List of heavy metal bands

This is a list of bands that pertain to the heavy metal genre of music.

Original movement: 1967-1979

In the late 1960s a number of bands began pushing the limits of blues-rock into a new genre which would be called heavy metal. [Weinstein, Deena. "Heavy Metal: The Music and its Culture". DaCapo, 2000. ISBN 0-306-80970-2, pg. 14.] [cite book |last=Christe |first=Ian |title=Sound of the Beast |publisher=Allison & Busby |id=ISBN 0749083514 |pages=pg. 1] By the early eighties the heavy metal genre began a slow division into various sub-genre categories to better describe the stylistic differences that were growing out of the original heavy metal movement. And by the end of the 1970s many of the earliest heavy metal bands had long since disbanded. Some of the bands included in the original movement were:
*AC/DC [cite book |last=Christe |first=Ian |title=Sound of the Beast |publisher=Allison & Busby |id=ISBN 0749083514 |pages=pg. 2, 39-48, 52-57]
*Aerosmith [cite book |last=Walser |first=Robert |title=Running with The Devil |publisher=Wesleyan University Press |id=ISBN 0819562602 |pages=pgs. 8, 13]
*Jeff Beck [cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hifyxql5ldae |accessdate=2007-04-07 |title=AMG review of Jeff Beck's Truth album] [Weinstein, Deena. "Heavy Metal: The Music and its Culture". DaCapo, 2000. ISBN 0-306-80970-2, pg. 16.]
*Alice Cooper [cite book |last=Christe |first=Ian |title=Sound of the Beast |publisher=Allison & Busby |id=ISBN 0749083514 |pages=pg. 2, 16, 18, 19, 39, 56-69, 93, 304, 333] [cite book |last=Walser |first=Robert |title=Running with The Devil |publisher=Wesleyan University Press |id=ISBN 0819562602 |pages=pgs. 11, 16, 78]
*Black Sabbath
*Black Widow
*Bloodrock
*Blue Cheer
*Blue Öyster Cult
*Budgie
*Buffalo
*Cactus
*Cream [cite book |last=Christe |first=Ian |title=Sound of the Beast |publisher=Allison & Busby |id=ISBN 0749083514 |pages=pg. 10-12]
*Deep Purple [Weinstein, Deena. "Heavy Metal: The Music and its Culture". DaCapo, 2000. ISBN 0-306-80970-2, pg. 2.] [cite book |last=Christe |first=Ian |title=Sound of the Beast |publisher=Allison & Busby |id=ISBN 0749083514 |pages=pg. 2] [cite book |last=Walser |first=Robert |title=Running with The Devil |publisher=Wesleyan University Press |id=ISBN 0819562602 |pages=pgs. 2]
*Flower Travellin' Band
*Hawkwind
*Humble Pie
*Iron Butterfly
*Judas Priest
*Kiss [cite book |last=Walser |first=Robert |title=Running with The Devil |publisher=Wesleyan University Press |id=ISBN 0819562602 |pages=pgs. 2,10,11,16]
*Led Zeppelin [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artist/bchj/ BBC.co.uk] ]
*Lucifer's Friend [cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=LUCIFER'S|FRIEND&sql=11:09fexq85ld6e~T1 |accessdate=2007-10-15 |title=AMG bio of Lucifer's Friend]
*Montrose
*Mountain [cite book |last=Ingham |first=Chris |title=The Book of Metal |publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press |id=ISBN 978-1560254195 |pages=pg. 204]
*Pentagram
*Queen [citation|last=Nicholson|first=Kris|date=1976-04-08|title=A Night at the Opera|periodical=Rolling Stone] [ [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jifpxqr5ldje allmusic ((( Queen > Overview ))) ] ]
*Rainbow
*Rush
*Scorpions
*Sir Lord Baltimore
*Steppenwolf
*Thin Lizzy
*UFO
*Uriah Heep
*Van Halen [cite book |last=Christe |first=Ian |title=Sound of the Beast |publisher=Allison & Busby |id=ISBN 0749083514 |pages=pg. 1, 50-57, 77]
*Vanilla Fudge [cite book |last=Christe |first=Ian |title=Sound of the Beast |publisher=Allison & Busby |id=ISBN 0749083514 |pages=pg. 13]

By subgenre

:"See also, Heavy metal subgenres"

Since the 1970s, many subgenres and movements have emerged, playing their own interpretation of "heavy metal", these can vary greatly. Below in alphabetical order, are links to the many heavy metal subgenre lists on Wikipedia, with three notable examples of bands from each genre under them.

*"List of alternative metal artists" :Examples; Faith No More, System of a Down and Primus

*"List of black metal bands":Examples; Immortal, Burzum and Mayhem

*"List of Christian metal bands":Examples; Stryper, Saviour Machine and Whitecross

*"List of death metal bands":Examples; Death, Entombed and Morbid Angel

*"List of doom metal bands":Examples; Candlemass, Saint Vitus and Cathedral

*"List of gothic metal bands":Examples; Trail of Tears, Lacuna Coil and Sirenia

*"List of folk metal bands :Examples; Skyclad, Finntroll and Korpiklaani

*"List of industrial metal bands:Examples; Fear Factory, Rammstein and Godflesh

*"List of metalcore artists":Examples; Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage and Caliban

*"List of nu metal bands":Examples; Deftones, Korn, and Limp Bizkit

*"List of "New Wave of British Heavy Metal" artists":Examples; Iron Maiden, Saxon and Def Leppard

*"List of post-metal artists":Examples; Pelican, Isis and Russian Circles

*"List of power metal bands":Examples; Helloween, Blind Guardian and Sonata Arctica

*"List of progressive metal artists":Examples; Dream Theater, Fates Warning and Queensrÿche
*"List of speed metal bands":Examples; Motörhead, Venom and Cacophony

*"List of symphonic metal bands, List of symphonic black metal bands:Examples; Nightwish, Emperor and Rhapsody of Fire"

*"List of thrash metal bands":Examples; Slayer, Metallica and Anthrax

*"List of Viking metal bands":Examples; Bathory, Enslaved, and Einherjer

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