This is an alphabetical list of metal/hard rock band names that were inspired by the work of other music artists (album or song titles, lyrics, group names, instruments, etc). The list shows the first…

1.40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room

2.Accept - Accept

3.Ad Infinitum - Chapter I: Monarchy

4.Ad Nauseam - Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est

5.After Forever - Prison Of Desire

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This alphabetical list presents bands that took the inspiration for their name from films (movies, tv series, documentaries).

Please feel free to suggest more examples of metal/hard rock band names…

1.36 Crazyfists - Bitterness The Star

2.Alien Queen - Matriarch

3.Alien Weaponry - Tū

4.Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro

5.Armored Saint - March Of The Saint

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Mind map:

Blue = win
Undead = win
Hell = win
Blue = win
Nature ft. Water = win
Color eyegasm = win
Grim reaper = win
Boys being boys = win
Badly done CGI = win
Blue = win
Blue = win
Orthodox…

1.Emperor - Reverence

2.Wintersun - Wintersun

3.The Ruins Of Beverast - Rain Upon The Impure

4.Dissection - Live Legacy

5.Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman

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It is not uncommon that album titles are chosen after the band`s name. However, song titles that include or are identical to the band`s name are relatively seldom found.
This is an alphabetical list…

1.(hed) p.e. - Broke

2.71TONMAN - 71TONMAN

3.Ænigmatum - ÆNIGMATUM

4.Æther Realm - One Chosen By The Gods

5.A Feast For Lampreys - Graveyard Abyss

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Brutal shit from late 1990s to mid 2000s. Some gore, some grind, some slam, not many technical. WIP…

1.Disgorge - Consume The Forsaken

2.Pyaemia - Cerebral Cereal

3.Severe Torture - Feasting On Blood

4.Devourment - Molesting The Decapitated

5.Brodequin - Instruments Of Torture

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My favorite death metal albums.

1.Death - Human

2.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

3.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

4.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

5.Demigod - Slumber Of Sullen Eyes

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1.Vital Remains - Icons Of Evil

2.Lost Soul - Immerse In Infinity

3.Nile - Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka

4.Dissenter - Apocalypse Of The Damned

5.Vader - Revelations

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So here are some Brutal, Technical, Progressive and sometimes Atmospheric death metal works I enjoy or that I believe should be given a try because they're unique and interesting, almost an essentials…

1.Atheist - Piece Of Time

2.Nocturnus - The Key

3.Atrocity - Hallucinations

4.Death - Human

5.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

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Loose order. Not complete

"Extreme" metal albums only

Updated 10/1/22…

1.Decrepit Birth - ...And Time Begins

2.Dying Fetus - Stop At Nothing

3.Drawn And Quartered - Extermination Revelry

4.Brutus - Slachtbeest

5.Gorgasm - Masticate To Dominate

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