The Metal Music Archive

Celtic Frost (Zurich, Switzerland)                  Many people consider Celtic Frost Extreme Metal as a term to encompass the different sub-genres they harnessed into their sound including, death, thrash, black, doom, and gothic metal.  One of the most influential metal bands to date, they are still one of the heaviest to […]

Ministry (Chicago, Illinois)                 Before Nine Inch Nails there was someone else using electronics for metallic purposes, and Ministry perfected that art over many releases.  You’ll find their influence in many a place from their riffs to the usage of samples and electronic accompaniment, such as Fear Factory or Rammstein. […]

Danzig (Lodi, New Jersey)                        Glenn Danzig has always had a fascination of that which basks in darkness.  At an early age he started collecting things like B-horror movie posters, horror related articles, animal skulls, occult books and other things out of the ordinary.  His early musical […]

Type O’Negative (Brooklyn, New York)                   Well, there wouldn’t be a Type O’ Negative without Mr. Peter Steele; frontman/bassist/main composer.  His biggest influences were Black Sabbath and The Beatles.  He formed the band in 1989 under the name “Repulsion,” but because of legal issues with a band of […]