Proto-Metal

Music genre of the hard rock. Emerged 1966.

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61 artists with 682.4K combined listeners. 59% of them sit in the Rock-And-Roll / Mellow Gold / Canadian Rock community on the map. It shares the most artists with Acid Rock.

Where Proto-Metal sits on the map

• Rock-And-Roll / Mellow Gold / Canadian Rock · 36 artists (59%)
• Psychobilly / Rockabilly / Horror Punk · 9 artists (15%)
• Old School Thrash / Thrash Metal / Crossover Thrash · 3 artists (5%)
• Stoner Metal / Stoner Rock / Post-Rock · 2 artists (3%)
• Technical Death Metal / Brutal Death Metal / Old School Thrash · 2 artists (3%)
• Modern Rock / American Metalcore / Metalcore · 1 artists (2%)

Strongest pairings in Proto-Metal

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

1. Iron Butterfly & Vanilla Fudge · 9 shared playlists
2. Blue Cheer & Iron Butterfly · 8 shared playlists
3. Uriah Heep & UFO · 8 shared playlists
4. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown & Iron Butterfly · 7 shared playlists
5. Blue Cheer & Vanilla Fudge · 7 shared playlists
6. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown & Vanilla Fudge · 6 shared playlists
7. Budgie & Sir Lord Baltimore · 5 shared playlists
8. Atomic Rooster & UFO · 5 shared playlists
9. The Firebirds & Jeff Beck · 5 shared playlists
10. Blue Cheer & The Crazy World of Arthur Brown · 5 shared playlists

Related genres

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

• Acid Rock · 10 shared artistsBoth: MC5, Iron Butterfly, Blue Cheer
• Rockabilly · 6 shared artistsBoth: Jeff Beck, Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N' Roll Trio, The Firebirds
• Protopunk · 5 shared artistsBoth: Hawkwind, MC5, Roky Erickson
• Psychedelic Doom · 2 shared artistsBoth: Pagan Altar, Stone Axe
• Rock-And-Roll · 6 shared artistsBoth: Jeff Beck, Uriah Heep, UFO
• Peruvian Rock · 2 shared artistsBoth: Dyvelsten, Tarkus
• Surf Music · 2 shared artistsBoth: Link Wray & The Wraymen, Freddy Cannon
• Glam Metal · 2 shared artistsBoth: UFO, Diamond Head

Artists

61 artists tagged Proto-Metal, ranked by listeners.

1. Jeff Beck219.8K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
2. Uriah Heep125.6K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
3. UFO68.3K listeners · Glam Metal
4. Screamin' Jay Hawkins32.5K listeners
5. Hawkwind23.6K listeners · Protopunk
6. MC520.5K listeners · Protopunk
7. Iron Butterfly18.6K listeners · Acid Rock
8. Diamond Head16.6K listeners · Nwobhm
9. Humble Pie15.6K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
10. Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N' Roll Trio10.3K listeners · Rockabilly
11. Budgie8.1K listeners
12. Scene Queen7.8K listeners
13. Cactus7.7K listeners · Trap Catala
14. Blue Cheer6.9K listeners
15. Taste6.5K listeners · Irish Rock
16. Atomic Rooster6.4K listeners
17. Vanilla Fudge6.1K listeners · Acid Rock
18. Thou6.0K listeners · Metalcore
19. Tetrarch5.2K listeners · Metalcore
20. Montrose4.7K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
21. Hallas4.5K listeners · Swedish Metal
22. Roky Erickson4.3K listeners · Protopunk
23. Dropout Kings3.1K listeners · Nu Metal
24. Dust3.0K listeners · Afrofuturism
25. Pagan Altar3.0K listeners
26. The Firebirds2.6K listeners · Rockabilly
27. Captain Beyond2.5K listeners
28. Jerusalem2.2K listeners
29. Lucifer's Friend2.1K listeners
30. Creeping Death2.1K listeners
31. Touch2.1K listeners · Rock
32. Adam Neely1.8K listeners · Pop
33. Sir Lord Baltimore1.8K listeners
34. Buffalo1.7K listeners · Australian Psych
35. Flower Travellin' Band1.6K listeners
36. Frijid Pink1.4K listeners · Acid Rock
37. High Tide1.4K listeners
38. Dark1.1K listeners
39. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown1.1K listeners · Acid Rock
40. Larry Williams1.0K listeners
41. Edgar Winter Group1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
42. Sam M1.0K listeners
43. Headknot1.0K listeners
44. Iron Claw1.0K listeners
45. Dyvelsten1.0K listeners
46. Tarkus1.0K listeners
47. Bunker Hill1.0K listeners · Rockabilly
48. Dale Hawkins1.0K listeners · Rockabilly
49. Link Wray & The Wraymen1.0K listeners · Indie Surf
50. Bloodrock1.0K listeners · Edmonton Indie
51. Clear Light1.0K listeners
52. Freddy Cannon1.0K listeners
53. Johnny Thunder1.0K listeners
54. Bang1.0K listeners
55. Crushed Butler1.0K listeners · Protopunk
56. Zior1.0K listeners
57. Wicked Lady1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
58. Bulbous Creation1.0K listeners
59. Savage Grace1.0K listeners · Us Power Metal
60. Ronnie Self1.0K listeners · Rockabilly
61. Stone Axe1.0K listeners