List of extreme metal bands

This is a list of bands described as extreme metal.

A

 * Abigor
 * Aborted
 * Abruptum
 * Abscess
 * Absu
 * Aeternus
 * Agalloch
 * Agathodaimon
 * Agoraphobic Nosebleed
 * Alastis
 * Amon Amarth
 * Amorphis
 * Anaal Nathrakh
 * Anathema
 * Ancient
 * Anthrax
 * Arch Enemy
 * Arcturus
 * Armoured Angel
 * Artillery
 * Atheist
 * At the Gates
 * Autopsy
 * The Axis of Perdition

B

 * Bathory
 * Behemoth
 * Beherit
 * Belphegor
 * Bethlehem
 * Black Breath
 * Blood Divine
 * Blood Duster
 * Blood Red Throne
 * Bloodbath
 * Bolt Thrower
 * Borknagar
 * Broken Hope
 * Brujeria
 * Brutal Truth
 * Burzum

C

 * Cancer
 * Candlemass
 * Cannibal Corpse
 * Carcass
 * Carnage
 * Carnivore
 * Carpathian Forest
 * Cathedral
 * Cattle Decapitation
 * Celtic Frost
 * Cephalic Carnage
 * Children of Bodom
 * Circle of Dead Children
 * Coroner
 * The County Medical Examiners
 * Cradle of Filth
 * Cryptopsy

D

 * Dark Age
 * Dark Angel
 * Dark Funeral
 * Dark Tranquility
 * Darkthrone
 * Death
 * Death Angel
 * Decapitated
 * Deeds of Flesh
 * Defleshed
 * Deicide
 * Demilich
 * Desultory
 * Destruction
 * Dethklok
 * The Dillinger Escape Plan
 * Dimmu Borgir
 * Dismember
 * Dissection
 * Dodheimsgard
 * Dying Fetus

E

 * Edge of Sanity
 * Eisregen
 * Emperor
 * Enforcer
 * Ensiferum
 * Enslaved
 * Enthroned
 * Entombed
 * Exciter
 * Exhumed
 * Exmortus
 * Exodus
 * Extreme Noise Terror
 * Exumer

F

 * Falkenbach
 * Fear Factory
 * Finntroll
 * Fleshcrawl
 * Freax

G

 * The Gathering
 * General Surgery
 * God Dethroned
 * Gojira
 * Gorefest
 * Gorgoroth
 * Gorguts
 * Grave
 * Graveland
 * Graveworm

H

 * Hate Eternal
 * Hatesphere
 * Hatriot
 * The Haunted
 * Havok
 * Heathen
 * Hecate Enthroned
 * Hellhammer
 * High on Fire
 * Hirax
 * Holocausto
 * Hypocrisy

I

 * Immolation
 * Immortal
 * Impaled
 * Impaled Nazarene
 * Impetigo
 * In Flames
 * In the Woods...
 * Incantation

K

 * Kalmah
 * Kampfar
 * Kataklysm
 * Katatonia
 * King of Asgard
 * Kreator
 * Krisiun

L

 * Lacuna Coil
 * Lake of Tears
 * Lamb of God
 * Leviathan
 * Lillian Axe
 * Limbonic Art
 * Living Sacrifice
 * Lorna Shore
 * Lord Belial

M

 * Macabre
 * Machine Head
 * Malevolent Creation
 * Marduk
 * Massacre
 * Master's Hammer
 * Mastodon
 * Mayhem
 * Megadeth
 * Mercyful Fate
 * Meshuggah
 * Metallica
 * Monstrosity
 * Moonsorrow
 * Moonspell
 * Morbid Angel
 * Morbid Saint
 * Mortician
 * Municipal Waste
 * My Dying Bride

N

 * Naglfar
 * Nails
 * Napalm Death
 * Nargaroth
 * Nasty Savage
 * Nasum
 * Necrophobic
 * Necrophagist
 * Nevermore
 * Nifelheim
 * Nightrage
 * Nile
 * Nuclear Assault

O

 * Obituary
 * The Old Dead Tree
 * Opera IX
 * Opeth
 * Orphaned Land
 * Overkill

P

 * Pantera
 * Paradise Lost
 * Paradox
 * Pestilence
 * Pig Destroyer
 * Pissgrave
 * Possessed
 * Pungent Stench

R

 * Razor
 * Red Harvest
 * Repulsion
 * Rigor Mortis
 * Rotting Christ

S

 * Sacramentum
 * Sacred Reich
 * Sadus
 * Samael
 * Sarcófago
 * Satanic Slaughter
 * Satyricon
 * Scar Symmetry
 * Scarve
 * Sculptured
 * Sepultura
 * Severe Torture
 * Siebenbürgen
 * Sigh
 * Silentium
 * Sinister
 * Six Feet Under
 * Skeletonwitch
 * Skinless
 * Slayer
 * Sodom
 * Soilwork
 * Solitude Aeturnus
 * Strapping Young Lad
 * Suffocation
 * Symphony of Heaven

T

 * Tankard
 * Terrorizer
 * Testament
 * Therion
 * Tiamat
 * Toxic Holocaust
 * Toxik
 * Triptykon

U

 * Ulver
 * Unleashed

V

 * Vader
 * Venom
 * Vintersorg
 * Violator
 * Virgin Black
 * Vomitory
 * Vreid
 * Vulcano

W

 * Warbringer
 * Watain
 * Whiplash
 * Windir
 * Wolfchant
 * Wolves in the Throne Room

X

 * Xasthur
 * Xentrix

Y

 * Yearning

Z

 * Zyklon