Metal Genealogy Map
Metal Genealogy Map
Most of us know of the most recent bands, but what of the bands that inspired those musicians to create the music we bang our heads too? This Metal Genealogy Map illustrates exactly how your favorite metal genre was formed. How Metal has evolved into what it is today.
We’ll take a look at the whole Metal Genealogy Map make up on this page. The above flow-chart graphic shows how the genres have started.
Here is a bigger version of the Heavy Metal Genealogy Chart!
Here is our Heavy Metal Timeline below.
Metal Subgenres:
- Early Metal (1966−1971)
First Level
- Original Hard Rock (1974−1979)
- Shock Rock (1968−1983)
- Power Metal (1976−present)
- Early Punk (1976−1979)
- Original Hardcore (1980−1986)
Second Level
- Glam Metal (1973−1990)
- Pop Metal (1978−present)
- Progressive Metal (1970−present)
- New Wave of British Heavy Metal (1979−1983)
- Thrash Metal (1983−present)
- First Wave of Black Metal (1981−1986)
Third Level
- Industrial Metal (1988−present)
- Stoner Metal (1982−present)
- Grunge (1988−1994)
- Death Metal (1985−present)
- Grindcore (1987−present)
- Norwegian Black Metal (1990−present)
Fourth Level
- Hard Alternative (1985−present)
- Goth Metal (1990−present)
- Nu Metal (1994−present)
- Metalcore (1985−present)
- Swedish Death Metal (1990−present)
Fifth Level
- New Wave of American Metal (2000−present)
Metal Genealogy Map
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With all the different genres and more being spliced together we’ll have to revise this Metal Genealogy Map soon. As it is always changing with each new genre added and merged. This Metal Genealogy Map ever changing!
Metal Genealogy Map
