Metal Family Tree
From Classic Rock to Goregrind and everything inbetween.
Presented in glorious Text-O-Vision™
- Current version of the Tree - new for 2011 with many clarifications and improvements. Wikipedia's coverage of metal topics has improved a lot since 2007.
- Older versions
From other people:
- Rolling Stone magazine's metal family tree
- MapOfMetal.com - big, pretty, and with sound
This video has examples of a number of different styles of metal, which may help to understand the family tree if you're not familiar with the genre.