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Pages in category "Japanese heavy metal musical groups" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Domestic metal saw its commercial peak in Japan in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with the top acts selling millions of records. Many metal bands from the visual kei scene toured and gained recognition in the West in the 2000s. The 2010s saw a boom of all-female metal bands form and gain mainstream attention.
This list tries to include all artists/bands from all genres originating from Japan. This list does not include artists/bands who perform in Japanese but are of different origin. Contents:
This is a list of heavy metal artists from the formative years of the movement (formed between 1963 and 1981). For bands formed after 1981, please consult the lists for each heavy metal subgenre. In the late 1960s, a number of bands began pushing the limits of blues rock into a new genre which would be called heavy metal.
This is a List of Japanese musical groups that debuted in the 2010s. ... Ultra Girl (band) Up Up Girls Kakko Kari; 2013. All City Steppers; AŌP; Ayumikurikamaki;
One of Finland's best selling artists of all time, incorporating power metal and melodic death metal. [53] Chinchilla: Germany: 1988–present: A band with a reputation of being serious heavy performers, despite their ironic band name. [5] Circle II Circle: United States: 2001–present: Formed by former Savatage lead vocalist, Zachary Stevens ...
A new generation of thrash metal bands emerged in the early 2000s, drawing lyrical and visual inspiration from the older groups. [10] [11] Thrash metal was an inspiration for later extreme genres such as death metal and black metal. This list also includes certain bands which belong to the first wave of black metal.
Aion are considered to be important to the formation of visual kei, credited as being one of the bands to start the movement in the early '80s. [1] They were also one of the most successful Japanese metal bands of the early '90s, charting on the Oricon music chart and touring with big bands such as Luna Sea. As of 2010 they have released 15 ...