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Leprous
Leprous is a Norwegian progressive rock/metal band from Notodden, formed in 2001 by Einar Solberg and Tor Oddmund Suhrke. Eight studio albums from Tall Poppy Syndrome (2009) to Melodies of Atonement (2024); former live backing band for Ihsahn.
Lex Legion
Lex Legion is a Swedish heavy metal supergroup formed in 2026, reuniting four-fifths of King Diamond's late 1980s lineup (Mikkey Dee, Andy LaRocque, Pete Blakk, Hal Patino) with Pagan's Mind singer Nils K. Rue; their self-titled debut album arrived on MNRK Heavy in June 2026.
Life of Agony
Life of Agony, Brooklyn alternative metal band of Keith Caputo, Joey Z., Alan Robert, and Sal Abruscato; debut River Runs Red (1993, Roadrunner) is a concept album about a troubled young man; over one million albums sold.
Light the Torch
Light the Torch is an American melodic metalcore band from Los Angeles, formerly Devil You Know, formed 2012, fronted by ex-Killswitch Engage singer Howard Jones with Francesco Artusato and Ryan Wombacher; albums Revival (2018) and You Will Be the Death of Me (2021) on Nuclear Blast.
Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit is an American nu-metal band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1994 by Fred Durst and Sam Rivers. Known for Significant Other and Chocolate Starfish, the rap-metal band lost bassist Sam Rivers in 2025 and still tours.
Linea 77
Linea 77 is an Italian nu-metal band formed in 1993 in Venaria Reale, near Turin, named for the bus line to their rehearsal room and known as the first Italian band to play Reading and Leeds.
List of Arch Enemy band members
Arch Enemy band members: Swedish melodic death metal band. Founder Michael Amott is the only constant member; vocalists ran Liiva, Gossow, White-Gluz, and Lauren Hart, with D'Angelo and Erlandsson long-serving.
List of Christian metal artists
Christian metal artists, also called white metal or heavenly metal bands, are heavy metal acts with a Christian message, from pioneers Resurrection Band, Saint, Jerusalem, and Stryper to Mortification, Horde, Antestor, Underoath, and August Burns Red.
List of Dio members
List of Dio members: lineup history of the American heavy metal band Dio (1982-2010), formed by Ronnie James Dio after Black Sabbath, with Vivian Campbell, Jimmy Bain, Vinny Appice, Craig Goldy, and later members.
List of glam metal bands and artists
Glam metal (hair metal, pop metal) band and artist list: performers journalists called glam metal, centered on the 1980s Los Angeles Sunset Strip scene; Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Skid Row, Poison, Def Leppard, with later revival acts like Steel Panther.
List of Megadeth band members
The Megadeth band members are the musicians, led by constant member Dave Mustaine, who have served in the American thrash metal band since its 1983 founding in Los Angeles.
List of metalcore bands
List of metalcore bands: catalogs of groups fusing extreme metal riffs with hardcore punk, defined by the breakdown; key acts include Converge, Killswitch Engage, Parkway Drive, Architects, and August Burns Red.
List of Metallica concert tours
The list of Metallica concert tours covers the American heavy metal band's tours from its first show in 1982 through the M72 World Tour of 2023 to 2026.
List of Napalm Death band members
List of Napalm Death band members: English grindcore band founded 1981 by Nic Bullen and Miles Ratledge; no original members remain, with the stable lineup of Greenway, Embury, Mitch Harris, Herrera and Cooke in place since the early 1990s.
List of nu metal bands
List of nu metal bands: Korn, Limp Bizkit, Deftones, Linkin Park, Slipknot, System of a Down and others, plus revival acts like Tetrarch, Tallah, and Bloodywood, organized by era of the late-1990s metal/hip-hop fusion genre.
List of thrash metal bands
List of thrash metal bands: pioneers (Venom, Overkill, Leather Charm), the Big Four (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax), and scene groupings: Bay Area, Los Angeles, East Coast, Teutonic, Brazil, plus crossover revival bands.
Living Sacrifice
Living Sacrifice is a Christian death metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas, formed in 1989 by D.J. Johnson, Lance Garvin, and Bruce Fitzhugh; known for Slayer-style thrash, death metal albums Nonexistent and Inhabit, and the metalcore pioneer Reborn.
Lo-fi production
Lo-fi production, in black metal also called raw or necro production, is the deliberate use of rough, low-fidelity recording as an aesthetic, exemplified by Darkthrone's Transilvanian Hunger (1994).
Loathe
Loathe are an English experimental heavy metal band from Liverpool, formed in 2014 and signed to SharpTone Records, known for blending metalcore with shoegaze, ambient, and industrial textures.
Lordi
Lordi is a Finnish hard rock/heavy metal band formed in 1992 by Tomi "Mr Lordi" Putaansuu, known for permanent monster costumes. It won Eurovision 2006 in Athens with "Hard Rock Hallelujah" on 292 points, Finland's first win, and has released nineteen studio albums.
Lorna Shore
Lorna Shore is an American deathcore band formed in 2010 in New Jersey, known for symphonic blackened deathcore, the 2021 viral hit "To The Hellfire", vocalist Will Ramos, and albums Pain Remains (2022) and I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me (2025).
Loudness (ラウドネス) (band)
Loudness (ラウドネス) is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in Osaka in 1981 by ex-LAZY members Akira Takasaki and Munetaka Higuchi; first Japanese metal band on a US major label, with Thunder in the East reaching Billboard No. 74.
Loudwire
Loudwire is an American hard rock and heavy metal news website operated by Townsquare Media and published since 2011, with a YouTube channel and the Loudwire Nights radio show.
Machine Head (band)
Machine Head (マシーン・ヘッド), Oakland groove/thrash metal band formed in 1991 by ex-Vio-lence guitarist Robb Flynn; Burn My Eyes (1994) sold 500,000+, eleven albums through UNATØNED (2025) on Nuclear Blast.
Mägo de Oz
Mägo de Oz (also written Mago de Oz) is a Spanish folk metal band from Madrid founded in 1988 by drummer Txus di Fellatio, famous for Celtic-flavored heavy metal, concept albums like Finisterra and the Gaia trilogy, and anthems such as Fiesta Pagana.
Make Them Suffer
Make Them Suffer (Perth, Australia, formed 2008) is a heavy metal band that evolved from deathcore on Neverbloom (2012) to symphonic metalcore, reaching Australian Top 20 with How to Survive a Funeral and releasing a self-titled 2024 album on SharpTone.
Manapart
Manapart: Russian-Armenian nu-metal band formed 2018 in St. Petersburg from a System of a Down cover band, fusing nu metal with Armenian folk melodies; albums Manapart (2020) and Red (2024).
Manowar
Manowar is an American heavy metal band from New York, formed in 1980 by Joey DeMaio and Ross the Boss, known for Battle Hymns, Kings of Metal, epic mythology themes, and the loudest-band Guinness record.
Marduk (band)
Marduk, Swedish black metal band from Norrköping founded 1990 by Morgan Håkansson; fifteen studio albums from Dark Endless (1992) to Memento Mori (2023); war-themed Panzer Division Marduk; labels Osmose, Blooddawn, Century Media.
Martyrdöd
Martyrdöd is a Swedish crust punk and d-beat band formed in Gothenburg in 2001, blending crust with extreme and black metal and left-wing political lyrics.