Lys van heavy metal-kunstenaars

Genres is debatteerbaar. Die groepe hier is slegs skynbare moontlikhede onder die heavy metal-genre.

Vroeë heavy metal 
Sien vroeë heavy metal.
 Black Sabbath
 Blue Cheer
 Blue Öyster Cult
 Deep Purple
 Led Zeppelin
 The Misfits
 The Stooges
 The Velvet Underground

Nuwe golf van Britse heavy metal 
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 Angel Witch
 Def Leppard
 Diamond Head
 Iron Maiden
 Judas Priest
 Motörhead
 Raven
 Samson
 Saxon

Black metal 
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Behexen
Burzum
Celtic Frost
Cradle of Filth
Darkthrone
Dimmu Borgir
Emperor
Finntroll
Mayhem
Old Man's Child

Death metal 
Sien death metal.
 At the Gates
 Arch Enemy
 Atheist
 Benediction
 Bolt Thrower
 Cannibal Corpse
 Children of Bodom
 Dark Tranquility
 Death
 Deicide
 D.R.I.
 Entombed
 Hypocrisy
 In Flames
 Morbid Angel
 Obituary
 Rotting Christ
 The Black Dahlia Murder
 Venom
 Zombies Ate My Girlfriend

Doom metal 
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 Anathema
 Candlemass
 Cathedral
 Cemetary
 Crowbar
 Danzig
 My Dying Bride
 Paradise Lost
 Saint Vitus

Glam metal 
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Alice Cooper
Def Leppard
Dokken
Guns n' Roses
KISS
Mötley Crüe
Poison
Ratt
The Scorpions
Skid Row
Twisted Sister
Van Halen
Vixen
W.A.S.P.
Whitesnake

Goth metal 
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Lacuna Coil
The 69 eyes
Theatre of Tragedy 
Type O Negative
Within Temptation

Grindcore 
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Carcass
Extreme Noise Terror
Napalm Death
Pig Destroyer
Rotten sound

Industriële metal 
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Godflesh
KMFDM
Ministry
Nine Inch Nails
Rammstein
Revolting Cocks
Skinny Puppy
Velcra

Nu-metal 
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Coal Chamber
Drowning Pool
Evanescence
Fear Factory
Godsmack
Korn
Limp Bizkit
Linkin Park
Mudvayne
Mushroomhead
Papa Roach
Puddle Of Mudd
Seether
Slipknot
System of a Down

Power metal 
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Accept
Blind Guardian
Demons and Wizards
Gamma Ray
Hammerfall
Helloween
Iced Earth
Judas Priest
Kamelot
Nevermore
Nightwish
Rhapsody
Stratovarius

Progressiewe metal 
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Buckethead
Dream Theater
Jinjer
King Crimson
Meshuggah
Opeth
Queensrÿche
Rush
Symphony X
Tool
Voivod

Stoner metal 
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Acid King
The Eagles of Death Metal
Kyuss
Monster Magnet
Queens of the Stone Age

Thrash metal 
Sien thrash metal.
Anthrax
Celtic Frost
Corrosion of Conformity
Exodus
King Diamond
Kreator
Lamb of God
Megadeth
Mercyful Fate
Metallica
Metal Church
Overkill
Pantera
Sepultura
Slayer
Suicidal Tendencies

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