Metal has been around for more than 40 years and in his glorious history this genre has brought up more music, bands and records, like no other. No matter if you are looking at modern metalcore and deathcore bands or classical death metal bands, without metal, they wouldn't be there and this would mean, that music itself would be pretty boring. But metal is hard to define and covers a wide range of music. Bands like Slayer are metal, but also bands of the New Wave of American heavy metal, like Slipknot, Machine Head or Lamb Of God are too considered metal. Metal Merch Heavy metal always has to fight off all kinds of prejudices. However, once this music has managed to capture a heart, it's usually not far to the next headbanging unit. Metalheads are also said to be comparatively open to new bands, among other things. But surely you also know that there is often "that one band" that makes you forget everything. Take a look around our heavy metal shop and find out if your favourite is represented here. The list of well-known and lesser-known heavy metal bands is long. More and more artists are discovering this genre for themselves and speak from the hearts of many fans with their lyrics and raw tones. You too?

Though we’ve grown as a business, we’ll never forget where we come from. This is why our heavy metal t-shirts, clothing and more are constantly updated, come in a range of sizes for all metal heads and cover the A-Z of heavy metal heroes – literally. From Ace of Spades to Zeppelin - we’ve got them all. Owing to the heavier drums and harder sound, heavy metal didn't get much radio play compared with other genres – which was further not helped by the pearl-clutching antics of Ozzy Osbourne and other controversial figures. Who hasn’t heard the urban legend of Ozzy Osbourne biting the head of a bat live on stage? Did you know that he thought the bat was plastic! This list alone shows how different heavy metal has become. None of these bands can be pigeonholed. And that's just as well. From "melodic" to "extremely hard", everything is represented here.