Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, NWoBHM, Power Metal und True Metal:
AC/DC –
Black Sabbath –
Deep Purple –
Kiss –
Led Zeppelin –
The Who –
Venom –
Dio –
Mercyful Fate –
Angel Witch –
Girlschool –
Iron Maiden –
Judas Priest –
Motörhead –
Def Leppard –
Accept –
Scorpions –
Saxon –
Blind Guardian –
Iced Earth –
Manowar
Glam Metal und Sleaze Rock:
Guns N’ Roses –
Mötley Crüe –
Skid Row –
Poison –
Twisted Sister –
Bon Jovi –
Quiet Riot –
Dokken –
Van Halen –
W.A.S.P.
Thrash Metal und Speed Metal:
Metallica –
Slayer –
Anthrax –
Megadeth –
Exodus –
Sodom –
Kreator –
Exciter –
Celtic Frost –
Hellhammer –
Death Angel –
Sepultura –
Voi Vod –
Testament
Alternative Metal, Grunge, Rap Metal und Nu Metal:
Faith No More –
Melvins –
Tool –
Soundgarden –
Alice in Chains –
Danzig –
Type O Negative –
Korn –
Limp Bizkit –
Linkin Park –
Slipknot –
System of a Down –
Coal Chamber –
Soulfly –
Rage Against the Machine –
Clawfinger –
Body Count
Groove Metal, Mathcore und NWoAHM:
Pantera –
Prong –
Exhorder –
Fear Factory –
Machine Head –
Lamb of God –
Killswitch Engage –
Norma Jean –
Converge –
The Dillinger Escape Plan –
Botch
Death Metal und Grindcore:
Death –
Napalm Death –
Carcass –
Cannibal Corpse –
Possessed –
Morbid Angel –
Deicide –
Autopsy –
Obituary –
Pestilence –
Entombed –
At the Gates –
Bolt Thrower –
Repulsion –
In Flames –
Children of Bodom
Black Metal, Dark Metal und Folgen:
Enslaved –
Emperor –
Darkthrone –
Dissection -
Mayhem –
Burzum –
Bathory –
Samael –
Beherit –
Gorgoroth –
Dimmu Borgir –
Cradle of Filth –
Behemoth –
Bethlehem –
Moonspell –
Rotting Christ –
Deafheaven –
Liturgy –
Shining –
Lifelover –
Silencer –
Wolves in the Throne Room
Doom Metal und Folgen:
Trouble –
Saint Vitus –
Pentagram –
Candlemass –
Solitude Aeternus –
Electric Wizard –
Sleep –
Kyuss –
Neurosis –
Isis –
Cult of Luna –
Mastodon –
Baroness –
Kylesa –
EyeHateGod –
Crowbar –
Iron Monkey –
Acid Bath –
Corrosion of Conformity –
Esoteric –
Thergothon –
Skepticism –
Paradise Lost –
My Dying Bride –
Tiamat –
Anathema –
Winter –
Disembowelment
Folk Metal:
Skyclad –
Cruachan –
Orphaned Land –
Melechesh –
Finntroll –
Skyforger –
Storm
Industrial Metal und NDH:
Godflesh –
Ministry –
Skin Chamber –
Pitchshifter –
Rammstein –
Oomph! –
Megaherz
Progressive Metal:
Fates Warning –
Queensrÿche –
Symphony X –
Mekong Delta –
Meshuggah -
Watchtower –
King’s X
Symphonic Metal und Epic Metal:
Nightwish –
Within Temptation –
Rhapsody of Fire –
DragonForce –
Stratovarius –
Therion –
Lacrimosa –
Xandria –