French metal music is a diverse and innovative genre that blends elements of heavy metal, progressive rock, and avant-garde music. It is characterized by complex rhythms, intricate guitar work, and atmospheric soundscapes. The genre is known for its experimental approach to music-making, incorporating unconventional instruments and techniques. French metal bands often explore themes of environmentalism, spirituality, and social justice in their lyrics.
Here you can see the popularity of French Metal genre over time. This graph shows albums and singles releases count by year and decade.
416 releases
Explore french metal history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.
Here is a list of french metal artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the french metal genre. You can find out what french 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 | 68 | 1525239 | |
| 2 | 48 | 295832 | |
| 3 | 32 | 75728 | |
| 4 | 33 | 71792 | |
| 5 | 36 | 78074 | |
| 6 | 34 | 74030 | |
| 7 | 39 | 71134 | |
| 8 | 31 | 59985 | |
| 9 | 45 | 244056 | |
| 10 | 26 | 47217 | |
| 11 | 17 | 25021 | |
| 12 | 38 | 45796 | |
| 13 | 33 | 34315 | |
| 14 | 33 | 69840 | |
| 15 | 26 | 17917 | |
| 16 | 30 | 48279 | |
| 17 | 14 | 19474 | |
| 18 | 30 | 27567 | |
| 19 | 27 | 21650 | |
| 20 | 34 | 11448 | |
| 21 | 35 | 34670 | |
| 22 | 11 | 11111 | |
| 23 | 18 | 24717 | |
| 24 | 8 | 7475 | |
| 25 | 21 | 39647 | |
| 26 | 16 | 7250 | |
| 27 | 20 | 14841 | |
| 28 | 14 | 9650 | |
| 29 | 33 | 22417 | |
| 30 | 22 | 8097 | |
| 31 | 20 | 32956 | |
| 32 | 9 | 9316 | |
| 33 | 11 | 5847 | |
| 34 | 17 | 7544 | |
| 35 | 9 | 5217 | |
| 36 | 16 | 7798 | |
| 37 | 1 | 649 | |
| 38 | 22 | 26124 | |
| 39 | 11 | 3354 | |
| 40 | 11 | 3982 | |
| 41 | 14 | 10705 | |
| 42 | 10 | 5033 | |
| 43 | 13 | 2389 | |
| 44 | 19 | 7197 | |
| 45 | 21 | 9363 | |
| 46 | 4 | 2001 | |
| 47 | 9 | 1056 | |
| 48 | 5 | 2272 | |
| 49 | 21 | 7707 | |
| 50 | 11 | 2894 | |
| 51 | 11 | 3955 | |
| 52 | 19 | 10093 | |
| 53 | 13 | 7975 | |
| 54 | 1 | 841 | |
| 55 | 15 | 4036 | |
| 56 | 4 | 1544 | |
| 57 | 10 | 4380 | |
| 58 | 7 | 2534 | |
| 59 | 4 | 1482 | |
| 60 | 14 | 3856 | |
| 61 | 12 | 6527 | |
| 62 | 13 | 3758 | |
| 63 | 13 | 6696 | |
| 64 | 12 | 3621 | |
| 65 | 6 | 3654 | |
| 66 | 12 | 4399 | |
| 67 | 11 | 2049 | |
| 68 | 9 | 2861 | |
| 69 | 7 | 5138 | |
| 70 | 4 | 4189 | |
| 71 | 4 | 1924 | |
| 72 | 5 | 2358 | |
| 73 | 2 | 1496 | |
| 74 | 4 | 2392 | |
| 75 | 4 | 1819 | |
| 76 | 3 | 1849 | |
| 77 | 2 | 664 | |
| 78 | 3 | 347 | |
| 79 | 2 | 1079 | |
| 80 | 1 | 195 | |
| 81 | 1 | 641 | |
| 82 | 1 | 1006 | |
| 83 | 1 | 721 | |
| 84 | 1 | 861 | |
| 85 | 1 | 362 |
Enjoy this playlist of popular french metal music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.
