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.
Detonator
Russia
RussiaMetal band
Bad Wolves
USA
USAAn American heavy metal rock band
Shawn Drover
Canada
CanadaCanadian drummer, member of Megadeth and Eidolon
Biff Byford
Great Britain
Great BritainFrontman of the British heavy metal band Saxon.
Derek Sherinyan
USA
USAAmerican keyboardist, member of the American prog metal band Dream Theater from 1994 to 1998.
Chester Bennington
USA
USAMusician, vocalist of the band "Linkin Park".
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”
Al Jourgensen
USA
USACreator of the industrial metal movement
James Root
USA
USAMusician, guitarist of American bands "Slipknot" and "Stone Sour".
Barney Greenway
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish musician, vocalist of Napalm Death
Mike Mangini
USA
USAAmerican musician, drummer
Kevin LaBrie
Canada
CanadaCanadian singer and songwriter, lead singer of the American progressive metal band Dream Theater.
Michael Franti
USA
USAAmerican poet, musician and composer
Max Cavalera
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian vocalist and guitarist of Italian origin.
Jens Kidman
Sweden
SwedenVocalist and former guitarist of the Swedish metal band Meshuggah.
Sharon Adel
Netherlands
NetherlandsVocalist of Within Temptation
Kimberly Goss
USA
USAVocalist and founder of Finnish power metal band Sinergy
Brandon Flowers
USA
USAAmerican performer, member of the group “The Killers”.
Dimebag Darrell
USA
USAHe was a guitarist in the metal bands Pantera and Damageplan.
Chuck Billy
USA
USAVocalist in the thrash metal band Testament
Galder
Norway
NorwayNorwegian composer, guitarist and vocalist
Jonathan Davis
USA
USAAmerican musician, frontman of the nu metal band Korn
Derrick Green
USA
USAVocalist and guitarist for the band Sepultura
Rob Zombie
USA
USAAmerican metalhead
Tamas Katai
Hungary
HungaryHungarian musician and composer
William DuVall
USA
USAAmerican 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.
Morgan Lacroix
Italy
ItalyVocalist of the Italian gothic metal band Mandragora Scream.
Peter Tagtgren
Sweden
SwedenSwedish musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, video director, leader of the death metal band Hypocrisy and creator of the industrial metal project Pain
Tony Ayommy
Great Britain
Great BritainMusician
Joey Belladonna
USA
USAHeavy metal singer and drummer, member of the band 'Anthrax'.
Lunatica
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSymphonic metal band
Russell Allen
USA
USAAmerican singer, vocalist of the progressive metal band Symphony X
Chino Moreno
USA
USAVocalist and guitarist for Deftones,
Nicholas Howard Barker
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish drummer.
Kenneth Hickey
USA
USAAmerican musician, guitarist of the gothic metal band Type O Negative
Peter Criss
USA
USAMember of the group KISS
Vinnie Vincent
USA
USAAmerican musician
Reginald Arvizu
USA
USABassist of the band Korn.
Vincent Neil
USA
USAAmerican musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the American glam metal band Mötley Crüe
Olve Eikemo
Norway
NorwayNorwegian composer, vocalist, guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, drummer and one of the founding members of the black metal band 'Immortal'
Tarja Turunen
Finland
FinlandFormer vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish
Phil Campbell
Great Britain
Great BritainGuitarist of the band 'Motohead'
Giorgia Gueglio
Italy
ItalyItalian singer, vocalist of the group Mastercastle since 2008.
Michael Weikath
Germany
GermanyGuitarist for the power metal band Helloween
Billy Gould
USA
USAAmerican musician, composer, bass guitarist and producer
Udo Dirkschneider
Germany
GermanyRock musician, vocalist and one of the founders of the heavy metal band "Accept"
Shawn Crahan
USA
USAMusician, percussionist for Slipknot
Paul Dedrick Gray
USA
USAAmerican musician, member of the band 'Slipknot'
Keith Emerson
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish musician, keyboardist and composer, founder of the group "ELP"
Varg Vikernes
Norway
NorwayNorwegian musician, creator and sole member of the black metal band Burzum