Sunday, May 26, 2019

Melvins

Created the sludge metal genre and influenced bands in alternative metal, drone metal and post metal. downl...

Accept

Had a big influence on early power metal, speed metal and thrash met...

Mercyful Fate

They perhaps didn't create a genre on their own, but have influenced bands in numerous genr...

At The Gates

They started the Gothenburg movement and have had a major influence on the metalcore gen...

Paradise Lost

Created the gothic metal gen...

Morbid Angel

Brought in ultra-speed to death met...

Godflesh

Created the industrial metal genre (or at least was one of the originators). Had a major influence on post metal, and also influenced drone metal and other forms of alternative met...

Pantera

They started the groove metal genre and influenced genres like nu metal, metalcore and other forms of alternative met...

Death

Created what many considered as the first pure death met...

Possessed

Had a huge influence on early death met...