The list of German metal bands includes well-known German music groups from the metal genre ; it represents an outsourced section of the list of German rock bands . Hard rock bands are only included in the list if they also play metal. A Wikipedia article must be available for inclusion in the list.
There is a separate list for bands of the Neue Deutsche Hütze .
The list of German metal musicians and the list of German-language metal albums serve as a supplement .
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A.
Surname
founding
resolution
origin
Genre (s)
Remarks
Abraxas
1995
1998
Mössingen
Power metal , progressive metal
Abrogation
1995
Magdeburg
Melodic Death Metal
Absurd
1992
Sondershausen
National Socialist Black Metal , Pagan Metal , right-wing rock
Accept
1971, 1992, 2004, 2009
1989, 1997, 2005
Solingen
Heavy metal , speed metal , power metal
Adorned Brood
1993
Grevenbroich
Folk Metal , Pagan Metal
Aethernaeum
2012
Berlin
Extreme metal
Agathodaimon
1995
2014
Mainz
Dark metal , Gothic metal
Agrypnia
2004
Germany
Extreme metal
Ahab
2004
Germany
Funeral doom
Akrea
2004
2014
Erbendorf
Melodic Death Metal
founded as Inner Aggression
Anasarca
1995
Emden
Death metal
Angel Dust
1984
Dortmund
Power metal, speed metal, thrash metal
Any given day
2012
Gelsenkirchen
Metalcore
AOK
1987
Frankfurt am Main
Fun metal
The Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1995
Weimar
Metal
Audio collapse
1998
Hanover
Hardcore punk, crustcore, death metal
Árstíðir Lífsins
2008
Münster / Kiel
Pagan metal
Swiss stone pine
2006
2015
Frankfurt am Main
Symphonic metal
Atlantean Code
2005
Vilseck
Heavy metal , epic doom
At Vance
1998
Germany
Power metal
Avantasia
2000
Fulda (front man Tobias Sammet and some other musicians of the project come from Germany)
Power metal, symphonic metal
Music group with project character
B.
C.
Surname
founding
resolution
origin
Genre (s)
Remarks
Caliban
1997
North Rhine-Westphalia
Melodic Hardcore , Metalcore
founded as Never Again
Callejon
2002
Dusseldorf
Metalcore , metal
Canterra
2006
Leipzig
Symphonic metal
Centaur
1989
2011
Duisburg
Heavy metal
Centaurus-A
2000
Cologne
Technical death metal , thrash metal
chinchilla
1988, 1994
1990
Germany
Power metal
Cock and Ball Torture
1997
Altenmarkt an der Alz
Goregrind, Porngrind , Death Metal
Coppelius
1997
Berlin
Metal
Concept insomnia
2004
Frankfurt am Main
Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal
Coronatus
1999
Ludwigsburg
Symphonic metal, folk metal
Cryptic winter moon
1993
Münchberg
Dark metal
Custard
1987
Herne
Heavy metal, power metal
Cripper
2005
Hanover
Thrash metal
Cyotoxin
2010
Chemnitz
Brutal death metal, technical death metal
Cypecore
2007
Mannheim
Melodic Death Metal
D.
Surname
founding
resolution
origin
Genre (s)
Remarks
Dante
2006
augsburg
Progressive metal
Dark at Dawn
1993, 2012
2007
resin
Power metal
Dark Fortress
1994
Landshut
Black metal
Dark Sky
1982
Rottweil
Hard rock, hair metal , heavy metal , power metal, adult oriented rock
Davidian
1997
Plüderhausen
Thrash metal, melodic death metal
Dawn of Destiny
2005
Bochum
Power metal
Dead Alone
2004
Munich area
Death metal
Dead emotions
1996
Freising
Death metal
Death Reality
1996
2007
Leipzig
Death metal
Defeated sanity
1994
Dachsbach
Technical death metal, brutal death metal
Déjà-vu
1987
Straubing
Heavy metal, power metal
Delirious
1990
Hamm
Thrash metal
Delirium tremens
1996
Bamberg
Thrash metal
The way of a freedom
2009
Wurzburg
Post black metal , extreme metal
disaster
1988, 1992
1990
Koblenz
Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Extreme Metal
Deserted Fear
2007
Eisenberg
Death metal
Destruction
1982
Because on the Rhine
Thrash metal
This ater
1994, 2010
2009, 2014
Berlin
Black metal
Dionysus
1999
Germany, Scandinavia
Melodic Power Metal
Disillusion
1994
Leipzig
Progressive metal
Speed division
2008
Leipzig
Thrash metal, speed metal
Thunderhead
2003
Hanover
Metal, hard rock
Drautran
1996
Kiel
Viking Metal , Pagan Metal
Dreamscape
1986
Munich
Progressive metal
Dust Bolt
2006
Landsberg am Lech
Thrash metal
Dvalin
2010
Wurzburg
Heavy metal, pagan metal, progressive metal
E.
Surname
founding
resolution
origin
Genre (s)
Remarks
Eden weeps in the grave
2002
Berlin
Dark metal
Edgedown
2008
Freilassing
Heavy metal
Edge of Thorns (band)
1996
Bitburg
Power metal
Edguy
1992
Fulda
Power metal
Ice
2005
Porta Westfalica
Post black metal , dark metal
ice rain
1995
Tambach-Dietharz
Dark metal
Elivagar
2005
2010
Schaumburg
Pagan metal, folk metal
Emerald Edge
2002
Düsseldorf area
Progressive metal , rock
Emigrate
2004
Europe
Alternative rock , industrial rock
international solo project by Rammstein guitarist Kruspe with band character
Emil Bulls
1995
Munich
Nu Metal , Crossover , Stoner Rock , Alternative Metal
Empire
2000
Germany, United Kingdom
Heavy metal
Empyrium
1994, 2010
2002
Hendungen
Metal (early phase), neofolk , neoclassic (late phase)
Final silence
2000
Germany
Extreme metal
Epicedium
1996
Frankfurt am Main
Death metal
Equilibrium
2001
Bavaria
Pagan metal , power metal
Ewigheim
1999
Thuringia
Dark metal
Eskimo call boy
2010
Castrop-Rauxel
Metalcore, trancecore
F.
G
H
I.
Surname
founding
resolution
origin
Genre (s)
Remarks
Collection Moscow
2005
Osnabrück
Hardcore metal
Iron Savior
1996
Hamburg
Power metal
Ivory Tower
1996
North Elbe
Progressive metal, heavy metal
J
Surname
founding
resolution
origin
Genre (s)
Remarks
Jack Slater
1995
2011
Bonn
Death metal
JBO
1989
gain
Fun metal
K
L.
M.
Surname
founding
resolution
origin
Genre (s)
Remarks
Macbeth
1985, 2004
1993
Erfurt
Heavy metal, thrash metal
Majesty
1997
Germany
Heavy metal, true metal
Dissolved in 2007 and as Metalforce refounded, 2011 again as Majesty refounded
Manos
1984
Querfurt
Thrash metal, death metal
Master plan
2002
Europe, United States (mainly German, partly also other nations)
Power metal
Mekong Delta
1985
West Germany
Progressive metal, thrash metal
Menhir
1995
Schmalkalden
Pagan metal
Midnattsol
2002
Germany, Norway
Folk metal, symphonic metal
Minas Morgul
1997
Frankfurt (Oder)
Pagan metal
Mob Rules
1994
Wilhelmshaven
Power metal
Munarheim
2007
Coburg
Symphonic black metal
Myra
2003
Leipzig
Post-Hardcore, Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal
Mystic Prophecy
2001
Germany
Power metal
N
O
P
R.
S.
Surname
founding
resolution
origin
Genre (s)
Remarks
Sacred Steel
1996
Germany
Heavy metal, true metal
Sado Sathanas
1996
Dresden
Black metal
Samsa's dream
1996
Wetzlar
Dark metal
Sanvoisen
1990
2000
Pforzheim
Power metal, progressive metal
Sapiency
2009
Frankfurt am Main
Melodic Death Metal
Savage Circus
2004
Germany
Power metal
Saxorior
1994
Pirna
Melodic Black Metal, Pagan Metal
scanner
1986
North Rhine-Westphalia
Power metal, speed metal
Black Angel
2007
Stuttgart
Dark metal, symphonic metal
Scorpions
1965
Hanover
Hard rock , heavy metal
founded as Nameless
Secret Discovery
1989
Bochum
Dark rock , gothic metal, gothic rock
Soul winter
1987
1996
Guestrow
Thrash metal, progressive metal
founded as an eccentric
Seventh Avenue
1989
2012
Wolfsburg
Christian metal
Victory Even
1986, 2000
1999, 2008
Munich
Progressive metal
Silent Force
1999
Karlsruhe
Power metal
Silverlane
2005
Forchheim
Power metal
Slartibart barrel
2005
Ulm
Pagan metal
Solar fragment
2003
Dortmund
Power metal
Sodom
1982
Gelsenkirchen
Thrash metal
Sons of Seasons
2007
Germany
Symphonic metal
Squealer
1984
Schwalmstadt
Thrash metal, speed metal
Stormwarrior
1998
Hamburg
Power Metal, Speed Metal, True Metal
Strydegor
2007
Schwerin
Melodic Death Metal
Subway to Sally
1990
Potsdam
Medieval rock , folk metal
Suidakra
1994
Monheim am Rhein
Melodic Death Metal, Celtic Metal , Folk Metal
founded as Gloryfication
Superior
1992
2007
Kaiserslautern
Progressive metal
Surtur's tan
1996
Pagan metal
Sycronomica
1996
Munich
Black metal
Symphorce
1998
2011
Stuttgart
Power metal
T
U
Surname
founding
resolution
origin
Genre (s)
Remarks
UDO
1987, 1996
1991
West Germany
Heavy metal
Undertow
1993
Ellwangen
Metal
Unisonic
2009
Entire federal territory
Power metal, heavy metal
V
W.
X
Z
Surname
founding
resolution
origin
Genre (s)
Remarks
Zed Yago
1986
West Germany
Heavy metal
Endnotes
↑ Over Your Threshold , in: laut.de , accessed on April 13, 2020.
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