This is an alphabetical list of band names that were inspired by classic visual arts, like paintings, sculptures or photography.
Please feel free to suggest more examples of (MS-listed) metal/rock band…

1.Barque Of Dante - Paean For Hero

2.Dali's Dilemma - Manifesto For Futurism

3.Def Leppard - On Through The Night

4.Goya - 777

5.Hieronymus Bosch - The Human Abstract

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This is an alphabetical list of bands that have recorded songs with lyrics containing the name of their band.

While it should be clear that the use of the band name in the lyrics is on purpose, the…

1.A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms

2.Agathocles - Distrust And Abuse

3.Alice Cooper - Killer

4.Amon Amarth - The Avenger

5.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

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This is an alphabetical list of bands that have recorded songs with lyrics that cite the title of another song from their own discography. These cited song titles may belong to the same album or to a different…

1.Amon Amarth - The Avenger

2.Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream...

3.Axel Rudi Pell - Oceans Of Time

4.Ayreon - The Universal Migrator Part II: Flight Of The Migrator

5.Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World

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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 is an alphabetical list of band names that were inspired by games. This includes toys, classic card games, role playing tabletop/pen-and-paper games or video/computer games.
Please feel free to suggest…

1.Be'lakor - The Frail Tide

2.Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law

3.Capra - In Transmission

4.Crystal Lake - Dimension

5.Daedric Armour - Daedric Armour

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Secret tracks, sometimes also called ghost tracks, unlisted tracks or hidden tracks, are songs or audio pieces that were left off the track list of an album.

The easiest way to hide a secret track is…

1.Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics

2.Anathema - Pentecost III

3.Anthrax - Volume 8: The Threat Is Real

4.Anthrax - We've Come For You All

5.Anthrax - Worship Music

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The albums in this alphabetical list do not have a regular title track. Instead, their corresponding title can be found in the lyrics of a song from another album of the band. Therefore, they qualify as…

1.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

2.Ayreon - The Human Equation

3.David Lee Roth - Crazy From The Heat

4.Deep Purple - The House Of Blue Light

5.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

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It is standard that albums contain several different songs that are separated by distinct track markers. Sometimes, these songs may contribute to one story, which is the case on concept albums. The next,…

1.Abruptum - In Umbra Malitae Ambulabo, In Aeternum In Triumpho Tenebrarum

2.Abruptum - Vi Sonus Veris Nigrae Malitiaes

3.Agalloch - Faustian Echoes

4.Alkerdeel - Dyodyo Asema [Collaboration]

5.Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

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Instrumental tracks on albums of vocal groups are often seen as filler material or as a possibility to show musical skills.
In contrast, the title track is often considered to be the central and defining…

1.Absu - Tara

2.Afflicted - Prodigal Sun

3.Afterbirth - Four Dimensional Flesh

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Angel Dust - Into The Dark Past

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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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This alphabetical list presents bands that took the inspiration for their name from literature (novels, poems, plays, comics). The list shows the debut album cover along with the information of the corresponding…

1.A Dream Of Poe - The Mirror Of Deliverance

2.Abhoth - Abhoth

3.Abigail Williams - In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns

4.Abramelin - Abramelin

5.Acrostichon - Engraved In Black

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Mascots are an established and popular part of metal fan culture. In contrast to sports team mascots, they are no cute talismans, but are regarded as personification of the band and its music (or even…

1.Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge

2.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

3.Anthrax - Inside Out

4.Artillery - B.A.C.K.

5.Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen

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Almost all album titles fall in one of two categories: The album shares the title with one of its songs (the title track) or, alternatively, the album title is independent from the songs (no title track).

However,…

1.40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky

2.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

4.Agalloch - The Mantle

5.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

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The most difficult way to create the title for an album may be to try something that is clever and/or funny.

Likewise, making a list of these titles is also not easy as it would be a very subjective…

1.Accu§er - Accuser

2.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

3.Afflicted - Prodigal Sun

4.Alestorm - Seventh Rum Of A Seventh Rum

5.Anthrax - Attack Of The Killer B's

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Some stories, themes or concepts are presented not just in one single song but are split in separate tracks that (often) share the same title but are distinguished by a number of the corresponding part…

1.After Forever - Prison Of Desire

2.Agathodaimon - Higher Art Of Rebellion

3.Agathodaimon - Phoenix

4.Alestorm - Sunset On The Golden Age

5.Alestorm - Curse Of The Crystal Coconut

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