List of heavy metal musicians

Table of contents 1 Early heavy metal[?] 2 New Wave of British Heavy Metal 3 Thrash metal 4 Power metal 5 Stoner metal 6 Death metal 7 Black metal 8 Nu metal 9 Doom metal 10 Neo-classical metal[?] 11 Progressive metal 12 Glam metal/hair metal

Early heavy metal[?]

• Aerosmith
• Black Sabbath
• Blue Cheer
• Blue Oyster Cult
• Led Zeppelin
• The Misfits
• The Stooges
• Velvet Underground

New Wave of British Heavy Metal

• Angel Witch[?]
• Def Leppard
• Diamond Head
• Iron Maiden
• Judas Priest
• Motorhead
• Praying Mantis[?]
• Raven[?]
• Samson[?]
• Saxon[?]

Thrash metal

• Anthrax
• Celtic Frost
• Corrosion of Conformity[?]
• King Diamond
• Kreator
• Megadeth
• Mercyful Fate
• Metallica
• Napalm Death
• Overkill
• Pantera
• Rollins Band
• Sepultura
• Slayer
• Suicidal Tendencies

Power metal

• Accept[?]
• Blind Guardian
• Demons & Wizards[?]
• Gamma Ray[?]
• Hammerfall
• Helloween
• Iced Earth[?]
• Iron Maiden
• Jag Panzer[?]
• Judas Priest
• Nevermore[?]
• Pantera
• Stratovarius

Stoner metal

• Acid King[?]
• Kyuss
• Monster Magnet
• Queens of the Stone Age
• Spirit Caravan[?]

Death metal

• Atheist[?]
• Bolt Thrower[?]
• Cannibal Corpse
• Carcass[?]
• Cynic[?]
• Death[?]
• Deicide
• In Flames[?]
• Dark Tranquility[?]
• At the Gates[?]
• Entombed
• Arch Enemy
• Hypocrisy[?]
• Morbid Angel[?]
• Mortification[?]
• Napalm Death
• Rotting Christ[?]
• Tiamat[?]
• Venom

Black metal

• Emperor
• Mayhem[?]
• Cradle of Filth
• Borknagar[?]
• Dimmu Borger[?]
• Old Man's Child[?]
• Finntroll[?]
• Ulver[?]
• Samael
• Sacramentum[?]
• Thorns[?]

Nu metal

• Drowning Pool[?]
• Fear Factory
• Korn
• Lacrimosa
• Limp Bizkit
• Papa Roach
• Staind
• System of a Down
• Theatre of Tragedy[?]
• Tool

Doom metal

• Anathema
• Candlemass[?]
• Cathedral[?]
• Cemetary[?]
• Crowbar[?]
• Danzig
• Opeth
• Lake of Tears
• My Dying Bride[?]
• Paradise Lost
• Saint Vitus[?]
• Trouble[?]

Neo-classical metal[?]

• Jennifer Batten[?]
• Richie Blackmore[?] and Deep Purple
• The Great Kat[?]
• Eddie Van Halen
• Greg Howe
• Yngwie Malmsteen
• Randy Rhoads

Progressive metal

• Anacrusis[?]
• Buckethead
• Dream Theater
• King Crimson
• King's X
• Queensryche
• Symphony X[?]
• Voivod

Glam metal/hair metal

• Cinderella[?]
• Alice Cooper
• Bon Jovi
• Def Leppard
• Dokken
• Extreme[?]
• Great White
• Guns 'n' Roses
• KISS
• Mötley Crüe
• Mr. Big
• Poison
• Ratt
• The Scorpions
• Skid Row
• Tesla
• Twisted Sister[?]
• Van Halen
• Vixen[?]
• Warrant[?]
• W.A.S.P.
• Whitesnake
• Winger