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Downfall of Gaia
Downfall of Gaia is a German blackened crust and post-black metal band formed in 2008 in Hanover, now based partly in New York and signed to Metal Blade Records.
DragonForce
DragonForce: London-founded (1999) British power metal band by Herman Li and Sam Totman, ex-DragonHeart, famous for Inhuman Rampage and 'Through the Fire and Flames' from Guitar Hero III; new frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz.
Dream Theater
Dream Theater: American progressive metal band formed 1985 at Berklee as Majesty; 16 studio albums, Images and Words breakthrough, Portnoy return 2023, Parasomnia 2025, Grammy winner.
Drone metal
Drone metal is a marginal, largely underground heavy metal subgenre first emerging in the early 1990s, built on sustained drones, extreme slowness, repetition, down-tuned distorted guitars, and maximum volume.
Drowning Pool
Drowning Pool is a Dallas, Texas nu metal band formed in 1996, famous for the 2001 platinum album Sinner and single Bodies. After vocalist Dave Williams died in 2002, singers Jason Jones, Ryan McCombs, and Jasen Moreno fronted the band.
Dust Bolt
Dust Bolt is a German thrash metal band from Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, formed by schoolmates around 2006, with five studio albums including Sound & Fury (2024).
Dying Fetus
Dying Fetus, American brutal death metal/grindcore band formed 1991 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland; also called deathgrind. John Gallagher is the sole constant member; nine albums including Destroy the Opposition (2000) and Make Them Beg for Death (2023) on Relapse Records.
Early Norwegian black metal scene
The early Norwegian black metal scene, also known as the Black metal inner circle, was an early 1990s Oslo-based scene centered on Euronymous, Mayhem, and Helvete.
Earth (American band)
Earth (American band), Olympia, Washington drone metal pioneers led by Dylan Carlson; Earth 2 (1993, Sub Pop) created drone metal, inspiring Sunn O))), Boris, Om, and Khanate; later Hex-era Americana style.
Earthless
Earthless is an American instrumental psychedelic rock trio from San Diego, California, formed in 2001, known for long, largely improvised jams drawing on Krautrock and stoner metal.
Edguy
Edguy is a German power metal band formed in Fulda in February 1992 by teenage Tobias Sammet, Jens Ludwig, Dirk Sauer, and Dominik Storch; known for Theater of Salvation, Mandrake, later hard rock leanings, and Sammet's Avantasia project.
Eighteen Visions
Eighteen Visions is an American metalcore and hard rock band from Orange County, California, formed around 1995 and credited with shaping the early-2000s fashioncore image.
Eisbrecher
Eisbrecher is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band formed in 2003 by Alexx Wesselsky and Noel Pix, known for German-language vocals over electronics and guitar.
Eivor
Eivør Pálsdóttir, who records as Eivør, is a Faroese singer whose folk-rooted, guttural vocal style spans folk, electronica, and metal; she won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 2021.
Elder (band)
Elder is an American heavy rock band formed in Massachusetts in the mid-2000s, known for moving from stoner doom to long progressive albums like Lore (2015).
Electric Callboy
Electric Callboy, formerly Eskimo Callboy until the 2022 rename, is a German electronicore band formed in 2010 in Castrop-Rauxel, fusing metalcore with EDM. Known for Tekkno (2022), Tanzneid (2026), Hypa Hypa, and RATATATA with Babymetal.
Electric Wizard
Electric Wizard: English doom metal band formed 1993 in Dorset, England, also briefly known as Thy Grief Eternal and Eternal; name from Black Sabbath's "Electric Funeral" and "The Wizard"; landmark albums Come My Fanatics... and Dopethrone.
Eluveitie
Eluveitie is a Swiss folk metal band formed in Basel in 2002 by Chrigel Glanzmann; the Gaulish name refers to the Helvetii. Nine albums, from Spirit (2006) to Ànv (2025), blend melodic death metal with Celtic folk instruments.
Elvenking (band)
Elvenking is an Italian folk/power metal band formed October 1997 in Sacile, Pordenone, by guitarists Aydan and Jarpen. Led by vocalist Damna since 1998 (minus 2002–2004), it signed to AFM Records after its 2000 demo and has released twelve albums, including the Heathenreel debut and the Reader of the Runes trilogy.
Emigrate (band)
Emigrate is the English-language industrial metal side project of Rammstein guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe, formed 2005 in Germany, with four albums (2007, 2014, 2018, 2021) and no touring.
Emmure
Emmure is an American metalcore band formed in 2003 in New Fairfield, Connecticut, fronted by sole constant member Frankie Palmeri. Known for nu-metal-inflected deathcore, eight albums on Victory and SharpTone, and the 2015 mass lineup exodus.
Endseeker
Endseeker is a German death metal band from Hamburg, formed in 2014, known for its Swedish old-school HM-2 sound and albums on Metal Blade Records.
Ensiferum
Ensiferum (Latin for 'sword bearer') is a Finnish folk metal band founded in Helsinki in 1995 by Markus Toivonen, blending melodic death metal with kantele and folk instrumentation across nine studio albums from Ensiferum (2001) to Winter Storm (2024).
Enslaved (band)
Enslaved is a Norwegian progressive black/Viking metal band formed in Haugesund in 1991 by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson; sixteen albums through Heimdal (2023), with Mið announced, plus multiple Spellemannprisen awards.
Enterprise Earth
Enterprise Earth is a technical deathcore band from Spokane, Washington, formed in 2014 by Dan Watson of Infant Annihilator and guitarist BJ Sampson, named for conspiracy-theory research.
Entheos
Entheos is an American progressive deathcore band, self-styled "death fusion," formed in 2015 in Santa Cruz, California, and centered on vocalist Chaney Crabb and drummer Navene Koperweis.
Enthroned
Enthroned is a Belgian black metal band formed in Namur in 1993, combining traditional black metal with technical death metal, with guitarist and vocalist Nornagest its sole constant member since 1995.
Entombed (band)
Entombed: Swedish death metal band from Stockholm formed 1989 from Nihilist; Left Hand Path (1990) and Clandestine (1991) defined the buzzsaw Sunlight sound; Wolverine Blues (1993) launched death 'n' roll; later split into Entombed A.D.
Epica (band)
Epica: Dutch symphonic metal band, also originally named Sahara Dust, formed 2002 in Reuver by ex-After Forever guitarist Mark Jansen with singer Simone Simons; nine albums through Aspiral (2025).
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus is the debut album by Swedish band Candlemass, released in 1986, whose title coined the name of the epic doom metal genre it founded.