Bands
Every act named anywhere in the encyclopedia, filed by name rather than by genre. An article at the front is ignored, so the Beatles are under B. The year is the earliest record held here.
554 entries across 27 letters.
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A
- Abominable Putridity Slam death metal
- AC/DC Boogie rock
- Accept Traditional heavy metal
- Acid Bath Sludge metal
- Agathocles Mincecore
- Agent Steel Speed metal
- Agoraphobic Nosebleed Cybergrind
- Akercocke Blackened death metal
- Alcest Blackgaze / post-black
- Alestorm Pirate metal
- Algernon Cadwallader Emo revival
- Alice in Chains Grunge
- The Allman Brothers Band Southern rock
- Amebix Crust punk
- American Football Emo
- Amon Amarth Melodic death metal
- Amon Düül II Krautrock
- Anathema Death-doom
- Angel Witch NWOBHM
- Angra Progressive power metal
- The Animals Beat / British Invasion
- Animals as Leaders Djent
- Anti Cimex D-beat
- Arcade Fire Indie rock
- Archagathus Mincecore
- Archgoat War metal / bestial
- Architects Progressive metalcore
- Arcturus Avant-garde metal
- Art Bears Avant-prog / RIO
- As I Lay Dying Melodic metalcore
- Asylum Party Coldwave / minimal wave
- At the Drive-In Post-hardcore
- At the Gates Melodic death metal
- Atheist Technical thrash
- Aura Noir Black 'n' roll
- Autopsy Old school death metal
B
- Babymetal Kawaii metal
- Bad Brains Hardcore punk
- Band-Maid Kawaii metal
- Bathory Black metal
- Battles Math rock
- Bauhaus Gothic rock
- The Beach Boys Surf rock
- Beach House Dream pop
- Beastie Boys Rap rock
- The Beatles Rock
- Behemoth Blackened death metal
- Belle and Sebastian Indie pop / twee
- Belphegor Blackened death metal
- The Berzerker Cybergrind
- Big Black Industrial rock
- Black Flag Hardcore punk
- Black Sabbath Heavy metal
- Blasphemy War metal / bestial
- Bleed from Within Metalcore
- Blind Guardian Power metal
- blink-182 Pop punk
- Blitz Oi! / street punk
- Blondie New wave
- Blue Cheer Acid rock
- Blur Britpop
- Bo Diddley Rock and roll
- Bob Dylan Folk rock
- Body Count Rap rock
- Bolt Thrower Old school death metal
- Bone Awl Raw black metal
- Bongzilla Stoner doom
- Boris Drone metal
- Boston Arena rock / AOR
- Botch Mathcore
- Brant Bjork Desert rock
- Brutal Truth Deathgrind
- Budgie Proto-metal
- Bullet for My Valentine Melodic metalcore
- Burzum Second wave
- Bush Post-grunge
- The Business Oi! / street punk
- Buzzcocks Punk rock
- The Byrds Folk rock
C
- Cacophony Neoclassical metal
- Camera Obscura Indie pop / twee
- Can Krautrock
- Candlemass Doom metal
- Canned Heat Boogie rock
- Cannibal Corpse Death metal
- Cap'n Jazz Midwest emo
- Car Bomb Mathcore
- Caravan Canterbury scene
- Carcass Goregrind
- Carl Perkins Rockabilly
- The Cars New wave
- Cattle Decapitation Deathgrind
- Cauldron NWOTHM
- Cephalotripsy Slam death metal
- Chain of Strength Youth crew / straight edge
- Christian Death Deathrock
- Chuck Berry Rock
- City of Caterpillar Screamo
- The Clash Punk rock
- Cock Sparrer Oi! / street punk
- Cocteau Twins Dream pop
- Comeback Kid Melodic hardcore
- Conflict Anarcho-punk
- Conqueror War metal / bestial
- Converge Mathcore
- Coroner Technical thrash
- Cradle of Filth Symphonic black metal
- The Cramps Psychobilly
- Crass Anarcho-punk
- Cream Blues rock
- Creed Post-grunge
- Crossed Out Powerviolence
- Crowbar Sludge metal
- Cruachan Celtic metal
- Cryptopsy Technical death metal
- Cult of Luna Post-metal / atmospheric sludge
- The Cure Gothic rock
- Cynic Technical death metal
D
- D.R.I. Crossover thrash
- Dag Nasty Melodic hardcore
- The Damned Horror punk
- Daniel Johnston Lo-fi / slacker rock
- Dark Tranquillity Melodic death metal
- Darkthrone Black metal
- David Bowie Glam rock
- A Day to Remember Easycore
- Deafheaven Blackgaze / post-black
- Death Death metal
- Death Angel Bay Area thrash
- Deeds of Flesh Brutal death metal
- Deep Purple Hard rock
- Deftones Nu metal
- Demented Are Go Psychobilly
- The Descendents Pop punk
- Destruction Teutonic thrash
- Devo New wave
- Devourment Brutal death metal
- Diamond Head NWOBHM
- Dick Dale Surf rock
- The Dillinger Escape Plan Mathcore
- Dimmu Borgir Symphonic black metal
- Dio Traditional heavy metal
- Discharge Hardcore punk
- Disfear D-beat
- Dismember Old school death metal
- DNA No wave
- Don Caballero Math rock
- Doom Crust punk
- DragonForce Power metal
- Dream Theater Progressive metal
- Drive Like Jehu Post-hardcore
- Drive-By Truckers Alt-country / Americana
- Dropkick Murphys Celtic punk
- Drudkh Atmospheric black metal
- Dying Fetus Brutal death metal
E
- Eagles Country rock
- The Eagles Country rock
- Earth Drone metal
- Editors Post-punk revival
- Eisbrecher Neue Deutsche Härte
- Electric Wizard Stoner doom
- Eluveitie Folk metal
- Elvis Presley Rock and roll
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer Symphonic prog
- Emperor Black metal
- Enforcer NWOTHM
- Enslaved Pagan / Viking black metal
- Entombed Death metal
- Envy Screamo
- Epica Symphonic metal
- Erra Progressive metalcore
- Evoken Funeral doom
- Exciter Speed metal
- Exodus Bay Area thrash
- Explosions in the Sky Post-rock
- Eyehategod Sludge metal
F
- Fairport Convention Folk rock
- Fairyland Symphonic power metal
- Faith No More Funk rock
- Fall Out Boy Emo pop
- Fatso Jetson Desert rock
- Faust Krautrock
- Fear Factory Industrial metal
- The Feelies Jangle pop
- Fen Atmospheric black metal
- Feuerschwanz Folk metal
- The Field Mice Indie pop / twee
- Fields of the Nephilim Gothic rock
- Finntroll Folk metal
- Fishbone Funk rock
- The Flaming Lips Neo-psychedelia
- Fleetwood Mac Blues rock
- Flogging Molly Celtic punk
- Flux of Pink Indians Anarcho-punk
- The Flying Burrito Brothers Country rock
- Foghat Boogie rock
- Fontaines D.C. Post-punk revival
- Foo Fighters Post-grunge
- Foreigner Arena rock / AOR
- Four Year Strong Easycore
- Fu Manchu Stoner rock
- Fugazi Post-hardcore
G
- Gamma Ray Power metal
- Gang of Four Post-punk
- Gene Vincent Rockabilly
- Genesis Progressive rock
- Genghis Tron Cybergrind
- Gentle Giant Symphonic prog
- The Go-Betweens Jangle pop
- Godflesh Industrial metal
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor Post-rock
- Gong Space rock
- Gorefest Death 'n' roll
- Gorilla Biscuits Youth crew / straight edge
- Gram Parsons Country rock
- Grateful Dead Acid rock
- Green Day Pop punk
- Gridlink Cybergrind
- Guided by Voices Lo-fi / slacker rock
- Guns N' Roses Hard rock
H
I
- IDLES Post-punk revival
- Ihsahn Symphonic black metal
- Ildjarn Raw black metal
- Immortal Second wave
- In Flames Melodic death metal
- In Solitude NWOTHM
- Incantation Old school death metal
- Infest Powerviolence
- Integrity Metalcore
- Internal Bleeding Slam death metal
- Interpol Post-punk revival
- IQ Neo-prog
- Iron Butterfly Acid rock
- Iron Maiden Heavy metal
- Isis Post-metal / atmospheric sludge
J
- Jag Panzer US power metal
- Jason Isbell Alt-country / Americana
- Jawbreaker Emo
- Jefferson Airplane Psychedelic rock
- The Jesus Lizard Noise rock
- Jimi Hendrix Blues rock
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience Blues rock
- Jimmy Eat World Emo pop
- Job for a Cowboy Deathcore
- Johnny Cash Rockabilly
- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Garage rock revival
- Journey Arena rock / AOR
- Joy Division Post-punk
- Judas Priest Heavy metal
- Judge Youth crew / straight edge
K
- Kamelot Progressive power metal
- Kas Product Coldwave / minimal wave
- Katatonia Death-doom
- Khold Black 'n' roll
- Kid Dynamite Melodic hardcore
- Killing Joke Industrial rock
- Killswitch Engage Metalcore
- King Crimson Progressive rock
- King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Neo-psychedelia
- The Kinks Beat / British Invasion
- Koenjihyakkei Zeuhl
- Kommunity FK Deathrock
- Korn Nu metal
- Korpiklaani Folk metal
- Kreator Thrash metal
- Kvelertak Black 'n' roll
- Kyuss Stoner rock
L
- Lacuna Coil Gothic metal
- Ladybaby Kawaii metal
- Lagwagon Skate punk
- Lamb of God Groove metal
- Lantlôs Blackgaze / post-black
- Last Days of Humanity Goregrind
- Led Zeppelin Rock
- Leprous Progressive metal
- Less Than Jake Ska punk
- Lifelover DSBM
- Limbonic Art Symphonic black metal
- Limp Bizkit Nu metal
- Liquid Tension Experiment Instrumental prog metal
- Little Richard Rock and roll
- Live Post-grunge
- Living Colour Funk rock
- Loathe New nu metal
- Lorna Shore Deathcore
- Los Straitjackets Surf rock
- Lush Shoegaze
- Lynyrd Skynyrd Southern rock
M
- Machine Head Groove metal
- Madball Beatdown / metallic hardcore
- Magma Zeuhl
- Man Is the Bastard Powerviolence
- Manowar Traditional heavy metal
- Marillion Neo-prog
- The Marshall Tucker Band Southern rock
- Martin Dupont Coldwave / minimal wave
- Mayhem Black metal
- Mazzy Star Dream pop
- MC5 Proto-punk
- Megadeth Thrash metal
- Melechesh Oriental metal
- Melvins Noise rock
- Merauder Beatdown / metallic hardcore
- Mercyful Fate First wave
- Meshuggah Djent
- Metallica Heavy metal
- The Meteors Psychobilly
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Ska punk
- Mineral Midwest emo
- Ministry Industrial rock
- Minor Threat Hardcore punk
- Misfits Horror punk
- Mnemic Cyber metal
- Mob 47 D-beat
- Modern Baseball Emo revival
- Mogwai Post-rock
- Monster Magnet Space rock
- Moonblood Raw black metal
- Moonsorrow Pagan / Viking black metal
- Morbid Angel Death metal
- Mötley Crüe Glam metal
- Motörhead Speed metal
- Mournful Congregation Funeral doom
- Mr. Bungle Avant-garde metal
- Mudhoney Grunge
- Municipal Waste Crossover thrash
- Mütiilation Raw black metal
- My Bloody Valentine Shoegaze
- My Chemical Romance Emo pop
- My Dying Bride Death-doom
- Myrath Oriental metal
N
- Napalm Death Deathgrind
- The National Indie rock
- Necrophagist Technical death metal
- Neil Young Country rock
- Nekromantix Psychobilly
- Neu! Krautrock
- Neurosis Post-metal / atmospheric sludge
- New Found Glory Easycore
- New York Dolls Proto-punk
- Nickelback Post-grunge
- Nightwish Symphonic power metal
- Nine Inch Nails Industrial rock
- Nirvana Alternative rock
- No Use for a Name Skate punk
- NOFX Skate punk
- Northlane Progressive metalcore
O
P
- Pallas Neo-prog
- Pantera Groove metal
- Paradise Lost Death-doom
- Parkway Drive Metalcore
- Pavement Indie rock
- Paysage d'Hiver Atmospheric black metal
- Pearl Jam Grunge
- Pendragon Neo-prog
- Pennywise Skate punk
- Pentagram Doom metal
- Periphery Djent
- PFM Symphonic prog
- Pg. 99 Screamo
- Pig Destroyer Deathgrind
- Pink Floyd Psychedelic rock
- Pixies Alternative rock
- Plini Instrumental prog metal
- The Pogues Celtic rock
- Poison Glam metal
- Premiata Forneria Marconi Symphonic prog
- Present Avant-prog / RIO
- Primordial Celtic metal
- The Promise Ring Midwest emo
- Public Image Ltd Post-punk
- Pulp Britpop
Q
R
- R.E.M. Jangle pop
- Racer X Neoclassical metal
- Radiohead Art rock
- Rage Against the Machine Rap rock
- Rammstein Industrial metal
- Ramones Punk rock
- Rancid Ska punk
- Ratt Glam metal
- Red Hot Chili Peppers Funk rock
- Reel Big Fish Ska punk
- Refused Post-hardcore
- Regurgitate Goregrind
- Repulsion Grindcore
- Revenge War metal / bestial
- Rhapsody Symphonic power metal
- Rhapsody of Fire Symphonic power metal
- Ride Shoegaze
- Riot US power metal
- Rites of Spring Emo
- Rivers of Nihil Technical death metal
- Robert Wyatt Canterbury scene
- The Rolling Stones Rock
- Roxy Music Glam rock
- Rozz Williams & Gitane Demone Deathrock
- Ruins Zeuhl
- Run-DMC Rap rock
- Run-DMC & Aerosmith Rap rock
- Running Wild Pirate metal
- Runrig Celtic rock
- Rush Progressive rock
- Russian Circles Post-metal / atmospheric sludge
S
- S.O.D. Crossover thrash
- Saint Vitus Doom metal
- Samhain Horror punk
- Saxon NWOBHM
- Scale the Summit Instrumental prog metal
- Sebadoh Lo-fi / slacker rock
- Sedem Minút Strachu Mincecore
- The Seeds Garage rock
- Sepultura Groove metal
- Set Your Goals Easycore
- Sex Pistols Punk rock
- Sham 69 Oi! / street punk
- Shining DSBM
- Sigh Avant-garde metal
- Sigur Rós Post-rock
- Silencer DSBM
- Simon & Garfunkel Folk rock
- Sir Lord Baltimore Proto-metal
- The Sisters of Mercy Gothic rock
- Six Feet Under Death 'n' roll
- Skepticism Funeral doom
- Skid Row Glam metal
- Skyclad Folk metal
- Slade Glam rock
- Slayer Thrash metal
- Sleep Stoner doom
- Sleep Token New nu metal
- Slint Math rock
- Slipknot Nu metal
- Slowdive Shoegaze
- The Smiths Jangle pop
- Sodom Teutonic thrash
- Soft Machine Canterbury scene
- Solitude Aeturnus Epic doom
- Sonata Arctica Symphonic power metal
- Sonic Youth Alternative rock
- The Sonics Garage rock
- Soundgarden Grunge
- Spacemen 3 Space rock
- Spazz Powerviolence
- Spiritualized Neo-psychedelia
- The Standells Garage rock
- Status Quo Boogie rock
- Steppenwolf Proto-metal
- Stone Temple Pilots Post-grunge
- The Stooges Proto-punk
- Stratovarius Power metal
- Stray Cats Rockabilly
- Strike Anywhere Melodic hardcore
- The Strokes Garage rock revival
- Subhumans Anarcho-punk
- Suede Britpop
- Suffocation Brutal death metal
- Suicidal Tendencies Crossover thrash
- Suicide Silence Deathcore
- Sunn O))) Drone metal
- Sunny Day Real Estate Emo
- Swans No wave
- Swashbuckle Pirate metal
- Sybreed Cyber metal
- Sylosis Thrash metal
- Symphony X Progressive power metal
- System of a Down Nu metal
T
- T. Rex Glam rock
- Taking Back Sunday Emo pop
- Talking Heads Art rock
- Tallah New nu metal
- Tame Impala Neo-psychedelia
- Tankard Teutonic thrash
- Teenage Jesus and the Jerks No wave
- Ten Years After Blues rock
- Terror Beatdown / metallic hardcore
- Terrorizer Grindcore
- TesseracT Djent
- Testament Bay Area thrash
- Theatre of Tragedy Gothic metal
- Thergothon Funeral doom
- Therion Symphonic metal
- Thin Lizzy Celtic rock
- This Mortal Coil Dream pop
- Thursday Post-hardcore
- Tigers Jaw Emo revival
- Toe Math rock
- Tony MacAlpine Neoclassical metal
- Tool Progressive metal
- Toto Arena rock / AOR
- Tragedy Crust punk
- Trisomie 21 Coldwave / minimal wave
- Trivium Melodic metalcore
- Truckfighters Stoner rock
- Type O Negative Gothic metal
- Týr Viking metal
U
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W
- Watchtower Technical thrash
- The Waterboys Celtic rock
- Waylander Celtic metal
- While Heaven Wept Epic doom
- The White Stripes Garage rock revival
- Whitechapel Deathcore
- The Who Beat / British Invasion
- Wilco Alt-country / Americana
- Windir Pagan / Viking black metal
- Winter Death-doom
- Wire Post-punk
- Within Temptation Symphonic metal
- Wolves in the Throne Room Atmospheric black metal
- The World Is a Beautiful Place... Emo revival
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