
| Lyzanxia | 1993 | | | Thrash Metal | |
| Massacra | 1987 | 1997 | Franconville | Death Metal | |
| Mercyless | 1987 | | Mühlhausen | Death Metal, Thrash Metal | als Merciless gegründet |
| Minushuman | 1997 | | Bergerac | Thrash Metal, Groove Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal | |
| Misanthrope | 1988 | | La Ferté-sous-Jouarre | Death Metal, Progressive Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal | |
| Monarch! | 2002 | | | Drone Doom, Sludge | |
| Monolithe | 2001 | | Paris | Funeral Doom, Death Doom | |
| Mortuary | 1988 | | Nancy | Thrash Metal, Death Metal | |
| Mourning Dawn | 2002 | | | Dark Metal, Depressive Black Metal | |
| Mütiilation | 1991, 1999 | 1996, 2009 | | Black Metal | |
| Necrowretch | 2008 | | Valence | Death Metal | |
| Nightmare | 1979, 1999 | 1989 | | Metal | |
| No Return | 1984 | | Paris | Thrash Metal, Death Metal | als Evil Power gegründet |
| Novelists FR | 2013 | | Paris | Metalcore, Progressive Metal, Djent | |
| Nydvind | 2000 | | Paris | Pagan Metal | |
| The Old Dead Tree | 1997, 2012 | 2009, 2019 | | Metal | |
| Overmars | 2001 | 2011 | Lyon | Post-Metal | |
| Penumbra | 1996 | 2009 | | Gothic Metal, Death Metal | |
| Peste Noire | 2000 | | La Chaise-Dieu | Black Metal | |
| Pitbulls in the Nursery | 1997 | | Rambouillet | Technical Death Metal | |
| Plagueprayer | 2015 | | Toulouse | Funeral Doom | |
| Psykup | 1995 | | Toulouse | Alternative Metal | |
| Remembrance | 2004 | | | Funeral Doom | |
| Rise of the Northstar | 2008 | | Paris | Metalcore, Hardcore Punk, Groove Metal, Rap Metal, Alternative Metal | |
| Scarve | 1993 | | Nancy | Thrash Metal, Death Metal | |
| Sektarism | 2005 | | Toulouse | Drone Doom, Ritual, Black Doom, Funeral Doom | |
| Shoot the Girl First | 2010 | | Nizza | Deathcore, Trancecore, Post-Hardcore | |
| Spheric Universe Experience | 1999 | | Nizza | Progressive Metal | gegründet als Gates of Delirium |
| S.V.E.S.T. | 1997 | | Nantes | Black Metal | |
| Temple of Baal | 1998 | | Paris | Black Metal, Death Metal | |
| Third Eye Machine | 1996 | | Chambéry | Metal | |
| Trepalium | 2001 | | Boismé | Death Metal, Progressive Death Metal, Technical Death Metal | |
| Uneven Structure | 2008 | | Metz | Progressive Metal, Djent | |
| Vulcain | 1981, 2009 | 2000 | Paris | Heavy Metal | |
| Wastes | 2015 | | | Funeral Doom | |
| Wildpath | 2001 | | Paris | Symphonic Metal | |
| Witchthroat Serpent | 2011 | | Toulouse | Doom Metal | |
| Year of No Light | 2001 | | Bordeaux | Post-Metal, Post-Rock | |
| Yyrkoon | 1995 | 2007 | Amiens | Death Metal | |
| Zuul FX | 2003 | | Pontoise | Thrash Metal, Death Metal |
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