# Liste englischer Metalbands

Die Liste englischer Metalbands zählt namhafte englische 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 |
| 40 Watt Sun | 2009 | | London | Doom Metal | |
| A II Z | 1979 | 1982 | Manchester | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Abgott | 1997 | | | Black Metal | |
| Aeon Zen | 2008 | | London | Progressive Metal | |
| Alkatrazz | 1980 | 1983 | Maidstone | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
| Amazon | 1979/80, 1983 | 1981, 1983 | London | Melodic Rock, New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Amnesia | 1988 | ca. 1991 | Barnsley | Thrash Metal | |
| Angel Witch | 1977, 1982, 1983 | 1981, 1982 | London | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Anihilated | 1980, 2010 | ca. 1990 | Ipswich | Punk, Thrash Metal, Crossover | |
| Apartment 26 | 1998 | 2004 | Leamington Spa | Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Industrial Metal | |
| Aragorn | 1978 | 1983 | Macclesfield | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Arð | 2019 | | Newcastle upon Tyne | Atmospheric Doom | |
| Area 54 | 1997 | 2007 | London | Alternative Metal | |
| Atomkraft | 1979, 2005 | 1988 | Newcastle upon Tyne | Punk, New-Wave-of-British-Heavy-Metal, Thrash Metal | |
| As Lions | 2015 | | London | Alternative Metal | |
| Autonomy | 1998 | ca. 2001 | Daventry | Nu Metal | |
| Avenger | 1982, 2005 | 1986 | Newcastle upon Tyne | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Speed Metal | |
| Axegrinder | 1986 | 1989 | London | Thrash Metal, Crustcore | |
| Axis | 1978 | 1982 | Cleveland | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Bashful Alley | 1980 | 1984 | Lichfield | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | |
| Battleaxe | 1981, 2010 | Anfang 1990er | Sunderland | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Bitches Sin | 1980, 1988, 2005 | 1986, 1988 | Barrow-in-Furness | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | |
| Black Moth | 2010 | | Leeds | Stoner Doom, Psychodelic Rock | |
| Black Rose | 1978, 2005 | 1989 | Middlesbrough | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | |
| Black Sabbath | 1968 | 2017 | Birmingham | Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, Hard Rock | |
| Black Tongue | 2013 | | Kingston upon Hull | Deathcore | |
| Blitzkrieg | 1980 | | Leicester | Heavy Metal | |
| Blood Money | 1984 | 1987 | Manchester | Thrash Metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Bolt Thrower | 1986 | 2016 | Coventry | Death Metal, Grindcore | |
| British Lion | 2012 | | London | Hard Rock, Heavy Metal | |
| Broken Bones | 1983, 1988, 2000 | 1987, 1996 | Stoke-on-Trent | Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal, Crossover | |
| Cancer | 1988, 2003 | 1996, 2006 | Telford | Thrash Metal, Death Metal | |
| Charger | 1995 | 2012 | Stoke-on-TRent | Nu Metal, Sludge | |
| Cloven Hoof | 1979, 2004 | 1990 | | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Coltsblood | 2010 | | Liverpool | Death Doom, Sludge | |
| Concrete Sox | 1984, 2009 | 1994, ca. 2012 | Nottingham | Hardcore, Crustpunkt, Grindcore | |
| Cynic | 1979, 2003 | 1989 | Malvern | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| D.A.M. | 1986/87/88 | 1992 | Morecambe | Thrash Metal | |
| Dark Star | 1979, 1985 | 1982, 1987 | Birmingham | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Adult Orientated Rock | |
| Darkher | 2014 | | | Doom Metal, Gothic Rock, Post-Rock, Folk-Rock | |
| Defenestration | 1999 | 2004 | Kettering | Nu Metal, Alternative Metal | |
| Demon | 1979, 1997 | 1993 | | Heavy Metal | |
| Demon Pact | 1979 | 1982 | Hayes | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Desolated | 2007 | | Southampton | Hardcore Punk, Groove Metal, Beatdown | |
| Desolation | 1981, 2008 | 1994 | London | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Diamond Head | 1976 | | | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Dyscarnate | 2004 | | Horsham | Death Metal | |
| earthtone9 | 1996, 2010 | 2002 | Nottingham | Alternative Metal | |
| Electric Wizard | 1993 | | Dorset | Stoner Doom | |
| English Dogs | 1981, 1993, 1996, 2002 | 1987, 1995, 1996 | Grantham | Crossover, Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal | |
| Ethel the Frog | 1976 | 1981 | Kingston upon Hull | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Evile | 2004 | | Huddersfield | Thrash Metal | |
| Excalibur | 1981 | 1992 | Bradford | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | |
| Extreme Noise Terror | 1985 | | | Crust Punk, Grindcore | |
| Fields of the Nephilim | 1983, 2005 | 1991 | Stevenage | Gothic Rock, Gothic Metal | |
| First Signs of Frost | 2004 | | London | Progressive Metal | |
| Fist | 1978, 2001 | 1985 | Newcastle upon Tyne | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | |
| Forefather | 1997 | | Surrey | Pagan Metal | |
| Gaskin | 1970er, 1999 | 1983 | Scunthrope | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Rock | |
| Geddes Axe | 1979, 2016 | 1983 | Sheffield | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Rock | |
| Gévaudan | 2013 | | Bedfordshire/Hertfordshire | Stoner Doom, Epic Doom | |
| Gillan | 1978 | 1982 | | Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, New Wave of Britisch Heavy Metal | |
| Girlschool | 1978 | | London | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, NWOBHM | |
| Goldsmith | 1981 | ca. 1982 | Barrow-in-Furness | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Grave Miasma | 2002 | | London | Death Metal | |
| Grim Reaper | 1979, 2006 | 1988 | Droitwich | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Hacktivist | 2011 | | Milton Keynes | Rap Metal, Nu Metal, Djent, Grime | |
| Hammer | 1982, 2015 | ca. 1987 | Middlesbrough | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Rock | |
| Hammerhead | 1977 | | Workington | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Rock | |
| The Handsome Beasts | 1972, 1990, 2004 | 1987, 1990er | Wolverhampton | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Rock | |
| Hell | 1982, 2008 | 1987 | Nottingham | Heavy Metal, New Wave of Britisch Heavy Metal | |
| Hellanbach | 1979 | 1985 | South Fields | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Hellbastard | 1984/85, 2008 | 1992 | Newcastle upon Tyne | Thrash Metal, Crustcore | |
| Heritage | ca. 1980 | 1983 | Sheffield | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Hollow Ground | 1979, 2007 | 1981 | Newcastle upon Tyne | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Imindain | 2002, 2012 | 2010, 2017 | Stoke-on-Trent | Death Doom | |
| Impaler | 1988 | ca. 1992 | Leamington Spa | Death Metal | |
| Infant Annihilator | 2012 | | Kingston upon Hull | Deathcore | |
| Ingested | 2002 | | Manchester | Death Metal, Grindcore | |
| Iron Maiden | 1975 | | London | Heavy Metal | |
| Iron Monkey | 1994, 2017 | 1999 | Nottingham | Sludge, Crustcore | |
| Jaguar | 1979, 1998 | 1985 | Bristol | New Wave of Britisch Heavy Metal | |
| Jameson Raid | 1975, 2009 | 1983 | Birmingham | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Judas Priest | 1969 | | Birmingham | Heavy Metal | |
| Kilkus | 1998 | ca. 2002 | London | Nu Metal | |
| Kill II This | 1996, 2014 | ca. 2005 | Stockport | Industrial Metal, Groove Metal | |
| King Prawn | 1993, 2013 | 2003 | London | Crossover, Ska-Punk, Hardcore Punk, Punk, Metal, Hip-Hop | |
| Le Griffe | 1980 | 1984 | Stoke-on-Trent | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | |
| Legend | 1980, 2002 | 1984 | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock | |
| Limelight | 1974, 1997 | ca. 1987, 1997 | Mansfield | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock | |
| Lychgate | 2011 | | London | Extreme Doom, Post-Black-Metal, Progressive Metal | |
| Malevolence | 2010 | | Sheffield | Hardcore, Metalcore | |
| Marseille | 1976, 2008 | 1984 | Liverpool | Rock, New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Memoriam | 2016 | | Birmingham | Death Metal | |
| Mendes Prey | 1970er | 1986 | Pontefract | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | |
| Metal Mirror | 1979, 2014 | 1982 | London | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Money | 1970er | 1981 | | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Rock | |
| More | 1979, 1985, 1998, 2011 | 1983, 1985, 2000 | London | Rock, New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Mother’s Ruin | ca. 1981 | 1987 | London | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Rock | |
| Motörhead | 1975 | 2015 | London | Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Rock 'n Roll, Speed Metal | |
| Mythra | 1975, 2014 | 1982 | South Shields | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Nova Twins | 2014 | | London | Alternative Rock, Punk, Grime, Rap-Rock, Nu Metal | als BRAATS gegründet |
| One Minute Silence | 1995, 2011 | 2003 | London | Alternative Metal, Rap Metal, Crossover | |
| Oral | 1980er | ca. 1985 | London | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Punk | |
| Pagan Altar | 1978, 2004 | 1985 | Brockley | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Doom Metal | |
| Phasslayne | 1982, 2014 | 1985 | Newcastle upon Tyne | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Speed Metal | |
| Phoxjaw | 2016 | | Bristol | Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal | |
| Praying Mantis | 1975 | | | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, AOR | |
| Pulkas | 1995 | | London | Nu Metal, Alternative Metal | |
| Quartz | 1974, 2011 | 1983 | Birmingham | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | |
| Raven | 1974 | | Newcastle upon Tyne | NWoBHM, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal | seit 1984 in New York ansässig |
| Rhabstallion | 1976 | 1984 | Huddersfield | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Power Metal | |
| Rise to Remain | 2006 | 2015 | London | Metalcore, Heavy Meal | |
| Rock Goddess | 1977, 1993, 2013 | 1987, 1995 | London | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | |
| Rolo Tomassi | 2005 | | Sheffield | Mathcore, Jazzcore | |
| The Rotted | 1997 | | London | Death Metal, Goregrind | |
| Sabre | 1980 | 1984 | London | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Sacred Alien | 1980 | 1984 | Manchester | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Salem | 1979, 2009 | 1983 | Kingston upon Hull | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Rock | |
| Samson | 1977 | 2002 | | Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, NWoBHM | |
| Sam Thunder | 1981 | 1985 | Manchester | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Adult Orientated Rock | |
| Sapphire | 1981 | 1982 | London | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Saracen | 1976, ca. 2000 | 1985 | Matlock | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal | |
| Satan | 1979, 2004, 2011 | ca. 1993, 2004 | | Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| Savage | 1978, ca. 1996 | 1986 | | Heavy Metal, NWoBHM | |
| Saxon | 1976 | | Barnsley | Heavy Metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Septic Tank | 1994 | | Coventry | Grindcore, Crust, Hardcore Punk | |
| Serenity | 1994 | ca. 1997 | | Death Doom | |
| Serenity | 2008 | | London | Doom Metal | |
| Seventh Angel | 1987, 2008 | 1992 | Netherton | Thrash Metal | |
| She Must Burn | 2014 | | London | Deathcore, Black Metal, Gothic Metal, Metalcore, Symphonic Metal | |
| Shvpes | 2009 | 2020 | Birmingham | Melodic Hardcore, Metal | |
| Shywolf | 1976, 1980, 2006 | 1979, 1985 | Heanor | Rock, New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Sleep Token | 2016 | | London | Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, Metalcore, Ambient | |
| Sledgehammer | 1978 | ca. 1988 | Slough | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Snub | 1995, 2001, 2008 | 2001, ca. 2008 | Bournemouth | Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Nu Metal | |
| Soldier | 1979 | | Northampton | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | |
| Sparta | 1980, 2012 | 1987 | Mansfield | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Split Beaver | 1979 | 1980er | Wolverhampton | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Stampede | 1981, 2009 | 1984 | London | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | |
| Starfighters | 1979, 1987 | 1984, 1989 | Birmingham | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | |
| Static | 1978 | 1983 | Woking | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | |
| Steel | 1980 | 1984 | Birmingham | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Streetfight | 1977 | 1983 | Burnley | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Strigoi | 2018 | | Suffolk u. Yorkshire | Death Metal, Crustcore | |
| Sunlounger | 1998 | 2000–2003 | Barnsley | Nu Metal, Sleaze Rock | |
| Sylosis | 2000 | | Reading | Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal | |
| Tank | 1980, 1998 | 1989 | London | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Tainted Nation | 2010 | 2017 | Tewkesbury | New British Rock | |
| The Raven Age | 2009 | | London | Alternative Metal, Melodic Metalcore | |
| Thronehammer | 2012 | | Fürth (Deutschland) | Epic Doom | Internationales Projekt |
| Toad the Wet Sprocket | 1970er | ca. 1982 | Bedford | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Rock, Bluesrock | |
| Tokyo Blade | 1980 | | Salisbury | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Tora Tora | 1979 | 1980er | Manchester | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Rock | |
| Trespass | 1979, 1992, 2014 | 1982, ca. 1999 | Sudbury | New Wave of British Heavy Metal Hard Rock | |
| Triarchy | 1972 | 1983 | Gravesend | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Tröjan | 1982 | 1988 | Wigan | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Speed Metal | |
| Truffle | 1981, 2013 | 1989 | Portsmouth | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | |
| Tygers of Pan Tang | 1978 | | | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Tysondog | 1982, 2008 | 1987 | Newcastle upon Tyne | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Tytan | 1981, 2010 | 1983 | London | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats | 2009 | | Cambridge | Doom Metal, Psychodelic Rock | |
| Unseen Terror | 1986 | 1989 | | Grindcore | |
| Vardis | 1973, 2014 | 1986 | Wakefield | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Rock | |
| Venom | 1979 | | Newcastle upon Tyne | Black Metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal | |
| Venom Inc. | 2015 | | Newcastle upon Tyne | Heavy Metal, Black Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal | |
| Virtue | 1981 | 1988 | Oxford | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Power Metal | |
| Virus | 1986, 2008 | 1990 | London | Thrash Metal | |
| Voltz | 1979, 1981 | 1981, ca. 1983 | Portsmouth | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Hard Rock |
| Warfare | 1982 | 1993 | Newcastle upon Tyne | New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal | |
| Wargasm | 2018 | | London | Electropunk, Nu Metal, Post-Hardcore | |
| Warlord U.K. | 1993, 2008 | 1998 | Birmingham | Death Metal, Thrash Metal | |
| Warning | 1994, 2005 | 2001, 2009 | Harlow | Epic Doom | |
| Warrior | 1979, 2014 | 1984 | Newcastle upon Tyne | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Weapon UK | ca. 1978, 1983, ca. 2011 | 1982, 1983 | London | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| White Heat | 1983 | 1986 | London | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| White Spirit | 1975 | | Hartlepool | Heavy Metal, NWBoBHM | |
| Wildfire | 1982 | 1985 | London | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Wild Horsed | 1978 | 1981 | London | Hard Rock, New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Winterfylleth | 2007 | | Manchester | Pagan Metal | |
| Witchfinder General | 1979, 2006 | 1984 | Stourbridge | Doom Metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Witchfynde | 1976, 1999 | 1984 | Mansfield | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
| Wrath | 1998 | | Kapstadt, Südafrika | Viking Metal | ursprünglich aus Südafrika, seit 2002 in England |
| Wrathchild | 1980 | | Evesham | Heavy Metal, Glam Metal | |
| Xentrix | 1985, 2013 | 2006 | Preston | Thrash Metal | |
| Xerath | 2007 | | | Technical Death Metal, Progressive Death Metal, Groove Metal, Symphonic Metal, Djent | |
| Xero | 1979 | 1984 | London | New Wave of British Heavy Metal | |
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