Geleneksel heavy metal

Geleneksel heavy metal, ayrıca bilindiği biçimde klasik metal ya da sıkça yalın olarak heavy metal şeklinde anılan, heavy metal müziğinin "birçok farklı türlere ve alttürlere evrimleşmeden ve parçalara ayrılmadan" önceki yeni ufuklar açan alttürüdür.

Geleneksel heavy metal grupları dizelgesi 
 AC/DC
 Accept
 Aerosmith
 A II Z
 Alcatrazz
 Alice Cooper
 Angel Witch
 Aria
 Atomkraft
 Battleaxe
 Black SabbathSharpe-Young, Garry (2007), p. 12
 Blaze Bayley
 Blitzkrieg
 Bloodrock
 Blue Cheer
 Blue Öyster Cult
 Briar Rose
 Bride
 Budgie
 Cloven Hoof
 Cream
 Danzig
 Deep PurpleWeinstein, Deena. Heavy Metal: The Music and its Culture. DaCapo, 2000. ISBN 0-306-80970-2, pg. 2.
 Def Leppard
 Demon
 Diamond Head
 Dio
 Dokken
 Ethel the Frog
 Gotthard
 Girlschool
 Halford
 HammerFall
 Heaven's Gate
 Hollow Ground
 Icarus Witch
 Iron Butterfly
 Iron MaidenSharpe-Young, Garry (2007), p. 33 and 74
 Jaguar
 Judas PriestSharpe-Young, Garry (2007), p. 33
 Kingdom Come
 Kiss
 Led Zeppelin
 Lucifer's Friend
 Manowar
 MC5
 Metal Church
 Metalucifer
 Montrose
 Mötley Crüe
 Motörhead
 Mountain
 Oz
 Ozzy Osbourne 
 Pagan Altar
 Paul Dianno
 Pentagram
 Persian Risk
 Praying Mantis
 Pretty Maids
 Queen
 Queensrÿche
 Quiet Riot
 Rainbow
 Raven
 Ratt
 Riot
 Rush
 Satan
 Saxon
 Scorpions
 Seven Witches
 Sinner
 Sir Lord Baltimore
 Slade
 Steppenwolf
 Stryper
 Sword (band)
 Sweet
 Sweet Savage
 Tank
 The Stooges
 Thin Lizzy
 Trust
 Twisted Sister
 Tygers of Pan Tang
 UFO
 Uriah Heep
 Van Halen
 Vanilla Fudge
 Venom
 Warriors
 W.A.S.P.
 Witchfinder General
 Witchfynde
 Wolf

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Ayrıca bakınız 
 Heavy metalin zaman çizelgesi
 Heavy metal
 Proto-metal
 Hard rock

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