Early metal (1966 - 1971) - Jimi Hendrix - Blue Cheer - Deep Purple - Iron Butterfly - Led Zeppelin - MC5 - Mountain - The Stooges - Black Sabbath
Original hard rock (1974 - 1979)
- Thin Lizzy - Blue Öyster Cult - Aerosmith - AC/DC - Ted Nugent
Shock rock (1968 - 1983) - Arthur Brown - Alice Cooper - New York Dolls - Ozzy Osbourne - W.A.S.P. - KISS
Early punk (1976 - 1979) - The Ramones - The Damned - The Sex Pistols - The Clash - The Dead Boys
Power metal (1976 - Present)
- Scorpions - Judas Priest - Rainbow - Accept - Manowar - Dio - Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Helloween - Blind Guardian - HammerFall - Primal Fear
New Wave of British Heavy Metal (1979 - 1983) - Motörhead - Saxon - Iron Maiden - Angel Witch - Girlschool - Tygers of Pan Tang - Diamond Head
Progressive metal (1970 - Present) - Uriah Heep - Rush - Queensrÿche - Savatage - Fates Warning - Voivod - Dream Theater - Meshuggah - Symphony X - Evergrey - Tool
Glam metal (1973 - 1990) - Slade - Sweet - Hanoi Rocks - Mötley Crüe - Twisted Sister - Poison - Cinderella - Skid Row
Pop metal (1978 - Present) - Quiet Riot - Van Halen - Whitesnake - Def Leppard - Europe - Dokken - Lita Ford - Ratt - Guns N' Roses - Winger - Warrant - The Darkness
Stoner metal (1982 - Present) - Witchfinder - Trouble - Candlemass - Kyuss - Today is the Day - Cathedral
Original hardcore(1980 - 1986) - Agnostic Front - D.O.A. - Exploited - Black Flag - Bad Brains - The Misfits - GBH - Dead Kennedys - Minor Threat
Thrash metal (1983 - Present)
- Metallica - Slayer - Anthrax - Megadeth - Exodus - Overkill - Kreator - Destruction - Testament - Sepultura - Nuclear Assault - Death Angel - Pantera
First wave of black metal (1981 - 1986)
- Venom - Mercyful Fate - Bathory - Celtic Frost
Norwegian black metal (1990 - Present)
- Mayhem - Gorgoroth - Darkthrone - Emperor - Satyricon - Enslaved - Dimmu Borgir - Cradle Of Filth (UK)
Grindcore (1987 - Present)
- Napalm Death - Carcass - Repulsion - Brutal Truth - Cephalic Carnage
Death metal (1985 - Present)
- Possessed - Sodom - Death - Morbid Angel - Obituary - Deicide - Cannibal Corpse - Immolation - Autopsy - Nile
Swedish death metal (1990 - Present)
- Grave - Entombed - At the Gates - Dismember - Arch Enemy - Soilwork - In Flames - Dark Tranquility - The Haunted - Children of Bodom (Finland)
Metalcore (1985 - Present)
- Corrosion of Conformity - Suicidal Tendencies - Dirty Rotten Imbeciles - Machine Head - Stormtroopers of Death - Hatebreed - The Dillinger Escape Plan
Grunge (1988 - 1993)
- Green River - The Melvins - Soundgarden - Mudhoney - Nirvana - Alice In Chains - Mother Love Bone - Pearl Jam - Stone Temple Pilots
Goth metal (1990 - Present)
- Paradise Lost - Tiamat - Therion - Type O Negative - My Dying Bride - Anathema - Theatre Of Tragedy - Opeth
Industrial metal (1988 - Present)
- Ministry - White Zombie - Godflesh - Nine Inch Nails - Fear Factory - Marilyn Manson - Static-X
Hard alternative (1989 - Present)
- Faith No More - Jane's Addiction - Prong - Living Colour - The Smashing Pumpkins - Rage Against The Machine
Nu-metal (1994 - Present)
- Biohazard - KoЯn - Slipknot - Limp Bizkit - Godsmack - Coal Chamber - Disturbed - Kittie - System of a Down
New wave of American metal (2000 - Present)
- Shadows Fall - Lamb of God - Darkest Hour - Chimaira - Killswitch Engage - Unearth - God Forbid - Trivium (band
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