| Band | Origin | Active | Notes |
| 10 Years | United States | Yes | Also classed as post-grunge and progressive metal. |
| 12 Stones | United States | Yes | Also classed as post-grunge, alternative rock and Christian rock. |
| 36 Crazyfists | United States | No | Also classed as metalcore, post-hardcore and nu metal. |
| 311 | United States | Yes | Also classed as reggae rock, alternative rock, rap metal, funk rock, rap rock, and funk metal. |
| 3Teeth | United States | Yes | Also classed as industrial metal, industrial, industrial rock, electronic rock, electro-industrial, and nu metal. |
| 40 Below Summer | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal and hard rock. |
| Adema | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, alternative rock, and post-grunge. |
| Alcest | France | Yes | Also classed as post-metal, shoegaze, blackgaze, post-black metal, and black metal. |
| All Ends | Sweden | No | Also classed as alternative rock and hard rock. |
| Alice in Chains | United States | Yes | Also classed as grunge, heavy metal, doom metal, sludge metal, and alternative rock. |
| Alien Ant Farm | United States | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, nu metal, punk rock, and pop punk. |
| Alter Bridge | United States | Yes | Also classed as hard rock, heavy metal, post-grunge, progressive metal, and alternative rock. |
| American Head Charge | United States | No | Also classed as nu metal and industrial metal. |
| American Standards | United States | Yes | Also classed as mathcore, metalcore, post hardcore and hardcore punk. |
| Anew Revolution | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal. |
| A Pale Horse Named Death | United States | Yes | Also classed as gothic metal, doom metal, and post-grunge. |
| Apartment 26 | United Kingdom | No | Also classed as nu metal. and industrial metal. |
| A Perfect Circle | United States | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, progressive rock, and art rock. |
| Apocalyptica | Finland | Yes | Also classed as neoclassical metal and symphonic metal. |
| Architects | United Kingdom | Yes | Also classed as mathcore, metalcore, post-hardcore and progressive metalcore. |
| Art of Anarchy | United States | Yes | Also classed as post-grunge, hard rock, and alternative rock. |
| Asking Alexandria | United Kingdom | Yes | Also classed as electronicore, hard rock, heavy metal, metalcore and post-hardcore. |
| Atomship | United States | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, post-grunge, and progressive rock. |
| At the Drive-In | United States | On hiatus | Also classed as post-hardcore. |
| Audioslave | United States | No | Also classed as hard rock, funk rock, and alternative rock. |
| Avatar | Sweden | Yes | Also classed as melodic death metal, groove metal, progressive metal, and industrial metal. |
| Avenged Sevenfold | United States | Yes | Also classed as heavy metal, hard rock, progressive metal, and metalcore. |
| Babymetal | Japan | Yes | Also classed as heavy metal, death metal, speed metal and j-pop. |
| Bad Brains | United States | Yes | 1986 album I Against I recognized as one of the first alternative metal albums. Also classed as hardcore punk and reggae rock. |
| Bad Omens | United States | Yes | Also classed as metalcore. |
| Baroness | United States | Yes | Also classed as sludge metal, progressive metal and post-rock. |
| Beartooth | United States | Yes | Also classed as metalcore, hardcore, post-hardcore, and hard rock. |
| Black Veil Brides | United States | Yes | Also classed as melodic metalcore, glam metal, heavy metal, and hard rock. |
| Bleed | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal and shoegaze. |
| Breaking Benjamin | United States | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock and post-grunge. |
| Bring Me the Horizon | United Kingdom | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, metalcore, deathcore, and post-hardcore. |
| Bullet for My Valentine | United Kingdom | Yes | Also classed as hard rock, heavy metal, metalcore and thrash metal. |
| The Butterfly Effect | Australia | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock and progressive rock. |
| Butthole Surfers | United States | On hiatus | Also classed as alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, experimental rock and hardcore punk. |
| Chevelle | United States | Yes | Also classed as hard rock, post-grunge, alternative rock, nu metal, and indie rock. |
| CKY | United States | Yes | Also classed as post-grunge, alternative rock, stoner rock, and hard rock. |
| Clawfinger | Sweden | Yes | Also classed as rap metal, industrial metal and nu metal. |
| Clutch | United States | Yes | Also classed as hard rock, stoner rock, blues rock, post-hardcore, funk metal and hardcore punk. |
| Coal Chamber | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, industrial metal and gothic metal. |
| Code Orange | United States | Yes | Also classed as metalcore, hardcore punk, industrial hardcore, and. |
| Cold | United States | Yes | Also classed as post-grunge, hard rock and alternative rock. |
| Coldrain | Japan | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, post-hardcore, metalcore, hard rock and punk rock. |
| Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway | United States | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock. |
| Decyfer Down | United States | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock and post-grunge. |
| Defrage | Estonia | No | Also classed as alternative rock and post-grunge. |
| Deftones | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, experimental rock, post-metal, post-hardcore, and art rock. |
| Demon Hunter | United States | Yes | Also classed as metalcore, nu metal, groove metal, and Christian metal. |
| Depswa | United States | On hiatus | Also classed as nu metal. |
| Devilskin | New Zealand | Yes | Also classed as hard rock and heavy metal. |
| Disturbed | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, hard rock, and heavy metal. |
| Dir En Grey | Japan | Yes | Also classed as industrial metal, nu metal, death metal, experimental metal, progressive metal, and extreme metal. |
| Dog Fashion Disco | United States | Yes | Also classed as experimental metal. |
| Dope | United States | Yes | Also classed as industrial metal and nu metal |
| downset. | United States | Yes | Also classed as rap metal, funk metal, hardcore punk and rapcore. |
| Drowning Pool | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, heavy metal, hard rock and post-grunge. |
| Earshot | United States | Yes | Also classed as hard rock and post-grunge. |
| Earthtone9 | United Kingdom | Yes | |
| Echobrain | United States | No | |
| Enter Shikari | United Kingdom | Yes | Also classed as metalcore, electronicore and post-hardcore. |
| Evanescence | United States | Yes | Also classed as gothic metal, nu metal, hard rock and symphonic metal |
| Failure | United States | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, art rock, space rock and post-grunge |
| Fair to Midland | United States | On hiatus | Also classed as progressive rock. |
| Faith No More | United States | Yes | Recognized as one of the earliest alternative metal bands. Also classed as funk metal, experimental metal and alternative rock. |
| Fantômas | United States | Yes | Also classed as experimental metal. |
| Fear Factory | United States | Yes | Recognized as one of the first heavy metal bands to fuse metal with industrial and electronic stylings. Also classed as industrial metal and death metal. |
| Fightstar | United Kingdom | Yes | Also classed as post-hardcore, alternative rock, emo, and heavy metal. |
| Finger Eleven | Canada | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock and funk metal. |
| Filter | United States | Yes | Also classed as industrial rock, industrial metal and post-grunge. |
| Five Finger Death Punch | United States | Yes | Also classed as groove metal, nu metal, heavy metal, and hard rock. |
| Flyleaf | United States | Yes | Also classed as hard rock, Christian rock and post-grunge. |
| From Ashes to New | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, rap metal and rap rock. |
| Fuel | United States | Yes | Also classed as hard rock and post-grunge. |
| Fudge Tunnel | United Kingdom | No | Also classed as noise rock and sludge metal. |
| Full Devil Jacket | United States | Yes | Also classed as post-grunge. |
| Full Scale | Australia | No | Also classed as post-grunge |
| Funeral for a Friend | United Kingdom | Yes | Also classed as emo, post-hardcore, screamo and melodic hardcore. |
| Future Palace | Germany | Yes | Also classed as post-hardcore and alternative rock. |
| Glassjaw | United States | Yes | Also classed as post-hardcore, hardcore punk, progressive rock and experimental rock |
| Godsmack | United States | Yes | Also classed as hard rock, heavy metal, post-grunge, and nu metal. |
| Green Jellÿ | United States | Yes | Also classed as comedy rock. |
| Grinspoon | Australia | Yes | Also classed as post-grunge, alternative rock and nu metal |
| Guano Apes | Germany | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock and nu metal. |
| Hayko Cepkin | Turkey | Yes | Also classed as heavy metal and industrial rock. |
| Halestorm | United States | Yes | Also classed as hard rock and alternative rock. |
| Handsome | United States | No | Also classed as post-hardcore. |
| Helmet | United States | Yes | Also classed as post-hardcore, noise rock, alternative rock, groove metal, post-metal and experimental metal. |
| Hollywood Undead | United States | Yes | Also classed as rap rock, alternative rock, nu metal, rap metal, hard rock and hip hop. |
| I Prevail | United States | Yes | Also classed as metalcore, post-hardcore, pop punk, hard rock, rap metal, and nu metal. |
| Ill Niño | United States | Yes | Also classed as Latin metal, nu metal and metalcore. |
| Infectious Grooves | United States | Yes | Also classed as funk metal |
| In Flames | Sweden | Yes | Also classed as melodic death metal. |
| In This Moment | United States | Yes | Also classed as metalcore, melodic metalcore, hard rock, industrial metal, gothic metal, and nu metal. |
| Incubus | United States | Yes | Also classed as funk metal, nu metal, rap metal, alternative rock and art rock. |
| Jane's Addiction | United States | On hiatus | Also classed as alternative rock and progressive rock. |
| Jerry Cantrell | United States | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, heavy metal, and grunge. |
| Jesters of Destiny | United States | Yes | Also classed as heavy metal, hard rock and psychedelic rock. |
| The Jesus Lizard | United States | Yes | Also classed as noise-rock and post-hardcore. |
| Karnivool | Australia | Yes | Also classed as progressive metal, progressive rock, alternative rock and nu metal |
| Kittie | Canada | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, groove metal, and death metal. |
| Knives Out! | United States | Yes | |
| Korn | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, industrial metal, rap metal, funk metal, groove metal and dark metal. |
| L7 | United States | Yes | Also classed as grunge, punk rock and riot grrrl. |
| Lacuna Coil | Italy | Yes | Also classed as gothic metal and dark metal. |
| Life of Agony | United States | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, grunge, and post-grunge. |
| Lifer | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal. |
| Leprous | Norway | Yes | Also classed as progressive metal |
| Limp Bizkit | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, rap metal and rap rock. |
| Linkin Park | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, rap rock, electronic rock and rap metal. |
| Living Colour | United States | Yes | Also classed as funk metal, heavy metal and hard rock. |
| Loathe | United Kingdom | Yes | Also classed as metalcore, melodic hardcore, nu metal, progressive metal, post-metal and shoegaze. |
| Lostprophets | United Kingdom | No | Also classed as alternative rock, post-hardcore and nu metal. |
| Love and Death | United States | Yes | Also classed as Christian metal and nu metal. |
| The Lounge Kittens | United Kingdom | No | Also classed as lounge music, rock music, parody music, and comedy rock. |
| Machine Head | United States | Yes | Also classed as groove metal, thrash metal, and nu metal. |
| Mallavora | United Kingdom | Yes | |
| Major Moment | United States | Yes | |
| Marilyn Manson | United States | Yes | Also classed as industrial metal, industrial rock, shock rock and alternative rock. |
| Mastodon | United States | Yes | Also classed as sludge metal, progressive metal and stoner metal. |
| Melvins | United States | Yes | Also classed as various other genres, including grunge, sludge metal and doom metal. |
| Mind Funk | United States | No | Also classed as funk metal, grunge and stoner rock. |
| Mind Over Four | United States | No | Also classed as progressive metal. |
| Motionless in White | United States | Yes | Also classed as industrial metal, metalcore, gothic metal, and nu metal. |
| Mother Love Bone | United States | No | Also classed as grunge, glam metal, glam punk, hard rock, funk metal and heavy metal. |
| Mr. Bungle | United States | Yes | Also classed as various other genres, including avant-garde and funk metal. |
| Mt. Helium | United States | No | Also classed as progressive metal, post-grunge and nu metal. Formerly known as The Apex Theory. |
| Mudvayne | United States | Yes | Also classed as heavy metal, nu metal, progressive metal, math metal and groove metal. |
| Mushroomhead | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, industrial metal, experimental metal and electro-industrial. |
| Nebula | United States | On hiatus | Also classed as stoner rock, heavy metal and psychedelic rock. |
| New Years Day | United States | Yes | Also classed as gothic metal/rock, alternative rock, and pop-punk. |
| Nine Inch Nails | United States | Yes | Also classed as industrial rock, industrial metal, dark ambient, and alternative rock. |
| Nonpoint | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, hard rock, rap metal and groove metal. |
| Nothingface | United States | No | Also classed as nu metal. |
| Nothing More | United States | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, hard rock, and progressive rock/metal. |
| Norma Jean | United States | Yes | Also classed as metalcore, sludge metal and post-metal. |
| Northlane | Australia | Yes | Also classed as djent, industrial metal, metalcore, nu metal and progressive metalcore. |
| Odd Crew | Bulgaria | Yes | Also classed as groove metal. |
| Only Living Witness | United States | No | Also classed as hardcore punk and grunge. |
| Orange 9mm | United States | Yes | Also classed as post-hardcore, nu metal and rap metal. |
| Orangutang | United States | No | Also classed as pop rock, and alternative rock. |
| Orgy | United States | Yes | Also classed as industrial rock, industrial metal, nu metal, electronic rock and electropunk. |
| Otep | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal and death metal. |
| P.O.D. | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, rap metal, Christian metal, reggae rock. |
| Papa Roach | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, alternative rock, hard rock, rap metal, and glam metal. |
| Passenger | Sweden | No | Also classed as nu metal. |
| Paw | United States | No | Also classed as grunge and alternative rock. |
| Phoxjaw | United Kingdom | Yes | Also classed as post-hardcore and alternative rock. |
| Pist.On | United States | Yes | Also classed as gothic metal. |
| Pitchshifter | United Kingdom | Yes | Also classed as industrial rock, nu metal and industrial metal. |
| Polkadot Cadaver | United States | Yes | Also classed as avant-garde/experimental metal. |
| Porcupine Tree | United Kingdom | Yes | Also classed as progressive rock, progressive metal, alternative rock, psychedelic rock, and experimental rock. |
| Powerman 5000 | United States | Yes | Also classed as industrial metal, rap metal, nu metal, thrash metal, funk metal, electronic rock, alternative rock, and punk rock. |
| President | United Kingdom | Yes | |
| Primus | United States | Yes | Also classed as funk metal, alternative rock, experimental rock, funk rock, progressive rock, progressive metal, jam and nu metal. |
| Project 86 | United States | Yes | Also classed as Christian rock, Christian metal, alternative rock, nu metal, post-hardcore, and rapcore. |
| Psycho Synner | United States | No | Also classed as industrial metal, hard rock, nu metal and gothic rock. |
| Prong | United States | Yes | Also classed as industrial metal, thrash metal, groove metal and hardcore punk. |
| Puddle of Mudd | United States | Yes | Also classed as post-grunge, hard rock, alternative rock and nu metal. |
| Pyogenesis | Germany | Yes | Also classed as death metal, doom metal, gothic metal, alternative rock, and pop-punk. |
| Quicksand | United States | Yes | Also classed as post-hardcore. |
| Rage Against the Machine | United States | No | Also classed as rap metal, nu metal, and funk metal |
| Red | United States | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, hard rock, christian rock, and post-grunge. |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | United States | Yes | Also classed as funk rock, alternative rock, funk metal and rap rock. |
| Reuben | United Kingdom | No | Also classed as alternative rock, hard rock, and post-hardcore. |
| Rob Zombie | United States | Yes | Also classed as heavy metal, industrial metal, groove metal, industrial rock and nu metal. |
| Rollins Band | United States | No | Also classed as hard rock, post-hardcore, funk metal and jazz fusion. |
| Roses Are Red | United States | No | Also classed as emo and alternative rock. |
| Scar the Martyr | United States | No | Also classed as post-grunge. |
| Scum of the Earth | United States | Yes | Also classed as heavy metal. |
| Seether | South Africa | Yes | Also classed as post-grunge. |
| September Mourning | United States | Yes | |
| Sepultura | Brazil | Yes | Also classed as groove metal, death metal, and thrash metal. |
| Serj Tankian | United States | Yes | Also classed as progressive rock, experimental rock, art rock and classical. |
| Sevendust | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal and heavy metal. |
| Shihad | New Zealand | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, hard rock, and industrial rock. |
| Shinedown | United States | Yes | Also classed as hard rock, post-grunge and alternative rock. |
| Siamese | Denmark | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock. |
| Sick Puppies | Australia | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, hard rock, and post-grunge. |
| Simon Says | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal. |
| Skillet | United States | Yes | Also classed as Christian rock, Christian metal, post-grunge, alternative rock, hard rock, nu metal, symphonic metal and industrial metal. |
| Skindred | United Kingdom | Yes | Also classed as ragga and nu metal |
| Slaves on Dope | Canada | Yes | Also classed as nu metal. |
| Sleep Token | United Kingdom | Yes | Also classed as indie pop/rock, post-metal, and progressive metal. |
| Slipknot | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal. |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | United States | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, gothic rock, psychedelic rock, dream pop, grunge, progressive metal, progressive rock and shoegazing. |
| Smash into Pieces | Sweden | Yes | Also classed as pop-rock and alternative rock. |
| Snot | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, hardcore punk, and funk metal. |
| SOiL | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, hard rock, heavy metal, groove metal and post-grunge. |
| Soundgarden | United States | No | Also classed as grunge, heavy metal, alternative rock, and garage punk. |
| Spiritbox | Canada | Yes | Also classed as djent, metalcore, nu metal, progressive metal and post-metal. |
| Sum 41 | United States | No | Also classed as punk rock, pop punk, alternative rock, and skate punk. |
| Stabbing Westward | United States | Yes | Also classed as industrial rock and alternative rock. |
| Staind | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal and post-grunge |
| Static-X | United States | Yes | Also classed as industrial metal and nu metal. |
| Stereomud | United States | No | Also classed as hard rock and nu metal. |
| Stone Sour | United States | On hiatus | Also classed as post-grunge, hard rock and heavy metal. |
| Stone Temple Pilots | United States | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, hard rock, grunge and neo-psychedelia |
| Stuck Mojo | United States | Yes | Also classed as rap metal and nu metal. |
| SugarComa | United Kingdom | No | Also classed as nu metal. |
| System of a Down | United States | Yes | Also classed as heavy metal, nu metal, progressive rock, progressive metal, hard rock, alternative rock, experimental rock, and art rock. |
| Tad | United States | No | Also classed as grunge, groove metal and alternative rock. |
| Tallah | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, industrial metal, rap metal, and nu metalcore. |
| Taproot | United States | Yes | Also classed as nu metal, alternative rock and post-grunge. |
| Therapy? | United Kingdom | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, punk rock, and noise rock. |
| Thornhill | Australia | Yes | Also classed as metalcore and nu metal. |
| Tomahawk | United States | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, experimental rock, progressive rock and Native American music. |
| The Veer Union | Canada | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, post-grunge, melodic metal, and hard rock |
| Three Days Grace | Canada | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock, post-grunge, and hard rock |
| Tool | United States | Yes | Also classed as progressive metal, progressive rock, heavy metal, and art rock. |
| Trapt | United States | Yes | Also classed as hard rock, post-grunge and nu metal. |
| Tremonti | United States | Yes | Also classed as thrash metal and speed metal. |
| Twelve Foot Ninja | Australia | No | Also classed as experimental rock, funk metal and djent |
| Ugly Kid Joe | United States | Yes | Also classed as hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal and funk metal. |
| Vampires Everywhere! | United States | Yes | Also classed as post-hardcore, metalcore, gothic metal, shock rock, industrial metal and horror punk. |
| Vimic | United States | On hiatus | Also classed as groove metal. |
| Waltari | Finland | Yes | Also classed as progressive metal, crossover thrash, hard rock, avant-garde metal, death metal, punk rock, symphonic metal, pop rock, and techno. |
| Warrior Soul | United States | Yes | Also classed as hard rock. |
| We Came as Romans | United States | Yes | Also classed as metalcore, post-hardcore, melodic hardcore, symphonic metal, and electronicore. |
| White Zombie | United States | No | Also classed as groove metal, industrial metal, and noise rock. |
| While She Sleeps | United Kingdom | Yes | Also classed as metalcore. |
| Within Temptation | Netherlands | Yes | Also classed as symphonic metal and gothic metal. |
| Zug Izland | United States | Yes | Also classed as alternative rock |