Ultimatum

Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

1994

Heavy Metal (early); Groove/Thrash Metal (later)

Society, Life

Scarecrow

Occitanie

N/A

Heavy Metal

N/A

Hatjan

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Île-de-France

1998

Black Metal

Death, Satan, Occult, Evil, Hate, Darkness

Warfaith

Nancy, Grand Est

2012

Thrash Metal

N/A

Amiens, Hauts-de-France

2001

Thrash Metal

Society

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2000

Thrash Metal

Metal

The Bottle Doom Lazy Band

Poitiers, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2005

Doom Metal

N/A

Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Hauts-de-France

1998

Black Metal

N/A

Orbis

Thionville, Grand Est

N/A

Stoner/Doom Metal

Instrumental

2022

Black Metal

History

Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1996

Black/Gothic Metal

Death, Ancestors, White supremacy

Aggressive Agricultor

Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

1986

Thrash Metal

Farming, Alcohol, Country Life

Nocturn

Annecy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

N/A

Melodic Death/Black Metal

N/A

Tourette

Reims, Grand Est

2021

Grindcore/Death 'n' Roll

N/A

A la Fin de l'Univers

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2019

Death Metal/Grindcore/Crust

Social issues, Warfare, Corruption, Freedom

The Fall of Mother Earth

Rennes, Brittany

2020

Doom/Death Metal

N/A

N/A

2016

Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal

Instrumental

Paris, Île-de-France

2003

Heavy/Gothic Metal

N/A

Ohron

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2018

Melodic Groove/Heavy Metal

N/A

Ilmatar

Angoulême, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2006

Death Metal

N/A

Reims, Grand Est

2002

Atmospheric Gothic Metal with Classical influences

Darkness, Sadness

Potion Mystique

Dieppe, Normandy

N/A

Heavy Metal

N/A

Great Blood

Paris, Île-de-France

2004

Black Metal

Epic Romanticism, Germanic Pagan Tradition

2021

Post-Black Metal

N/A

Celticthrone

Nouic, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2001

Black Metal

Nature, War, Evil, Patriotism, National Socialism

Brainblast

Paris, Île-de-France

2006

Death/Groove Metal/Metalcore

N/A

Fenguerous

Fougères, Brittany

2001

Black/Thrash/Death Metal

War, Decline, Suffering

Strange Creature

Black/Death Metal

N/A

N/A

Black Metal

Mysticism, Nature

World's Blackness

N/A

2006

Black Metal

Misanthropy, Hate, Anti-Judeo-Christianity

Metral

Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

1985

Heavy Metal (early); Hard Rock/Heavy Metal (later)

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Sarkasm

Rennes, Brittany

N/A

Black Metal

Death, Losses, Anguish, Despair, Psychedelics Poetry

TNT

Paris, Île-de-France

1981

Heavy Metal

N/A

Mortem Animalium

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Excalibur

Béthune, Hauts-de-France

1984

Heavy Metal

N/A

Dark Noise

Île-de-France

2006

Groove Metal/Metalcore

Politics, Violence

Damien Galot

N/A

Symphonic Progressive Metal

Instrumental

My Severance

Paris, Île-de-France

2002

Gothic Metal

N/A

Oblivion

Saint-Germain-en-Laye

1984

Heavy Metal

N/A

Supremacy

Angoulême, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

N/A

Black Metal

Hatred, War, Philosophy

Ond Aand

Paris, Île-de-France

2003

Black/Death Metal

Hate, Destruction

Talven

Thonon-les-Bains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2006

Thrash/Death Metal/Metalcore

N/A

From Beyond

2000

Death Metal

N/A

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2007

Progressive Death Metal

N/A

Autarcie

Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2006

Black Metal

Urban decay, Franche-Comté regionalism, Nostalgic romanticism, Nature

Torcy, Île-de-France

1999

Death Metal

Esoteric themes

Morghash

Colmar, Grand Est

2005

Symphonic Black Metal

N/A

Days of Decline

Paris/Poissy, Île-de-France

2004

Deathcore

N/A

Bloody Corpse

N/A

Raw Black Metal

Violence, Rape, Murder, Anti-Islam

Champagne

Reims, Grand Est (early); Cahors, Occitanie (later)

N/A

Heavy Metal

N/A

Infekted

Riom, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2007

Deathcore

N/A

Upsylon

N/A

2006

Avant-garde Metal/Fusion

N/A

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

1983

Heavy Metal

N/A

Akuma

Paris, Île-de-France

2007

Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore

Moon, Death, Suffering, Lifeless

Castigu

Ajaccio, Corsica

2020

Black/Death Metal

N/A

Morgoth

Rouen, Normandy

2006

Funeral Doom Metal

Cosmic Visions, Darkness, Doom

Oneiros

Laon, Hauts-de-France

1997

Heavy Metal

N/A

Barthelemy

Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2004

Heavy/Thrash/Groove Metal

N/A

Nightfall

Pontoy, Grand Est

1990

Heavy/Progressive Metal

N/A

Rapture

N/A

2023

Atmospheric Raw Black Metal/Ambient

White landscapes, Frozen fairies, Distant places

Hrothgar

Montélimar, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2017

Melodic Death Metal

Nordic mythology, Viking history, Warrior stories

Steel Barbarians

N/A

1989

Heavy/Power Metal

Fantasy

Undertaker

Chalon-sur-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

N/A

Thrash Metal

N/A

Deep Vein

Poitiers, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2001

Death Metal

Death, Horror, Murder

Abfall

Châteauroux, Centre-Val de Loire

2004

Black Metal

Hate, Murder

Morsüre

Argenteuil, Île-de-France

1981

Thrash Metal

Death, Destruction

Arno V.

N/A

2023

Power Metal

N/A

Broken Down

Mérignac (early)/Bordeaux (later), Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2014

Doom/Stoner Metal/Industrial

Introspection, Society, Music Industry

Endless Shockwave Theory

Paris, Île-de-France

N/A

Power Metal/Metalcore

Instrumental

Suicide Circle

N/A

2019

Black Metal

The destruction of humanity, Mass chaos, Spiritual nihilism

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2012

Groove/Heavy Metal

N/A

The Wimps

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes / Lille, Hauts-de-France

2009

Stoner Metal/Rock

N/A

N/A

Black Metal

Abysmal Depths, Primitive Ages, Cthulhu Mythos

The Slaughters

Toulouse, Occitanie

2009

Heavy Metal

N/A

Lords of the Cemetery

Paris, Île-de-France

2014

Death Metal

N/A

Apanthropia

N/A

Doom/Black/Gothic Metal

N/A

Craving

Briconville, Centre-Val de Loire

2009

Thrash Metal/Metalcore

Word play, Absurd humour

Chiaroscvro

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2020

Black Metal

Death, Solitude, Antimodernism, After-life

Ulm

Paris, Île-de-France

2018

Atmospheric Black Metal

N/A

Riom, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2010

Symphonic Black Metal

N/A

Jud'Powa

N/A

Progressive Metal/Shred

Instrumental

Exsuderia

Le Pradet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

1999

Death/Thrash Metal

N/A

Jord

Pau, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2014

Ambient Black Metal

Solitude, Scandinavian mythology, Nature, Paganism, Darkness

Lente Agonie

Blamont, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2000

Brutal Death Metal

Death, Struggles, Depression

Savagery Disfigurement

Black/Death Metal

N/A

Our Last Breath

N/A

Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore

N/A

Eva

Oise, Hauts-De-France

1996

Groove Metal

N/A

Mörmbrztröm

Île-de-France

2016

Black/Death Metal

Blasphemous rituals, Witches Sabbats

Rectum Haemophilia

Grand Est

2004

Death Metal/Grindcore

N/A

War Alone

Limoges-Cité, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2022

Black Metal

Depression, Paranoia, Loneliness, Violence

Zot

Île de Groix/Lorient, Brittany

2001

Melodic Heavy Metal

N/A

Trillionate

Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche Comté

2002

Thrash Metal/Crossover

N/A

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

1982

Heavy Metal

N/A

Torheit

Suhescun, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2018

Groove Metal/Metalcore

N/A

Melodic Death/Thrash/Folk Metal

N/A

Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire

1993

Death Metal

Anti-Christian, Satanic horror, Lovecraft stories

Paris, Île-de-France

N/A

Progressive Metal

N/A

Donjon Sentence

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Dark Insides

Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2002

Progressive Metal

N/A

ACOD

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2006

Thrash/Black Metal (early); Melodic Black/Death Metal (later)

Ancient God, Spiritual, Chimère

Antechristus

Cesson-Sévigné, Brittany

N/A

Black Metal

Satanism

Roanne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2017

Death Metal

N/A

Metz, Grand Est

2005

Death/Thrash Metal

N/A

Asarhaddon

Black Metal

N/A

Allobrogia

Chambéry, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2011

Black Metal

Allobroge/Gaulish Stories, Paganism

Necroticism

Tours, Centre-Val de Loire

2008

Brutal Death Metal

N/A

Trepanation Process

Rennes, Brittany

N/A

Progressive Death Metal

N/A

After Realized

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

2017

Progressive Metal

N/A

Smile of the Baby

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

N/A

Thrash Metal (early); Electronic/Industrial/Thrash Metal (later)

N/A

Leda Spiridon

N/A

Black Metal/Ambient

N/A

Telümehtår

Rouen, Normandy

2007

Black Metal

N/A

In Descent

Juvisy-sur-Orge, Île-de-France

N/A

Progressive Metal

N/A

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2006

Celtic/Progressive Metal

Instrumental

Devolution

Toulouse, Occitanie

2015

Death/Black Metal

N/A

Mulhouse, Grand Est

1987

Death/Thrash Metal

Anti-Christianity, Mysticism, Politics

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur

2010

Black/Thrash Metal

Violence, Sex

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Selvsmord

Angers, Pays de la Loire

2009

Black Metal

N/A

Eternal Promise

Compiègne, Hauts-de-France

2008

Melodic Death/Gothic Metal

N/A

Audity

Strasbourg, Grand Est

2002

Thrash Metal/Metalcore

N/A

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1986

RAC/Oi! (early); Thrash Metal with RAC influences (later)

White nationalism, Battles, Paganism, Heritage, National Socialism

Revert

Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2016

Melodic Heavy/Power Metal

Fantasy, War, History

Hubris

Rouen, Normandy

2014

Black/Thrash/Speed Metal

Satanism, Chaos, Occult

Killshoot

N/A

Black/Speed Metal

N/A

Apostasia

Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire

1999

Symphonic/Industrial Black Metal

Apostasy, Anti-God, Anti-religion

Mòr

Rouen, Normandy

2014

Raw/Atmospheric Black Metal

N/A

Sainte Marie des Loups

N/A

Black Metal

The Devil, Mythology, Blasphemy

Cartilage

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2000

Death Metal

N/A

Raptor King

Boulogne-Bilancourt, Île-de-France

2014

Sludge Metal

Dinosaurs, Prehistoric, Humour

August Red Moon

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Aîn

Metz, Grand Est

2014

Post-Black Metal

Theosophy, Occultism

Strynn

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2011

Black Metal

Torture, Illness, Destruction

Mors Aeterna

Terrebasse, Occitanie

2008

Black Metal

Death, Astral Elevation, After death

Ensamhet

Nancy, Grand Est

1995

Black Metal

Longing, Spirits

Curse2.0

Sludge/Doom Metal

Satan, Alcohol, Hatred

Rouen, Normandy

2008

Progressive Death Metal

N/A

Z-Gen

N/A

Black/Doom Metal

N/A

Mental Oppression

Amiens, Hauts-de-France

1993

Industrial/Gothic Metal

N/A

Prophetic Scourge

Anglet (early); Biarritz (later), Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2013

Death Metal

Occult, Magic, Spiritual corruption, Alchemy, Religion

Moonshine Mist

1997

Industrial Black Metal

War, Post-apocalyptic, Futuristic

Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire

N/A

Heavy Metal

N/A

Sentinelle

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes / Montpellier/Toulouse, Occitanie

2011

Melodic Death Metal

N/A

SWTKHMR

Mulhouse, Grand Est

2009

Sludge/Doom Metal

N/A

Toulouse, Occitanie

2000

Black Metal

Death, Darkness and War

Chapel of Ghouls

N/A

2002

Black Metal

Nihilism, Vampirism

Necrowretch

Valence, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (early); France (later)

2008

Death/Black Metal

Death, Morbidity, Satanism

Herrschaft

Paris, Île-de-France

2004

Electronic/Industrial Metal

Post-apocalypse, Human beings, Chaos

Ǥứŕū

Rennes, Brittany / Laval, Pays de la Loire

2020

Black/Doom Metal

N/A

Capharnaüm

Checy, Centre-Val de Loire

1990

Thrash Metal

N/A

Berlial

Montpellier, Occitanie

2003

Melodic Black/Death Metal

Epic, Fate, Eternity, Human beings

Supremacy

N/A

Groove Metal

N/A

Swamp Lordz

Poitiers, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

N/A

Stoner/Doom/Sludge Metal

N/A

Nerzh

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2012

Black Metal

N/A

Soul-X

Lille, Hauts-de-France

2002

Thrash/Groove Metal

N/A

Mornai

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Hexenjäger

Saint-Nazaire, Pays de la Loire

2009

Doom/Stoner Metal

Mythology

Septicaemia

Livry-Gargan, Île-de-France

2002

Death Metal

Hatred, Gore themes, Conflicts

Warhell

Montargis, Centre-Val de Loire

1984

Heavy Metal

N/A

Nightkiller

N/A

Heavy/Speed Metal with Punk influences

N/A

Adalheidis

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2018

Symphonic Metal

Fantasy, Mental issues

Euronyme

N/A

Atmospheric Black Metal

N/A

Nights Horn

N/A

Black/Death Metal

N/A

Woods of Melancholia

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2016

Atmospheric Black Metal

Melancholy, Nature, Transience of life

Spasmophilius

Lille, Hauts-de-France

1991

Melodic Speed/Thrash Metal

Disease

勝俣蒼気

N/A

Symphonic Power Metal

Instrumental

Béhourd Final

Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2006

Death Metal

N/A

Dark Wish

N/A

Avant-garde Black Metal

N/A

Angel's Sperm

Grézieu-la-Varenne/Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2003

Black/Death Metal

Gore, Sex

Hoax

Paris, Île-de-France

1989

Heavy Metal

N/A

Only Darkness

Noyers-Missy, Normandy

1999

Black Metal

Darkness, Death, Parody

Angers, Maine-et-Loire

1997

Avant-garde Death/Doom Metal

Darkness, Occultism

Witchcraft

Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

1992

Death/Thrash Metal

Anti-religious

Bestial Overdrive

Paris, Île-de-France

2011

Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore

Mesoamerican mythology

Keeper ov Seal

Toulouse, Occitanie

2006

Black Metal

Occultism, Death, Nihilism

Aro Ora

Tours, Centre-Val de Loire

2013

Metalcore/Groove Metal

Mankind, Ecology

Soupir

N/A

2019

Atmospheric/Depressive Black Metal

Night, Melancholy

Anadrarkifèdubrüiit

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Nemeton

Gardanne, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

1997

Thrash/Death Metal

N/A

Barney

Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2001

Heavy Metal

Legends, Politics, Social

My Doppelgänger

Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2012

Heavy Metal

Anti-religion

Silent Void

N/A

2021

Melodic Doom/Death Metal

Instrumental

Charenton-le-Pont, Île-de-France

N/A

Heavy Metal

N/A

Visceral Uprooting

Rennes, Brittany

2018

Brutal Death Metal

Gore, Vegetation

Paris, Île-de-France

N/A

Black/Thrash Metal

N/A

Auxerre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2011

Melodic Progressive Metal

N/A

Progressive Groove Metal

Instrumental

Belzéprout

Pays de la Loire

N/A

Black Metal

Humour, Parody

Spheric Universe Experience

Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur

2002

Progressive Metal

Emotions, Life, Fantasy, Paranormal

Kamikrazy

Roanne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2021

Thrash Metal/Crossover

N/A

Synopsis

Rochette/Le Mée-sur-Seine, Île-de-France

1999

Progressive Metal

Instrumental

Alkimya

Toulouse, Occitanie

2004

Progressive Metal

N/A

Ravendark

Rouen, Normandy

2007

Doom/Death Metal

Loss, Despair, Religion, Existence

Dvngeon Kvlt

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2008

Melodic/Pagan Black Metal

N/A

Damn Nation

Lille, Hauts-de-France

1992

Death Metal/Grindcore

Social, Political

Saint-Brieuc, Brittany

2010

Black Metal

Anti-Christianity, Mysticism, Nietzsche

Colmar, Grand Est

N/A

Stoner/Sludge Metal

Instrumental

Amiens, Hauts-de-France

2007

Progressive/Groove Metal

N/A

Ghost

Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

1991

Black Metal

Death, Darkness, Blasphemy, Satanism

Allez tou·te·s vous faire enculer.

N/A

Black Metal

Misanthropy, Hate

Redrum

Nancy, Grand Est

1993

Melodic Heavy Metal

N/A

Sans Prétention

Neuilly-le-Réal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2016

Heavy Metal/Punk

Nationalism, Anarchy, Politics, Rock 'n' Roll, War, Life

Detorn

Clermont-Ferrand/Montluçon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2006

Death/Thrash Metal/Metalcore

N/A

Progressive Metal

N/A

N/A

Black Metal/Dungeon Synth

N/A

Time Curve Symmetry

Paris, Île-de-France

1997

Progressive Metal

N/A

Tommyknockers

Cranves-Sales, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1992

Thrash Metal

N/A

Mantys

Saint-Péray/Valence, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2010

Black Metal

Nature, Depression

Service Gériatrie

Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire

1998

Brutal Death Metal

N/A

N/A

Black Metal

Spirits, Death, Nature, Cosmos

Epilepsy

Chalon-sur-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2004

Death Metal

N/A

Nihdrym

Mulhouse, Grand Est

2004

Black Metal

N/A

Feuille Morte

N/A

Depressive/Post-Black Metal

N/A

Xerod

Montpellier, Occitanie

N/A

Technical Death Metal

The ocean, Battle, Fantasy

Marthyr

Épinal, Grand Est

2008

Black Metal

N/A

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1998

Thrash Metal

N/A

Opritchnik

Limoges-Cité, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

N/A

Stoner/Doom Metal

N/A

Paranoïa

Mont-de-Marsan, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

1997

Black Metal

Satanism, Murderers

Sadastor

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2010

Melodic Power Metal

N/A

Leather Charm

Maubeuge, Hauts-de-France

2004

Thrash Metal

N/A

Shall Not Kill

Metz, Grand Est

2000

Sludge Metal/Grindcore/Post-Hardcore

Politics, Social issues

Hymnn

Chatou, Île-de-France

2012

Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal

N/A

Ashes of a Red Burst

Cambrai, Hauts-de-France

N/A

Atmospheric Black Metal

Instrumental

Savage Annihilation

Montargis, Centre-Val de Loire

2002

Death Metal

Horror, Zombies, Violence, Cannibalism, Misanthropy, Heresy, Doomsday

Anal Putrefaction

Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1999

Symphonic Black Metal

Darkness, Death, Misanthropy

Theraphim

Brittany

2006

Black/Death Metal

Necromancy, Death

Shrak

Strasbourg, Grand Est

2011

Heavy/Speed Metal/Hard Rock

N/A

Odd Inertia

Pau, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2004

Deathcore

N/A

Larve

Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1998

Black Metal

N/A

N/A

Thrash/Heavy Metal

N/A

Awe of Death

Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2019

Death Metal

Mythology, Dystopy, Fiction

Imperial Black Ceremony

Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2008

Depressive Black Metal

N/A

Deathadorn

Les Houches, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2003

Death/Thrash Metal

N/A

Héricourt, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2010

Death Metal

Society and life issues, Conflicts

Nancy, Grand Est

2015

Thrash Metal/Crossover/Hardcore

Thrash metal, Drunkenness

Clanker's Entrails

Paris, Île-de-France

1989

Thrash Metal

Social themes, Problems in society

Censorship

Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2006

Black Metal

Nationalism

SolarStorm

Nancy, Grand Est

2008

Thrash/Death Metal

Matricide, Pollution

Eleven Sides

Chambéry, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1999

Heavy Metal

N/A

Teska

Finistère, Brittany

2001

Thrash/Groove/Heavy Metal

N/A

Paris, Île-de-France

2009

Grindcore

N/A

Mentis Morbo

Paris, Île-de-France

2016

Doom/Sludge Metal

Death, Loss, Oblivion

Salem

Heric, Pays de la Loire

N/A

Melodic Heavy Metal

N/A

Ossuaire

Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2000

Death Metal

Torture, Gore, Strange sexual practices

Härskar

Paris, Île-de-France

2003

Black Metal

Darkness, Depression

Evolution Zero

Yvetot, Normandy

2011

Thrash/Death/Groove Metal

N/A

Ombre Eternelle

Symphonic Black Metal

N/A

Karcavul

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

N/A

Doom/Death/Black Metal

N/A

From Man to Dust

Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire

2009

Death/Thrash Metal

N/A

Lappalainen

Lille, Hauts-de-France

2010

Folk Metal

Celtic/Viking

Day of the Beast

Dunkirk, Hauts-de-France

2017

Black Metal

Satanism, Occultism, The Legends of Evil Spirits

N/A

Black Metal, Ambient

Instrumental

Whisper-X

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2003

Death/Thrash Metal (early); Death Metal (later)

N/A

Peste Noire

Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (early); La Chaise-Dieu, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (later)

2001

Black Metal (early); Experimental/Folk/Black Metal (later)

Nationalism, Racism, Antisemitism, Medieval France, Anti-urbanism, Blasphemy

Sickness

Tours, Centre-Val de Loire

1992

Melodic Thrash Metal

War, Anti-racism, Society

Divine Silence

Atmospheric Doom/Black Metal

N/A

Unexpected Calibrations

Paris, Île-de-France

2020

Progressive Metal

N/A

Valenciennes, Hauts-de-France / Strasbourg, Grand Est / Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2005

Brutal Death Metal

Death, Gore

Desecrate

Bruay-la-Buissière, Hauts-de-France

N/A

Brutal Death Metal

N/A

Holy Host

Maurepas, Île-de-France

1992

Melodic Heavy Metal

N/A

Disakrin

Taverny, Île-de-France

2007

Black Metal

N/A

Karne

Montpellier, Occitanie

1995

Progressive/Melodic Death Metal

N/A

1977

Heavy Metal

N/A

Abhorrent Creation

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Meurtrières

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2018

Heavy Metal

French Medieval legends

Angers, Pays de la Loire

2006

Folk/Black Metal

Britton/French folklore, Legends

Paris, Île-de-France

2002

Thrash Metal

N/A

Weaksaw

Montpellier, Occitanie

2007

Technical Groove Metal

N/A

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2008

Black Metal

N/A

Zoophobia

Florange, Grand Est

1995

Thrash/Death Metal/Grindcore

Pagan, Satanism

Averse

Lille, Hauts-de-France

2002

Progressive Black Metal

N/A

Nightmare

Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1979

Heavy/Power Metal

Life, Rock (early); Fantasy, Armageddon, Schizophrenia, Human behaviour (later)

Blindness

Strasbourg, Grand Est

2011

Deathcore

N/A

Oratoria

Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2001

Death/Thrash Metal

Death, Disease, Madness, Murder

Outland Hill

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

2018

Stoner Metal

N/A

Dreamslave

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes / Paris, Île-de-France

2011

Symphonic Heavy Metal

N/A

Lorient, Brittany

1998

Industrial Death Metal

N/A

Daedalia

N/A

Psychedelic Black Metal

N/A

Demonium

Vernouillet, Île-de-France

2000

Black/Death Metal

N/A

The Veil of Uncertainty

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

N/A

Post-Black Metal

N/A

NoPlaceForMan

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2006

Progressive Metal/Post-Rock

Instrumental

Aeterna Tenebrae

Vierzon, Centre-Val de Loire

N/A

Heavy/Power Metal

N/A

Serpent View

Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2013

Stoner/Sludge/Doom Metal

N/A

Dysmorphic

Tours, Centre-Val de Loire

2009

Technical/Brutal Death Metal

Abstract, Suffering, Mankind

Scatofago

Lons-le-Saunier, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

N/A

Black Metal

Armageddon

Deep Violence

Lunéville, Grand Est

2012

Thrash/Death Metal

N/A

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Spellbinding

Bohain, Hauts-de-France

2006

Symphonic Metalcore

Social

Nekro Ritualistik Death Noize

Angoulême, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2009

Black/Death Metal

BDSM, Drugs, Satan

Boisson Divine

Riscle, Occitanie

2005

Folk Metal

Folklore, History, Everyday life, Gascony

Bourg-en-Bresse, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2009

Black/Industrial Metal

Modern world alienation, Misanthropy, Cannibalism, Fetishism

Chaoside

Bastia, Corsica

2016

Stoner Metal/Rock

Alcohol, Fantastic, Science fiction, Fantasy

Methos

Le Breuil, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

N/A

Black/Death Metal

Justice, Death

Intradeus

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

1997

Death/Thrash Metal

N/A

Tank Genocide

Neuilly-le-Réal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2012

Raw Black Metal/Noise

National Socialism, Terrorism, Supremacy, War, Satanism, Sex, Provocative themes

Blacklodge

Toulouse/Carcassone, Occitanie

2005

Heavy Metal

N/A

Forgotten Tales Brotherhood

Brittany

2019

Extreme/Orchestral Folk Metal

N/A

Kolizion

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

2003

Death Metal

N/A

Énorme Merdier

N/A

Slam/Brutal Death Metal

N/A

Caillassage

Rouen, Normandy

2019

Black Metal

Misanthropy, Mental illness, Hate, Anti-modernism

Cursed by Weed

Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2014

Sludge/Stoner/Doom Metal

N/A

1347

Gotein-Libarrenx, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2016

Raw Black Metal

War, Death, History, Occultism

Novae Militiae

Paris, Île-de-France

2009

Black Metal

Orthodox Satanism, Theology, Occultism

Sky Walker

Épinal, Grand Est

2014

Technical/Melodic Death Metal

N/A

Sorcières

Lille, Hauts-de-France

2017

Black/Folk Metal

Nature, Darkness, Folklore

N/A

Black/Thrash Metal

Serial killers, Horror movies

Reve Cremë

Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1981

Heavy Metal

N/A

Necrose

N/A

Death Metal

N/A

Moonworshipper

Metz, Grand Est

2015

Black Metal

N/A

Exhaurio

Poitiers, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2017

Progressive Death/Thrash Metal

N/A

Narbonne, Occitanie

2007

Brutal Death Metal

N/A

Above

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Epic

Créteil, Île-de-France

1995

Black Metal

Darkness, Warfare, Shakespeare, Romanticism

Pestnacht

2004

Thrash Metal/Metalcore

Human perversion and sufferings, Political

Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

N/A

Post-Black Metal

Instrumental

Dead Moon Rising

Bonneville, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2007

Black/Death Metal

Death, Apocalypse, Murder, Occult

Villeurbanne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1994

Industrial/Groove/Thrash Metal

N/A

Villeurbanne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1987

Heavy Metal

N/A

Digenvez

Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2010

Melodic Death Metal

N/A

Paris, Île-de-France

N/A

Technical Brutal Death Metal

N/A

Hyères, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2008

Symphonic Power Metal, Classical/Film Score

Fantasy

Isildur' Bane

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

1995

Ambient/Black Metal

Winter, Norse Mythology

Marunata

N/A

2017

Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal

Melancholy, Loneliness, Nature

Gallia Fornax

Angers, Pays-de-la-Loire

2006

Black Metal/Folk/Dark Ambient

N/A

Morières-lès-Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

1990

Thrash Metal (early); Industrial Metal (later)

Society, War

Verden Nedenfor

Paris, Île-de-France

2018

Blackened Doom Metal

N/A

Heldraugr

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Velphas

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Aven

Occitanie

2009

Black Metal

N/A

Death Lab

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2010

Technical Death Metal

N/A

Thasaidon

Amiens, Hauts-de-France

2015

Thrash/Death Metal

War, Humour

N/A

Various

Instrumental

Pitbulls in the Nursery

Rambouillet, Île-de-France

1997

Progressive/Technical Death Metal

Death, Abstract, Progression, Humanity

Ars Moriendi

Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2001

Atmospheric/Progressive Black Metal

Darkness, Religion, Suffering

Negativity

Strasbourg, Grand Est

2005

Black Metal, Ambient

Suicide, Inner conflicts, Misanthropy

Elemiah

Troyes, Grand Est

1999

Progressive Metal

Instrumental

Paris, Île-de-France

N/A

Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore

N/A

Inner Tears

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

N/A

Metalcore

N/A

Stormhaven

Toulouse, Occitanie

2010

Progressive Death Metal

N/A

Adoperta Tenebris

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

2010

Black Metal

N/A

Thagirion

Paris, Île-de-France

2011

Black/Death Metal

N/A

Mandibula

N/A

Death/Thrash Metal

N/A

Hexenkult

Metz, Grand Est

2009

Death Metal

N/A

Dornfall

Paris, Île-de-France

2003

Progressive Power Metal

N/A

Univertigo

Toulouse, Occitanie

2014

Electronic/Melodic Death Metal

Reality, Space trips, Ancient aliens

Pologize

Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2013

Symphonic/Progressive/Power Metal/Rock

Fantasy, Mythology

Sincrazy

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

N/A

Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore

N/A

Gjallar

Crolles, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1996

Black Metal

Asatru mythology

Contemplation

N/A

Sludge Metal/Noise Rock

N/A

Clampdown

Lille, Hauts-de-France

1998

Technical Groove Metal

N/A

Dadarioth

Issoudun, Centre-Val de Loire

2005

Black Metal

Satanism, Misanthropy, Hate

Ronces

Paris, Île-de-France

2010

Melodic Black Metal

Nostalgia, Humankind

Memoria

Charleville-Mézières, Grand Est

1997

Heavy/Black Metal

N/A

Kugelblitz

Paris, Île-de-France

2019

Sludge Metal

N/A

Lastwarn

Angers, Pays de la Loire

N/A

Thrash Metal

N/A

Megaptere

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2011

Progressive Death Metal

Instrumental

Ruine

Nancy, Grand Est

2015

Black Metal

World War I, History, France

Antlia

Amiens, Hauts-de-France

2009

Death Metal (early); Deathcore (later)

N/A

Primhate Circle

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2014

Death Metal/Metalcore

N/A

Paris, Île-de-France

1996

Death Metal

Death, Gore, Violence

Zatchla

Paris, Île-de-France (early); Quimper, Brittany (later)

N/A

Black/Death Metal

N/A

Ascète

Périgord Noir, Nouvelle-Aquitaine / Belgium

2015

Black Metal

Legacy of Perigord, Traditions, Legends, Decadence

Osculum Infame

Paris, Île-de-France

1993

Black Metal

Satanism, Vampirism, Evil, Hell, Anti-Christianity, Tolkien

N/A

Death/Black Metal/RAC

National Socialism

Cougar

Albi, Occitanie

1984

Heavy Metal/Hard Rock

N/A

Dark Corpus

Sélestat, Grand Est

N/A

Melodic Groove/Doom Metal

N/A

Usthen

Paris, Île-de-France

2003

Progressive Black Metal

N/A

N/A

Melodic Black Metal

N/A

Jesters

Gueugnon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

1994

Heavy Metal/Hard Rock

N/A

Xavier Boscher

Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

1999

Progressive Metal/Rock

Instrumental

Obscuration

Longuenesse, Hauts-de-France

1993

Gothic/Black Metal

N/A

Morphyl Hate

Paris, Île-de-France (early); United Kingdom (later)

1991

Death Metal/Grindcore

N/A

Zëptenvr

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Wurzburg

Yutz, Grand Est

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Ahmasiah

Lambersart, Hauts-de-France

1989

Thrash Metal

Parody

Ixion

Brittany

2004

Atmospheric Doom Metal

Void, Space, Death, Love

Worselder

Pamiers, Ariège, Occitanie

2008

Groove Metal/Hard Rock

N/A

Voracious God

Varces-Allières-et-Risset, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1995

Medieval Black Metal

War, Honour, Victory

Litanie

Cazillac, Occitanie

2010

Black Metal

Occultism, Death, Afterlife Cosmogonies, Medieval Times

Lyrae

Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2005

Progressive Gothic Metal

N/A

Beer Breath

Paris, Île-de-France

2002

Death/Thrash Metal

N/A

Bind Torture Kill

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2013

Death Metal/Grindcore

Death, Criminality, Serial killers, Violence

Equilibrium

Arles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2000

Industrial Doom/Death Metal

N/A

Scriptura

Peyrelevade, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2008

Thrash/Groove Metal

N/A

Paris, Île-de-France (early); Rennes, Brittany (later)

2009

Avant-garde Black Metal

Religion, Spirituality, History, Literature

N/A

Raw Black Metal

Japanese folklore, Horror, Ghosts

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2010

Black Metal

Feelings, Pessimism

Florian Liard

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

N/A

Melodic Death Metal

N/A

Gap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

2005

Symphonic Black Metal

N/A

Wōdaz

N/A

Depressive Black Metal

Nature, Depression, Paganism

Misanthrope

Angers, Maine-et-Loire

1988

Progressive/Melodic Death Metal

Bizarre and ominous feelings, History, Perversion, Fantasy, Story of Alceste

Nyarlathotep

Dijon/Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

1998

Black Metal

N/A

Fahrenheit

Angoulême, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

1991

Heavy Metal

N/A

Aldébaran

Ségreville, Occitanie

1999

Progressive Metal

N/A

Bekhira

Paris, Île-de-France

1995

Black Metal

Anti-Christianity, Evilness, Occultism

Spyral

Hauts-de-France

2015

Progressive Death Metal

N/A

Brittany

2005

Black Metal

Mankind, Nature

Virgil

Hauts-de-France

2016

Blackened Deathcore

Mythology

Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2005

Thrash Metal

N/A

Eros

Béthune, Hauts-de-France

N/A

Thrash/Death Metal

N/A

Matan Boukous

Sorel-Moussel, Centre-Val de Loire

1995

Black Metal

N/A

The Eternal Fire

Yutz, Grand Est

N/A

Heavy Metal/Punk

Instrumental

Vernouillet, Île-de-France

1999

Black Metal

Satanism, Occultism, Misanthropy

Vor.ulkr

Pau, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2001

Symphonic Progressive Metal

N/A

Operadyse

Montpellier, Occitanie

2006

Symphonic Power Metal

Fantasy

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

1994

Black Metal

Vampyrism

Paris, Île-de-France

N/A

Funeral Doom Metal

N/A

In Purulence

Béthune, Hauts-de-France

2014

Death Metal

World War I

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

N/A

Pagan Black/Folk Metal

Gallic history

4500 Ans Enfermé Dans un Vieux Tombeau Poussiéreux et Scellé Par un Sort Maudit

Grand Est

2012

Progressive/Melodic Death Metal

N/A

2009

Black Metal

Psychological disorders, Nevroses, Anxiety

Usved

Quimper, Brittany

1984

Heavy Metal

N/A

Hysteria

Saint-Priest, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1996

Brutal Death Metal (early); Melodic Blackened Death Metal (later)

Suffering, Chaos, Desolation, Anti-religion

Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur

1992

Heavy/Thrash Metal

N/A

N/A

Raw Black Metal

Anti-fascism, Misanthropy, Scorn

Acyl

Paris, Île-de-France

2007

Progressive/Middle Eastern Folk Metal

Self-introspection, Religion, Middle Eastern folklore

Suunya

Montpellier, Occitanie

2007

Industrial/Technical Groove Metal/Metalcore

N/A

Bloody Ritual

Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

1990

Death/Thrash Metal

N/A

Hanger Abortion

Montpellier, Occitanie

2018

Slam/Brutal Death Metal/Deathcore

N/A

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

1993

Black Metal

Satanism, Occultism

In Hell

Hénin-Beaumont, Hauts-de-France

2013

Black/Death Metal

N/A

Nyseius

Paris, Île-de-France

2002

Black Metal

Satanism, Mysticism

Sunnudagr

Paris, Île-de-France (early); Toulouse, Occitanie (later)

2013

Black Metal

N/A

Horgoth

Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2007

Melodic Black Metal

N/A

Funeral Dawn

Paris, Île-de-France

2003

Black/Folk Metal

Nature, Paganism

Zubrowska

Toulouse, Occitanie

2001

Technical Deathcore/Mathcore

Nonsense, Death

Apoplexy

Strasbourg, Grand Est

1991

Death Metal

N/A

Alien Deviant Circus

Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2003

Industrial Black Metal

Metaphysical Satanism, Philosophy, Mysticism, Psychedelia, Hinduism

Skaphos

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2018

Black/Death Metal

Abyss, Lovecraft

Nydeaf

Paris, Île-de-France

Symphonic/Melodic Death Metal

Human violence

Échafaud

N/A

Black Metal/Punk

N/A

Pretium Doloris

Poitiers, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2001

Symphonic Metal

N/A

Elisirius

N/A

Atmospheric Black Metal

N/A

N/A

Death/Thrash Metal

N/A

Furia

Montpellier, Occitanie

2005

Black/Death Metal

Medieval themes

N/A

Ahura

Nantes/Les Sables-d'Olonne, Pays de la Loire

2005

Death Metal

N/A

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

N/A

Death Metal

N/A

N/A

Progressive Heavy Metal

N/A

Forsaken Peddlers

Rouen, Normandy

2010

Epic Doom Metal

History, Society

Stellar Kingdom

Rennes, Brittany

2020

Raw Black Metal/Ambient

N/A

Nebel

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Ritual Temple

Rennes, Brittany

2010

Doom/Heavy Metal

Satan, Rituals, Darkness, Death

Maggots

Montpellier, Occitanie

N/A

Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore

N/A

Paris, Île-de-France

2011

Black Metal

Mythology, History, War

Chihedo

Vesoul, Haute-Saône

1993

Heavy Metal

N/A

Bonneuil-Matours, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2006

Folk/Black Metal

Pre/proto-historic eras

Rouen, Normandy

2018

Black Metal, Dungeon Synth

Darkness, Clark Ashton Smith universe

Sinister Oath

N/A

Black Metal

Esotericism, Sinister Tradition, Satanism

Crépuscule d'Hiver

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

N/A

Epic Black Metal/Dungeon Synth

Medieval

Chromosome V

Île-de-France

N/A

Heavy/Speed/Thrash Metal

N/A

N/A

Viking Metal

N/A

Hello Darkness

N/A

Sludge/Post-Metal/Crust

N/A

Sun Eater

Reims, Grand Est

2019

Technical/Brutal Death Metal

N/A

Daethorn

Paris, Île-de-France

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Eitrin

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

S.U.T.U.R.E.

Metz, Grand Est

2016

Black Metal/Crust

Human hatred, Mysanthropy, Vegetarism

Oshii

Amiens, Hauts-de-France

2005

Metalcore

N/A

Moonreich

Paris, Île-de-France

2008

Black Metal

War, Desolation

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2011

Depressive Black Metal

Sadness

Yâb

N/A

2014

Industrial Black Metal

N/A

Zybillin Spräch

Île-de-France

2010

Heavy Metal

Society, Weird poetry, Anger

Île-de-France

1997

Heavy Metal

N/A

Mindlag Project

Vitrolles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

1999

Thrash Metal/Metalcore

N/A

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

2012

Thrash Metal

N/A

Patrice Duthoo

N/A

Various

Instrumental

Pulverizer

Angers, Pays de la Loire

N/A

Brutal Death Metal

N/A

N/A

Raw Black Metal

N/A

Ulhart

Pau, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2001

Black Metal

Pyrenean mythology and folklore

Elfika

Paris, Île-de-France

2014

Melodic/Symphonic Metal/Rock

Melancholy, Feelings

Inside We Die

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

N/A

Death Metal/Hardcore

N/A

Oratorivm

Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2016

Avant-garde Death/Black Metal

N/A

N/A

Heavy/Thrash Metal

N/A

Lebensborn 88

N/A

Black/Death Metal/Dark Ambient

War, National Socialism, White supremacy

Burden

Chambéry, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

N/A

Death/Thrash Metal

N/A

Vediog Svaor

Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1996

Psychedelic/Progressive/Black Metal

Space, Abstract concepts, Coldness

Sternomastoid

Brétigny-sur-Orge, Île-de-France

N/A

Death Metal/Grindcore

Gore, Death

Moonlight Reverence

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

1998

Melodic Heavy Metal

N/A

Snoezelen

N/A

Progressive Metal

N/A

Gronibard

Lille, Hauts-de-France

1998

Goregrind

Humour, Sex, Porn, Metal, Parody, French suburbs

Altaïr

Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1995

Black Metal

N/A

Unborned

Heumont-Réhon, Grand Est

N/A

Black/Death Metal

N/A

Cadaveric Fumes

Rennes, Brittany

2011

Death Metal

Death, Horror, Morbidity

Midoran

Toulouse, Occitanie

2002

Power/Thrash Metal

N/A

Pleasure to Kill

Pithiviers, Centre-Val de Loire

2008

Thrash Metal

Anger, Politics

Port-la-Nouvelle, Occitanie

1993

Groove/Thrash Metal

N/A

Mareau-aux-Prés, Centre-Val de Loire

2011

Heavy Metal

N/A

Lohcran

Longpont-sur-Orge, Île-de-France

1995

Thrash Metal/Crossover (early); Brutal Death Metal (later)

N/A

DXS

Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2007

Industrial Gothic/Black Metal

N/A

My Edelweiss

Gueugnon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2001

Gothic Metal

N/A

Sentence

Paris, Île-de-France

1995

Death Metal

N/A

Wolok

Yutz/Florange, Grand Est

2003

Black/Doom Metal

Nothingness, End of life

1995

Symphonic Thrash/Death Metal with Industrial/Electronic influences

N/A

Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Grand Est

2005

Goregrind

Gore

Malpest

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

1997

Heavy Metal

Love

Lille, Hauts-de-France

2010

Neoclassical/Melodic Heavy Metal

N/A

Arkilae Whym Aeslaelith

Forbach, Grand Est

2004

Thrash Metal

Human nature, Problems of society

Apocryphal

Villiers-sur-Marne, Île-de-France

1994

Atmospheric Death Metal

Lovecraft

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

1999

Progressive Heavy Metal

Heaven, Devils, Ghosts, Thoughts

Pluie Noire

Centre-Val de Loire

2014

Black Metal

Theology, Tradition, Mysticism, Death

Âge ⱡ Total

N/A

Atmospheric Doom/Post-Metal

N/A

Red Vampyric Witchery

Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

N/A

Raw Black Metal

N/A

Black Fury

Le Havre, Normandy

2003

Symphonic Black Metal

Landscapes, Wolves, Magic

2007

Black Metal

Annihilation of mankind, Emptiness, Chaos

Aura Impius

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

1997

Black Metal

N/A

Bâ'a

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2017

Black Metal

Religion, Human behaviour

Lutece

Paris, Île-de-France/Dublin

2006

Epic Black Metal

European pride, Pagan events, Battlefields

Heavy and Loud

Metz, Grand Est

2000

Heavy Metal

N/A

Dweem

N/A

Stoner/Doom Metal

N/A

Artotsa

Rochefort, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2002

Black Metal

Nihilism, Misanthropy, Liberation, Nothingness, Death

Abyme

Malesherbes, Centre-Val de Loire

2005

Black Metal

Hatred, Misanthropy, Despair, Satanism

Villeurbanne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1997

Heavy/Stoner Metal

N/A

Bloodshed

N/A

1991

Thrash/Death Metal

N/A

Abyss

Pompey, Grand Est

N/A

Death/Thrash Metal

N/A

Brest, Brittany

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Paris, Île-de-France

N/A

Stoner/Doom Metal

Stoned thoughts

N/A

Deathcore

N/A

Levith

Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur

2020

Groove Metal/Metalcore

N/A

Medievales

Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2021

Black Metal/Noise/Dungeon Synth

Loneliness, Misanthropy, Hatred, Anti-Religion

The Whole Truth

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

2018

Death Metal/Grindcore

Anti-capitalism, Social issues

Aabode

Nancy, Grand Est

2023

Avant-garde Death Metal

Depths, Weird

Disabled

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

1992

Death Metal

Anti-religion, Gore

Steel Rangers

La Roche-sur-Yon, Pays de la Loire

2008

Glam Metal/Hard Rock (early); Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (later)

Sex

Samael Cooper

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2022

Death Metal

Kabbalah, Gnosis, Conspiracy theories, Anti-Abrahamic religions, Politics

Desdemona

Paris, Île-de-France

1980

Heavy Metal/Hard Rock

N/A

Dislocate

Mulhouse, Grand Est

2017

Thrash Metal

Psychological disorders

Pegase

N/A

Heavy Metal

N/A

Darkwoods Legion

Seynod, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2002

Black Metal

Anti-religion

Sol Draconi Septem

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

2018

Melodic/Industrial Black Metal

Hyperion Cantos

Daedroth

Île-de-France

2016

Black Metal/Ambient

The Elder Scrolls

Zero Tolerance

Franconville, Île-de-France

1995

Industrial Thrash Metal

Violence, Anger

Symakya

Nancy, Grand Est

2008

Symphonic/Progressive Metal

Christianity, Classical Literature, Mythology

Zöldïer Noïz

Montpellier (early)/Lourdes (later), Occitanie

1999

Thrash Metal

Anti-social behaviour, Disorder

Years of Tyrants

Paris, Île-de-France

2008

Technical Deathcore

Abstract, Misanthropy

Tarbes/Lourdes, Occitanie

1997

Folk Metal

Tales, Mythology, Folklore

Svrvie

Tours, Centre-Val-de-loire

2012

Depressive Black Metal

Depression, Suffering, Negativity, Psychosis, Empathy, Trauma, Gnosticism

N/A

Atmospheric Black Metal/Shoegaze

N/A

Alloy

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

N/A

Black/Death Metal

N/A

Deliverance

Paris, Ile-de-France

2012

Sludge/Black Metal

Personal views of religion, Life

Hedensk Bjørn

Grand Est

2008

Black Metal

War, Norse Heathenism, National Socialism, Hatred

Paris, Île-de-France

1996

Black Metal

N/A

Augure Funèbre

Alès, Occitanie

2012

Black Metal

Nature, Sorrow

Fëanturi

Béziers, Occitanie

1999

Melodic Death Metal

Forces and mysteries of nature and life

Continuum

Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2005

Progressive Metal

Introspection, Philosophy, Literature

Hell to Genocide

Peynier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2003

Progressive Metal

N/A

Nära Livet

N/A

Raw Black/Doom Metal/Ambient

N/A

Huître

Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2007

Depressive/Atmospheric Black Metal

Mysticism, Spirituality, Nature, Rebirth, Spirits

Beyond Chronicles

Sèvres, Île-de-France

2013

Melodic Death Metal

N/A

1997

Black/Death Metal

Evil, Death, Insanity

Bloody Sword

1998

Power/Thrash Metal (early); Thrash/Death Metal (later)

N/A

Bury Their Bones

2016

Epic Folk/Black/Death Metal

Fantasy

N/A

Black Metal

Void, mysticism

Legendsea

Chambéry, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1998

Melodic Speed/Heavy Metal

Sea, Ships, Pirates, Legends

Letharsis

Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2003

Death/Thrash Metal

N/A

Tenebres

Drancy, Île-de-France

1982

Heavy/Speed Metal

N/A

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2017

Technical Death Metal/Gypsy Jazz

N/A

Carmaux, Occitanie

1988

Thrash Metal

N/A

Morgan Sansous

N/A

Various

Instrumental (mostly)

Trouillard

Saint-Louis, Grand Est

2001

Thrash/Groove Metal

Environment, Human race, Nonsense

Defaced

Auriol, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2012

Thrash Metal

Instrumental

N/A

2014

Drone/Doom/Sludge Metal

Instrumental

Jidawi

N/A

Death/Black Metal

N/A

Akroma

Nancy, Grand Est

2003

Symphonic Progressive Black Metal

The Bible

Tabes

Paris, Île-de-France

1998

Death Metal

N/A

Moëvöt

Bergerac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

1991

Dark Ambient

Satan, Occult

Al Jannal

N/A

Black Metal

Pre-Islamic Arabia

Soulslicer

Brittany

2020

Death Metal

Virus, Zombies, End of the world

Acarus Sarcopt

Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2003

Black Metal

Nihilism, Inhumanity

Skelethal

Lille, Hauts-de-France

2012

Death Metal

Death, Darkness

Beyon-D-Lusion

Mâcon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2003

Symphonic/Alternative Metal

N/A

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2017

Melodic Death Metal

Nordic mythology, Viking history

Paris, Île-de-France

2021

Progressive Metal

Dark fantasy

Abitbollus

Amiens, Hauts-de-France

2001

Avant-garde Black Metal

Parody

Mulhouse, Grand Est

1991

Death Metal

Politics

Dethroth

1994

Death Metal

Death

2006

Folk Metal

Drinking, Battle, Vikings

Reims, Grand Est

2021

Atmospheric Black Metal

Ecologism, Collapsology

Embers

Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1994

Death/Gothic Metal

Human feelings

Haedeth

Toulouse, Occitanie

2022

Melodic Death Metal

N/A

Nemesis

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

N/A

Death Metal

N/A

Angel Powder

Chaumont, Grand Est

1988

Speed/Thrash Metal

N/A

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

2017

Blackened Sludge/Doom Metal

Social issues, Environmentalism, Animal rights

Rouen, Normandy

N/A

Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore

N/A

Niohoggr

Nancy, Grand Est

2010

Melodic Death/Thrash/Black Metal

N/A

Coeur Doré

Troyes, Grand Est

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

ERR.0x25478

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

N/A

Industrial/Black Metal

N/A

Human Parasite

Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2008

Brutal Death Metal

Violence, Hatred, Death

Atrox Animus

Andernos-les-Bains, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2002

Black Metal

War, Destruction, Paganism, Ragnarök

Praeda

Rennes, Brittany

1999

Black Metal

N/A

Regnum Aeterna

Bayonne/Capbreton, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2004

Avant-garde Metal

Absurdity of society, Childhood world

Ergot de Seigle

Lons-le-Saunier, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2008

Southern/Stoner Metal

N/A

Oorthian

Romagnat, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2001

Death/Thrash Metal

War, Death

Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2009

Progressive Death Metal

Science fiction

Okult

Wingles/Calais, Hauts-de-France

2006

Black Metal

Psychosis, Murder, Misanthropy

Le Havre, Normandy

2011

Progressive Metal/Rock

N/A

Caer Ibormeith

Challes-les-Eaux, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2002

Symphonic Gothic/Black Metal (early); Death Metal with Progressive Rock influences (later)

N/A

N/A

2003

Melodic Black Metal

N/A

Caen, Normandy

2002

Black Metal

National Socialism, Normandy, War, Nationalism

Hunferd

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

1995

Black Metal

Satanism, Occultism

Poitiers, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

1998

Black Metal

N/A

Glaciation

Paris, Île-de-France

2011

Black Metal

Adolescent nostalgia (early); Literature, War, Society (later)

Plérin, Brittany

2007

Black Metal

Eroticism, Dictatorship, Conceptual storylines

Hargne

N/A

Black Metal/Punk

N/A

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2001

Death Metal

N/A

Moulins-Yzeure, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1991

Black Metal

Satanism

Sinister Faith

Paris, Île-de-France

2004

Death Metal

N/A

Boneshaker

Pau, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2006

Heavy Metal/Hard Rock

Life, Youth, Partying, Fun, Humour, Society

Endless

Nancy, Grand Est

2013

Death/Melodic Black Metal

N/A

My Hidden Sin

Paris, Île-de-France

2010

Melodic Death Metal

N/A

Abyssal Suffering

Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Île-de-France

2003

Brutal Death Metal

Suffering, Sickness

Tombe

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

The Apostasy

Épinal, Grand Est

2014

Progressive Metal

Religion criticism

Ülfengard

Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2004

Pagan Black Metal

Ancient Civilizations, Vikings, National Socialism

Regency

Reims, Grand Est

1997

Progressive Metal

N/A

Deficiency

Forbach, Grand Est

2008

Melodic Thrash Metal

N/A

Titans Rage

Toulouse, Occitanie

2017

Progressive Death Metal

N/A

Salamandar

N/A

1999

Black Metal

N/A

Paris, Île-de-France

2000

Pagan Metal

Nature, Paganism

Dreamcatcher

Charenton-le-Pont, Île-de-France (early); Paris, Île-de-France (later)

2001

Heavy/Power/Thrash Metal

Native American culture, Horror

Paris, Île-de-France/Amiens, Hauts-de-France

2000

Thrash/Progressive Metal

N/A

Clear as Mud

Reims, Grand Est

2003

Power/Death/Heavy Metal

N/A

Rouen, Normandy

2006

Black Metal

Mythology, Nature

Lichtlos

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Annecy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1989

Thrash Metal

Death, After-Life, Murder

Death Metal

N/A

Mystic

Montbéliard, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

1988

Speed/Thrash Metal

N/A

Svart Imperium

Noyers-Missy, Normandy

1998

Black Metal

Normandy

Purgatory Unleashed

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2014

Death Metal

Death

Eve's Bite

Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2014

Hard Rock/Heavy Metal

N/A

Dazed

Noyelles-Godault, Hauts-de-France

N/A

Death Metal

N/A

Grim Shit

Paris, Île-de-France

N/A

Progressive Metal/Shred, Progressive Metalcore/Djent

Instrumental (early); Christianity (later)

Monolyth

Beauvais, Hauts-de-France / Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Île-de-France

2006

Power/Thrash Metal

Fantasy, Life, The mind

Ninmah

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2004

Death/Thrash Metal

Mythology, Psychophilosophy

Annecy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2002

Heavy/Thrash Metal

N/A

Havor

Villepreux, Île-de-France

2011

Speed Metal

N/A

Boismé, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2001

Progressive Groove/Death Metal

Society, Pessimism, Madness, Debauchery

Total Genocide

Metz, Grand Est

2017

Stoner/Doom Metal

Drugs, Visions

Smilodon

Colombes/Montreuil-sous-Bois, Île-de-France

1994

Thrash Metal

N/A

Nantes, Pays de la Loire

2020

Progressive Metal

Instrumental

Quark 7

Rouen, Normandy

1996

Progressive Metal

N/A

N/A

Death Metal

N/A

N/A

2018

Black Metal

N/A

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2011

Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal

Spirituality, Left-Hand Path, Sexuality, Occultism, Anti-nomianism

Kuru

N/A

Atmospheric Black Metal

Instrumental

Paris, Île-de-France

1980

Heavy Metal

Sex, Drugs, Satanism, Rock 'n' Roll

Baptized in Vaginal Liquid

Loches, Centre-Val de Loire

2005

Brutal Death Metal

Butchery, Slaughter, Violence

Pau, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

N/A

Progressive Metal/Post-Hardcore

N/A

Régiment

Paris, Île-de-France

1995

Black Metal

Destruction, Hatred, National Socialism

Glok

Paris, Île-de-France

2000

Progressive Heavy Metal

N/A

Silvertrain

Strasbourg, Grand Est

1978

Heavy Metal

Mystery, Mythology, Fantasy

Sissonne, Hauts-de-France

1982

Power/Speed Metal

N/A

Lille, Hauts-de-France

N/A

Doom/Death Metal

N/A

Wych Elm

Paris, Île-de-France

N/A

Black Metal

Satanism, Heathenism, Blood, War

Sphex

N/A

Heavy Metal

N/A

Toulouse, Occitanie

N/A

Black Metal

N/A

Magog

N/A

1995

Black Metal

Darkness, Hell, Satan, Hate

Frostfall

Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1996

Black Metal

Pain, Darkness, Sadness, Despair, The unknown

Arthrosis

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2013

Thrash/Death/Groove Metal

N/A

Paris, Île-de-France

2001

Progressive Thrash Metal

N/A

Zoltegorok

N/A

2023

Atmospheric Black Metal/Dungeon Synth

N/A

Marolles-en-Brie, Île-de-France

2003

Thrash/Death Metal

N/A

Stormlüst

N/A

Death Metal

National Socialism

Wolfshade

Dagneux, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2005

Black Metal

Occultism, Dreams, Darkness, Myths, Lovecraft

Nils Courbaron's Project

Paris, Île-de-France

2011

Progressive Metal

Instrumental

Dying Days

N/A

Atmospheric Gothic Metal

N/A

Bugale an Noz

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

1996

Raw Black Metal/Folk

Pain, Hate, Misanthropy

Psysis

Dijon/Chalon-sur-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

2005

Death Metal

Pain, Hate, Life

Pottiin

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

2006

Death Metal

N/A

Lifeless

Metz, Grand Est

2007

Experimental Doom/Sludge Metal

N/A

Mhorn

N/A

Blackened Death Metal

N/A

Askew

Valentigney, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

1992

Heavy Metal

N/A

Unstable

Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

2011

Crossover/Thrash Metal

N/A

Saint-Quentin, Hauts-de-France

2020

Black Metal

Goetia, Medieval, Demons, Esoteric

Dexter White

Oise, Hauts-de-France / Val-d'Oise, ‎Île-de-France / Eure, Normandy

1990

Death Metal

N/A

Nord, Hauts-de-France

2020

Black Metal

Coal mining, Northern France

Møch

Paris, Île-de-France

N/A

Sludge/Southern Metal/Punk

N/A