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Parabellum (group)
Parabellum was a Colombian extreme metal band from Medellín, active in the 1980s, regarded as Colombia's first extreme metal band and pioneer of ultra metal.
Paradise Lost (band)
Paradise Lost are an English gothic metal and death/doom band formed in Halifax in 1988, pioneers via 1991's Gothic, with over two million albums sold and 17 albums through Ascension (2025).
Parkway Drive
Parkway Drive: Australian metalcore band formed in Byron Bay in 2003; five members; seven Epitaph albums from Killing With A Smile (2005) to Darker Still (2022); four ARIA number-one albums and a 2025 Sydney Opera House show.
Party Cannon
Party Cannon: Scottish slam/brutal death metal band formed 2010 in Dunfermline, Fife, self-styled 'Party Slam'. Albums include Partied In Half (2013 EP), Volumes of Vomit, Injuries Are Inevitable (2024, Unique Leader); known for balloon logo and inflatables.
Patriarkh (ПАТРИАРХЪ)
Patriarkh (Патриархь) is the Polish black metal band formed in 2024 from Bartłomiej Krysiuk's Batushka after a court ruling; its debut concept album Prorok Ilja (2025, Napalm Records) chronicles the prophet Eliasz Klimowicz.
PeelingFlesh
PeelingFlesh is an American slam death metal band formed in 2021 in Oklahoma City, known for mixing brutal death metal with hip-hop samples and mixtape-style releases.
Pentagram (band)
Pentagram, the American doom metal band from Arlington, Virginia formed in 1971 (not the Turkish Mezarkabul), fronted by Bobby Liebling; debut album 1985 (Relentless), pioneers with Saint Vitus and Trouble.
Periphery (band)
Periphery is an American progressive metal band formed in 2005 in Washington, D.C., by Misha Mansoor from his Bulb project, known for djent-style guitar work, albums Periphery through A Pale White Dot, and the 3DOT Recordings label.
Pestilence (band)
Pestilence is a Dutch death metal band formed in Enschede in 1986 by Patrick Mameli; its classic albums Consuming Impulse, Testimony of the Ancients, and Spheres made it a pioneer of technical death metal.
Phinehas (band)
Phinehas: American Christian melodic metalcore band formed 2001 in La Mirada, California; albums Thegodmachine (2011), Till the End (2015), Dark Flag (2017), The Fire Itself (2021); known for guitar solos and faith-based lyrics.
Pierce the Veil
Pierce the Veil is a San Diego post-hardcore band formed in 2006 by brothers Vic and Mike Fuentes after Before Today; five albums, the Gold single King for a Day, and the 2025 I Can't Hear You Tour distinguish it from namesakes.
Plasmatics
Plasmatics: New York punk-metal band formed 1977 by Wendy O. Williams and Rod Swenson, debuted at CBGB 1978, albums New Hope for the Wretched through Maggots, banned in London, 1981 Milwaukee obscenity trial.
Plini
Plini, born Plini Roessler-Holgate in Sydney, Australia in 1992, is an Australian guitarist and producer of instrumental progressive metal who has self-released three studio albums without a label or manager.
Poison (band)
Poison: American glam metal band formed 1983 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (briefly Paris), moved to Los Angeles 1984. Classic lineup Michaels, DeVille, Dall, Rockett; hits Talk Dirty to Me and Every Rose Has Its Thorn; seven studio albums.
Poison Ruïn
Poison Ruïn (also styled Poison Ruin) is a Philadelphia punk band formed in 2020 by Mac Kennedy, blending anarcho punk, dungeon synth, and black metal with medieval imagery; albums Härvest (2023) and Hymns From the Hills (2026) on Relapse Records.
Political views and activism of Rage Against the Machine
Political views and activism of Rage Against the Machine: the American rap-metal band's left-wing, anti-establishment politics, Zapatista solidarity, PMRC and SNL protests, prisoner advocacy, and Tom Morello's continued activism.
Possessed (band)
Possessed: San Francisco death/thrash metal band formed 1983; regarded as the first death metal band. Seven Churches (1985) and its song "Death Metal" named and defined the genre; Jeff Becerra leads the 2007-reformed band.
Power Trip (band)
Power Trip is a Dallas, Texas crossover thrash band formed in 2008, known for Manifest Decimation (2013) and Nightmare Logic (2017) on Southern Lord, a Grammy-nominated Executioner's Tax, vocalist Riley Gale's 2020 death, and a 2023 return with Seth Gilmore.
Powerman 5000
Powerman 5000 (PM5K), Boston electro-metal and nu metal band fronted by Spider One (Michael Cummings), Rob Zombie's younger brother; platinum 1999 album Tonight the Stars Revolt!, hits When Worlds Collide and Bombshell.
Powerwolf
Powerwolf is a German heavy metal band formed around 2004, fronted by Romanian classically trained vocalist Attila Dorn, known for werewolf and religious-history lyrics, church organ, corpse paint, German chart-topping albums, and 2026 Wembley Arena and Wacken headlining shows.
President (band)
President is an anonymous English metalcore band known for its masked members and political visual language. The group achieved rapid growth after its 2025 debut.
Primordial
Primordial is an Irish extreme metal band from Skerries, County Dublin, formed in 1987, blending black metal, doom, and traditional Celtic melody across eleven albums.
Probot
Probot was Dave Grohl's one-off metal side project: he wrote and recorded instrumentals, and vocalists like Lemmy, Cronos, Max Cavalera, and King Diamond added lyrics. Self-titled album released February 10, 2004 on Southern Lord.
Profound Lore Records
Profound Lore Records is a Canadian independent record label specializing in extreme metal, founded by Chris Bruni in May 2004 and based in the Kitchener, Ontario area.
ProgPower USA
ProgPower USA is an annual progressive metal and power metal festival in Atlanta, Georgia, held since 2001 and known for hosting European bands' first US appearances.
Prong (band)
Prong, New York metal band formed 1986 at CBGB, led by Tommy Victor. Known for Beg to Differ, Cleansing (1994, Snap Your Fingers Snap Your Neck), State of Emergency (2023), and self-titled album due November 6, 2026 on Napalm Records.
Prosthetic Records
Prosthetic Records is an American independent heavy metal record label founded in Los Angeles in 1998 by E.J. Johantgen and Dan Fitzgerald, known for Lamb of God and Animals as Leaders.
Protest the Hero
Protest the Hero, formerly Happy Go Lucky, is a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario, formed 1999. Six albums from Kezia (2005) to the fully independent Within (2026); Fortress went Gold in Canada; five Juno nominations, one win.
Psycho Synner
Psycho Synner, also known as Psychosexual, was Jeremy Spencer's American metal band, active roughly 2020 to 2023, known for releasing nine albums in one day in November 2021 and later renaming itself The Light.
Psychonaut 4
Psychonaut 4 is a Georgian depressive black metal band formed in Tbilisi in 2010, blending black metal with rock and post-punk, known for drug-themed lyrics, the Lifelover influence, and albums like Have a Nice Trip and ...Of Mourning.