HARDROCK/ MELODIC METAL

Band	Style	Recommended if you like these bands
Amos	Gothic Metal
Angelica	Pop Metal/ Melodic Metal	Mr Big, Extreme
Bishop Garden		Freak Kitchen, Dream Theater
Boanerges	Progressive Guitar Metal	Stratovarios
Bride	Dirty Groovy Rock'n'roll	Guns 'n' Roses
Crystavox	Melodic Hardrock/Metal	Skid Row, Warrant
David Zaffiro	Melodic Pop/Metal	Joe Satriani, Bon Jovi, Winger
(Scream in) Eden	Melodic Guitarbased Metal with a bluesfeel	Dokken, Kiss, Ratt
Final Destiny	Hard Rock	Kiss, White Lion, Journey, Bon Jovi
Guardian (early)	Melodic Hardrock with some bluesinfluences	Winger, Extreme, Tesla
Hallowed	Melodic Power Metal
Harmony	Guitar shredding Progressive Metal	Yngwie Malmsteen meets Dream Theatre
Heartcry	A mix of 70s and 80s Hardrock	Deep Purple
Holy Soldier (early)	Commercial Melodic Metal	Skid Row
Jerusalem	Melodic Hardrock with a 70s/80s feel	Scorpions
Ken Tamplin	Melodic Hardrock/ Metal	David Lee Roth, Bon Jovi, Poison
King James	Melodic Hardrock	Journey, Europe
Laudamus	Melodic Hardrock/Metal	Styx
Leviticus	Melodic Hardrock/Metal	Europe, Def Leppard
Mastedon	Commercial Melodic Hardrock	Europe, Kansas
Narnia	Melodic Guitarbased Classic Metal with lots of solos	Yngwie Malmsteen, Rainbow
New Jerusalem	Classic 70s Hardrock	Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Bad Company, Slaughter
Pastor Brad	80s Metal with plenty of guitar solos
Pursuit	Progressive Metal with a Classic Rock vibe	Rush, Queensryche, Yes
Rage of Angels	Aggresive Melodic Metal	Motley Crue
Randy Rose (early)	Hard Rock	Danzig, Lenny Kravitz
Randy Rose (recent)	Hard Rock	Danzig, Alice In Chains
Rivera/Bomma	Progressive Guitarbased Metal with some flamenco influences thrown in
Resurrection Band (Rez)	Bluesy 70s Hard Rock
Rosanna's Raiders	Female fronted hardrock	Heart, Vixen
Seventh Avenue	Melodic Power Metal	Helloween, Gammaray
Shining Force	Classic Metal
Shout	Pop Metal/ Melodic Metal	Van Halen, Foreigner, Bon Jovi
Slav Simanic	Guitarshredding Metal	Joe Satriani
Stryper	Catchy Heavy Melodic Metal with lots of hooks and guitar solos	Cinderella, White Lion, Dokken
Tykküs	Classic Heavy Metal	Judas Priest
Trytan	Symphonic Progressive Metal	Rush
VU	Commercial Hardrock/Metal	Def Leppard
Wisdom Call	70s/80s Metal
XT	Melodic Hardrock

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HEAVY METAL/ CLASSIC METAL

Band	Style	Recommended if you like these bands
Adiastasia	Symphonic Power Metal	Helloween, Stratovarious, Angra, Freedom Call
Apostle	Classic 80s Metal with lots of flashy guitar solos	Yngwie Malmsteen, Randy Rhodes, Tony MacAlpine, Joe Satriani
Barren Cross	Progressive Heavy Metal	Iron Maiden
Bloodgood	Classic 80s Metal
David Benson	Doom Metal	Ozzy Osbourne, Count Raven
Destra	Progressive Metal	Dream Theater, Fates Warning
Divinefire	Heavy Fast Symphonic Metal with plenty of crunchy hooks	Rhapsody meets Masterplan, Dragonforce, Kiuas, Mylidian
Dynasty	Classic Heavy Metal
Haven	Progressive Heavy Metal	Dio, Fugazi
Krush (early)	Guitarbased Classic Metal with a 90s feel	Winger, Randy Rhoades
Letter 7	Catchy & Melodic 80s Hardrock/Metal with lots of crunchy guitars
Lightmare	Classic Metal with influences from Speed Metal	Helloween(early)
Majestic Vanguard	Melodic & Heavy Power Metal with a Progressive touch	Avantasia, Edguy, Stratovarious, Sonata Arctica, Nocturnal Rites, Dream Theater
Messiah Prophet	Classic Heavy Metal
Modest Attraction	Real 70's Metal	Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Sweet
Neon Cross (early)	Classic 80s Metal with heavy guitars and highpitched vocals	Kind of like a heavier version of Def Leppard
Oratorio (early)	Power Metal	Stratovarius
Philadelphia	Classic Metal	Judas Priest, Riot, Virgin Steel, Omen
Poetry Of Dreams	Progressive Metal	Fates Warning, Dream Theater
Recon	Heavy Metal	Iron Maiden, Queensryche
Regime	Classic Metal	Europe meets White Lion/Winger
Sacred Warrior	Classic Heavy Metal	Iron Maiden, Queensryche
Saint	Heavy Heavy Metal	Judas Priest, Sword, Grim Reaper, Breaker
Seventh Avenue	Power Metal	Helloween
HB	Symphonic Metal	Nightwish, Within Temptation
Smash Alley Underground	Groovy and Heavy Metal
Test of Faith	Progressive Metal with Thrash influences	Fates Warning
Theocracy	Melodic Power Metal	Kamelot, Blind Guardian, Edguy, Avantasia, Symphony X, Stratovarius
Rob Rock	Melodic Heavy/Power Metal	Axel Rudi Pell
Treasure Seeker	Melodic Power Metal	Helloween (early), Gammaray
Ultimatum	Thrash	Exodus, Accept, UDO
Watchmen	Melodic Hardrock	Dio
Whitecross	Classic Heavy Metal with some bluesinfluences and tons of flashy guitar solos	Ratt, Aerosmith, White Lion, Yngwie Malmsteen
X-Sinner	Boggie-Woggie Metal	AC/DC, Def Leppard

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SPEED/ THRASH METAL  

Band	Style	Recommended if you like these bands
Anaemia	Dark Atmospheric Metal	Anathema, Exodus, My Dying Bride
Believer (early)	Progressive Thrash Metal with Orchestral influences	Kreator, Atheist, Sacrifice, Death
Betrayal	Speed/ Thrash Metal	Megadeth, Testament
Consecrator	Thrash Metal	Kreator, Sacrifice
The Crucified	Hardcore/Thrash with some Punk influences	Suicidal Tendencies, D.R.I
Decision D	Progressive Thrash from Holland
Deliverance (early)	Melodic Speed Metal/Bay Area Thrash	Metallica, Testament, Anthrax, Flotsam & Jetsam, Vio-lence
Detritus	Thrash	Metallica (early), Xentrix
Ethereal Scourge	Groovy Thrash Metal	Pantera, Sepultura
Eternal Decision	Crunchy Heavy Metal with vocals like Metallica	Metallica, Pantera mixed with Alice in Chains
Generation	Heavy Industrial Thrash	Nine Inch Nails, Ministry
Godfear	Groovy Metal	Pantera, Korn
Grave Forsaken	Thrash/Death
Jesus Freaks		Metallica
Living Sacrifice	Thrash Metal/MetalCore	Sepultura, Slayer, Morgoth
Moshketeers	Thrash Metal
Necromanicide	Thrash Metal with some industrial, blackmetal and classic metal-influences
Oblivion	Aggressive Hardcore Metal	Meshuggah
Oil	Groovy Metal	Metallica (recent)
Once Dead
One Bad Pig	Thrash Metal with a Punk attitude	Jawbox, Whale, Mr. Bungle
Palehorse	Oldschool Thrash Metal
Sacrament	Technical Speed/Thrash Metal	Silver Chair, Realm, Atheist, (old) Slayer, Testament
Sculpture	Thrash / Death Metal	Kreator, Sepultura
Seventh Angel	Brittish Thrash/Doom with very heavy riffs	Re-Animator, Sabbat
Step Cousin	Thrash with some Death influences
Temple of Blood	Oldschool Thrash with highpitched vocals	Testament, Megadeth, Annihilator, Toxik, Realm, Nasty Savage,
Theocracy AD	Thrash/Death/Hardcore Metal
Tourniquet (early)	Progressive and experimental Thrash	Mercyful Fate, Realm, Megadeth
Towne Cryer	Dark Heavy Metal/Thrash
Vengeance Rising(early)	Thrash	Slayer, Dark Angel, Death, Kreator

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DEATH METAL

Band	Style	Recommended if you like These Mainstream bands
Acoustic Torment	Melodic Death Metal with some Black influences
Antidemon	Crunchy Thrashy Death Metal/Grindcore with some punk influences
Crimson Thorn	American Death Metal	Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Carcass, Napalm Death, Brutal Truth, Suffocation
Corpse	Oldschool Death Metal	Grave, Dismember, Cannibal Corpse
Death List	Death Metal	Carcass, Sepultura, Obituary, Morbid Angel, Benediction
Deuteronomium (early + album The Amen)	Melodic Death Metal	Amorphis
Deuteronomium (recent)	Groove death/thrash	Kreator meets Motorhead, like recent Entombed and Carcass, Behexen
Discern	Oldschool Death Metal	Morbid Angel, Immolation
Empty Tomb	Grindcore	Carcass
Extol (early)	Experimental Death Metal
Feast Eternal	Death Metal	Bolt Thrower, In Flames
Groms	Technical Death Metal with some Classical Metal influences	Kreator, Oppressor, Death
Hearken	Traditional Death Metal	(early) Death
Hilastherion	Melodic and Progressive Death Metal with plenty of guitar solos	Children of Bodom
Immortal Souls	Aggressive Melodic Death Metal / Gothenburg Death Metal	Children of Bodom, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity
Lament (early)	Progressive Death-metal with Classical Metal influences	Autopsy
Metanoia	Death Metal with influences from Classic Metal	Obituary
Ministros Del Santuario	Death Metal	Obituary, Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation
Morbid Sacrifice	80s Death Metal	Napalm Death (post-grindcore era), Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse, Death, Obituary, Pestilence
Mortification (early)	Death Metal	Deicide, Bolt Thrower
Pantokrator	Brutal and Melodic Death Metal	Children of Bodom
Renascent	Progressive & Symphonic Death Metal	Arch Enemy, At The Gates, Nocturnus
Scourged Flesh
Schaliach	Melodic Deathmetal with Classical Metal influences	Amorphis
Sympathy	Technical & Brutal Death Metal	Suffocation, Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse
Tinnitus	Progressive Death Metal
Tortured Conscience	Death Metal	Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, Gorguts, Regurgitate
Vengeance Rising (recent)	Thrash/Death Metal	Death, Slayer, Morbid Angel
Vomitorial Corpulence	Grindcore	Avulsed
World To Ashes	Melodic Death Metal	Soilwork, In Flames

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BLACK METAL

Band	Style	Recommended if you like these bands
Admonish	Swedish Black Metal
Antestor	Atmospheric Doomy Blackmetal with influences from Norwegian folk songs	Primordial, Burzum
Arvinger	Majestic Viking Metal
Crimson Moonlight (early)	Atmospheric Black Metal	Dissection, Dimmu Borgir, Marduk
Crimson Moonlight (recent)	Ultrafast & Brutal Black Metal	Dissection, Marduk
Divine Symphony	Melodic Symphonic Black Metal with lots of classic metal influences	Dimmu Borgir
Frosthardr	Oldschool Black Metal	Mayhem
Frost Like Ashes	Black Metal	Cradle of Filth, Immortal, Gehenna
Holy Blood	Epic Folk Black Metal	Moonsorrow, Suidakra (old), Pagan Reign, Finntroll, Turisas
Horde	Oldschool Black Metal	Darkthrone, Immortal, Marduk, Bathory
Mordecai	Melodic Black Metal	Dark Tranquility, Dissection
Parakletos	Atmospheric Black Metal with plenty of classic metal influences	Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth
Shadows of Paragon	Black metal
Sanctifica (early)	Medieval Atmospheric Blackmetal	Emperor, Satyricon, Dimmu Borgir
Sanctifica (recent)	Experimental Progressive Metal	Opeth
Vaakevandring	Athmospheric Epic Black Metal with lots of synths and catchy harmonies	Dimmu Borgir, Covenant, Emperor
Vardoger (early)	Folk influenced Black Metal	Enslaved

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DOOM METAL

Band	Style	Recommended if you like these bands
Last Chapter	Heavy Doom Metal	Solitude Aeturnus, Candlemass, Black Sabbath, Saint Vitus
Mirador	Experimental Progressive Doom Metal
Paramaecium	Gothic Doom Metal	My Dying Bride, November's Doom, Cathedral, Anathema
Place of Skulls	Heavy Doom Metal	Pentagram,Death Row, Black Sabbath
Troglodyte Dawn	Mix of Classic Doom and Ambient music	Black Sabbath, Outback, Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream
Seventh Angel	Doom Metal with Thrash influences	Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, (old) Testament
Veni Domine (early)	Progressive Heavy Doomy Metal with vocals in the veins of Queensryche	Crux, Candlemass, Queensryche (early)

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MISCELLEANOUS HARD MUSIC

Circle of Dust	Heavy Industrial	Rammstein, Ministry, Razed in Black
Demon Hunter (early)	Metalcore	Slipknot, Killswitch Engage
Disciple	Groovy Metalcore	Drowning Pool
Mortal	Industrial	Nine Inch Nails
Rackets & Drapes	Guitar driven Industrial Metal	Marilyn Manson
N.I.V (No Innocent Victim)	Hardcore	Sick Of It All
August Burns Red	Metalcore
Underoath	Metalcore/Hardcore	From First To Last
P.O.D (Payable On Death)	Nu metal
Becoming The Archetype		As Blood Runs Black, Lamb of God
Saviour Machine	Goth

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