Genres of Heavy Metal

There are many types of Heavy Metal that have salitisfied themselves as part of that Heavy Metal scene.

Original Early Heavy Metal

 * AC/DC
 * Aerosmith
 * Black Sabbath
 * Blue Cheer
 * Cream
 * Jimi Hendrix
 * Led Zeppelin
 * Thin Lizzy
 * UFO
 * Uriah Heep

NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal)
Judas Priest

Tygers of Pang Tang

Def Leppard (old)

Diamond Head

Motorhead

Saxon

Girlschool

Progressive Metal
Rush

Dream Theater

Symphony X

King's X

Tool

Opeth

U.D.O.

Thrash Metal
Slayer

Megadeth

Metallica

Anthrax

Testament

Exodus

Coven

Suicidal Tendencies

Death Metal
Death

Canibal Corpse

Autopsy

Morbid Angel

Obituary

Atheist

Massacare

Master

Necrophagia

Glam Metal

 * Autograph
 * Bon Jovi
 * Kiss
 * Lita Ford
 * Motley Crue
 * Poison
 * Ratt
 * Skid Row
 * Twisted Sister
 * Warrant
 * WASP
 * Winger

Power Metal

 * Avantasia
 * At Vance
 * Blind Guardian
 * Dio
 * Dream Evil
 * Dream Master
 * Edguy
 * Falconer
 * Freedom Call
 * Gamma Ray
 * Hammerfall
 * Heed
 * Helloween
 * Jorn
 * Kiske
 * Lost Horizon
 * Manowar
 * Metalium
 * Rhapsody of Fire
 * Sabaton
 * Steve Vai
 * Stratovarius
 * Yngwie J. Malmsteen

Black Metal
Venom

Hellhammer

Burzum

Mayhem

Darkthrone

Immortal

1349

Dimmu Borgir

Bathory