Birmingham metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that emerged in the 1970s in Birmingham, England. It is characterized by its heavy, distorted guitar riffs, thunderous drums, and powerful vocals. The lyrics often explore themes of darkness, rebellion, and the occult. Birmingham metal has been influential in shaping the sound of heavy metal and has produced some of the most iconic bands in the genre.
Here you can see the popularity of Birmingham Metal genre over time. This graph shows albums and singles releases count by year and decade.
308 releases
Explore birmingham metal history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.
Here is a list of birmingham metal artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the birmingham metal genre. You can find out what birmingham metal genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.
| # | name | popularity | followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 74 | 8172316 | |
| 2 | 72 | 5700118 | |
| 3 | 67 | 4146564 | |
| 4 | 47 | 378206 | |
| 5 | 38 | 85926 | |
| 6 | 38 | 112822 | |
| 7 | 36 | 262470 | |
| 8 | 29 | 62579 | |
| 9 | 25 | 27064 | |
| 10 | 36 | 87152 | |
| 11 | 26 | 25588 | |
| 12 | 29 | 2992 | |
| 13 | 15 | 16582 | |
| 14 | 10 | 4132 | |
| 15 | 19 | 8618 | |
| 16 | 18 | 7982 | |
| 17 | 14 | 2686 | |
| 18 | 16 | 23042 | |
| 19 | 1 | 1348 | |
| 20 | 7 | 466 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1885 | |
| 22 | 5 | 3135 | |
| 23 | 5 | 3744 | |
| 24 | 1 | 950 | |
| 25 | 3 | 1568 | |
| 26 | 1 | 938 | |
| 27 | 2 | 1330 | |
| 28 | 2 | 1604 | |
| 29 | 2 | 1242 | |
| 30 | 2 | 361 | |
| 31 | 2 | 676 | |
| 32 | 1 | 506 | |
| 33 | 1 | 192 | |
| 34 | 1 | 156 |
Enjoy this playlist of popular birmingham metal music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.
