American metal band
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concept
An American metal band is a musical group from the United States that performs heavy metal music, typically featuring distorted guitars, aggressive rhythms, powerful vocals, and often intense or dark thematic content.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| heavy metal band | 43 |
| American metal band canonical | 5 |
| thrash metal band | 4 |
| American heavy metal band | 2 |
| American metalcore band | 2 |
| American black metal band | 1 |
| American post-metal band | 1 |
| American sludge metal band | 1 |
Instances (59)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Metallica | heavy metal band |
| Black Sabbath | heavy metal band |
| Mastodon | — |
| Iron Maiden | heavy metal band |
| Slayer | thrash metal band |
| Megadeth | thrash metal band |
| Scorpions | heavy metal band |
| Skid Row | heavy metal band |
| System of a Down | heavy metal band |
| Avenged Sevenfold | heavy metal band |
| Disturbed | heavy metal band |
| Meliah Rage | heavy metal band |
| Drowning Pool | heavy metal band |
| Slipknot | heavy metal band |
| Norma Jean | American metalcore band |
| Pantera | heavy metal band |
| Anthrax | thrash metal band |
| Biohazard | heavy metal band |
| Judas Priest | heavy metal band |
|
Judas Priest (as manager)
surface form:
Judas Priest
|
heavy metal band |
| Body Count | heavy metal band |
| Motörhead | heavy metal band |
| Alcatrazz | heavy metal band |
| Kryst the Conqueror | heavy metal band |
| Sevendust | heavy metal band |
|
Motley Crue
surface form:
Mötley Crüe
|
heavy metal band |
| Black Label Society | heavy metal band |
| Saviours | heavy metal band |
| Sepultura | heavy metal band |
| Machine Head | heavy metal band |
| Trivium | heavy metal band |
| DevilDriver | — |
| Fear Factory | heavy metal band |
| Exodus | thrash metal band |
|
Robert Trujillo replaced Jason Newsted
surface form:
Metallica
|
heavy metal band |
| Dio | heavy metal band |
| Heaven & Hell | heavy metal band |
| Geezer Butler Band | heavy metal band |
| Probot | heavy metal band |
| Michael Schenker Group | heavy metal band |
| Damageplan | American heavy metal band |
| Danzig | American heavy metal band |
| Sun Red Sun | heavy metal band |
| Twisted Sister | heavy metal band |
|
Chris Jericho
surface form:
Fozzy
|
heavy metal band |
| Quiet Riot | heavy metal band |
| Dokken | heavy metal band |
| Rough Cutt | heavy metal band |
| Crowbar | American sludge metal band |
| Jasta | — |