Melvins

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


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Accept

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

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Mercyful Fate

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

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At The Gates

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

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Paradise Lost

Created the gothic metal genre.

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Morbid Angel

Brought in ultra-speed to death metal.

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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 metal.

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Pantera

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

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Death

Created what many considered as the first pure death metal.

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Possessed

Had a huge influence on early death metal.

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Helloween

They created the power metal genre, and have influenced most of the bands in the genre since.

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Bathory

Usually considered as the first pure black metal band. They also created the viking metal genre.

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Celtic Frost

The first band to be described as avant-garde metal. Have had a big influence on different genres like death, black, gothic and symphonic metal.

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Slayer

Brought in hardcore influences in thrash metal to make it more extreme, and influenced a genre like death metal.

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Metallica

The first thrash metal band to record an album. Have influenced numerous bands in different genres.

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Venom

Usually considered as the first extreme metal band. Influenced genres like black metal and thrash metal.

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Motörhead

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Iron Maiden

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Judas Priest

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Black Sabbath

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