Dies ist eine Auflistung der Bands, die das Buch Matthias Herr's Heavy Metal Lexikon Vol. 1 von Matthias Herr enthält:
- Abattoir
- Accept
- AC/DC
- Adramelch
- Agent Steel
- Anacrusis
- Annihilator
- Anthrax
- Anvil Bitch
- Armored Saint
- Artch
- Artillery
- At War
- Bathory
- Blessed Death
- Blind Guardian
- Blood Feast
- Bloodlust (Band)
- Breaker
- Candlemass/Nemesis
- Carnivore
- Celtic Frost
- Cerebus
- Coven
- Crimson Glory
- Cyclone
- Dammaj
- Dark Angel
- Deadly Blessing
- Death
- Death Angel
- Defender
- Defiance
- Destruction
- Destructor
- Détente
- Dream Death/Penance
- E-X-E
- Executioner
- Exumer
- Fates Warning
- Flotsam and Jetsam
- Genöcide
- Hades
- Hallows Eve
- Heathen
- Heathen’s Rage
- Heir Apparent
- Helloween
- Hexx
- Hittman
- Hobbs’ Angel of Death
- Impellitteri
- Indestructible Noise Command
- Incubus
- Infernäl Mäjesty
- Intruder
- Iron Maiden
- Jag Panzer
- Judas Priest
- Kiss
- Krank
- Kreator
- Krokus
- Kublai Khan
- Lääz Rockit
- Lethal Dose
- Manowar
- Megadeth
- Meliah Rage
- The Melvins
- Mercyful Fate/King Diamond
- Messiah
- Messiah Prophet
- Metal Church
- Metallica
- Mortal Sin
- Motörhead
- Nasty Savage
- Nuclear Assault
- Num Skull
- Obituary
- Omen
- Onslaught
- Overkill
- Pantera
- Paradox
- Pestilence
- Phantom
- Piledriver
- Possessed
- Post Motem
- Powerlord
- Pretty Maids
- Primal Scream
- Protector
- Queensrÿche
- Quick Change
- Rampage
- Razor
- Rigor Mortis
- Ripper
- Sabbat
- Sacred Child
- Sanctuary
- Savage Grace
- Savatage
- Scorpions
- Sepultura
- Shok Paris
- Slaughter
- Slayer
- S.O.D.
- Sodom
- Stormtrooper
- Stormwitch
- Sword
- Target
- Tension
- Testament
- Toxik
- Twisted Sister
- Tyrant
- Tyrant’s Reign
- U.D.O.
- Vectom
- Venom
- Vicious Rumors
- Viking
- Virgin Steele
- Voivod
- Wargasm
- Warlord
- W.A.S.P.
- Watchtower
- Wehrmacht
- Whiplash
- White Lion
- Wild Dogs
- Zed Yago/Velvet Viper
- Zoetrope