# List of extreme metal bands

This is a list of bands described as extreme metal.
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* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Abigor
* Aborted
* Abruptum
* Abscess
* Absu
* Aeternus
* Agalloch
* Agathodaimon
* Agoraphobic Nosebleed
* Alastis
* Amon Amarth
* Amorphis
* Anaal Nathrakh
* Anathema
* Ancient
* Anthrax
* Arch Enemy
* Arcturus
* Armoured Angel
* Artillery
* Atheist
* At the Gates
* Autopsy
* The Axis of Perdition

## B

* Bathory
* Behemoth
* Beherit
* Belphegor
* Bethlehem
* Black Crown Initiate
* Black Breath
* Blood Divine
* Blood Duster
* Blood Red Throne
* Bloodbath
* Bolt Thrower
* Borknagar
* Broken Hope
* Brujeria
* Brutal Truth
* Burzum

## C

* Cancer
* Candlemass
* Cannibal Corpse
* Carcass
* Carnage
* Carnivore
* Carpathian Forest
* Cathedral
* Cattle Decapitation
* Cavalera Conspiracy
* Celtic Frost
* Cephalic Carnage
* Children of Bodom
* Circle of Dead Children
* Converge
* Coroner
* The County Medical Examiners
* Cradle of Filth
* Crowbar
* Cryptopsy

## D

* Dark Age
* Dark Angel
* Dark Funeral
* Dark Tranquility
* Darkthrone
* Death
* Death Angel
* Decapitated
* Deeds of Flesh
* Defleshed
* Deicide
* Demilich
* Desultory
* Destruction
* Dethklok
* The Dillinger Escape Plan
* Dimmu Borgir
* Dismember
* Dissection
* Dodheimsgard
* Dying Fetus

## E

* Edge of Sanity
* Eisregen
* Emperor
* Enforcer
* Ensiferum
* Enslaved
* Enthroned
* Entombed
* Exciter
* Exhumed
* Exmortus
* Exodus
* Extreme Noise Terror
* Exumer

## F

* Falkenbach
* Fear Factory
* Finntroll
* Fleshcrawl
* Freax

## G

* Gallhammer
* The Gathering
* General Surgery
* God Dethroned
* Gojira
* Gorefest
* Gorgoroth
* Gorguts
* Grand Belial's Key
* Grave
* Graveland
* Graveworm

## H

* Hate Eternal
* Hatesphere
* Hatriot
* The Haunted
* Havok
* Heathen
* Hecate Enthroned
* Hellhammer
* High on Fire
* Hirax
* Holocausto
* Hypocrisy

## I

* Immolation
* Immortal
* Impaled
* Impaled Nazarene
* Impetigo
* In Flames
* In the Woods...
* Incantation

## K

* Kalmah
* Kampfar
* Kataklysm
* Katatonia
* King of Asgard
* Kreator
* Krisiun

## L

* Lacuna Coil
* Lake of Tears
* Lamb of God
* Leviathan
* Lillian Axe
* Limbonic Art
* Living Sacrifice
* Lorna Shore
* Lord Belial

## M

* Macabre
* Machine Head
* Malevolent Creation
* Marduk
* Massacre
* Master's Hammer
* Mastodon
* Mayhem
* Megadeth
* Mercyful Fate
* Meshuggah
* Metallica
* Monstrosity
* Moonsorrow
* Moonspell
* Morbid Angel
* Morbid Saint
* Mortician
* Municipal Waste
* My Dying Bride

## N

* Naglfar
* Nailbomb
* Nails
* Napalm Death
* Nargaroth
* Nasty Savage
* Nasum
* Necrophobic
* Necrophagist
* Nevermore
* Nifelheim
* Nightrage
* Nile
* Nuclear Assault

## O

* Obituary
* The Old Dead Tree
* Opera IX
* Opeth
* Orphaned Land
* Overkill

## P

* Pantera
* Paradise Lost
* Paradox
* Pestilence
* Pig Destroyer
* Pissgrave
* Possessed
* Pungent Stench

## R

* Raging Speedhorn
* Razor
* Red Harvest
* Repulsion
* Rigor Mortis
* Rotting Christ

## S

* Sacramentum
* Sacred Reich
* Sadus
* Samael
* Sarcófago
* Satanic Slaughter
* Satyricon
* Scar Symmetry
* Scarve
* Scour
* Sculptured
* Sepultura
* Severe Torture
* Siebenbürgen
* Sigh
* Silentium
* Sinister
* Six Feet Under
* Skeletonwitch
* Skinless
* Slayer
* Slipknot
* Sodom
* Soilwork
* Solitude Aeturnus
* Soulfly
* Strapping Young Lad
* Suffocation

## T

* Tankard
* Terrorizer
* Testament
* Therion
* Tiamat
* Toxic Holocaust
* Toxik
* Triptykon

## U

* Ulver
* Unleashed

## V

* Vader
* Venom
* Vintersorg
* Violator
* Virgin Black
* Vomitory
* Vreid
* Vulcano

## W

* Warbringer
* Watain
* Whiplash
* Windir
* Wolfchant
* Wolves in the Throne Room

## X

* Xasthur
* Xentrix

## Y

* Yearning

## Z

* Zyklon