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.

Hannes Van Dahl
Sweden
SwedenSwedish musician

Maria Breon
USA
USAVocalist of the American symphonic metal band HolyHell.

Lindemann
Germany
GermanyMetal project

Kevin LaBrie
Canada
CanadaCanadian singer and songwriter, lead singer of the American progressive metal band Dream Theater.

Dead
Sweden
SwedenVocalist of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem

Michael Weikath
Germany
GermanyGuitarist for the power metal band Helloween

Reginald Arvizu
USA
USABassist of the band Korn.

Shawn Drover
Canada
CanadaCanadian drummer, member of Megadeth and Eidolon

Ayin Aleph
France
FranceAmerican, French singer of Russian origin

Tamas Katai
Hungary
HungaryHungarian musician and composer

Blaze Bayley
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish musician and songwriter.

Peter Criss
USA
USAMember of the group KISS

Zacky Vengeance
USA
USAGuitarist of the American band "Avenged Sevenfold"

James Root
USA
USAMusician, guitarist of American bands "Slipknot" and "Stone Sour".

Shawn Crahan
USA
USAMusician, percussionist for Slipknot

Yens Uhansson
Sweden
SwedenSwedish keyboardist and power metal pianist.

Varg Vikernes
Norway
NorwayNorwegian musician, creator and sole member of the black metal band Burzum

David DeFeis
USA
USAVocalist of the American heavy metal band Virgin Steele

Igor Cavalera
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian musician, founder of the group "Sepultura"

Adept
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwedish post-hardcore/metalcore band

Paul Bostaph
USA
USAHis 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

David Silveria
USA
USADrummer for the nu metal band Korn.

Kerry King
USA
USAAmerican guitarist, founder and permanent member of the thrash metal band Slayer

Paul Baloff
USA
USAAmerican vocalist

Maynard Keenan
USA
USAAmerican progressive metal musician

Olve Eikemo
Norway
NorwayNorwegian composer, vocalist, guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, drummer and one of the founding members of the black metal band 'Immortal'

Galder
Norway
NorwayNorwegian composer, guitarist and vocalist

Nicholas Howard Barker
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish drummer.

Vinnie Paul
USA
USAAmerican rock musician, drummer and producer

Max Cavalera
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian vocalist and guitarist of Italian origin.

Matthew Shadows
USA
USAVocalist of the American group "Avenged Sevenfold"

Chuck Billy
USA
USAVocalist in the thrash metal band Testament

David Draiman
USA
USASongwriter, 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”

Jonathan Davis
USA
USAAmerican musician, frontman of the nu metal band Korn

Rafal Brauer
Poland
PolandPolish musician

Gidget Gein
USA
USAAmerican musician, actor and artist

Josh Brainard
USA
USAAmerican musician, member of the band On a Pale Horse

Crown The Empire
USA
USAAmerican metalcore band from Dallas

Richard Kruspe
Germany
GermanyGerman musician, lead guitarist of the German industrial metal band Rammstein

Apocalyptica
Finland
FinlandMetal band

Derrick Green
USA
USAVocalist and guitarist for the band Sepultura

Doro
Germany
GermanySinger

Kimberly Goss
USA
USAVocalist and founder of Finnish power metal band Sinergy

Vinnie Vincent
USA
USAAmerican musician

Devin Garrett Townsend
Canada
CanadaCanadian singer, guitarist and producer.

Keith Emerson
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish musician, keyboardist and composer, founder of the group "ELP"

Mariusz Duda
Poland
PolandVocalist and bassist of the famous prog band Riverside

Renars Kaupers
Latvia
LatviaLead singer of the group "Brainstorm", actor.

Al Jourgensen
USA
USACreator of the industrial metal movement

Inge Ginsberg
Austria
AustriaAustrian-Swiss journalist, writer and singer