METAL COMPARISON CHART


Well, it's pretty hard to know what the bands sounds like without any refererences, huh? Therefore I have made this chart so you can have a better understanding of what the Christian bands sounds like. If you have any references, comments etc you can send them to metalforjesus@oocities.com Read on and enjoy!




METAL GENRES


Last updated 990629






HARDROCK/ MELODIC METAL

Band

Style Recommended if you like These Mainstream bands

Angelica

Pop Metal/ Melodic Metal Poison, Extreme

Ascension

Heavy Hardrock

Blood'n'Fire

Groovy Energetic Hardrock Guns'n'Roses, Living Colour

Bishop Garden

Freak Kitchen, Dream Theater

Bride

Dirty Groovy Rock'n'roll Guns 'n' Roses, Cinderella

Charizma (early)

Melodic Rock/ Hardrock

Cross-Eyed Clyde

Hardrock

Crystavox

Melodic Hardrock/ Metal

David Zaffiro

Melodic Pop/Metal Bon Jovi

Delta

Symphonic Metal

Final Destiny

Hard Rock Kiss, White Lion, Journey, Bon Jovi

Guardian(early)

Melodic Hardrock with some bluesinfluencesWinger,

Hallowed

Melodic Metal

Heartcry

Hardrock

Holy Soldier(early)

Commercial Melodic Metal Skid Row

Impellitteri

Melodic Guitarbased Metal with lots of solos Dokken, Yngwie Malmsteen

In Vain

Groovy 70th Hardrock Doors, Led Zeppelin

Iron Faith

Old - School Hardrock Black Sabbath

Jacks of Trades

Groovy Metal

Jerusalem

Hardrock Scorpions

Ken Tamplin

Melodic Hardrock/ Metal David Lee Roth, Bon Jovi, Poison

King James

Dokken

Laudamus

Melodic Hardrock/Metal Styx

Leviticus

Hardrock/Melodic Metal Europe, Def Leppard

Mastedon

Commercial Melodic Hardrock

Mercenary

Melodic Guitarbased Metal

3rd Day Rising

Hardrock Motley Crue

Narnia

Melodic Guitarbased Metal with lots of solos Yngwie Malmsteen, Rainbow

New Jerusalem

Classic Hardrock Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Bad Company, Slaughter

Pursuit

Melodic Metal/Progressive Metal Rush

Rage of Angels

Aggresive Melodic Metal Motley Crue

Randy Rose

Hard Rock Danzig, Lenny Kravitz

Sacred Reign

Classic Hard Rock with a 90's flavor Van Halen, Canned Heat, Aerosmith

Scott Bradley

Melodic Metal / Glam Metal Poison

Shout

Pop Metal/ Melodic Metal Van Halen, Foreigner, Bon Jovi

Sin Dizzy

Hard Rock/ Metal

SonX

Hard Rock

Stryper

Heavy Melodic Metal with lots of hooks Cinderella, White Lion, Dokken, Iron Maiden, Helloween

The Chosen

Hardrock/Metal

Third/Crow

Melodic Hardrock/Metal

Trytan

Rush

Valediction

Heavy Neoclassical Metal Yngwie Malmsteen

VU

Commercial Hardrock/Metal Def Leppard

XT

Hardrock


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HEAVY METAL/ CLASSIC METAL

Band

Style Recommended if you like These Mainstream bands

Akeldama

Melodic Metal/Classic Metal

Barren Cross

Heavy Metal Iron Maiden

Bloodgood

Classic Metal

Cruciferae

Classic Metal/ Melodic Death Metal

David Benson

Ozzy Osbourne

Haven

Progressive Heavy Metal Dio, Fugazi,

Krush

Guitarbased Classic Metal Winger, Randy Rhoades

Lightmare

Classic Metal with influences from Speed Metal Helloween(early)

Majesty

Progressive Metal Dream Theater, Queensryche

Modest Attraction

Real 70's Metal Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Sweet

Neon Cross

Classic Metal

Poetry Of Dreams

Progressive Metal Fates Warning

Preacher

Crunchy Heavy Metal/Thrash Metallica(early)

Recon

Heavy Metal Iron Maiden

Rock Solid

Heavy Metal

Sacred Warrior

Classic Heavy Metal Iron Maiden, Queensryche

Saint

Heavy Heavy Metal Judas Priest

Seventh Seal

Heavy Metal

Smash Alley Underground

Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne

Sons of Thunder

Heavy Heavy Metal Motörhead

Teramaze

Progressive Melodic Power Metal Queensryche

Treasure Seeker

Melodic Power Metal Helloween (early)

Ultimatum

Heavy Metal/Thrash Overkill, Exodus, Accept

Watchmen

Dio

Whatever

Hardrock/Metal A cross between Skid Row and Dokken

Whitecross(early)

Classic Guitarbased Metal with some bluesinfluences Ratt, Aerosmith, White Lion

X-Sinner

Boggie-Woggie Metal AC/DC, Def Leppard


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SPEED/ THRASH METAL  

Band

Style Recommended if you like These Mainstream bands

Aeturnus

Thrash with Death-influences Slayer, Metallica, Testament

Believer

Progressive Thrash Metal with Orchestral influences Kreator, Death, Atheist

Betrayal

Speed/ Thrash MetalMegadeth, Testament

The Crucified

Hardcore/ Thrash Suicidal Tendencies

Decision D

Progressive Thrash

Deliverance(early)

Melodic Speed/Thrash Metallica, Testament, Anthrax, Flotsam & Jetsam, Vio-lence

Dependency

Thrash Groove Metal

Detritus

Power Thrash Nine Inch Nails, Metallica (early)

Disinterment

Thrash

Edge Of Forever

Progressive Melodic Thrash Dream Theatre vs Sepultura vs Galactic Cowboys

Ethereal Scourge

Groovy Metal Pantera, Sepultura

Eternal Decision

Heavy/Thrash Metallica, Pantera

Farfrumburnin

Punk/ Thrash

Generation

Hard Industrial Thrash Nine Inch Nails, Ministry

Godfear

Groovy Metal Pantera, Korn

Godsent Humans

Thrash/Punk Gwar

Jesus Freaks

Pantera, Metallica

Living Sacrifice

Thrash Metal/MetalCore Sepultura, Slayer, Morgoth, Death

Moshketeers 

Thrash Metal Machine Head, Biohazard, Fear Factory

Mortal

Industrial Nine Inch Nails

Mortal Immunity

Pantera

Necromanicide

Thrash Metal with some industrial,blackmetal and classic metal-influences

Oblivion

Aggressive Hardcore Metal Meshuggah

One Bad Pig

Thrash Punk Jawbox, Whale, Mr. Bungle

Rackets & Drapes

Guitar driven Industrial Metal Marilyn Manson

Sacrament

Progressive Thrash Metal Silver Chair, Realm, Atheist

Sanctified

Thrash / Death Metal

Teramaze

Progressive Metal Dream Theater, Skid Row

Theocracy AD (former Bloodbath)

Thrash/Death/Hardcore Metal

Tourniquet(early)

Progressive Thrash Mercyful Fate, Realm,

Towne Cryer

Thrash

Vengeance Rising(early)

Real Thrash Slayer, Kreator, Exodus

Vindication

Speed Metal


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DEATH METAL

Band

Style Recommended if you like These Mainstream bands

Crimson Thorn

Death Metal Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Brutal Truth, Suffocation

Corpse

Traditional Death Metal Grave, Dismember

Dead Pharisees

Grind and Hardcore Metal D.R.I.

Death List

Death Metal Obituary, Morbid Angel, Benediction.

Death Poems

Melodic Death Metal and Gothic Doom

Deuteronomium

Melodic Death Metal Amorphis

Embodyment

Death Metal

Extol

Experimental Death Metal Carcass

Groms

Progressive Death Metal with some Classical Metal influences Death

Hearken

Traditional Death Metal

Immortal Souls

Melodic Death Metal In Flames, Dark Tranquillity

Kremator

Death/Grind

Lament (former Beheaded)

Progressive Death-metal with some Classical Metal influences

Metanoia

Death Metal with influences from Classic Metal

Mortification(early)

Groovy Death Metal

Obsecration

Melodic Death Metal Morbid Angel

Pantokrator

Death/ Doom

Repentance

Death/ Grindcore

Sanatorium


Satanicide

Death/Grindcore

Schaliach

Melodic Deathmetal with Classical Metal influences Amorphis

Soterios


Vengeance Rising(recent)

Death/Thrash Metal Death, Slayer, Morbid Angel

Vital Decision (early)

Bombastic and Melodic Death Metal Morbid Angel, Dark Tranquillity

Vox Angelicus

Melodic Death Metal with some Black Metal influences


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BLACK METAL

Band

Style Recommended if you like these Mainstream bands

Admonish

Swedish Black Metal

Azbuk

Black Metal from Brazil

Antestor

Atmospheric doomy death-metal with blackmetalvocals and influences from Norwegian folk songs Cradle of Filth, Primordial, Mortiis, Burzum

Crimson Moonlight

Heavy and Atmospheric Black Metal Dimmu Borgir

Horde

Real Black Metal Darkthrone, Immortal, Marduk

Kekal

Black Metal Mörk Gryning, Cradle of Filth (early)

Mordecai

Melodic Black Metal Dark Tranquility, Dissection

Telelestai


Vitality


Sanctifica

Medieval Atmospheric Blackmetal Satyricon, Dimmu Borgir, Emperor

Sanctification


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DOOM METAL

Band

Style Recommended if you like These Mainstream bands

Devout

Doom Metal

Last Chapter

Heavy Doom Metal Trouble, Black Sabbath

Paramaecium

Gothic Doom Metal My Dying Bride, November's Doom, Anathema

Peacemaker

Melodic Death/Doom-Metal with passages of Gothic and Epic

Seventh Angel

Doom Metal with Thrash influences Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride

Veni Domine

Gothic/Doom Metal Candlemass

Unsummoning, formerly AscensioN

Doom/ Death Metal



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