Influential Metal Bands Part 2

Their album "Black Metal" is considered the first Black metal album..that says it all.

Their singer is one of the first guys to have anti-Christian lyrics (lame) and to use the, now common, shrieking vocal style.

One of the most influential black metal bands. Really popular.

One of the first Christian black metal or..un-black as it is called, to deter away from the evil of "black metal". They had received threats for being Christian.

Big dark influential black metal band.

Influential black metal band.

These guys hate everyone that doesn't like their band, their singer commited suicide..what do they do? They put a picture of it on their album cover....yea. These guys are unfortunately extremely influential. They've been involved in church burnings also :(

First big Christian Un-black metal band. They actually were threatened numerous times for playing with other Satanic/evil bands. On stage, they don't spit or drink goat blood and do rituals..they get satanic bibles and DESTROY THEM and make pagan alters and DESTROY THEM! One of the bravest bands ever!

Big Satanic black metal band.

Influential Satanic band.

These guys although not Christian, are not Satanic or anti whatever. Just have lyrics about dark, wintery, mystical stuff, They're dope!

He's got one of the most unique shrieking ever! They're pretty influential.

Can't stand this band, yet they're well known and very influential among newer bands.

A big black metal. I always hear about these guys.

Like Horde and Antestor, CM is one of the first Christian Black metal bands. They receive high praise among regular black metal bands, proving a band that is Christian is just as good as the others.

Satanic Black metal band that has some rather influential albums.

Although new and with 2 albums and an ep, AW's album In The Shadow of A Thousand Suns, is wicked popular and influential and probably my favorite black metal band.

Although excellent musicians, they're known for literally..horrible/gore filled lyrics and album covers, that they're BANNED FROM PLAYING IN CERTAIN PLACES! Hugely influential.

One of the most influential death metal bands with crazzzy fast drums from Mike Smith. Their first 2 albums, the growling is so low..with lyrics, it's very difficult to hear what he's saying hahaha

Influential death metal band with Satanic lyrics, which spawned off some more death metal with black metal like..lyrics. I personally detest this band, but they are very influential.

Fast, Egyptian lyrics, mythology, Egyptian instruments..all excellent and unique.

Big time death metal band, upped the reeeally dark "ante".

Very similar to Cannibal Corpse in sound, but these guys' imagery is much better and their lyrics are about war.

Like Morbid Angel, Obituary was a big influence to more darker sounding death metal..if you can picture it haha.

Considering this isn't an older genre, rather relatively new, Therion is One of the first death metal bands to incorporate symphonic elements, thus creating : Symphonic Metal or Melodic Death Metal.

Great bands like Epica have had been greatly influenced by this operatic symphonic metal band. Nightwish is verry popular selling millions of records.

One of the first known symphonic bands to receive fame.

This symphonic metal band is on their way to being as popular as Nightwish.

My favorite band that is Symphonic. Simone's voice is operatic and lovely, highly praises Nightwish and Epica is influencing lots of bands currently.

Power Metal band! These guys are crazy and one of the earliest power metal bands ever. Influenced Dragonforce...'nuff said hahaha

Very similar to EPica, After Forever is a big influential band, that is unfortunate no longer in existence.

You would need to under a rock to not know Dragonforce, they're amazing melodicness and SHRED FESTS are astounding and well known. They're on their way to selling more gold albums!