Argentina (6 bands)
Featured: Warcry, La Maquina De Hacer Pájaros, Horcas
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Armenia (1 bands)
Featured: Këkht Aräkh
Australia (86 bands)
Featured: AC/DC, S3RL, Parkway Drive
Austria (13 bands)
Featured: Visions of Atlantis, Belphegor, Warkings
Bahamas (1 bands)
Featured: Sebastian Bach
Belgium (11 bands)
Featured: Lords Of Acid, Front 242, Amenra
Brazil (24 bands)
Featured: Sepultura, ANGRA, Os Mutantes
Canada (129 bands)
Featured: Nickelback, Three Days Grace, Neil Young
Chile (4 bands)
Featured: Ronnie Romero, Bewitched, El Siempreterno
China (2 bands)
Featured: Shanghai Treason, Re-TROS
Croatia (1 bands)
Featured: Sjenovik
Cuba (primarily associated) (1 bands)
Featured: Cienfuegos
Czech Republic (2 bands)
Featured: Znouzectnost, Ingrowing
Denmark (30 bands)
Featured: Volbeat, D-A-D, Siamese
East Germany (1 bands)
Featured: Die Skeptiker
England (raised in Canada; Devin Townsend is associated with Canada) (1 bands)
Featured: Devin Townsend Band
Europe (1 bands)
Featured: Leæther Strip
Europe (likely France/Parisian sphere; exact place uncertain) (1 bands)
Featured: Arzachel
Finland (69 bands)
Featured: Nightwish, HIM, Apocalyptica
France (39 bands)
Featured: Gojira, NOVELISTS, Alcest
Georgia (1 bands)
Featured: Psychonaut 4
Germany (197 bands)
Featured: Rammstein, Scorpions, Scooter
Germany / Scandinavia-based collective (international members) (1 bands)
Featured: Heilung
Greece (9 bands)
Featured: Rotting Christ, Elysion, Septicflesh
HR (1 bands)
Featured: Animal Drive
Hungary (2 bands)
Featured: Paddy And The Rats, Tormentor
Iceland (8 bands)
Featured: Jónsi, Sólstafir, Kælan Mikla
India (3 bands)
Featured: Pranav.Wav, Skyharbor, Demonic Resurrection
Indonesia (3 bands)
Featured: Sekta Core, The Trees & The Wild , Siksa Kubur
International (1 bands)
Featured: Roadrunner United
Ireland (21 bands)
Featured: Fontaines D.C., Thin Lizzy, The High Kings
Italy (45 bands)
Featured: Lacuna Coil, Wind Rose, Rhapsody
Jamaica (1 bands)
Featured: The Skatalites
Japan (29 bands)
Featured: ELLEGARDEN, toe, Dead Fish
Lithuania (1 bands)
Featured: Archgoat
Mexico (11 bands)
Featured: Siddhartha, Hello Seahorse!, Hocico
Mexico (Latin American extreme metal scene) (1 bands)
Featured: Brujeria
Moldova (1 bands)
Featured: Infected Rain
Netherlands (38 bands)
Featured: Within Temptation, Epica, Delain
New Zealand (4 bands)
Featured: The Cramps, Ulcerate, Saving Grace
Northern Ireland (4 bands)
Featured: The Irish Rovers, The Undertones, The Answer
Norway (78 bands)
Featured: Wardruna, Mayhem, Dimmu Borgir
Not publicly confirmed (insufficient verified information) (1 bands)
Featured: Grave Pleasures
Not publicly confirmed in the provided sources (1 bands)
Featured: Squirtgun
Not publicly documented (insufficient verifiable information) (1 bands)
Featured: Stereo Wall
Not publicly documented in available sources (1 bands)
Featured: Revolution Renaissance
Not publicly established in reliable sources (1 bands)
Featured: Melotron
Not publicly verified (1 bands)
Featured: Lost Sounds
Not publicly verified in reliable sources (1 bands)
Featured: Doomriders
Not reliably confirmed in available public sources (1 bands)
Featured: Vredehammer
Not reliably documented (1 bands)
Featured: Icefish
Not reliably documented in accessible sources (1 bands)
Featured: Crimpshrine
Not reliably documented in available public sources (1 bands)
Featured: Argyle Park
Not reliably documented in available sources (2 bands)
Featured: Helios, The Witch Trials
Not reliably verifiable from the provided information (1 bands)
Featured: Lich King
PE (1 bands)
Featured: Voz Propia
Philippines (1 bands)
Featured: Chicosci
Poland (15 bands)
Featured: Behemoth, Riverside, Kazik Na Żywo
Portugal (5 bands)
Featured: Karmanjakah, Moonspell, Analepsy
Puerto Rico (1 bands)
Featured: El Mental
Romania (2 bands)
Featured: Transilvania, Negură Bunget
Russia (9 bands)
Featured: Kino, Slaughter to Prevail, Alex Terrible
Serbia (2 bands)
Featured: Ana Popovic, David Maxim Micic
Singapore (1 bands)
Featured: Rudra
Slovenia (1 bands)
Featured: Laibach
South Africa (1 bands)
Featured: Seether
South Korea (1 bands)
Featured: Seotaiji
Spain (27 bands)
Featured: Mägo de Oz, Ska-P, La Polla Records
Sweden (128 bands)
Featured: Sabaton, Ghost, Europe
Switzerland (15 bands)
Featured: Paleface Swiss, Eluveitie, Lacrimosa
The Netherlands (1 bands)
Featured: On Thorns I Lay
Turkey (3 bands)
Featured: She Past Away, Moğollar, Hateen
UK (formed internationally as a supergroup) (1 bands)
Featured: Transatlantic
UK / Israel (project origins through Steven Wilson and Aviv Geffen) (1 bands)
Featured: Blackfield
USA (formed in the U.S.) (1 bands)
Featured: Good Charlotte
Ukraine (8 bands)
Featured: Jinjer, Stoned Jesus, Drudkh
United Kingdom (498 bands)
Featured: Fleetwood Mac, Radiohead, Queen
United States (1919 bands)
Featured: Linkin Park, Metallica, Green Day
Unknown (63 bands)
Featured: Witchouse 40k, Submersed, Glyders
Unknown (insufficient reliable public information) (1 bands)
Featured: Christ Inversion
Unknown (insufficient verifiable information) (1 bands)
Featured: The Acoustic Hippies From Hell
Unknown (name used by multiple electronic acts) (1 bands)
Featured: Nitro
Unknown (no reliable public data found) (1 bands)
Featured: A Canorous Quintet
Unknown (not reliably available in provided information) (1 bands)
Featured: The Cynics
Unknown (not reliably documented in available sources) (1 bands)
Featured: Systematic
Unknown (not reliably documented in the provided context) (1 bands)
Featured: Ok Goodnight
Unknown (not reliably documented) (1 bands)
Featured: Tethra
Unknown (not reliably specified in common public sources) (1 bands)
Featured: MDFMK
Unknown (not reliably verifiable from available public sources) (1 bands)
Featured: Solution .45
Unknown (not reliably verified) (1 bands)
Featured: The Disaster Area
Unknown (public origin details not reliably documented) (1 bands)
Featured: Lord Mantis
Unknown (publicly unconfirmed) (1 bands)
Featured: Violet Cold
Unknown (requires act verification) (1 bands)
Featured: Thunderforge
Unverified; insufficient specific public data (1 bands)
Featured: Storm Seeker
Various cities across Europe (1 bands)
Featured: Exit Eden
Various locations in the USA (1 bands)
Featured: L.S. Dunes
Various members from different locations in the USA (1 bands)
Featured: Only Crime
West Germany (2 bands)
Featured: Gamma Ray, Ash Ra Tempel
West Germany (Germany) (1 bands)
Featured: Nico
XG (1 bands)
Featured: FIRST ARSCH
XW (1 bands)
Featured: The Ferrymen
ZA (1 bands)
Featured: The Awakening
Zambia (1 bands)
Featured: WITCH
reliable information available about the artist entry 'Default' to state a factual origin. (1 bands)
Featured: Default
unknown (1 bands)
Featured: Christ Agony
with French creative influence) (1 bands)
Featured: FFS
Россия (1 bands)
Featured: ХАРА