| Name | Genre | Herkunftsort |
| A SABLE OPIATE | Melodic Black Metal | Dortmund |
| ABYTHIC | Death Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| ACCEPT | Heavy Metal | Solingen |
| AD UNUM OMNES | Black/ Extreme Metal | Essen |
| AERANEA | Doom/Gothic Metal | Essen |
| AGENDA | Heavy/Speed/Thrash Metal | Wuppertal |
| ALUNITE | Metal/Rock | Castrop-Rauxel |
| ANGEL DUST | Speed/Thrash Metal (early), Melodic Power Metal (later) | Dortmund |
| ANGER | Thrash Metal | Dortmund |
| ASSASSIN | Thrash Metal | Düsseldorf |
| ATTIC | Heavy Metal | Gelsenkirchen/Lünen |
| AXEL RUDI PELL | Heavy/Power Metal | Bochum |
| AXOLOTL | Melodic Death Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| AXXIS | Melodic Heavy/Power Metal | Dortmund |
| BACKFIRED.HATE | Death/Thrash/Groove Metal | Heiligenhaus |
| BAUMBART | Folk Metal | Oberhausen |
| BEGINNING | Metalcore | Dinslaken |
| BEYONDITION | Death Metal | Duisburg |
| BLACK MESSIAH | Symphonic Black/Folk/Viking Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| BLEEDING HEAVEN | Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore (early), Deathcore (later) | Recklinghausen/Herten/Duisburg/Dortmund |
| BLODTåKE | Black Metal / Death Metal / Doom Metal | Oberhausen |
| BREAKDOWN AT TIFFANYS | Hardcore / Metal | Krefeld |
| BREAKWATERS | Metalcore | Castrop-Rauxel |
| CALIBAN | Metalcore | Essen |
| CALL OF CHARON | Deathcore/Metalcore | Bottrop |
| CARADRAS | Black Metal | Essen/Arnsberg |
| CARATUCAY | Melodic/Progressive Death Metal | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| CELESTIAL MEISTERS | Doom/Post-Metal | Wuppertal |
| COAL BLACK | Alternative Rock | Dinslaken |
| CONVICTIVE | Black Metal | Duisburg/Neuss/Düsseldorf |
| CORPORAL SHRED | Thrash Metal | Essen |
| COVEN CALL | Symphonic Metal | Dortmund |
| CRIKEY | Death Metal | Krefeld |
| CROSSPLANE | Rock n Roll | Ruhrpott |
| CRYPTIC CROWN | Death/Thrash Metal | Velbert |
| CUSTARD | Power Metal | Herne |
| DARKENED NOCTURN SLAUGHTERCULT | Black Metal | Dormagen |
| DARKNESS | Thrash Metal | Essen |
| DAWN OF DESTINY | Power Metal | Bochum |
| DEAD IN PARADISE | Modern Metalcore | Castrop-Rauxel |
| DEATH BY EXILE | Death Metal | Dülmen/Coesfeld |
| DECAPTACON | Melodic Death Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| DENOMINATION | Death Metal | Hagen |
| DEPARTURE FROM HELL | Metalcore | Münster/Lüdinghausen |
| DEPRAVED ENTITY | Straight Heavy Metal | Hagen |
| DESTROY THEM | Essen | |
| DEUS INVERSUS | Death Metal | Essen |
| DEVASTRUCTION | Thrash Metal | Dortmund |
| DEVILUSION | Heavy/Thrash Metal | Krefeld |
| DIABOLIC NIGHT | Black/Speed Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| DIAROE | Grindcore/Death Metal | Essen |
| DIE KRUPPS | Industrial/EBM (early), Industrial Metal (later) | Düsseldorf |
| DIPSOMANIA | Death/Thrash Metal | Dorsten |
| DISMINDED | Death/Thrash Metal | Wesel |
| DIVERSITY OF DARKNESS | Symphonic Metal | Wuppertal |
| DIVERSITY ZERO | Hardrock | Krefeld |
| DORO | Heavy Metal | Düsseldorf |
| DROPBEAR | Groove Metal | Oberhausen |
| EAT MY BODY | Death Metal | Essen |
| EïS | Black Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| ELMSFIRE | Melodic Heavy Metal | Düsseldorf |
| ELURA | Black Metal | Duisburg |
| ELURRA | Black Metal | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| ELVELLON | Symphonic Metal | Moers |
| EMERALD EDGE | Progressive/Power Metal | Erkrath |
| EPILIRIUM | Folk/Heavy/Thrash Metal | Monheim |
| ESCART | Ungeschminkt rumpellig-authentischer Heavy Melodic Thrash Groove Metal | Iserlohn |
| ESKIMO CALLBOY | Metalcore | Castrop-Rauxel |
| ETERNAL DIRGE | Death Metal | Marl |
| EVOKED | Death Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| FAIRYTALE | Heavy/Power Metal | Recklinghausen |
| FALKENBACH | Viking/Black/Folk Metal | Düsseldorf |
| FIRST TIME IN HELL | Traditionel Heavy Metal | Dortmund |
| FOMORIA | Symphonic Metal | Mülheim a.d.Ruhr |
| FOOL THE MASSES | Industrialcore | Duisburg |
| FRIGORIS | Pagan/Black Metal (early), Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal (later) | Essen |
| FROSTED UNDERGROWTH | Black Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| FUTUREPHOBIA | Thrash Metal/Crossover | Unna |
| GLORYFUL | Heavy Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| GOAT OF MENDES | Heavy/Folk/Pagan Metal | Hagen |
| GODMORGON | Death/Sludge Metal | Dortmund |
| GOREPUTATION | Brutal Death Metal | Duisburg |
| GOYTACÁ | Thrash Metal | Düsseldorf |
| GRABUNHOLD | Black Metal | Dortmund |
| GRAVE DIGGER | Speed Metal (early), Heavy/Power Metal (later) | Gladbeck |
| GREYDON FIELDS | Heavy/Thrash Metal | Essen |
| GRIM VAN DOOM | Sludge Metal | Wuppertal |
| HäXENZIJRKELL | Black Metal | Essen |
| HALLIG | Black Metal | Bochum |
| HARKON | Heavy Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| HEIMDALLS WACHT | Pagan Black Metal | Ahlen |
| HELGRINDUR | Pagan Metal | Solingen |
| HEXER | Stoner/Doom Metal | Dortmund |
| HOPELEZZ | Modern Thrash Metal | Wuppertal |
| IGNITION | Power Metal | Duisburg |
| IMPARITY | Gothic Doom | Bochum |
| IMPERFECTION | Groove Metal | Düsseldorf |
| INSIGNIUM | Black/Death Metal | Hagen |
| INSTANT FIRST TRY | Metalcore | Bochum |
| IRON KOBRA | Heavy Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| JAMHEADS | Hard Rock | Velbert |
| JAPANISCHE KAMPFHöRSPIELE | Grindcore | Krefeld |
| JUSTIFY | Thrash-Metal | Essen |
| KADAVERFICKER | Sludge/Death Metal/Grindcore | Dortmund |
| KHTHONIIK CERVIIKS | Death/Black Metal | Dortmund |
| KILL REFLEX | Death/Thrash/Groove Metal | Bochum |
| KINGDOM OF SALVATION | Thrash/Death Metal | Leverkusen |
| KRäHENFELD | Black Metal | Krefeld |
| KREATOR | Thrash Metal | Essen |
| KRIEGSZITTERN | Death Metal | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| KRUD | Groove Metal | Schwelm |
| LAYMENT | Gothic Metal | Herne |
| LIFELESS | Death Metal | Dortmund |
| LIVERLESS | Heavy Metal | Düsseldorf |
| LLUNG | Stoner/Doom Metal | Duisburg/Bottrop/Dinslaken |
| LUX SERPENT | Epic Doom Metal | Dortmund |
| LYRIEL | Folk Metal/Rock | Gummersbach |
| MAGOTH | Black Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| MAINSTREET | Heavy Metal | Wanne |
| MALLEVS MALEFICARVM | Melodic Black Metal | Bocholt |
| MANIFESTIC | Progressive Speed/Thrash Metal | Bochum/Ratingen/Essen |
| MESSERSCHMITT | Speed Metal | Remscheid |
| METHHEAD | Thrash Metal | Haltern am See |
| MIKE AL BECKER | Rock | Schwerte |
| MISANTHROPE MONARCH | Death/Thrash Metal | Oberhausen |
| MOMENT OF DETONATION | Metalcore/Melodic Death Metal | Düsseldorf/Oberhausen/Essen |
| MONARCHIST | Heavy Metal | Düsseldorf |
| MORTALS PATH | Death Metal | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| MOSHCIRCUS | Thrash/Death Metal | Dortmund |
| NIGHTBEARER | Death Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| NO COMPROMISE | Thrash Metal | Düsseldorf |
| NUCLEAR MAGICK | Black/Death/Doom Metal | Essen/Bochum |
| NYKTOPHOBIA | Melodic Death Metal | Datteln |
| OBSCURITY | Pagan/Viking Metal | Velbert |
| OBSOLETE INCARNATION | Brutal Death Metal | Gummersbach |
| ONKEL TOM | Thrash Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| ONKEL TOM ANGELRIPPER | Thrash Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| ONYXSIN | Alternativ Metal | Duisburg |
| OPTIMIST | Death Metal/Hardcore | Ruhr |
| ORAGE | Heavy Metal | Bochum |
| ORDEN OGAN | Folk Metal (early), Power Metal (later) | Arnsberg |
| ORPHALIS | Technical Brutal Death Metal | Dortmund |
| OTHO | Doom | Moers |
| OUTTA NOISE | Melodic Death Metal | Tönisvorst / Krefeld |
| PAST MD | Heavy Rock | Oberhausen |
| PENROSE | Modern Metal | Remscheid |
| PESTLEGION | Black Metal | Marl |
| PHOBIATIC | Technical Death Metal | Essen/Bottrop |
| PLACENTA POWERFIST | Brutal Death Metal | Hamm |
| POWERSLAVE | Power Metal | Wipperfürth |
| PRISONER | Heavy Metal | Bergneustadt |
| RAGE | Heavy/Speed/Power Metal | Herne |
| REACTORBLAST | Thrash Metal | Langenfeld |
| RECKLESS MANSLAUGHTER | Death Metal | Herne |
| RED APOLLO | Atmospheric Sludge/Post-Metal | Dortmund |
| REFUGE | Heavy/Thrash Metal | Herne |
| REMAINED | Melodic Hardcore Punk | Köln/Duisburg |
| ROTTING DEMISE | Death Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| SABIENDAS | Old School Death Metal | Recklinghausen |
| SACRIFICE THEORY | Heavy/Thrash Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| SAMSARA CIRCLE | Thrash Metal/Metalcore | Düsseldorf |
| SANKT VELTEN | Heavy Metal | Essen |
| SCANNER | Heavy/Power Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| SCULPTOR VOID | Thrash Metal | Arnsberg |
| SELFDEVOURED | Death Metal | Wuppertal |
| SEMIWASTED | Alternative Rock | Witten |
| SHAPESHIFTER | Metalcore | Bergisch-Gladbach |
| SHOCKGNOSIS | Modern Metal | Duisburg / Essen |
| SIEBENSCHERBEN | Black Metal/Keller Synth | Krefeld |
| SILENT REVENANTS | Symphonic Metal | Gescher |
| SIRENS OF CRISIS | Crust/Sludge Metal | Leverkusen |
| SKYCONQUEROR | Heavy/Power/Thrash Metal | Nordkirchen/Münster |
| SLEEPING GREEN | Stoner/Doom | Moers |
| SLIPPERY AFFAIR | Hard Rock | Gelsenkirchen |
| SLOMIND | Southern/Stoner Metal/Rock | Düsseldorf |
| SODOM | Black/Speed Metal (early), Thrash Metal (later) | Gelsenkirchen |
| SOLAR FRAGMENT | Melodic Power/Heavy Metal | Dortmund |
| SOLARDRIFTER | Metalcore | Dortmund |
| SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME | Metalcore | Wesel |
| SOMEWHERE IN NOWHERE | Heavy Metal | Werne |
| SOUL CAGES | Progressive Metal | Hemer |
| SPIKER | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock | Essen |
| STORM SEEKER | Folk Metal | Neuss |
| SUIDAKRA | Melodic Death/Black/Folk Metal | Düsseldorf |
| SULPHUR AEON | Death Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| SUM OF FEARS | Düsseldorf | |
| SYMMETRIC ORGAN | Death Metal | Dortmund |
| TAVARON | Black Metal | Duisburg |
| TEMPRAGE | Thrash Metal | Bergisch Gladbach |
| TEUTONIC SLAUGHTER | Thrash Metal | Gladbeck |
| THE CLAYMORE | Power Metal | Castrop-Rauxel |
| THE NIGHT ETERNAL | Heavy Metal | Essen |
| THE VERY END | Groove Metal | Essen |
| THY SPELLCRAFT | Melodic Heavy Metal | Castrop-Rauxel |
| THYRGRIM | Black/Pagan Metal | Moers |
| TIWAZ BOREALIS | Pagan Metal | Recklinghausen |
| TRACED BY ENEMIES | Metalcore | Oberhausen |
| TRANSGRESSION | Oldschool-Deathmetal | Leverkusen |
| TREIBSTOFF | Testosteron Metal | Dortmund |
| TSATTHOGGUA | Black/Thrash Metal | Marl |
| U.D.O. | Heavy Metal | Wuppertal |
| UNIVERSE | Melodic Heavy Metal | Wuppertal |
| VULTURE | Speed/Thrash Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| WARRANT | Power/Speed Metal | Düsseldorf |
| WE ARE PERSPECTIVES | Deathcore | Bottrop |
| WE NEED A MEDIC HERE | Metalcore | Hagen |
| WELL SEASONED CHRIST | Thrash | Bergisch Gladbach |
| WENT BLANK | Death Metal | Oberhausen |
| WHEEL | Doom Metal | Dortmund |
| WICKED DISCIPLE | No Frontiers Metal | Bottrop |
| WIZARD | Epic Power Metal | Bocholt |
| WORDS OF FAREWELL | Melodic Death Metal | Marl |
| ZWIELICHT | Black Metal | Wanne-Eickel |
