This article is an overview |
Heavy metal |
Thrash metal |
Black metal |
Power metal |
Nu metal |
Doom metal |
Christian metal |
Progressive metal |
NWOBHM |
Death metal |
Hair metal |
Stoner metal |
A closely-related genre is progressive fusion, which tends to lean more towards jazz than metal, and is usually instrumental. Progressive Fusion includes bands like Liquid Tension Experiment and Planet X.
Terms describing similar music include art metal, melodic metal, concept metal, power metal, melodic power metal, symphonic metal, space metal and so on.
Examples of progressive metal artists:
- Anacrusis
- Atheist
- Believer
- Coroner
- Cory Glover
- Crimson Glory
- Cynic
- Dream Theater
- Fates Warning
- Fifth Angel
- Galactic Cowboys
- The Gathering
- King Diamond
- King's X
- Lacuna Coil
- Last Tribe
- Leviathan
- Mayadome
- Mekong Delta
- Meshuggah
- Opeth
- Queensryche
- Rammstein
- Riot
- Rush
- Savatage
- Shadow Gallery
- Skid Row
- Skyclad
- Stratovarius
- Symphony X
- Therion
- Thought Industry
- Threshold
- Tool
- Vanden Plas
- Voivod
- Watchtower
- Without Warning