The Beginnings of Hardcore: A History of Metal Music

Early Metal (1966-1971)

Cream
Jimi Hendrix
Blue Cheer
Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin
MC5
Mountain
The Stooges
Black Sabbath


Shock Rock (1968-1983)

Arthur Brown
Alice Cooper
New York Dolls
Kiss
Ozzy Osbourne
WASP


Progressive Metal (1970-Present)

Uriah Heep
Rush
Queensryche
Savatage
Fates Warning
Voivod
Dream Theater
Meshuggah
Symphony X
Evergrey


Glam Metal (1973-1990)

Slade
Sweet
Hanoi Rocks
Motley Crue
Twisted Sister
Poison
Cinderella
Skid Row


Original Hard Rock (1974-1979)

Thin Lizzy
Blue Oyster Cult
Aerosmith
Ted Nugent


Early Punk (1976-1979)

The Ramones
The Damned
Sex Pistols
The Clash
Dead Boys


New Wave of British Heavy Metal (1979-1983)

Motorhead
Saxon
Iron Maiden
Angel Witch
Girlschool
Tygers of Pan Tang


Power Metal (1976-Present)

Scorpions
Judas Priest
Rainbow
Accept
Manowar
Dio
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Helloween
Blind Guardian
Hammerfall
Primal Fear


Pop Metal (1978-Present)

Quiet Riot
Van Halen
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Europe
Dokken
Lita Ford
Ratt
Guns N'Roses
Winger
Warrant
Doro
The Darkness


Original Hardcore (1980-1986)

Agnostic Front
DOA
The Exploited
Bad Brains
Misfits
GBH
Discharge
Dead Kennedys
Minor Threat


First Wave of Black Metal (1981-1986)

Venom
Bathory
Mercyful Fate
Celtic Frost


Stoner Metal (1982-Present)

Witchfinder General
Trouble
Candlemass
Cathedral
Kyuss
Today Is The Day


Thrash Metal (1983-Present)

Metallica
Slayer
Anthrax
Megadeth
Exodus
Over Kill
Kreator
Destruction
Sodom
Testament
Nuclear Assault
Death Angel
Pantera
Sepultura
Children of Bodom


Death Metal (1985-Present)

Possessed
Death
Morbid Angel
Obituary
Deicide
Cannibal Corpse
Immolation
Autopsy
Nile
Dying Fetus


Metalcore (1985-Present)

Corrosion of Conformity
Suicidal Tendencies
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
Machine Head
Stormtroopers of Death
Hatebreed
The Dillinger Escape Plan


Grindcore (1987-Present)

Napalm Death
Carcass
Repulsion
Exhumed
Extreme Noise Terror
Cephalic Carnage
Brutal Truth


Hard Alternative (1985-Present)

Faith No More
Jane's Addiction
Prong
Living Colour
The Smashing Pumpkins
Rage Against The Machine


Industrial Metal (1988-Present)

Ministry
White Zombie
Godflesh
Nine Inch Nails
Fear Factory
Marilyn Manson
Static-X


Grunge (1988-1993)

Green River
Melvins
Soundgarden
Mudhoney
Nirvana
Alice In Chains
Mother Love Bone
Stone Temple Pilots
Pearl Jam


Goth Metal (1990-Present)

Paradise Lost
Tiamat
Therion
Type O Negative
My Dying Bride
Anathema
Theatre of Tragedy
Katatonia
Opeth


Nu-Metal (1994-Present)

Biohazard
Korn
Slipknot
Limp Bizkit
Godsmack
Coal Chamber
System of a Down
Disturbed
Kittie


New Wave of American Metal (2000-Present)

Shadows Fall
Lamb of God
Darkest Hour
Chimaira
Killswitch Engage
Unearth
God Forbid