Disclaimer: Listed below are a lot of nu-metal bands which are not widely considered true Metal by the majority of the Metal Community. Some are Awsome, some suck (escape the fate).
A day to remember .
Escape the fate .
Alesana .
Bullet for my valentine .
Atreyu .
SENSES FAIL .
Hawthorne heights .
Killswitch engage.
Scary kids scaring kids .
Avenged sevenfold .
AFI .
BRING ME THE HORIZON .
PARK WAY DRIVE .
DISTURBED.(the best)
System of a down .
Metallica.
Death.
8 foot sativa.
sinate.
Legacy of disorder.
Tainted.
Human.
Second gear grind.
World war 4.
DDD.
Arch enemy.
COB.
Turmoil.
Megadeth.
Slayer.
Testament.
Pantera.
Possessed.
Venom.
Emperor.
Immortal.
Divine Heresy.
Dawn of Azazel
Five finger death punch.
Dyers Eve.
Dimmu Borgir.
Opeth.
Gojira.
Trivium.
Machine Head.
Carnifex.
as blood runs black.
Slipknot
GodsmackJudas PriestIron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Dio
Rainbow
Helloween
Overkill
Motorhead
Diamond Head
Anthrax
Manowar
Ozzy Osbourne
Warlock
Motley Crue
Poison
Vixen
Tesla
KISS
Guns n Roses
Quiet Riot
Whitesnake
Scorpions
Def Leppard
Dokken
Cinderella
W.A.S.P.
Bon Jovi
Heavy metal is a much too broad of a genre to name many Specific bands. Also these are some of the more popular bands, not necessarily the talented ones.
These are a few sub-genre's that are within Heavy Metal:
Nu-Metal:
Thrash Metal:
Death Metal:
(includes sub-genre's: melodic, technical, brutal, grind, gothenburg, and blackened)
Heavy Metal:
Metalcore:
(Includes sub-genre's: math, melodic, and death)
Mathcore-
Melodic Metalcore-
DeathCore-
Glam Metal-
(Also Known as "hair metal" and Pop Metal".Popularized during the late 70's and early 80's)
Classic metal
Heavy rock
Progressive Metal-
Doom metal
Stoner
Grunge
Symphonic Metal-
Alternative Metal-
The Hunting Accident
Yes
Heavy metal. Classic metal to start with, but recently they have gone more towards prog/power metal.
punk, metal, rock, classic rock, alternative, neopunk, gypsy punk, fat punk, butt punk, soft metal, heavy metal, comed and ur butt
They started off as one of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands, but quickly became a Glam Rock band, so the majority of their output really isn't Metal.
The Hunting Accident
Yes
No particular person started heavy metal, rather, certain bands inspired it. Heavy metal evolved from blues rock and psychedelic rock. Bands like Led Zeppelin, Cream, and Deep Purple laid down the groundwork for heavy metal, however, they themselves are not heavy metal. The first band to be considered heavy metal even today is Black Sabbath, who released their first album in 1970.
Heavy metal. Classic metal to start with, but recently they have gone more towards prog/power metal.
punk, metal, rock, classic rock, alternative, neopunk, gypsy punk, fat punk, butt punk, soft metal, heavy metal, comed and ur butt
british bands, they started heavy metal and all they most influencing bands came from england. exp. the who, beatles, stones
They started off as one of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands, but quickly became a Glam Rock band, so the majority of their output really isn't Metal.
i want to say cannibal corpse but I'm not sure
the Smashing Pumpkins were inspires by artists like My Bloody Valentine, The Cure, goth rock, prog rock, and heavy metal bands.
They started out as an Indie metal group; then Mike Kroeger moved to Vancouver and started playing with heavy metal bands, so they were a heavy metal group for a while, however, when they were growing up, they wanted to be a rock n' roll group; Today they are considered a Rock/Alternative group.
This is my opinion, but I, certainly pick rock, metal/heavy metal bands, because they ALWAYS rock on, and have a very, sometimes, shocking face when you see them on TV, or live.
No. Queen is one of the most popular rock bands of all time.