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This is an alphabetical list of metal songs and albums that inspired the names of other artists.

While comparable lists often focus on the band name and explain its origin, this list turns the point of view and presents the influential albums and songs that were the basis for the inspiration of other artists and therefore highlights their general impact.

Please feel free to suggest more (MS listed) metal/hard rock examples.

SUMMARY
BANDS THAT INFLUENCED SEVERAL OTHER ARTIST NAMES WITH THEIR WORK

1st Place (14):
Black Sabbath

2nd Place (7):
Judas Priest

3rd Place (4):
Morbid Angel, Venom

4th Place (3):
Celtic Frost, Metallica

5th Place (2):
Cynic, Darkthrone, Deftones, Iron Maiden, Kreator, Motรถrhead



SUMMARY
ALBUMS THAT INFLUENCED THE NAMES OF SEVERAL OTHER ARTISTS

1st Place (3):
Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath),
Ride The Lightning (Metallica), Altars Of Madness (Morbid Angel), Welcome To Hell (Venom)

2nd Place (2):
Paranoid (Black Sabbath), Master Of Reality (Black Sabbath), Mob Rules (Black Sabbath), To Mega Therion (Celtic Frost), Focus (Cynic), Sin After Sin (Judas Priest), Stained Class (Judas Priest), Pleasure To Kill (Kreator)


[Updated: 22.04.2024]

Created by: Plattner | 10.03.2023


1. Amebix - No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings
The song WINTER (released as single in 1983 and re-released on compilations) inspired the name of the group WINTER
2. Anathema - Alternative 4
The album title ALTERNATIVE 4 inspired the name of the group ALTERNATIVE 4 (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups)
3. Arch Enemy - Black Earth
The album title BLACK EARTH inspired the name of the group BLACK EARTH (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups)
4. Architects - Ruin
The song NORTH LANE inspired the name of thr group NORTHLANE
5. Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
The song EQUIMANTHORN inspired the name of the group EQUIMANTHORN
6. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
The song A BIT OF FINGER / SLEEPING VILLAGE inspired the name of the group SLEEPING VILLAGE
7. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
The album inspired the name of Zakk Wylde's supergroup ZAKK SABBATH.
8. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
The song THE WIZARD inspired one part of the name of the group ELECTRIC WIZARD (the other part is taken from Electric Funeral of the Paranoid album)
9. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
The song ELECTRIC FUNERAL inspired one part of the name of the group ELECTRIC WIZARD (the other part is taken from The Wizard of the Black Sabbath album)
10. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
The song IRON MAN inspired the name of the group IRON MAN
11. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
The album title inspired the name of the group MASTERS OF REALITY
12. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
The song AFTER FOREVER inspired the name of the group AFTER FOREVER
13. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4
The song ST. VITUS`S DANCE inspired the name of the group SAINT VITUS
14. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
The song SPIRAL ARCHITECT inspired the name of the group SPIRAL ARCHITECT
15. Black Sabbath - Sabotage
The album title SABOTAGE inspired the name of the group SABOTAGE (from Sweden)
16. Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
The album/song title HEAVEN AND HELL inspired the name of the group HEAVEN AND HELL (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups)
17. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
The album/song title THE MOB RULES inspired the name of the group MOB RULES
18. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
The song title THE SIGN OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS inspired the name of the group THE SIGN OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS
19. Black Sabbath - Tyr
According to Heri Joesen, the album cover influenced the rune logo style of the band TYR.
20. Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos
The song ALL THAT REMAINS inspired the name of the group ALL THAT REMAINS
21. Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding
The song STARING THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD inspired the name of the group THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD
22. Carcass - Heartwork
The song CARNAL FORGE inspired the name of the group CARNAL FORGE
23. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
The album title inspired the recent name of the group THERION
24. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
The title and lyrics of the song JEWEL THRONE, together with the title of the underground metal magazine Blackthorn, inspired the name of the group DARKTHRONE
25. Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium
The song SORROWS OF THE MOON inspired the name of the band MOONSORROW
26. Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
The song BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT inspired the name of the group BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups)
27. Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire
The album/song title FROST AND FIRE inspired the name of the group CELTIC FROST
28. Corvus Corax - Tanzwut
The album/song title TANZWUT inspired the name of the group TANZWUT (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups)
29. Cynic - Focus
The song VEIL OF MAYA inspired the name of the group VEIL OF MAYA
30. Cynic - Focus
The song TEXTURES inspired the name of the group TEXTURES
31. Dark Angel - We Have Arrived
The song MERCILESS DEATH inspired the name of the group MERCILESS DEATH
32. Darkthrone - Thulcandra
The demo/song title [which itself is based on the 1938 science fiction novel Out Of The Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis, where Thulcandra is another name for the Earth] inspired the name of the group THULCANDRA
33. Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
The lines "United by hate/The final superjoint ritual ...." of the song THE PAGAN WINTER inspired the name of the group SUPERJOINT RITUAL
34. David Coverdale - White Snake
The song WHITESNAKE inspired the name of the group WHITESNAKE (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups)
35. Deftones - White Pony
The song KNIFE PARTY inspired the name of the group KNIFE PARTY
36. Deftones - Around The Fur
The lines "Soulfly/Fly high/Soulfly/Fly free" from the song HEADUP inspired the name of the group SOULFLY
37. Dio - Dream Evil
The album title inspired the name of the group DREAM EVIL
38. Dominus - Vol.Beat
The album title inspired the name of the group VOLBEAT (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups)
39. Ebonylake - On The Eve Of The Grimly Inventive
The song AN AUTUMN TO CRIPPLE CHILDREN inspired the name of the group AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN
40. Erben Der Schรถpfung - Twilight
The song ELIS inspired the name of the group ELIS (Please note the lineup overlap between these groups)
41. Exodus - Bonded By Blood
The album title inspired the name of the group BONDED BY BLOOD
42. Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
The album title inspired the name of the group BLIND GUARDIAN (who were called Lucifer's Heritage before)
43. Fields Of The Nephilim - Elizium
The song AT THE GATES OF SILENT MEMORY inspired the name of the group AT THE GATES
44. Godflesh - Hymns
The song title JESU inspired the name of the group JESU (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups)
45. Gorguts - Obscura
The album title inspired the name of the group OBSCURA
46. Halestorm - The Strange Case Of...
The song LOVE BITES (SO DO I) inspired the name of the group LOVEBITES
47. Immortal - Suffocate
The song ENSLAVED IN ROT inspired the name of the group ENSLAVED
48. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
The song SANCTUARY inspired the name of the group SANCTUARY
49. Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying
The song TAIL GUNNER inspired the name of the group TAILGUNNER
50. Iron Monkey - Iron Monkey
The lyrics of the song BIG LOADER ("Coughinโ€ฒ up a load / And your father / Crippled black Phoenix / Never fed") inspired the name of the group CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX
51. Judas Priest - British Steel
The song THE RAGE inspired the name of the group RAGE
52. Judas Priest - Killing Machine (Hell Bent For Leather)
The song RUNNING WILD inspired the name of the group RUNNING WILD
53. Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
The song SINNER inspired the name of the group SINNER
54. Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
The song STARBREAKER inspired the name of the group STARBREAKER
55. Judas Priest - Stained Class
The song EXCITER inspired the name of the group EXCITER
56. Judas Priest - Stained Class
The song SAVAGE inspired the name of the group SAVAGE
57. Judas Priest - Turbo
The song TURBO LOVER inspired the name of the group THE TURBO LOVERS
58. Kamelot - Epica
The album title inspired the name of the group EPICA
59. Killing Joke - Night Time
The song LOVE LIKE BLOOD inspired the name of the group LOVE LIKE BLOOD
60. KISS - Unmasked
The song NAKED CITY inspired the name of the group NAKED CITY
61. Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
The song THE PESTILENCE inspired the name of the group PESTILENCE
62. Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
The song RIPPING CORPSE inspired the name of the group RIPPING CORPSE
63. Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun
The song GREEN MACHINE inspired the name of the group GREENMACHINE
64. Marduk - Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered
The album title inspired the name of the group HEAVEN SHALL BURN
65. Massacre - From Beyond
The song CORPSEGRINDER (which is a cover of a Death song from their Reign Of Terror demo) inspired the name of the group CORPSE GRINDER (Brazil)
66. Melvins - Bullhead
The song BORIS inspired the name of the group BORIS
67. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
The song CREEPING DEATH inspired the name of the group CREEPING DEATH
68. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
The line "Growing darkness taking dawn.." of the song FADE TO BLACK inspired the name of the group TAKING DAWN
69. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
The song TRAPPED UNDER ICE inspired the name of the group TRAPPED UNDER ICE
70. Misfits - Walk Among Us
The song HATE BREEDERS inspired the name of the group HATEBREED
71. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
The song SUFFOCATION inspired the name of the group SUFFOCATION
72. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
The song BLASPHEMY inspired the name of the group BLASPHEMY
73. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
The song CHAPEL OF GHOULS inspired the one part of the name of the group CHAPEL OF DISEASE
74. Morbid Angel - Covenant
The song ANGEL OF DISEASE inspired the one part of the name of the group CHAPEL OF DISEASE
75. Motรถrhead - Another Perfect Day
The song DANCING ON YOUR GRAVE inspired the name of the group SEPULTURA (which is Portuguese for grave)
76. Motรถrhead - Overkill
The album title inspired the name of the group OVERKILL
77. Naked City - Naked City
The song FUCK THE FACTS inspired the name of the group FUCK THE FACTS
78. Paradise Lost - Host
The album/song title HOST inspired the name of the group HOST (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups)
79. Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In
The lines "`Cause Baby We`ll Be / At The Drive-in / In The Old Manยดs Ford" from the song TALK DIRTY TO ME inspired the name of the group AT THE DRIVE-IN
80. Queensrรฟche - Operation: Mindcrime
The album title inspired the name of the group OPERATION: MINDCRIME (Please note the partial lineup overlap between these groups)
81. Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
The song MAN ON THE SILVER MOUNTAIN inspired the name of the group SILVER MOUNTAIN
82. Rush - Clockwork Angels
The song HALO EFFECT inspired the name of the group THE HALO EFFECT
83. Sabbat (JPN) - Evoke
The song METALUCIFER AND EVILUCIFER inspired the name of the group METALUCIFER
84. Slayer - Reign In Blood
The song NECROPHOBIC inspired the name of the group NECROPHOBIC
85. Slipknot - Iowa
The album title inspired the name of the group IOWA
86. Swans - Filth
The song WEAKLING inspired the name of the group WEAKLING
87. The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
The album title inspired the name of the group THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT
88. The Haunted - The Haunted Made Me Do It
The song BURY YOUR DEAD inspired the name of the group BURY YOUR DEAD
89. Thy Serpent - Forest Of Witchery
The song WINE FROM TEARS inspired the name of the group WINE FROM TEARS
90. Trouble - Manic Frustration
The song MEMORY'S GARDEN inspired the name of the group MEMORY GARDEN
91. Type O Negative - World Coming Down
The song LUNG inspired the name of the group GREEN LUNG
92. Unearth - The Oncoming Storm
The lines "Growing wings of sorrow/Have brought you to the winds of plague" from the song ENDLESS inspired the name of the group WINDS OF PLAGUE
93. Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
It has been reported that the friends Jon Schaffer and Hansi Kรผrsch were nicknamed "Demons and Angels" by Schaffer`s wife. Kรผrsch changed this to DEMONS & WIZARDS in reference to the Uriah Heep album.
94. Venom - Welcome To Hell
The song ANGEL DUST inspired the name of the German group ANGEL DUST
95. Venom - Welcome To Hell
The song ONE THOUSAND DAYS IN SODOM inspired the name of the group SODOM
96. Venom - Welcome To Hell
The song MAYHEM WITH MERCY inspired the name of the group MAYHEM
97. Venom - Black Metal
The song COUNTESS BATHORY inspired the name of the group BATHORY
98. Voivod - Rrrรถรถรถaaarrr
The song KORGรœL THE EXTERMINATOR inspired the name of the group KORGรœL THE EXTERMINATOR
99. VON - Satanic Blood
The song WATAIN inspired the name of the group WATAIN
100. Warlord - And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun...
The lines "The Hammer Will Fall On You... " from the song LUCIFER'S HAMMER inspired the name of the group HAMMERFALL
101. Watain - Casus Luciferi
The song DEVIL`S BLOOD inspired the name of the group THE DEVIL`S BLOOD


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10.03.2023 - 20:43
Plattner
Link List
After Forever , All That Remains, Alternative 4, An Autumn For Crippled Children, Angel Dust, At The Drive-In, At The Gates,
Bathory, Black Earth, Blasphemy, Blind Guardian, Bodom After Midnight, Bonded By Blood, Boris, Bury Your Dead,
Carnal Forge, Celtic Frost, Corpse Grinder, Creeping Death, Crippled Black Phoenix,
Darkthrone, Demons & Wizards, Dream Evil,
Ebonylake, Electric Wizard, Elis, Enslaved, Epica, Equimanthorn,Exciter,
Fuck The Facts,
Green Lung,Greenmachine,
HammerFall, Hatebreed, Heaven And Hell, Heaven Shall Burn, Host,
Iowa, Iron Man, Jesu,
Knife Party, Kรถrgull The Exterminator,
Love Like Blood, Lovebites,
Masters Of Reality, Mayhem, Memory Garden, Merciless Death, Metalucifer, Mob Rules, Moonsorrow,
Naked City, Necrophobic, Northlane,
Obscura, Operation: Mindcrime, Overkill,
Pestilence,
Rage, Ripping Corpse, Running Wild,
Sabotage (Sweden), Saint Vitus, Sanctuary, Savage, Sepultura, Sinner, Silver Mountain, Sleeping Village, Sodom, Soulfly, Spiral Architect, Starbreaker, Suffocation, Superjoint Ritual,
Tailgunner, Taking Dawn, Tanzwut, Textures, The Devil's Blood, The Halo Effect, The Sign Of The Southern Cross, The Turbo Lovers, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, Therion, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Thulcandra, Trapped Under Ice, Tรฝr,
Veil Of Maya, Volbeat,
Watain, Weakling, Whiteynake, Winds Of Plague, Wine From Tears, Winter,
Zakk Sabbath
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10.03.2023 - 23:41
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Slayer's song "Necrophobic" inspired Necrophobic
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11.03.2023 - 08:15
Plattner
Written by F3ynman2000 on 10.03.2023 at 23:41

Slayer's song "Necrophobic" inspired Necrophobic



Thank you very much, F3ynman2000.
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22.05.2023 - 23:08
Plattner
Please feel free to suggest more examples.
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22.05.2023 - 23:20
Nejde
CommunityManager
Moderator
I don't wanna be a grinch here but Watain was formed in 1998 and VON's Satanic Blood was released in 2012 so that's not possible. Unless you're referring to the 1992 demo of course.
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22.05.2023 - 23:26
Plattner
Written by Nejde on 22.05.2023 at 23:20

I don't wanna be a grinch here but Watain was formed in 1998 and VON's Satanic Blood was released in 2012 so that's not possible. Unless you're referring to the 1992 demo of course.


Thank you for pointing this out. I will check the reference. I did not just guess this VON-Watain connection, because I really did read it in an article. I will review this.
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22.05.2023 - 23:31
Plattner
Written by Nejde on 22.05.2023 at 23:20

I don't wanna be a grinch here but Watain was formed in 1998 and VON's Satanic Blood was released in 2012 so that's not possible. Unless you're referring to the 1992 demo of course.


Thank you again. Indeed, the demo should have been linked to the list. Somehow the album was linked to the list, as it has the same title. I will try to figure out how to change this
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23.05.2023 - 06:21
Plattner
Written by Nejde on 22.05.2023 at 23:20

I don't wanna be a grinch here but Watain was formed in 1998 and VON's Satanic Blood was released in 2012 so that's not possible. Unless you're referring to the 1992 demo of course.


The 1992 demo with the song Watain that inspired the name of the corresponding group is linked to the list now. Thank you, Nejde

(Thank you Starvynth for the technical help.)
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23.05.2023 - 14:52
Starvynth
i c deaf people
Staff
Written by Plattner on 22.05.2023 at 23:08

Please feel free to suggest more examples.

Fuck The Facts have their name from Naked City's track "Fuck The Facts" (from Naked City, 1990), whereas Naked City got inspired by KISS and their song "Naked City", to be found on the 1980 album Unmasked.

Love Like Blood -> Killing Joke's "Love Like Blood" (Night Time, 1985)
Merciless Death -> Dark Angel's "Merciless Death" (We Have Arrived, 1985)
Sanctuary -> Iron Maiden's "Sanctuary" (Iron Maiden, 1980)
Savage -> Judas Priest's "Savage" (Stained Class, 1978)
Starbreaker -> Judas Priest again: "Starbreaker" (Sin After Sin, 1977)
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23.05.2023 - 17:36
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
How do you keep coming up with those cool list ideas, I'm impressed
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23.05.2023 - 20:19
Plattner
Written by Starvynth on 23.05.2023 at 14:52

Written by Plattner on 22.05.2023 at 23:08

Please feel free to suggest more examples.

Fuck The Facts have their name from Naked City's track "Fuck The Facts" (from Naked City, 1990), whereas Naked City got inspired by KISS and their song "Naked City", to be found on the 1980 album Unmasked.

Love Like Blood -> Killing Joke's "Love Like Blood" (Night Time, 1985)
Merciless Death -> Dark Angel's "Merciless Death" (We Have Arrived, 1985)
Sanctuary -> Iron Maiden's "Sanctuary" (Iron Maiden, 1980)
Savage -> Judas Priest's "Savage" (Stained Class, 1978)
Starbreaker -> Judas Priest again: "Starbreaker" (Sin After Sin, 1977)


Thank you very much for your great contribution, Starvynth.
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23.05.2023 - 20:22
Plattner
Written by Roman Doez on 23.05.2023 at 17:36

How do you keep coming up with those cool list ideas, I'm impressed


Thank you very much for your nice comment, doez. I am glad that you find something of interest in these lists.
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24.05.2023 - 15:40
Zap
Guest
I was exptecting a lot of Black Sabbath and I am not disappointed.
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19.04.2024 - 22:50
Plattner
Summary added to the introduction section.
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