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Genre
italian metal
Parent Genre: metal

Italian metal music is a genre that combines elements of heavy metal, gothic rock, and folk music. It is characterized by powerful guitar riffs, haunting vocals, and lyrics that often explore themes of love, loss, and mythology. Bands in this genre often incorporate traditional Italian instruments and melodies into their music, creating a unique sound that is both modern and rooted in tradition.


Top artists of italian metal genre

Lacuna Coil
Litfiba
Rhapsody Of Fire
Elvenking
NanowaR of Steel
Thunderstorm
Temperance
Graveworm
Ancient Bards
Luca Turilli
Dope Stars Inc.
Destrage
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody
Vision Divine
Labyrinth
Forgotten Tomb
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italian metal music timeline

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italian metal playlist created by Chosic

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List of italian metal artists

Here is a list of italian metal artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the italian metal genre. You can find out what italian metal genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Lacuna Coil
53 10 42 83 3 24 126 641371
2
Litfiba
48 1 57 70 10 62 121 196238
3
Rhapsody Of Fire
46 0 39 85 7 23 131 357878
4
Elvenking
46 0 45 93 0 44 135 101033
5
NanowaR of Steel
44 8 46 93 1 49 126 74334
6
Thunderstorm
43 78 16 54 1 6 91 5573
7
Temperance
36 0 42 94 0 41 141 41626
8
Graveworm
31 46 38 95 0 21 133 41653
9
Ancient Bards
31 0 39 92 2 22 132 43614
10
Luca Turilli
30 0 46 83 13 33 132 73185
11
Dope Stars Inc.
29 4 52 96 0 49 128 27097
12
Destrage
28 15 38 92 5 30 133 31053
13
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody
28 0 40 85 20 32 126 56710
14
Vision Divine
27 4 38 88 3 36 134 46353
15
Labyrinth
27 9 39 85 1 31 151 31688
16
Forgotten Tomb
27 42 34 84 11 18 122 33273
17
Mandragora Scream
27 0 47 76 16 32 133 16632
18
The Foreshadowing
27 36 36 74 3 18 124 12945
19
Theatres Des Vampires
27 6 43 80 9 31 133 39878
20
Dark Lunacy
27 11 33 85 9 21 113 19320
21
Ufomammut
26 82 26 61 8 18 121 49712
22
Skylark
25 0 45 33 50 41 126 744
23
Cain
25 74 77 70 1 39 119 2873
24
DGM
24 0 41 86 9 20 142 23952
25
Derdian
24 0 36 95 0 33 167 26010
26
Secret Sphere
23 0 43 90 1 28 151 21235
27
SpellBlast
23 1 47 93 1 34 133 14416
28
Novembre
23 40 26 78 8 22 121 33860
29
Trick or Treat
22 0 40 94 0 31 143 11772
30
Concept
22 0 52 68 29 27 168 1271
31
Soul Secret
22 90 58 16 87 14 131 2906
32
Ravenscry
21 0 45 91 0 53 147 12213
33
White Skull
21 20 46 92 0 27 146 11799
34
Exilia
21 1 51 90 1 35 117 7972
35
Gli Atroci
20 5 53 93 0 58 144 4440
36
Stormlord
20 67 33 95 0 25 117 21482
37
Death SS
20 2 38 85 1 36 133 12597
38
Raintime
19 0 44 94 0 23 119 11141
39
Elis
19 0 42 80 5 33 132 20642
40
Cadaveria
18 3 40 93 0 21 122 16709
41
Ulvedharr
17 15 30 98 0 23 139 2171
42
Opera IX
17 43 22 90 0 23 139 20631
43
Macbeth
16 34 40 83 0 35 120 11636
44
Kaledon
14 5 46 92 0 23 136 8635
45
Sadist
13 63 26 82 1 22 83 9161
46
Bulldozer
13 74 58 98 4 60 168 619
47
Domine
13 4 32 91 0 24 141 6447
48
Onyria
13 0 41 52 41 24 138 1912
49
Klogr
12 0 46 94 0 20 126 1371
50
Doomsword
12 40 49 92 0 31 116 9191
51
Highlord
11 2 39 86 9 26 153 10910
52
EXTREMA
10 43 42 96 0 42 83 2092
53
Necrodeath
10 32 20 97 0 13 129 8411
54
Ephel Duath
10 54 28 87 0 32 127 8189
55
Hyades
10 0 52 99 0 33 125 11292
56
Aborym
9 0 13 97 0 12 155 6740
57
Abysmal Grief
9 10 24 74 1 21 139 3521
58
Eldritch
9 84 55 31 0 4 76 3749
59
Thy Majestie
9 11 31 98 0 22 156 10318
60
Vanadium
8 10 35 76 1 29 134 2576
61
Holy Knights
8 0 36 88 0 25 158 3363
62
Mastercastle
8 5 49 82 0 21 125 1503
63
The Lovecrave
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1658
64
Daedalus
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 589
65
Black Capricorn
4 91 35 50 0 9 114 1036
66
Power Symphony
4 0 52 41 55 19 140 601
67
Monumentum
3 84 49 50 2 4 120 1239
68
Handful Of Hate
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1222
69
Arthemis
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2281
70
Pathosray
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1852
71
Doomraiser
2 82 24 49 43 15 115 2828
72
Black Oath
2 12 39 77 0 17 125 1963
73
Infinita Symphonia
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1081
74
Subhuman
2 86 53 98 0 48 175 150
75
Bejelit
2 0 49 98 0 10 112 603
76
Void of Silence
2 93 10 54 11 3 81 2159
77
Vanessa Van Basten
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1265
78
Heimdall
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 778
79
Motus Tenebrae
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 225
80
Synthphonia Suprema
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 233
81
Janvs
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 497
82
Last Minute To Jaffna
0 87 35 48 0 22 105 196
83
Twinspirits
0 0 42 94 0 48 85 490
84
Fangtooth
0 1 27 68 0 26 110 179
85
Reapers
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
86
Krownn
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 203
87
Antonello Giliberto
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 229
88
Hortus Animae
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 507
89
How Like A Winter
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 356
90
Infernal Poetry
0 0 46 98 0 36 170 463
91
Icy Steel
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59
92
Psychofagist
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 455
93
Aneurysm
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 291