List of extreme metal bands
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This is a list of bands described as extreme metal.
A
[edit]- Abigor
- Aborted
- Abruptum
- Abscess
- Absu
- Aeternus[1][2]
- Agalloch[3]
- Agathodaimon[4]
- Agoraphobic Nosebleed
- Alastis[5]
- Amon Amarth
- Amorphis
- Anaal Nathrakh
- Anathema[6]
- Ancient
- Anthrax[7]
- Arch Enemy
- Arcturus
- Armoured Angel
- Artillery
- Atheist
- At the Gates[8]
- Autopsy
- The Axis of Perdition[9]
B
[edit]- Bathory[8]
- Behemoth
- Beherit
- Belphegor
- Bethlehem[10]
- Black Crown Initiate
- Black Breath
- Blood Divine[11]
- Blood Duster
- Blood Red Throne
- Bloodbath
- Bolt Thrower
- Borknagar
- Broken Hope
- Brujeria
- Brutal Truth
- Burzum
C
[edit]- Cancer
- Candlemass
- Cannibal Corpse[8]
- Carcass[8]
- Carnage
- Carnivore
- Carpathian Forest
- Cathedral[6]
- Cattle Decapitation
- Celtic Frost[6]
- Cephalic Carnage
- Children of Bodom[12][13]
- Circle of Dead Children
- Converge
- Coroner
- The County Medical Examiners
- Cradle of Filth[6]
- Cryptopsy
D
[edit]- Dark Age[14]
- Dark Angel
- Dark Funeral[15]
- Dark Tranquility[16]
- Darkthrone[17]
- Death[8]
- Death Angel
- Decapitated
- Deeds of Flesh
- Defleshed
- Deicide[18]
- Demilich
- Desultory
- Destruction
- Dethklok
- The Dillinger Escape Plan
- Dimmu Borgir
- Dismember
- Dissection[8]
- Dodheimsgard
- Dying Fetus
E
[edit]- Edge of Sanity
- Eisregen[19]
- Emperor
- Enforcer
- Ensiferum
- Enslaved
- Enthroned
- Entombed
- Exciter
- Exhumed
- Exmortus
- Exodus
- Extreme Noise Terror
- Exumer
F
[edit]G
[edit]- The Gathering[21]
- General Surgery
- God Dethroned
- Gojira[12]
- Gorefest
- Gorgoroth[22]
- Gorguts
- Grand Belial's Key
- Grave
- Graveland
- Graveworm
H
[edit]- Hate Eternal
- Hatesphere
- Hatriot
- The Haunted
- Havok
- Heathen
- Hecate Enthroned
- Hellhammer[23]
- High on Fire
- Hirax
- Holocausto
- Hypocrisy
I
[edit]K
[edit]L
[edit]- Lacuna Coil[25]
- Lake of Tears[26]
- Lamb of God
- Leviathan
- Lillian Axe[27]
- Limbonic Art
- Living Sacrifice[28]
- Lorna Shore
- Lord Belial
M
[edit]- Macabre
- Machine Head
- Malevolent Creation
- Marduk
- Massacre
- Master's Hammer
- Mastodon
- Mayhem[8]
- Megadeth[29]
- Mercyful Fate[8]
- Meshuggah[8]
- Metallica[8]
- Monstrosity
- Moonsorrow
- Moonspell[30]
- Morbid Angel
- Morbid Saint
- Mortician
- Municipal Waste
- My Dying Bride[6]
N
[edit]- Naglfar
- Nails
- Napalm Death[8]
- Nargaroth
- Nasty Savage
- Nasum
- Necrophobic
- Necrophagist
- Nevermore[31]
- Nifelheim
- Nightrage
- Nile
- Nuclear Assault
O
[edit]P
[edit]R
[edit]S
[edit]- Sacramentum
- Sacred Reich
- Sadus
- Samael
- Sarcófago
- Satanic Slaughter
- Satyricon
- Scar Symmetry
- Scarve[37]
- Sculptured[3]
- Sepultura[38]
- Severe Torture
- Siebenbürgen
- Sigh
- Silentium[39]
- Sinister
- Six Feet Under
- Skeletonwitch
- Skinless
- Slayer[7]
- Slipknot
- Sodom
- Soilwork
- Solitude Aeturnus
- Strapping Young Lad[40]
- Suffocation
- Symphony of Heaven[41]
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[edit]V
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[edit]References
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These bands added melody and instrumental sections to their dark metal music
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...infamous dark metal band Gogoroth...
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...Venom and Hellhammer (the latter is a dark metal band that was actually the precursor to Tom G. Warrior's Celtic Frost).
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Cristina Scabbia is the lead singer of the Italian quintet Lacuna Coil, which plays dark metal.
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- ^ Speit, Andreas (2002). Ästhetische Mobilmachung: Dark Wave, Neofolk und Industrial im Spannungsfeld rechter Ideologien (in German). Unrast. p. 46. ISBN 978-3-89771-804-3.
Als ein Grenzgänger kann die portugiesische Dark-Metal-Band Moonspell gelten
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Also on the bill are hardcore wizards Dillinger Escape Plan, dark metal band Nevermore and headliner Megadeth.
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- ^ Mühlmann, Wolf Rüdiger. "Red Harvest A Greater Darkness". Rock Hard. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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Brazilian brothers Max and Iggor Cavalera have been regarded as heavy-metal godheads since they formed the dark metal band Sepultura in 1984.
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...over-indulgent, but equally awe-inspiring dark metal symphonies...
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