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Motorhead　

Motorhead’s overwhelmingly loud and fast style of heavy metal was one of the most groundbreaking styles the genre had to offer in the late ’70s. Though the group’s leader, Lemmy Kilminster, h ..more

Metallica　

Metallica was easily the best, most influential heavy metal band of the ’80s. Responsible for bringing the genre back to Earth, the bandmates looked and talked like they were from the street, sh ..more

Megadeth　

After he left Metallica in 1983, guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine formed the thrash metal quartet Megadeth. Though Megadeth followed the basic blueprint of Metallica’s relentless att ..more

Motley Crue　

Motley Crue were one of the most influential hair metal bands of the ’80s, boasting a striking visual presence and hedonistic reputation rivaled only by Guns N’ Roses. By combining Alice Co ..more

Michael Schenker Group　

Mountain　

The breakup of Cream in late 1968 had consequences that rippled across the rock music world -- in its wake were formed directly such bands as Blind Faith (whose tragedy was they never had a chan ..more

Marduk　

An unswerving commitment to blasphemy and extremity combined with a relentless touring schedule and a steady stream of recordings has helped establish Sweden’s Marduk as one of the better-known ban ..more

Machine Head　

Influential West Coast heavy metal quartet Machine Head formed in 1992 around the talents of ex-Vio-Lence guitar players Robert Flynn and Phil Demmel, bass player Adam Duce, and drummer ..more

Magnum　

Hard rockers Magnum got their start in Birmingham, England, in the mid-’70s. The band’s first album, Kingdom of Madness, came out in 1978, right in the midst of the punk rock musical revoluti ..more

My Dying Bride　

European goth metal band My Dying Bride formed in June 1990. The four-piece first recorded the demo tape Towards the Sinister, and after the release of a 7 single for the French Listenable l ..more

Michael Schenker　

Along with Gary Moore, Michael Schenker never quite reached the same level of acclaim stateside as he did in Europe (and other parts of the world), despite possessing exceptional, and quite infl ..more

Meshuggah　

Offering a complex form of metal that combined the sweeping adventurism of math rock, the oddball tempos of experimental jazz, and the stunning brutality of thrash metal, Meshuggah raised the bar f ..more

Manowar　

Manowar was formed by ex-Dictators and Shakin’ Street guitarist Ross the Boss. The original lineup included vocalist Eric Adams, bassist Joey DeMaio, and drummer Donnie Hamzik. The group’s kitschy app ..more

Mekong Delta　

A riddle wrapped in an enigma dressed up in leather and studs, Germany’s Mekong Delta perplexed the heavy metal world both by playing an unconventional brand of progressive thrash and by keeping th ..more

Montrose　

One of the first American-bred hard rock groups to challenge British supremacy in the early ’70s, Montrose are remembered as, if not the most successful, then certainly one of the most influenti ..more

Mors Principium Est　

The challengingly named Mors Principium Est (which roughly translates to death is the beginning) hails from the town of Pori, Finland, and was formed in 1999. Their lineup was typically unstable ..more

Mattias IA Eklundh　

Swedish guitarist Mattias IA Eklunch was originally a drummer when he saw Frank Zappa at the tender age of 11. Immediately changing his outlook on music, he dove head first into playing the gu ..more