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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s, #1: Crazy Town
April 7th, 2017 at 12:19pm Axl Rosenberg

The caterpillar that was the ’90s pupated in a chrysalis and emerged as this butterfly.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s, #2: Pantera
April 6th, 2017 at 1:40pm Axl Rosenberg

When metal was its nadir, Pantera were at their peak.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s, #3: Korn
April 5th, 2017 at 11:09am Emperor Rhombus

Follow the leaders.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s, #4: Faith No More
April 4th, 2017 at 2:18pm Vince Neilstein

Without a doubt one of the most pioneering and influential bands of the decade.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s, #5: Tool
April 3rd, 2017 at 10:28am Vince Neilstein

Their haunting, dark aesthetic, meticulously crafted visuals and air of mystery make them metal even if their music isn’t the heaviest in existence.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s: #6, Metallica
March 31st, 2017 at 11:37am Axl Rosenberg

Whether you loved or hated their output during this decade, you couldn’t deny its significance.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s: #7, Fear Factory
March 30th, 2017 at 2:46pm Vince Neilstein

Fear Factory incorporated every style of metal prevalent in the ’90s into one. And Burton Seabell invented good cop / bad cop vocals.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s: #8, Cannibal Corpse
March 29th, 2017 at 4:22pm Vince Neilstein

Bob Dole hated them, Ace Ventura loved them: Cannibal Corpse are the very embodiment of death metal itself.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s: #9, Deftones
March 28th, 2017 at 5:05pm Vince Neilstein

Deftones weren’t the most popular band to come out of the ’90s nu-metal movement, but they were certainly the most fascinating.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s: #10, Death
March 27th, 2017 at 12:47pm Axl Rosenberg

The five albums Chuck Schuldiner made during this decade cemented his legend forever.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s: #11, Carcass
March 24th, 2017 at 2:43pm Axl Rosenberg

Where would we be without them?


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s: #12, Nine Inch Nails
March 23rd, 2017 at 12:32pm Axl Rosenberg

The project that brought industrial and goth to the masses.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s: #13, Alice in Chains
March 22nd, 2017 at 12:27pm Axl Rosenberg

How many other bands made such a great impact in such a short amount of time?


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s: #14, Dream Theater
March 21st, 2017 at 3:18pm Vince Neilstein

They waved the progressive metal flag high and proud in a decade when no one else did.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s: #15, Type O Negative
March 20th, 2017 at 4:43pm Vince Neilstein

Type O Negative paved the way for sexiness in metal, for all the doom and goth-inspired bands that would follow and being for being unashamedly real.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s: #16, Rage Against the Machine
March 17th, 2017 at 2:34pm Vince Neilstein

“They were never apologetic. They never backed down. They also inadvertently inspired an entire scene of bands. Bow down.”


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s: #17, Napalm Death
March 16th, 2017 at 8:45am Axl Rosenberg

Napalm Death created grindcore.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s: #18, Sepultura
March 15th, 2017 at 12:16pm Axl Rosenberg

The bridge from thrash to death metal.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s: #19, Cradle of Filth
March 14th, 2017 at 4:11pm Vince Neilstein

The British black metal band brought extreme metal to the masses.


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The 25 Most Important Metal Bands of the ’90s: #20, Botch
March 13th, 2017 at 1:13pm Axl Rosenberg

Don’t dare disagree with us, bee-Botch.


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