Metal

Explore a comprehensive roster of legendary metal musicians and celebrities, from trailblazers to modern-day icons. Discover the lives, careers, and music that have shaped this genre's enduring legacy.

Russell Allen
Russell Allen
USA
American singer, vocalist of the progressive metal band Symphony X
Sabina Classen
Sabina Classen
Germany
Vocalist of German thrash metal bands Holy Moses and Temple of the Absurd.
Josh Brainard
Josh Brainard
USA
American musician, member of the band On a Pale Horse
Anders Colsefni
Anders Colsefni
USA
American musician and singer
Devin Garrett Townsend
Devin Garrett Townsend
Canada
Canadian singer, guitarist and producer.
Edwin Borsheim
Edwin Borsheim
USA
Vocalist of Kettle Cadaver, a metal band from the USA
Jonathan Davis
Jonathan Davis
USA
American musician, frontman of the nu metal band Korn
Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie
USA
American metalhead
Bad Wolves
Bad Wolves
USA
An American heavy metal rock band
Tamas Katai
Tamas Katai
Hungary
Hungarian musician and composer
Johnny Christ
Johnny Christ
USA
Bass player of the band "Avenged Sevenfold"
Mike Patton
Mike Patton
USA
American vocalist
James Root
James Root
USA
Musician, guitarist of American bands "Slipknot" and "Stone Sour".
Gidget Gein
Gidget Gein
USA
American musician, actor and artist
Fred Durst
Fred Durst
USA
American vocalist, best known as the founder of the rapcore group Limp Bizkit.
Max Cavalera
Max Cavalera
Brazil
Brazilian vocalist and guitarist of Italian origin.
Corey Todd Taylor
Corey Todd Taylor
USA
Frontman and vocalist of the American band "Slipknot"
Biff Byford
Biff Byford
Great Britain
Frontman of the British heavy metal band Saxon.
Keith Emerson
Keith Emerson
Great Britain
English musician, keyboardist and composer, founder of the group "ELP"
Kaisa Jouhki
Kaisa Jouhki
Finland
Finnish singer, vocalist of the band Battlelore
Michael Franti
Michael Franti
USA
American poet, musician and composer
Dimebag Darrell
Dimebag Darrell
USA
He was a guitarist in the metal bands Pantera and Damageplan.
William DuVall
William DuVall
USA
American musician, known as the main vocalist and rhythm guitarist in the band Alice in Chains, who joined the group after the death of Layne Staley.
Richard Kruspe
Richard Kruspe
Germany
German musician, lead guitarist of the German industrial metal band Rammstein
Tarja Turunen
Tarja Turunen
Finland
Former vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish
Robbin Lantz Crosby
Robbin Lantz Crosby
USA
American musician, one of the leading guitarists of the glam metal band 'Ratt'
 Apocalyptica
Apocalyptica
Finland
Metal band
Kenneth Hickey
Kenneth Hickey
USA
American musician, guitarist of the gothic metal band Type O Negative
Paul Di'Anno
Paul Di'Anno
Great Britain
Vocalist of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden
 Detonator
Detonator
Russia
Metal band
Paul Dedrick Gray
Paul Dedrick Gray
USA
American musician, member of the band 'Slipknot'
 Galder
Galder
Norway
Norwegian composer, guitarist and vocalist
Yens Uhansson
Yens Uhansson
Sweden
Swedish keyboardist and power metal pianist.
Tony Ayommy
Tony Ayommy
Great Britain
Musician
Sean Kinney
Sean Kinney
USA
American musician, drummer for Alice In Chains
Toni Kristian Kakko
Toni Kristian Kakko
Finland
Vocalist, main lyricist of the Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica/
Barney Greenway
Barney Greenway
Great Britain
English musician, vocalist of Napalm Death
Dead
Dead
Sweden
Vocalist of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem
Udo Dirkschneider
Udo Dirkschneider
Germany
Rock musician, vocalist and one of the founders of the heavy metal band "Accept"
Brandon Flowers
Brandon Flowers
USA
American performer, member of the group “The Killers”.
Alex Van Halen
Alex Van Halen
USA
American drummer
ohanna Wessels
ohanna Wessels
Netherlands
Vocalist of the Dutch band Delain
David Draiman
David Draiman
USA
Songwriter, vocalist and frontman of the American alternative metal band Disturbed. David is at position 42 in the Hit Parade “Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time”
Reginald Arvizu
Reginald Arvizu
USA
Bassist of the band Korn.
Oliver Sykes
Oliver Sykes
Great Britain
British musician, lead vocalist of the metalcore band Bring Me the Horizon
Paul Bostaph
Paul Bostaph
USA
His career began playing drums in 1984 when he was 20 years old, and since then he has worked with bands such as Forbidden (originally known as Forbidden Evil), Slayer, Testament, Exodus and Systematic. Metal-Rules.com profiles Bostaph
Adept
Adept
Switzerland
Swedish post-hardcore/metalcore band
Mike Mangini
Mike Mangini
USA
American musician, drummer
Peter Criss
Peter Criss
USA
Member of the group KISS
Giorgia Gueglio
Giorgia Gueglio
Italy
Italian singer, vocalist of the group Mastercastle since 2008.