Metal

Umbrella category of music genres of metal branch, derived from heavy metal music while not necessarily being its subgenre. Emerged 1970.

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129 artists with 41.5M combined listeners. 14% of them sit in the Rock / Alternative Rock / Shimmer Pop community on the map. It shares the most artists with Alternative Metal.

Where Metal sits on the map

• Rock / Alternative Rock / Shimmer Pop · 18 artists (14%)
• Old School Thrash / Thrash Metal / Crossover Thrash · 14 artists (11%)
• Classic Rock / New Wave / Synthpop · 10 artists (8%)
• Metalcore / Melodic Metalcore / Alternative Metal · 10 artists (8%)
• Technical Death Metal / Brutal Death Metal / Old School Thrash · 9 artists (7%)
• Power Metal / Fantasy Metal / Symphonic Rock · 8 artists (6%)

Strongest pairings in Metal

Metal artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Metallica & Pantera · 208 shared playlists
2. Metallica & Ozzy Osbourne · 202 shared playlists
3. Metallica & Megadeth · 198 shared playlists
4. Metallica & Black Sabbath · 178 shared playlists
5. Metallica & Iron Maiden · 177 shared playlists
6. Judas Priest & Iron Maiden · 129 shared playlists
7. Pantera & Megadeth · 128 shared playlists
8. Black Sabbath & Ozzy Osbourne · 121 shared playlists
9. Judas Priest & Ozzy Osbourne · 120 shared playlists
10. Judas Priest & Black Sabbath · 119 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Metal, for their size.

• Alternative Metal · 27 shared artistsBoth: Rammstein, Rage Against the Machine, Megadeth
• Thrash Metal · 12 shared artistsBoth: Slayer, Sepultura, Anthrax
• Old School Thrash · 16 shared artistsBoth: Slayer, Sepultura, Anthrax
• Groove Metal · 7 shared artistsBoth: Gojira, Machine Head, Soulfly
• Slayer · 3 shared artistsBoth: Nick, Mean Machine, Nokturno
• Nu Metal · 5 shared artistsBoth: Violet Orlandi, Roadrunner United, Divide The Day
• Metalcore · 15 shared artistsBoth: Lamb of God, Arch Enemy, Trivium
• Rock · 22 shared artistsBoth: Metallica, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath

Artists

129 artists tagged Metal, ranked by listeners.

1. Metallica8.2M listeners · Rock
2. Iron Maiden3.8M listeners · Rock
3. Black Sabbath3.0M listeners · Rock
4. Rammstein2.7M listeners · Rock
5. Ozzy Osbourne2.6M listeners · Rock
6. Rage Against the Machine2.0M listeners · Rock
7. Megadeth1.8M listeners · Rock
8. Pantera1.6M listeners
9. Judas Priest1.2M listeners · Rock
10. Nightwish1.2M listeners · Symphonic Rock
11. Motörhead1.1M listeners
12. Slayer933.2K listeners · Old School Thrash
13. Sepultura913.3K listeners · Old School Thrash
14. Mötley Crüe826.3K listeners · Glam Metal
15. Gojira514.7K listeners
16. Anthrax507.1K listeners · Old School Thrash
17. Lamb of God489.0K listeners · Metalcore
18. Drowning Pool451.7K listeners · Alternative Metal
19. Arch Enemy397.9K listeners
20. Trivium380.5K listeners · Metalcore
21. Amon Amarth364.5K listeners
22. Killswitch Engage349.7K listeners · Metalcore
23. Cannibal Corpse330.1K listeners · Old School Thrash
24. Suicide Silence325.8K listeners · Deathcore
25. DragonForce323.7K listeners · Power Metal
26. Unheilig305.9K listeners · German Pop
27. Machine Head299.5K listeners
28. Testament277.0K listeners · Old School Thrash
29. Death213.5K listeners · Old School Thrash
30. Lindemann213.4K listeners
31. Exodus213.0K listeners · Old School Thrash
32. Mudvayne211.2K listeners · Alternative Metal
33. Mastodon208.6K listeners
34. Soulfly208.5K listeners · Groove Metal
35. Static-X202.4K listeners · Alternative Metal
36. Kreator189.2K listeners · Old School Thrash
37. In This Moment183.1K listeners · Modern Rock
38. Sodom138.9K listeners · Old School Thrash
39. Saxon137.6K listeners · Glam Metal
40. Our Last Night124.4K listeners · Modern Rock
41. Fear Factory123.4K listeners · Alternative Metal
42. Morbid Angel107.7K listeners · Old School Thrash
43. Skindred105.1K listeners
44. Obituary104.7K listeners · Old School Thrash
45. Tom Morello96.3K listeners · Modern Rock
46. Iced Earth91.0K listeners
47. DOPE81.4K listeners
48. The Black Dahlia Murder81.0K listeners · Deathcore
49. Avatar80.1K listeners · Modern Rock
50. TILL LINDEMANN64.4K listeners · Neue Deutsche Harte
51. SOiL64.1K listeners · Rock
52. Spineshank59.1K listeners
53. Body Count57.8K listeners · Rap Metal
54. Wind Rose54.2K listeners · Power Metal
55. Coal Chamber47.5K listeners · Alternative Metal
56. Refused46.5K listeners
57. Six Feet Under46.3K listeners
58. Otep46.1K listeners
59. PAIN42.3K listeners · Rock
60. U.D.O.36.9K listeners · Rock
61. Metalocalypse: Dethklok35.9K listeners · Rock
62. Bolt Thrower31.1K listeners · Old School Thrash
63. Nine Lashes30.5K listeners · Christian Alternative Rock
64. Powerman 500029.1K listeners · Alternative Metal
65. Metal Church28.4K listeners · Old School Thrash
66. Upon A Burning Body27.9K listeners · Metalcore
67. Trapt27.7K listeners · Alternative Metal
68. Devin Townsend Project27.0K listeners
69. Cancer Bats22.2K listeners
70. Twiztid21.7K listeners
71. Orange Goblin21.1K listeners
72. Prong17.2K listeners · Alternative Metal
73. GWAR16.2K listeners
74. Wolves At The Gate15.6K listeners · Metalcore
75. Alex Terrible15.0K listeners · Deathcore
76. Nachtmahr14.7K listeners
77. Wayne Static14.0K listeners · Post-Grunge
78. Psychostick11.9K listeners
79. Nekrogoblikon11.3K listeners
80. Twelve Foot Ninja11.3K listeners
81. Elena Siegman10.3K listeners · Rock
82. Grand Magus10.2K listeners
83. Flotsam And Jetsam10.2K listeners
84. King 8109.6K listeners
85. Violet Orlandi8.9K listeners · Nu Metal
86. Spoken8.8K listeners · Hard Rock
87. Sinister8.6K listeners
88. Light The Torch8.3K listeners · Modern Rock
89. Roadrunner United8.0K listeners · Alternative Metal
90. Miss Construction8.0K listeners
91. Noisuf-X7.7K listeners
92. Rain Paris7.6K listeners · Modern Rock
93. Nita Strauss7.4K listeners · Metalcore
94. Nick5.8K listeners
95. Die Spitz5.7K listeners
96. Michael Romeo4.7K listeners
97. Fair to Midland3.7K listeners · Modern Rock
98. Frank Klepacki3.5K listeners
99. Axty3.3K listeners
100. Author & Punisher3.3K listeners
101. Highway To Hell3.2K listeners
102. Autumn's Midnight2.3K listeners
103. The Unknown2.0K listeners
104. Lakeview1.9K listeners · Modern Rock
105. Orange Sector1.8K listeners
106. Gnome1.6K listeners
107. Divide The Day1.4K listeners · Nu Metal
108. Ra1.2K listeners
109. No Cure1.1K listeners
110. Killer Klowns1.1K listeners
111. Kayla King1.0K listeners
112. JW1.0K listeners · Cantopop
113. (hed)p.e.1.0K listeners · Rap Metal
114. Mean Machine1.0K listeners · Thrash Metal
115. Extreme Hybrid Wrestling1.0K listeners
116. Strely1.0K listeners
117. The second coast1.0K listeners · Nu Metal
118. Brown Eyed Girl1.0K listeners · Rap
119. Cristiano Dias1.0K listeners
120. Standard for Normality1.0K listeners
121. Cody Parks and The Dirty South1.0K listeners · Modern Rock
122. Triple Q1.0K listeners
123. Nokturno1.0K listeners
124. The Creekers1.0K listeners · Contemporary Country
125. Glom1.0K listeners · Indie Pop
126. Six Dior1.0K listeners · Rock
127. The Grande1.0K listeners
128. Death Therapy1.0K listeners
129. The Hollow1.0K listeners · Modern Rock