Die Liste US-amerikanischer Metalbands zählt namhafte US-amerikanische Musikgruppen aus dem Genre Metal auf. Hard-Rock-Bands werden nur in die Liste aufgenommen, insofern sie auch Metal spielen. Zur Aufnahme in die Liste muss Wikipediarelevanz vorhanden sein.
Die Namen der Bundesstaaten sind wie folgt abgekürzt: Alabama (AL), Alaska (AK), Arizona (AZ), Arkansas (AR), Kalifornien (CA), Colorado (CO), Connecticut (CT), Delaware (DE), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), Hawaii (HI), Idaho (ID), Illinois (IL), Indiana (IN), Iowa (IA), Kansas (KS), Kentucky (KY), Louisiana (LA), Maine (ME), Maryland (MD), Massachusetts (MA), Michigan (MI), Minnesota (MN), Mississippi (MS), Montana (MT), Nebraska (NE), Nevada (NV), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New Mexico (NM), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), North Dakota (ND), Ohio (OH), Oklahoma (OK), Oregon (OR), Pennsylvania (PA), Rhode Island (RI), South Carolina (SC), South Dakota (SD), Tennessee (TN), Texas (TX), Utah (UT), Vermont (VT), Virginia (VA), Washington (WA), West Virginia (WV), Wisconsin (WI), Wyoming (WY).
Name Gründung Auflösung Herkunft Genre(s) Anmerkungen 7 Horns 7 Eyes 2006 Seattle (WA) Technical Death Metal, Christlicher Metal 24-7 Spyz 1986 New York City (NY) Crossover, Funk Metal 36 Crazyfists 1994 Anchorage (AK) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore 40 Below Summer 1998, 2011 2005 Nu Metal, Rockmusik 40 Grit 1996 2004 Concord (CA) Groove Metal 100 Demons 1998 Waterbury (CT) Hardcore Punk, Metalcore 108 1991, 2005 1996 Metalcore, Screamo
A Name Gründung Auflösung Herkunft Genre(s) Anmerkungen A Day to Remember 2003 Ocala (FL) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Pop-Punk ABACABB 2004 2010 Sterling (VA) Deathcore Abattoir 1982 1988 Los Angeles (CA) Power Metal, Speed Metal Abigail Williams 2005 New York City (NY) Black Metal, Death Metal Abnormal Thought Patterns 2008 Pleasanton (CA) Instrumentalmusik, Progressive Metal, Djent Abomination 1987, 1999 1993 Chicago (IL) Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal, Death Metal Abscess 1994 2010 Benicia (CA) Death Metal The Absence 2002 Tampa (FL) Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal Absu 1989, 2007 2003, 2018 Plano (Texas) Metal Abysmal Dawn 2003 Los Angeles (CA) Technical Death Metal The Acacia Strain 2001 Chicopee (MA) Deathcore, Metalcore The Accüsed 1981, 2003 1992 Oak Harbor (WA) Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal Acid Bath 1991 1997 Houma (LA) Sludge, Death Metal Acid King 1993 San Francisco (CA) Stoner Doom Acrassicauda 2000 Bagdad (Irak) Thrash Metal ursprünglich aus dem Irak, inzwischen in den USA tätig Acridity 1987 ca. 1991 Victoria (TX) Thrash Metal Acrophet 1986 1990 Brookfield (WI) Thrash Metal Across Five Aprils 2001, 2012 2008 Chattanooga (TN) Metalcore, Emo Across the Sun 2004 Portland (OR) Progressive Metal, Metalcore Act of Defiance 2014 Los Angeles (CA) Thrash Metal Acumen Nation 1988 Chicago (IL) Crossover, Industrial Metal als Acumen gegründet Adema 1998 Bakersfield (CA) Nu Metal, Rock Adolescents 1980, 1986, 2001 1981, 1991 Fullerton (CA) Melodic Hardcore, Punkrock Adrenaline Mob 2011 New York City (NY) Hard Rock, Heavy Metal Æther Realm 2010 Greenville (NC) Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal Affiance 2007 Cleveland (OH) Metalcore After the Burial 2004 Minneapolis (MN) Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal Aftermath 1985, 2015 1996 Chicago (IL) Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal Agalloch 1996 2016 Portland (OR) Dark Metal, Doom Metal, Blackgaze, Post-Rock Agent Steel 1984, 1999 1988, 2011 Los Angeles (CA) Speed Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal Agents of Man 2000 Irvington (NJ) Metalcore Agents of Oblivion 1999 2000 Alternative Metal, Crossover Aghora 1995 Miami (FL) Progressive Metal Agiel 1997 Rochester (NY) Death Metal The Agony Scene 2002 2008 Tulsa (OK) Metalcore Agoraphobic Nosebleed 1994 Grindcore Akatharta 1999 Death Doom, Funeral Doom als Urzien gegründet Alabama Thunderpussy 1996 2008 Richmond (VA) Heavy Metal, Stoner Rock Aldebaran 2003 2012 Portland (OR) Sludge, Funeral Doom Alice in Chains 1987, 2005 1999 Seattle (WA) Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Sludge Metal, Grunge als Diamond Lie gegründet All Good Things 2013 Los Angeles (CA) Alternative Metal All Out War 1991, 1997, 2003, 2006 1990er, 2001, 2004 Newburgh (NY) Metalcore All Pigs Must Die 2010 Boston (MA) Crustcore, Sludge, Deathgrind All Shall Perish 2002 Oakland (CA) Deathcore All That Remains 1998 Springfield (MA) Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal All Too Human 1995 Corpus Christi (TX) Progressive Metal Allegaeon 2008 Fort Collins (CO) Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal Allele 2002 Jacksonville (FL) Alternative Metal, Post-Grunge Alter Bridge 2004 Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Post-Grunge Amboog-A-Lard 1987 1996 Fort Lauderdale (FL) Thrash Metal Amen 1994 Los Angeles (CA) Punkrock, Hardcore Punk, Alternative Metal American Head Charge 1996, 2011 2009 Minneapolis (MN) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal American Sin 2012 Cincinnati (OH) Metalcore, Post-Hardcore als Come the Dawn gegründet Amoricide 2002 Fort Worth (TX) Thrash Metal Amort 2007 Seattle (WA) Funeral Doom Amulance 1984, 2007 1990 Aurora (IL) Power Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal Anacrusis 1986, 2009 1993 St. Louis (MO) Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal Anal Cunt 1988 2011 Newton (MA) Grindcore Ancient 1992 Bergen (Norwegen) Black Metal ursprünglich aus Norwegen, zwischenzeitlich in den USA, inzwischen in Italien tätig And Hell Followed With 2006 Detroit (MI) Deathcore … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead 1994 Post-Hardcore, Progressive Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal Angelcorpse 1995, 2006 1999, 2009 Tampa (FL) Black Metal, Death Metal The Angelic Process 1999 2007 Macon (GA) Drone Doom, Ambient Animal 1988 Heavy Metal Animals as Leaders 2007 Washington, D.C. Progressive Metal, Djent Animosity 2000 2009 San Francisco (CA) Deathcore Annunaki 2005 Bayonne (NJ) Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal Anthrax 1981 New York City (NY) Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Crossover, Alternative Metal Anti-Mortem 2008 2014 Chickasha (OK) Southern Rock, Heavy Metal Anvil Bitch 1983, 2008 1988 Philadelphia (PA) Thrash Metal als Innocent Exile gegründet Apocryphia 1987 ca. 1990 Las Vegas (NV) Power Metal, Thrash Metal Apostle of Solitude 2004 Indianapolis (IN) Doom Metal Arcane 1986 ca. 1994 Arlington (TX) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal Arch / Matheos 2010 Hartford (CT) Progressive Metal Arduini/Balich 2013 Heavy Metal, Epic Doom, Progressive Metal Ares Kingdom 1996 Kansas City (MO) Thrash Metal, Death Metal Arkaik 2004 Technical Death Metal Armored Saint 1980 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal Arsis 2000 Virginia Beach Death Metal, Thrash Metal Arsonists Get All the Girls 2005 2015 Santa Cruz (CA) Deathcore Artension 1992/93 2005 Cortland (NY) Progressive Metal, Neoklassischer Metal als Atlantis Rising gegründet Artizan 2008 Jacksonville (FL) Heavy Metal As Blood Runs Black 2003 2014 Los Angeles (CA) Deathcore As Hope Dies 2000, 2004 2003, 2005 La Habra (CA) Metalcore As I Lay Dying 2000/01 San Diego (CA) Metalcore The Ascendicate 2008 High Point (NC) Metalcore, Christlicher Metal Asesino 2002 Los Angeles (CA) Deathgrind Ashdautas 2002 2011 Long Beach (CA) Black Metal, Post-Black-Metal Ashes of Ares 2012 Heavy Metal, Power Metal Assück 1987 1998 Saint Petersburg (FL) Grindcore Asunder 1998 2006 Oakland (CA) Funeral Doom, Death Doom At All Cost 2002 2009 Austin (TX) Metalcore At War 1983, 2006 1994 Virginia Beach (VA) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal Atheist 1984, 2006 1993 Sarasota (FL) Technical Death Metal Atreyu 1998, 2014 2011 Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore Atriarch 2009 Portland (OR) Death-Rock, Black Doom Atrophy 1986 1991/92 Tucson (AZ) Thrash Metal Attack Attack! 2005, 2020 2013 Westerville (OH) Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Trancecore Attacker 1983 Speed Metal Attila 2005 Atlanta (GA) Metalcore, Deathcore, Nu Metal Attitude Adjustment 1983, 1987, 2007 1986, 1991 San Francisco (CA) Crossover, Hardcore Punk, Thrash Metal Auaesuve 2005 New York City (NY) Funeral Doom, Drone Doom August Burns Red 2003 Lancaster (PA) Metalcore, Extreme Metal Aurora Borealis 1995 Waldorf (MD) Death Metal Austrian Death Machine 2008 San Diego (CA) Thrash Metal Autograph 1983, 2002–05, 2013 1989 Pasadena (CA) Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal Autopsy 1987, 2009 1995 San Francisco (CA) Death Metal The Autumn Offering 1999 2010 Daytona Beach (FL) Metalcore Avenged Sevenfold 1999 Huntington Beach (CA) Alternative Metal, Metalcore, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock Avenger of Blood 2001 Las Vegas (NV) Thrash Metal, Speed Metal Aversion 1986 ca. 1995 Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Crossover, Hardcore Punk Axehammer 1981 Los Angeles (CA) Heavy Metal, Power Metal
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