METAL COMPARISON CHART

HARDROCK/ MELODIC METAL

Band	Style	Recommended if you like These Mainstream bands
Angelica	Pop Metal/ Melodic Metal	Poison, Extreme
Ascension	Heavy Hardrock
Blood'n'Fire	Groovy Energetic Hardrock	Guns'n'Roses, Living Colour
Bishop Garden		Freak Kitchen, Dream Theater
Bride	Dirty Groovy Rock'n'roll	Guns 'n' Roses, Cinderella
Charizma (early)	Melodic Rock/ Hardrock
Cross-Eyed Clyde	Hardrock
Crystavox	Melodic Hardrock/ Metal
David Zaffiro	Melodic Pop/Metal	Bon Jovi
Delta	Symphonic Metal
Final Destiny	Hard Rock	Kiss, White Lion, Journey, Bon Jovi
Guardian(early)	Melodic Hardrock with some bluesinfluences	Winger,
Hallowed	Melodic Metal
Heartcry	Hardrock
Holy Soldier(early)	Commercial Melodic Metal	Skid Row
Impellitteri	Melodic Guitarbased Metal with lots of solos	Dokken, Yngwie Malmsteen
In Vain	Groovy 70th Hardrock	Doors, Led Zeppelin
Iron Faith	Old - School Hardrock	Black Sabbath
Jacks of Trades	Groovy Metal
Jerusalem	Hardrock	Scorpions
Ken Tamplin	Melodic Hardrock/ Metal	David Lee Roth, Bon Jovi, Poison
King James		Dokken
Laudamus	Melodic Hardrock/Metal	Styx
Leviticus	Hardrock/Melodic Metal	Europe, Def Leppard
Mastedon	Commercial Melodic Hardrock
Mercenary	Melodic Guitarbased Metal
3rd Day Rising	Hardrock	Motley Crue
Narnia	Melodic Guitarbased Metal with lots of solos	Yngwie Malmsteen, Rainbow
New Jerusalem	Classic Hardrock	Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Bad Company, Slaughter
Pursuit	Melodic Metal/Progressive Metal	Rush
Rage of Angels	Aggresive Melodic Metal	Motley Crue
Randy Rose	Hard Rock	Danzig, Lenny Kravitz
Sacred Reign	Classic Hard Rock with a 90's flavor	Van Halen, Canned Heat, Aerosmith
Scott Bradley	Melodic Metal / Glam Metal	Poison
Shout	Pop Metal/ Melodic Metal	Van Halen, Foreigner, Bon Jovi
Sin Dizzy	Hard Rock/ Metal
SonX	Hard Rock
Stryper	Heavy Melodic Metal with lots of hooks	Cinderella, White Lion, Dokken, Iron Maiden, Helloween
The Chosen	Hardrock/Metal
Third/Crow	Melodic Hardrock/Metal
Trytan		Rush
Valediction	Heavy Neoclassical Metal	Yngwie Malmsteen
VU	Commercial Hardrock/Metal	Def Leppard
XT	Hardrock

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HEAVY METAL/ CLASSIC METAL

Band	Style	Recommended if you like These Mainstream bands
Akeldama	Melodic Metal/Classic Metal
Barren Cross	Heavy Metal	Iron Maiden
Bloodgood	Classic Metal
Cruciferae	Classic Metal/ Melodic Death Metal
David Benson		Ozzy Osbourne
Haven	Progressive Heavy Metal	Dio, Fugazi,
Krush	Guitarbased Classic Metal	Winger, Randy Rhoades
Lightmare	Classic Metal with influences from Speed Metal	Helloween(early)
Majesty	Progressive Metal	Dream Theater, Queensryche
Modest Attraction	Real 70's Metal	Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Sweet
Neon Cross	Classic Metal
Poetry Of Dreams	Progressive Metal	Fates Warning
Preacher	Crunchy Heavy Metal/Thrash	Metallica(early)
Recon	Heavy Metal	Iron Maiden
Rock Solid	Heavy Metal
Sacred Warrior	Classic Heavy Metal	Iron Maiden, Queensryche
Saint	Heavy Heavy Metal	Judas Priest
Seventh Seal	Heavy Metal
Smash Alley Underground		Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne
Sons of Thunder	Heavy Heavy Metal	Motörhead
Teramaze	Progressive Melodic Power Metal	Queensryche
Treasure Seeker	Melodic Power Metal	Helloween (early)
Ultimatum	Heavy Metal/Thrash	Overkill, Exodus, Accept
Watchmen		Dio
Whatever	Hardrock/Metal	A cross between Skid Row and Dokken
Whitecross(early)	Classic Guitarbased Metal with some bluesinfluences	Ratt, Aerosmith, White Lion
X-Sinner	Boggie-Woggie Metal	AC/DC, Def Leppard

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SPEED/ THRASH METAL  

Band	Style	Recommended if you like These Mainstream bands
Aeturnus	Thrash with Death-influences	Slayer, Metallica, Testament
Believer	Progressive Thrash Metal with Orchestral influences	Kreator, Death, Atheist
Betrayal	Speed/ Thrash Metal	Megadeth, Testament
The Crucified	Hardcore/ Thrash	Suicidal Tendencies
Decision D	Progressive Thrash
Deliverance(early)	Melodic Speed/Thrash	Metallica, Testament, Anthrax, Flotsam & Jetsam, Vio-lence
Dependency	Thrash Groove Metal
Detritus	Power Thrash	Nine Inch Nails, Metallica (early)
Disinterment	Thrash
Edge Of Forever	Progressive Melodic Thrash	Dream Theatre vs Sepultura vs Galactic Cowboys
Ethereal Scourge	Groovy Metal	Pantera, Sepultura
Eternal Decision	Heavy/Thrash	Metallica, Pantera
Farfrumburnin	Punk/ Thrash
Generation	Hard Industrial Thrash	Nine Inch Nails, Ministry
Godfear	Groovy Metal	Pantera, Korn
Godsent Humans	Thrash/Punk	Gwar
Jesus Freaks		Pantera, Metallica
Living Sacrifice	Thrash Metal/MetalCore	Sepultura, Slayer, Morgoth, Death
Moshketeers	Thrash Metal	Machine Head, Biohazard, Fear Factory
Mortal	Industrial	Nine Inch Nails
Mortal Immunity		Pantera
Necromanicide	Thrash Metal with some industrial,blackmetal and classic metal-influences
Oblivion	Aggressive Hardcore Metal	Meshuggah
One Bad Pig	Thrash Punk	Jawbox, Whale, Mr. Bungle
Rackets & Drapes	Guitar driven Industrial Metal	Marilyn Manson
Sacrament	Progressive Thrash Metal	Silver Chair, Realm, Atheist
Sanctified	Thrash / Death Metal
Teramaze	Progressive Metal	Dream Theater, Skid Row
Theocracy AD (former Bloodbath)	Thrash/Death/Hardcore Metal
Tourniquet(early)	Progressive Thrash	Mercyful Fate, Realm,
Towne Cryer	Thrash
Vengeance Rising(early)	Real Thrash	Slayer, Kreator, Exodus
Vindication	Speed Metal

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DEATH METAL

Band	Style	Recommended if you like These Mainstream bands
Crimson Thorn	Death Metal	Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Brutal Truth, Suffocation
Corpse	Traditional Death Metal	Grave, Dismember
Dead Pharisees	Grind and Hardcore Metal	D.R.I.
Death List	Death Metal	Obituary, Morbid Angel, Benediction.
Death Poems	Melodic Death Metal and Gothic Doom
Deuteronomium	Melodic Death Metal	Amorphis
Embodyment	Death Metal
Extol	Experimental Death Metal	Carcass
Groms	Progressive Death Metal with some Classical Metal influences	Death
Hearken	Traditional Death Metal
Immortal Souls	Melodic Death Metal	In Flames, Dark Tranquillity
Kremator	Death/Grind
Lament (former Beheaded)	Progressive Death-metal with some Classical Metal influences
Metanoia	Death Metal with influences from Classic Metal
Mortification(early)	Groovy Death Metal
Obsecration	Melodic Death Metal	Morbid Angel
Pantokrator	Death/ Doom
Repentance	Death/ Grindcore
Sanatorium
Satanicide	Death/Grindcore
Schaliach	Melodic Deathmetal with Classical Metal influences	Amorphis
Soterios
Vengeance Rising(recent)	Death/Thrash Metal	Death, Slayer, Morbid Angel
Vital Decision (early)	Bombastic and Melodic Death Metal	Morbid Angel, Dark Tranquillity
Vox Angelicus	Melodic Death Metal with some Black Metal influences

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BLACK METAL

Band	Style	Recommended if you like these Mainstream bands
Admonish	Swedish Black Metal
Azbuk	Black Metal from Brazil
Antestor	Atmospheric doomy death-metal with blackmetalvocals and influences from Norwegian folk songs	Cradle of Filth, Primordial, Mortiis, Burzum
Crimson Moonlight	Heavy and Atmospheric Black Metal	Dimmu Borgir
Horde	Real Black Metal	Darkthrone, Immortal, Marduk
Kekal	Black Metal	Mörk Gryning, Cradle of Filth (early)
Mordecai	Melodic Black Metal	Dark Tranquility, Dissection
Telelestai
Vitality
Sanctifica	Medieval Atmospheric Blackmetal	Satyricon, Dimmu Borgir, Emperor
Sanctification

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DOOM METAL

Band	Style	Recommended if you like These Mainstream bands
Devout	Doom Metal
Last Chapter	Heavy Doom Metal	Trouble, Black Sabbath
Paramaecium	Gothic Doom Metal	My Dying Bride, November's Doom, Anathema
Peacemaker	Melodic Death/Doom-Metal with passages of Gothic and Epic
Seventh Angel	Doom Metal with Thrash influences	Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride
Veni Domine	Gothic/Doom Metal	Candlemass
Unsummoning, formerly AscensioN	Doom/ Death Metal

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