Daftar Genre Musik Metal

Bagan berikut ini menjelaskan pandangan saya tentang perkembangan berbagai subgenre metal, dan saya juga mencoba mendaftarkan grup musik yang mewakili setiap kategori.

Early metal (1966 – 1971)
- Cream – Jimi Hendrix – Blue Cheer – Deep Purple – 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 – KISS – Ozzy Osbourne – W.A.S.P.

Early punk (1976 – 1979)
- The Ramones – The Damned – The Sex Pistols – The Clash – The Dead Boys

Power metal (1976 – sekarang)
- 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 – sekarang)
- Uriah Heep – Rush – Queensrÿche – Savatage – Fates Warning – Voivod – Dream 

Theater – Meshuggah – Symphony X – Evergrey

Glam metal (1973 – 1990)
- Slade – Sweet – Hanoi Rocks – Mötley Crüe – Twisted Sister – Poison – Cinderella – Skid Row

Pop metal (1978 – sekarang)
- Quiet Riot – Van Halen – Whitesnake – Def Leppard – Europe – Dokken – Lita Ford – Ratt – Guns N’ Roses – Winger – Warrant – Doro – The Darkness

Stoner metal (1982 – sekarang)
- Witchfinder General – 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 – sekarang)
- 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 – sekarang)
- Mayhem – Gorgoroth – Darkthrone – Emperor – Satyricon – Enslaved – Dimmu Borgir – Cradle Of Filth (UK)

Grindcore (1987 – sekarang)
- Napalm Death – Carcass – Repulsion – Brutal Truth – Cephalic Carnage

Death metal (1985 – sekarang)
- Possessed – Sodom – Death – Morbid Angel – Obituary – Deicide – Cannibal Corpse – Immolation – Autopsy – Nile

Swedish death metal (1990 – sekarang)
- Grave – Entombed – At the Gates – Dismember – Arch Enemy – Soilwork – In Flames – Dark Tranquility – The Haunted

Metalcore (1985 – sekarang)
- 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 – sekarang)
- Paradise Lost – Tiamat – Therion – Type O Negative – My Dying Bride – Anathema – Theatre Of Tragedy – Opeth

Industrial metal (1988 – sekarang)
- Ministry – White Zombie – Godflesh – Nine Inch Nails – Fear Factory – Marilyn Manson – Static-X

Hard alternative (1989 – sekarang)
- Faith No More – Jane’s Addiction – Prong – Living Colour – The Smashing Pumpkins – Tool – Rage Against The Machine

Nu-metal (1994 – sekarang)
- Biohazard – KoЯn – Slipknot – Limp Bizkit – Godsmack – Coal Chamber – Disturbed – Kittie – System of a Down

New Wave of American Metal (2000 – sekarang)

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