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- .CASTING answers the question "What would it sound like if Donuts-era J Dilla made vaporwave?"
- 7Chariot (formerly Clairity) sounds like Kate Bush meets Miley Cyrus meets Sia.
- 38 Special is Lynyrd Skynyrd meets Foreigner, Journey and Boston.
- 50 Cent is Eminem meets Jay-Z meets The Notorious B.I.G. meets Nas.
- 100 Gecs is Dot Dot Curve and Farrah Abraham meets Ween and Mr. Bungle.
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- Abiotic was Necrophagist meets Carnifex.
- Aborted is old Carcass meets new Carcass meets Suffocation.
- AC/DC is Slade meets Led Zeppelin.
- Accept is Motörhead meets Saxon.
- Acid Bath boils down to Black Sabbath meets Alice in Chains meets a heroin overdose.
- Adam Lambert is George Michael meets Freddie Mercury. Alternatively, he's a male Distaff Counterpart to early career Lady Gaga.
- Adrenaline Mob is Hellyeah meets Symphony X.
- ADULT. is Siouxsie and the Banshees meets Front 242. Stylistically, they're a mix of Detroit techno, Dark Wave, and old-school Electronic Body Music.
- Aerosmith is The Rolling Stones meets Led Zeppelin.
- AFI is The Misfits meets The Cure.
- Afterbirth is Mortal Decay meets Internal Bleeding meets Voivod meets Drive Like Jehu meets Nomeansno.
- Agent Steel started off as Judas Priest meets Voivod until their breakup in 1987. From their 1999 reunion onward, they've become Pantera meets Voivod.
- AKB48 is what happens when more or less 48 Japanese schoolgirls become Idol Singers.
- In turn, BABYMETAL is what happens when three Idol Singers try to combine both J-Pop and Heavy Metal.
- Akercocke are Belphegor meets Porcupine Tree and Nevermore.
- Akon is R. Kelly meets Dr. Dre.
- Alabama is Lynyrd Skynyrd meets The Oak Ridge Boys meets Eagles.
- Alcest is Slowdive mixed with Burzum.
- Alice Francis is Beyoncé meets Caravan Palace.
- Alice in Chains is Nirvana meets Type O Negative.
- Alternatively , Alice in Chains is Black Sabbath meets Melvins with a dash of Pantera
- MTV2 VJ Ian Scott described them as Classic Rock meets Heavy Metal.
- All About Eve is The Cure meets The Decemberists.
- Alestorm is Running Wild meets Dropkick Murphys.
- Alternatively, they're Running Wild meets Korpiklaani.
- alt-J is Velvet Underground meets Radiohead meets Björk.
- Alterbeast is Necrophagist meets The Black Dahlia Murder meets Conducting from the Grave.
- Alter Bridge is Creed meets Led Zeppelin, Metallica and Deftones.
- Amebix is Discharge meets Venom meets Motörhead with a dash of Killing Joke.
- Amaranthe is Blood Stain Child meets After Forever.
- Amon Amarth is Manowar meets At the Gates.
- Amorphis is Skyclad meets Iron Maiden meets Pink Floyd meets Led Zeppelin.
- Anaal Nathrakh is Marduk meets Pig Destroyer meets Fear Factory.
- Anal Cunt is Napalm Death meets The Mentors.
- Later Anathema is Steven Wilson meets '80s Mike Oldfield.
- Alternatively, Steven Wilson meets Coldplay.
- Or Steven Wilson meets U2.
- A Fine Day to Exit and A Natural Disaster were Radiohead meets Muse, with a dash of Pink Floyd thrown in.
- An Cafe is Oasis meets L'arc-en-Ciel.
- Andrew W.K. is David Lee Roth meets the Life of the Party.
- The German EBM group And One sounds like a cross between Depeche Mode and Kraftwerk.
- Angels and Agony are Clan of Xymox meets VNV Nation.
- Angels & Airwaves was (by Tom Delonge's own admission) envisioned as a combination of U2 and Pink Floyd. They combine U2's soaring, arena-rock sound with Pink Floyd's lush soundscapes and outer-space motifs.
- Angra is Freedom Call meets Kate Bush.
- Animal Collective is The Beach Boys (post-1964) meets Aphex Twin and a whole lotta drug.
- Another Bad Creation are Bell Biv DeVoe meets Kidz Bop.
- Early Anthrax (1984-1990) is Agent Orange meets Metallica meets comic books and Stephen King novels with the image of 70's surf culture. John Bush era Anthrax (1992-2004) is Pearl Jam meets Metallica. Current Anthrax (2011-present) is old Anthrax meets John Bush Anthrax meets Slayer.
- Aphex Twin is Nine Inch Nails meets Merzbow.
- Archspire is Spawn of Possession meets Brain Drill with a vocalist inspired by TechN9ne.
- Ariana Grande is Mariah Carey meets Whitney Houston meets Fergie meets Beyoncé meets Selena Gomez meets Madonna meets Ashley Tisdale meets Christina Aguilera with dashes of India.Arie, Imogen Heap, and Miley Cyrus thrown in for good measure.
- Armin Van Buuren is Johann Sebastian Bach meets Jean-Michel Jarre.
- Ash Code are Clan of Xymox meets The Frozen Autumn.
- Ashley Jade is Creator/Billie Piper meets Christina Aguilera.
- Asia is Yes meets Reo Speedwagon.
- Assemblage 23 is Depeche Mode meets VNV Nation.
- Astral Doors is Dio meets Stratovarius.
- Atheist is Possessed meets Watchtower meets Mahavishnu Orchestra meets War.
- Audioslave is Rage Against the Machine meets Soundgarden (literally since it had Tom Morello and Chris Cornell collaborating).
- Aural Vampire are Dark Wave meets Visual Kei.
- AURORA is Björk meets The Cranberries meets Enya.
- Austra is Kate Bush meets The Knife.
- Princess Century, Maya Postepski's Solo Side Project, is Giorgio Moroder meets The Future Sound Of London.
- Autopsy is early Death meets early Trouble.
- Avantasia is Edguy meets Meat Loaf meets Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Avatarium is Pentagram meets Deep Purple meets Heart.
- Axel Rudi Pell is Yngwie Malmsteen meets Helloween meets Crush 40
- AWOLNATION is Arctic Monkeys meets The Rolling Stones meets Moby.
- The plot of Ayreon's album The Human Equation is The Wall meets Inside Out.
- Ayria's first two albums were Decoded Feedback meets Emilie Autumn. Later, she veered towards Lady Gaga meets Emilie Autumn.
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- Babe Ruth (the British Progressive Rock/Heavy Metal band from The '70s) was Jefferson Airplane meets Led Zeppelin on the set of a Spaghetti Western.
- The Backstreet Boys are New Kids on the Block meets Boyz II Men.
- In the documentary film Punk: Attitude, Darryl Jenifer of the Bad Brains describes his band as a combination of The Ramones, Sex Pistols, and Dead Boys.
- Kelsea Ballerini is Tammy Wynette meets Madonna.
- The Band was The Grateful Dead meets Three Dog Night.
- The Beatles meets The Impressions meets their old boss Bob Dylan also works.
- Barenaked Ladies is Phish meets Smash Mouth.
- Early Bathory was Hellhammer meets Discharge, while later Bathory was early Bathory meets Manowar meets Folk Music.
- Battles could be described as "Radiohead meet Frank Zappa."
- Battle Beast is Judas Priest meets Roxette.
- BB Mak is the Backstreet Boys meets Savage Garden.
- Bear Ghost is Oingo Boingo meets System of a Down.
- Beartooth is A Day to Remember meets Of Mice and Men meets Descendents.
- Beast in Black is Amaranthe meets Battle Beast.
- Beatallica is, well, The Beatles meets Metallica.
- The Beatles started out as Little Richard meets The Beach Boys (though it should be noted that the latter formed after The Beatles did). Later, they became The Beach Boys meets Frank Zappa.
- Alternately, early Beatles can be described as Buddy Holly meets Chuck Berry, with vocal arrangements by The Everly Brothers.
- The Beach Boys started out as The Four Freshmen meets Chuck Berry in a SoCal surf shop. Later became The Four Freshmen meets The Beatles in a Wall of Sound recording studio.
- Beborn Beton is Depeche Mode meets Diary Of Dreams.
- Benighted is Cryptopsy + Dying Fetus + Suicide Silence. Their earliest material is more Goatwhore meets Bloodbath.
- Between the Buried and Me is Opeth Meets Mike Patton and tool or Converge Meets tool depending on the album.
- In Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, the Requiem Mass meets the poems of Wilfred Owen.
- Bestial Mouths are Dead Can Dance meets Project Pitchfork.
- Big Data is Gary Numan meets LCD Soundsystem.
- Billie Eilish is Lorde meets Justin Bieber but Darker and Edgier.
- Alternatively, she's Lorde meets Selena Gomez but Darker and Edgier.
- Billy Idol's style of music can be summed up as Hardcore Punk meets Arena Rock.
- Billy Joel:
- His earlier work is Jim Croce meets Elton John meets local New York City/Long Island culture.
- His later work is Harry Chapin meets a massive Deadpan Snarker.
- Billy Talent is Alexisonfire meets Rise Against meets Coheed and Cambria.
- The Birthday Massacre is 80's Synth-Pop meets Nine Inch Nails.
- Black Breath is Dismember meets Integrity.
- The Black Dahlia Murder is what happens when At the Gates and Hypocrisy meet Suffocation and Hate Eternal.
- The Black Eyed Peas is Heavy D & The Boyz meets N.W.A meets A Tribe Called Quest meets De La Soul meets The Fugees meets Gorillaz.
- Their later work was all of the above meets Reggaeton.
- Early Black Flag is The Clash meets The Stooges. Later on, they became The Stooges meets Black Sabbath.
- black midi are an interesting case in that their sound pulls from so many sources that they almost become a kind of Rorschach test where every listener has their own personal take on what set of influences encapsulates the band. A few different interpretations...
- Motörhead meets Scott Walker.
- The Butthole Surfers meets Rush.
- Slint meets Hella meets Polvo.
- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard meets Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
- Fugazi meets Talking Heads meets Drive Like Jehu meets Duster.
- Discipline-era King Crimson meets Sonic Youth meets This Heat.
- Lightning Bolt meets Van der Graaf Generator.
- The Mars Volta meets Talk Talk.
- Primus meets Can.
- Black Sabbath are Blue Cheer meets The Who Live at Leeds.
- And later, Motörhead are Blue Cheer meets a fistful of amphetamines and a side dose of Sex Pistols.
- Blackmore's Night is Steeleye Span meets Rainbow meets Dolly Parton.
- Black Veil Brides are Mötley Crüe meets Goth subculture.
- Blind Faith was Eric Clapton meets Traffic.
- Blood Stain Child is Cascada meets Children of Bodom.
- Early Blind Guardian is Helloween meets Judas Priest, later Blind Guardian is Gamma Ray meets Queen with a bit of Jethro Tull.
- Bloc Party is Blur meets The Cure, and later, Manic Street Preachers meets Depeche Mode.
- Blood Incantation is Timeghoul meets Stargazer meets Morpheus Descends.
- Blur are The Kinks meets The Beatles meets The Jam meets David Bowie meets XTC.
- Blut aus Nord is Summoning meets Godflesh, with Ultima Thulée and the Memoria Vetusta albums being Summoning meets Dissection.
- A good way to sum up Bob Dylan is Woody Guthrie meets Jack Kerouac meets Robert Johnson meets Hank Williams.
- Bon Jovi is Def Leppard meets Bruce Springsteen.
- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony was described by one reviewer as N.W.A meets John Moschitta, Jr., meets Boyz II Men.
- Bonnie Pink could be called Utada Hikaru meets Colbie Caillat, with a pinch of Steely Dan and Adele.note
- Bookakee was Cephalic Carnage meets Archspire meets GWAR.
- Borgore is Skrillex meets 2 Live Crew.
- Brand of Sacrifice is Oceano meets Beneath the Massacre meets The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza meets Slipknot.
- Brave Combo were so named when people told them how brave they were to play Jimi Hendrix tunes as polkas.
- The Break-Up is The Fitness meets Siouxsie and the Banshees.
- Jon Stewart, during the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors, said of Bruce Springsteen; "I believe that Bob Dylan and James Brown had a baby."
- His debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. was very blatantly "Van Morrison meets Bob Dylan in a Jersey Shore dive bar." Meanwhile, Born to Run was described as "The words of Bob Dylan, sung by Roy Orbison, produced by Phil Spector."
- As for Springsteen's own acknowledged influences, he felt that "Elvis Presley freed your body, while Bob Dylan freed your mind", which helped shape his approach to music.
- Brocas Helm is Black Sabbath meets Manowar
- BROCKHAMPTON is One Direction meets OFWGKTA meets N.E.R.D.
- Brokencyde is Daft Punk meets Lil' Jon meets Bullet for My Valentine.
- Bruno Mars is Michael Jackson meets Prince meets Justin Timberlake meets Elvis Presley meets Stevie Wonder meets Bob Marley.
- BTS is the Backstreet Boys meet Puffy AmiYumi.
- To be more descriptive, Backstreet Boys meets Big Bang meets soundtracks from Glee.
- Budgie are Black Sabbath meets Led Zeppelin meets Rush.
- The Byrds are The Beatles meets Bob Dylan meets Pete Seeger.
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- Can: Funkadelic meets post-Barrett, pre-Dark Side Pink Floyd, with Japanese Jim Morrison on lead vocals.
- Cage the Elephant is The White Stripes meets The Pixies meets Dire Straits.
- Canadian hardcore band Cancer Bats are Down meets Hatebreed.
- Candiria is Deadguy meets Mahavishnu Orchestra meets New York hip-hop.
- Candlemass is Black Sabbath meets Opera.
- Cannibal Corpse is Slayer meets Death.
- Chris Barnes-era Cannibal Corpse is Autopsy meets Deicide.
- Captain Beefheart is Howlin' Wolf meets Arnold Schönberg.
- Caravan Palace is just about every major swing artist of the 1930s meets The Shamen.
- Carcass's grindcore albums are Napalm Death meets Morbid Angel meets a medical handbook. Their melodic death metal albums are Iron Maiden meets Death
- Cardi B is Nicki Minaj meets Ivy Queen meets Lady Gaga.
- Cardiacs are The Mothers of Invention meets Gentle Giant meets Madness.
- Vanessa Carlton is Avril Lavigne meets Debbie Gibson.
- The Cars are The Ramones meets the Steve Miller Band meets Queen.
- Carpoolparty is essentially what would happen if Poppy decided to go into Vaporwave.
- Celldweller is Linkin Park meets Throbbing Gristle.
- Cheap Trick is The Cars meets The Ramones meets Journey.
- The Chain Gang of 1974 is Tears for Fears meets Coldplay.
- Chance the Rapper is Lil Wayne meets Common.
- The Chasm is Immolation meets early Septicflesh.
- Cher Lloyd is Nicki Minaj (rapping) and Avril Lavigne (punk-rock image) incarnated.
- Chevelle is tool plus Nirvana with a dash of Radiohead.
- Childish Gambino is Kid Cudi meets Drake with a dash of Kanye West and Andre 3000 for good measure.
- Children of Bodom is Dark Tranquillity meets Stratovarius.
- Chimaira can best be described as the child of Fear Factory, Killswitch Engage, and Morbid Angel.
- Chris Brown is Usher meets R. Kelly.
- Chrome are Hawkwind meets The Stooges.
- Chromeo is basically Zapp meets The System with a dusting of Daft Punk.
- CHVRCHES is Depeche Mode meets Cocteau Twins and Prince.
- Coheed and Cambria is Yes meets blink-182.
- Cimorelli is The Jackson 5 (family of singers) meets the Carpenters (siblings doing music) meets Fifth Harmony (2010s Girl Group).
- clipping. is Dälek and Digable Planets meet Merzbow.
- Color Theory is A Ha meets Owl City and/or The Postal Service.
- Combichrist is best described as Ministry and Killing Joke meets Fear Factory.
- Counting Crows is 10,000 Maniacs meets Van Morrison.
- Fittingly for an Irish band, The Cranberries often sounded like Enya fronting U2.
- Korean metal band Crash is Metallica meets Lamb of God meets Korn.
- Cream is Jimi Hendrix meets The Beatles
- Crowbar is Black Sabbath meets later Black Flag meets Pantera.
- Cryonic Temple is Gamma Ray meets Hammerfall.
- Crush 40 is Scorpions meets Ron Wasserman meets whatever other band they want depending on the song (I.E. Nine Inch Nails in "I Am... All of Me").
- The Cruxshadows are David Bowie meets Information Society.
- Cryoshell is Evanescence meets Red. And their song "Creeping in my Soul" is basically "In the End" meets "Bring Me to Life".
- Montreal Technical Death Metal band Cryptopsy are Suffocation meets Morbid Angel.
- The Cult are AC/DC meets The Doors.
- The Cure is David Bowie meets Tin Huey
- Cynic is Atheist meets Voivod.
- Cytotoxin is Benighted meets Beneath the Massacre meets S.T.A.L.K.E.R..
D
- Daft Punk is Aphex Twin meets Giorgio Moroder meets Kraftwerk.
- Dan Bern is Bob Dylan meets early Beck in terms of songwriting.
- The solo album by Dan Swano of Edge of Sanity was self-described as "Rush playing Death Metal in the 70s."
- Dance Hall Crashers is Bikini Kill meets The Specials.
- Danger is Daft Punk meets Juno Reactor meets Carpenter Brut.
- Daniel Amos: Devo meets Christian Rock.
- Danzig is The Misfits meets Alice Cooper.
- Or Black Sabbath meets Elvis Presley
- Or, in their earlier years, AC/DC meets The Doors. (Similar to The Cult above).
- The Darbies are Greta Van Fleet meets Ratt.
- The Darkness is Queen meets Def Leppard with a bit of Cheap Trick and Boston.
- The middle period of the career of Black Metal act Darkthrone is essentially Celtic Frost meets Burzum.
- Dark Moor is Rhapsody of Fire meets Nightwish
- Dark Tranquillity is Dream Theater meets Carcass.
- Their early material can be described as Death meets Kreator.
- Their recent musical output is Death Metal meets Baroque pop.
- Another accurate description for their recent material can be considered Death meets Iron Maiden meets Depeche Mode
- Daryl Hall & John Oates are The Righteous Brothers meets Steely Dan.
- Daughters' early material is The Locust if they were fronted by Birthday Party-era Nick Cave. You Won't Get What You Want adds some Killing Joke and Nine Inch Nails into the mix.
- Dead Astronauts are The Sisters of Mercy meets Lana Del Rey.
- Dead by April is Backstreet Boys meets modern In Flames.
- Dead Kennedys is Sex Pistols meets The Clash meets The Doors.
- DEADLOCK is Lacuna Coil meets Soilwork meets Rammstein meets djent.
- Rap act Dead Prez was considered a amalgamation of N.W.A and Public Enemy.
- Deafheaven are Alcest meets Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
- Early Death was Kreator meets Celtic Frost. Later Death was early Death meets Atheist.
- Death Grips are Hardcore Hip-Hop meets Industrial meets Cyberpunk meets Hardcore Punk.
- Deathspell Omega is Blut aus Nord meets Gorguts.
- The Dear Hunter is The Mars Volta meets Panic! at the Disco meets The Decemberists.
- Deep Purple - Pink Floyd meets AC/DC. Odd example, considering by how much Deep Purple predates AC/DC.
- They started off as The Animals meets Cream.
- Defeated Sanity is Disgorge meets Atheist and Watchtower.
- Deftones is Meshuggah meets My Bloody Valentine and Hum.
- Deicide is Slayer meets Sodom meets Death.
- Delphic is New Order meets The Chemical Brothers.
- Demons And Wizards is literally Iced Earth meets Blind Guardian.
- Demon Hunter is As I Lay Dying, Skillet, and Slipknot thrown in a blender.
- Depeche Mode is The Human League meets Joy Division.
- Despised Icon is Devourment meets Cryptopsy meets Hatebreed.
- Dethklok is Dark Tranquillity meets Cannibal Corpse meets Spinal Tap.
- Or Gwar meets Gorillaz and Tenacious D.
- DevilDriver is Coal Chamber meets At the Gates and Lamb of God.
- Alternatively, Fear Factory meets The Black Dahlia Murder and Chimaira.
- Devo:
- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! and Duty Now for the Future: The Ramones meets The Residents.
- Freedom of Choice: The Cars meets Sparks.
- New Traditionalists and Oh, No! It's Devo: Sparks meets 80s Synth-Pop.
- Shout, Total Devo, and Smooth Noodle Maps: Devo meets Electric Café-era Kraftwerk.
- Something for Everybody: Devo meets modern-day Alternative Rock.
- Diablo Swing Orchestra is The Andrews Sisters meets Mr. Bungle and Nightwish.
- DIIV is The Cure meets My Bloody Valentine.
- The Dillinger Escape Plan is Converge meets The Who (Rockers Smash Guitars) and early X Japan (Dramatic Shattering, shock elements and even more instrument abuse).
- Early Dimmu Borgir was Bathory meets Enslaved. Newer Dimmu Borgir can be described as Emperor meets Therion meets Mercyful Fate.
- Ronnie James Dio is more or less Black Sabbath meets Rainbow.
- His voice might be described as Freddie Mercury meets Roger Chapman.
- Dir en grey is Faith No More, Converge, Cannibal Corpse, Sunn O))), Deftones, Opeth, etc... meets Visual Kei.
- Dire Straits is Queen meets Steely Dan
- Disbelief is Obituary meets Eyehategod meets Paradise Lost meets Korn.
- Discharge is Motörhead meets The Clash.
- Disciple is Def Leppard meets Rage Against the Machine meets Soundgarden meets Jesus.
- Disforia is Blind Guardian meets Rush.
- Dismember is Autopsy meets Iron Maiden.
- Dissection is Bathory meets King Diamond meets Iron Maiden meets Thin Lizzy.
- Dog Police: The Fugs meets Devo meets Dead Kennedys.
- Doja Cat is Nicki Minaj meets Rihanna.
- Dolly Parton began her career as Loretta Lynn meets Jayne Mansfield, but that changed after people became aware of her Hidden Depths.
- Mike O'Donnell & Junior Campbell are Vince DiCola meets British children's television programmes.
- Dong Bang Shin Ki is Arashi meets Korean Pop Music.
- Doomsquad is Dead Can Dance meets Faunts.
- DragonForce is Stratovarius meets Megadeth and Melt-Banana.
- Drake is Lil Wayne meets Kanye West (in fact Lil Wayne was the one who gave him a record deal).
- Dreamtale is Sonata Arctica meets Savatage.
- Dream Theater is Yes (progressive) meets Metallica (metal).
- Dripping was Devourment meets Deadguy.
- Dschinghis Khan is kind of ABBA (Europop) meets Village People (Weird outfits).
- Early Duran Duran were Japan minus Bryan Ferry.
- Dying Fetus is Suffocation meets Napalm Death meets Yngwie Malmsteen meets Agnostic Front meets N.W.A.
- Dynatron is Kavinsky meets Jean-Michel Jarre.
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- Edge of Attack is Domina Noctis meets Ozzy Osbourne.
- Edguy is Hammerfall meets Bon Jovi.
- Electric Callboy is Bloodhound Gang meets Asking Alexandria
- Electric Light Orchestra is The Beatles meets Classical Music.
- Electric Wizard is Sleep meets Pentagram.
- Electric Youth is College meets The Corrs.
- Elvenking is Sonata Arctica meets My Chemical Romance meets Skyclad.
- Emeli Sande is the lovechild of John Lennon and Leona Lewis.
- Emilie Autumn's music is Victorian-era Classical Music meets industrial.
- Or Abney Park meets Kate Bush.
- Eminem is basically Snoop Dogg meets LL Cool J meets Dr. Dre meets Tupac Shakur meets The Notorious B.I.G. meets Kool G Rap meets Beastie Boys meets Run–D.M.C.. Meeting all of them on drugs.
- Alternatively, he's also a "white version of Snoop Dogg".
- Enslaved is Bathory meets Pink Floyd.
- Enter Shikari is Mr. Bungle meets The Prodigy meets Rage Against the Machine.
- Epica is Kamelot meets Nightwish, with the addition of death growls and classical elements.
- Your Favorite Martian was Gorillaz meets MC Chris.
- Erock's Meets Metal series is specifically based on this, taking songs from different media and making metal covers of them.
- Especia is what you get when you mix Japanese idol music with '80s Japanese funk/R&B, and then throw in some vaporwave flavoring.
- Evanescence is Lacuna Coil meets Björk meets Linkin Park meets Elegant Gothic Lolita.
- Evereve is Type O Negative meets KMFDM.
- Excision is Merzbow meets Skrillex.
- The Evillious Chronicles can best be described as The Bible meets the latter half of Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- meets Rule of Scary meets Vocaloid. With cute animals.
- Extreme is Van Halen meets Queen meets Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- Eyehategod is The Melvins meets Black Flag meets Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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- Face Down was Machine Head and Pantera meets Dismember.
- Faces were literally The Small Faces meets The Jeff Beck Group with the history of the band's personnel, but musically they were closer to Deep Purple meets The Rolling Stones in a well-stocked English pub (an impression bolstered after their breakup when Ronnie Wood became the Stones' rhythm guitarist and Ian McLagan joined them for a while as a sideman).
- Faderhead is Nine Inch Nails meets Combichrist.
- Faith Assembly is Depeche Mode meets Enigma. The group's vocalists, Mark Stacy and Leigh Bailey, sound rather similar to David Gahan and Sandra Lauer, respectively.
- Faith No More is simply Mike Patton meets a whole list of rock and metal bands from The '90s.
- Fall of Efrafa are Agalloch meets Godspeed You! Black Emperor after reading Watership Down and a whole bunch of Richard Dawkins.
- The Fall of Troy is At the Drive-In meets The Mars Volta (a strange example since the core of both bands was Cedrix Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez).
- Fall Out Boy is The Get Up Kids meets Green Day meets blink-182 meets Weezer meets Jimmy Eat World meets The Ramones meets Lifetime.
- Family Force 5 is Limp Bizkit meets 2 Live Crew meets *NSYNC meets Jesus.
- Fallujah is Obscura meets Deftones meets S U R V I V E.
- Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas is Dethklok meets every electronic music type and fed lots of drugs.
- Fear Factory is Pantera meets Killing Joke meets Swans.
- Their early material can be described as Napalm Death meets Obituary with industrial overtones.
- Feeder could be generally described as Coldplay meets Foo Fighters, with a dash of The Smashing Pumpkins.
- FEMM could best be described as Lady Gaga meets Daft Punk meets Britney Spears in her heyday.
- Fever Ray is The Knife meets Marilyn Manson.
- Fifty Fifty are BTS(Korean Pop Music group who attained popularity in the West) meets the Spice Girls(Girl Group catering to the adolescent demographic).
- Finntroll is traditional Norwegian black metal meets polka music. From Finland. Really.
- Or they're Korpiklaani meets Immortal.
- Fireflight is Evanescence meets Journey meets Sandi Patty.
- First Fragment is Spawn of Possession meets Atheist meets Helstar.
- Fit for an Autopsy is Gojira meets Ion Dissonance.
- Five is Take That meets the Backstreet Boys meets a PG-rated 2 Live Crew.
- Five Iron Frenzy is Reel Big Fish meets Daniel Amos.
- Five Star is The Jets meets Control era Janet Jackson.
- Fleet Foxes is The Beach Boys meets Woody Guthrie. With possibly a side order of Fairport Convention.
- Fleshgod Apocalypse is Origin meets Dimmu Borgir.
- Flight of the Conchords are Tenacious D meets Simon & Garfunkel.
- Flogging Molly is Social Distortion meets The Dubliners.
- Flo Rida is Nelly meets will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas.
- Florence + the Machine: Ginger Spice meets Siouxsie and the Banshees. (Ironic since Flo Welch's favourite Spice Girl was Posh.)
- Focus was Led Zeppelin meets Pink Floyd with a touch of Spike Jones added.
- Fontaines DC is Joy Division meets The Pogues.
- Foxboro Hot Tubs is Green Day meets The Kinks.
- Foxy Shazam, from their second album forward, have been Queen meets The Smashing Pumpkins. Lead singer Eric Nally's voice is best described as Freddie Mercury meets Rivers Cuomo.
- Fuck Buttons are Aphex Twin or Autechre meets Sunn O))).
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- Galneryus is X Japan meets Stratovarius meets DragonForce.
- Gamma Ray is Jag Panzer meets Iron Maiden with light cues from Helloween and Judas Priest.
- Gary Glitter was Elvis Presley meets Liberace meets David Bowie.
- The Gaslight Anthem is Bruce Springsteen meets The Clash.
- Gattch is Yes meets The Hollies meets Locomotiv GT
- The Gazette is Pitch Shifter meets Deftones meets Visual Kei. Nowadays they've even added Rammstein, Type O Negative and early Dir en grey elements into their sound.
- Gazpacho are a-ha meets Radiohead meets Porcupine Tree.
- Gentle Giant was a Led Zeppelin album and an Emerson, Lake & Palmer album simultaneously played backwards.
- George Clinton is James Brown meets Frank Zappa.
- Ghost is Blue Öyster Cult meets Candlemass meets Nightwish
- Ghostemane is Bathory meets XXXTentacion and Three 6 Mafia.
- Gin Blossoms is Bruce Springsteen meets The Pixies.
- Glassjaw is Quicksand meets Faith No More.
- The Glitch Mob is Aphex Twin meets Daft Punk.
- Gloryhammer is Steel Panther meets Nightwish.
- Glove are The B-52s meets Devo meets New Order meets Scissor Sisters.
- Godflesh is Swans + Killing Joke + Ministry.
- God Is An Astronaut's early music was post-rock meets techno/downtempo. Their newer stuff is closer to straight-up post-rock but still with an electronic influence.
- Godsmack is Alice in Chains meets Disturbed, Creed, and Metallica.
- Gojira is Soulfly meets tool meets a whole pod of Space Whales.
- Good Charlotte describes themselves as Backstreet Boys meets Minor Threat.
- The Goo Goo Dolls are The Replacements meets Tom Petty.
- Gorillaz is Blur meets The Archies
- Gorgoroth is Marduk meets Darkthrone.
- Grabyourface is Nine Inch Nails meets Lana Del Rey meets Christine and the Queens.
- Grandaddy is Pavement meets ElectricLightOrchestra.
- grandson is Metro Boomin meets Rage Against the Machine.
- Green Carnation is Genesis + Iron Maiden + Candlemass.
- The Australian pop singer Giulietta has been said to be "Lady Gaga meets Cyndi Lauper", though nowadays she's more Rihanna meets Nicki Minaj.
- Great Big Sea is Dropkick Murphys meets Stan Rogers.
- Green Day is The Clash meets The Cars.
- Greta Van Fleet is Led Zeppelin meets The Strokes.
- Grimes is Björk meets Lights.
- or Aphex Twin meets Japanese Pop Music (but mostly in English) meets 8 and 16-bit era Game Music.
- Grum was Daft Punk meets Disco music, but is now The Human League meets Ferry Corsten.
- Guns N' Roses were pretty upfront about "Led Zeppelin meets Hanoi Rocks" being their musical mission statement, alongside other influences. They especially based their image and stage presence heavily on Hanoi Rocks (swivel-hipped blond-haired frontman, hatted lead guitarist).
- GWAR: KISS meets Slayer meets the Masters of the Universe franchise meets a The Rocky Horror Picture Show shadowcast.
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- Progressive Metal band Haji's Kitchen is tool meets Alice in Chains meets Pantera. Their latest album adds Music/Tesseract to the mix.
- Hacktivist is Meshuggah meets Rage Against the Machine meets Korn, with some flavorings of Jay-Z.
- Harley Poe is Violent Femmes meets The Misfits.
- Harry Styles is Elvis Presley meets Elton John with a sprinkling of Liberace.
- Haim Saban and Shuki Levy are Jan Hammer meets Saturday morning cartoons.
- Hatebreed is Earth Crisis meets Biohazard.
- The Haunted is At the Gates meets Pantera and Slayer.
- Have a Nice Life is Joy Division meets My Bloody Valentine.
- Hawkwind are basically "Pink Floyd meets MC5".
- HEALTH are Sonic Youth meets Death From Above 1979. As of Death Magic, they've also added in some Depeche Mode and Skinny Puppy to the mix. SLAVES OF FEAR adds a sprinkling of Marilyn Manson as well.
- Heart is Led Zeppelin meets Jefferson Airplane.
- Heavenly is Theocracy meets Gamma Ray.
- Helix is literally Assemblage 23 (producer Tom Shear) meets Day Twelve (vocalist Mari Kattman).
- Hellhammer was Venom meets Motörhead. In turn, Hellhammer's Spiritual Successor Celtic Frost was Hellhammer meets Metallica. In turn, Celtic Frost's Spiritual Successor Triptykon is Celtic Frost meets My Dying Bride.
- Helloween is Racer X meets Rainbow.
- Hevisaurus is Barney & Friends meets Dragonforce
- Hideki Naganuma is something like Fatboy Slim meets J-Pop.
- His Name Is Alive is This Mortal Coil meets The Beach Boys.
- Hollywood Undead is Rage Against the Machine (rap-rock) meets Slipknot (nu metal under masks), under the influence of strong depressants.
- Holy Ghost! is New Order meets Chromeo.
- Hootie & the Blowfish are R.E.M. meets John Mellencamp.
- House of Heroes is Weezer meets Guided By Voices meets R.E.M. meets Jesus.
- Hubert Kah is Modern Talking meets the Pet Shop Boys.
- Huey Lewis and the News is ZZ Top meets Madness with Huey Lewis on vocals and the image of 50s Greaser culture.
- The Human League's original lineup were Kraftwerk meets Tubeway Army, while their "Mk. II" incarnation are Depeche Mode meets ABC.
- The Hush Sound is Pretty Odd-era Panic! at the Disco meets Jellyfish meets Debbie Gibson.
- Hüsker Dü is The Replacements meets Black Flag.
- Early Hypocrisy was Dismember meets Morbid Angel; later Hypocrisy is Dismember meets At the Gates meets Nocturnus.
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- Iced Earth is Iron Maiden meets Metallica.
- Iggy Azalea is Eminem meets Missy Elliott meets Lady Gaga.
- Early ill niño is Sepultura meets Linkin Park. Later Ill Nino is Pantera meets Santana.
- In Solitude was Mercyful Fate meets The Cure.
- In This Moment is Lady Gaga meets Korn.
- Illusion Suite is Kamelot meets The Dear Hunter.
- Imperial Triumphant is Deathspell Omega meets Mr. Bungle.
- In Flames began essentially as Ceremonial Oath with a dash of Iron Maiden. Now it's more like Korn meets Linkin Park meets Iron Maiden.
- Infant Annihilator is Origin and Brain Drill meet Suicide Silence and a whole lot of Pedophile Priests.
- Ingested is Cryptopsy meets Despised Icon meets Pathology.
- Insomnium is Hypocrisy meets Ensiferum meets My Dying Bride.
- Interface is Depeche Mode meets Welcome to Earth-era Apoptygma Berzerk. In turn, Coldkill is literally Interface meets FGFC820.
- Internal Bleeding was, per Word of God, intended to be Suffocation meets Black Sabbath and Obituary.
- Into Eternity can be described as Judas Priest meets 3 Inches of Blood with a hint of Children of Bodom.
- ionnalee, Jonna Lee's Solo Side Project, is Björk meets CHVRCHES meets The Knife.
- Iris is Edge of Dawn meets Midnight Resistance(both them and Iris were originally signed to A Different Drum).
- Iron Maiden is 70's progressive rock (Kansas, Rush, Jethro Tull etc.) meets Judas Priest.
- Much more Thin Lizzy than Judas Priest early on.
- Issues is N Sync meets Limp Bizkit meets Killswitch Engage.
- Iwrestledabearonce is The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza meets Mr. Bungle on a drug overdose.
- Imagination Movers: Their TV series is The Wiggles meets a preschooler-friendly, American The Red Green Show
- iVardensphere is Juno Reactor meets Noisex. Style-wise, they're EDM meets World Music meets Power Noise.
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- Jackyl is Lynyrd Skynyrd meets Mötley Crüe.
- The Jam is The Clash meets The Kinks
- Jason Derulo is Michael Jackson meets Usher meets Elvis Presley.
- Jay-Z is LL Cool J meets Eminem.
- Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson is the sixth and seventh Doctors crossed with Rincewind the Magician. Musically, he's like Frank Zappa, Van Morrison, and Tom Waits had a baby.
- Jag Panzer are Manilla Road meets Accept.
- Jennifer Paige is Mariah Carey meets Amy Grant.
- Jigsaw are The Bee Gees meet Electric Light Orchestra.
- John Mayer is Peter Frampton meets Eric Clapton.
- Gerard Joling is Burt Bacharach meets George Michael.
- Judas Priest started out as Black Sabbath meets Lucifer's Friend meets Budgie. Later, they became Black Sabbath meets Scorpions.
- British band Jungle is essentially Earth, Wind & Fire meets Odyssey-era Jamiroquai.
- K-Ci & Jo Jo is what you get when Peter Cetera and Sam Cooke decide to become a duo.
- Journey: Boston meets Queen with Steve Perry (or Steve Augeri, or Arnel Pineda) on vocals.
- Joy Division is The Doors meets Low-era David Bowie meets Black Sabbath meets Iggy Pop meets Kraftwerk
- French electrofunk/synthwave duo Jupiter are Daft Punk meets Sally Shapiro.
- Justin Bieber is Michael Jackson meets Usher meets Chris Brown meets Justin Timberlake.
- Justin Timberlake is Michael Jackson meets David Bowie meets Pharrell Williams.
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- Kamelot is Stratovarius meets Symphony X.
- Kamikabe is Origin meets Ringworm.
- Kanon Wakeshima is Emilie Autumn meets Japanese Pop Music. With cellos.
- Kanye West is basically Jay-Z meets The Fugees.
- Kalmah is Dark Tranquillity meets Gojira meets the swamps of Finland.
- Kataklysm is Deeds of Flesh meets Amon Amarth, with a dash of Cryptopsy on their first two albums.
- Katatonia started out as Dissection meets My Dying Bride. Later, they became Opeth meets Alice in Chains.
- Kate Bush is Nico meets Pink Floyd.
- Katrina And The Waves (1985's "Walking On Sunshine") was the Cowsills meet the Pretenders.
- Kendrick Lamar is basically Tupac Shakur meets Nas meets Andre 3000.
- Kero Kero Bonito is kinda like Halcali meets London inside a Nintendo 64 soundcard.
- Kid Rock was described by Run–D.M.C.'s Jam Master Jay as what would happen if they and Aerosmith had a baby.
- Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast is Vanilla Ice meets 2 Live Crew.
- Kidneythieves is Linkin Park meets Nine Inch Nails meets Radiohead meets Korn... With a female vocalist.
- King Crimson are Pink Floyd meets The Beatles meets Metallica.
- King Diamond and Mercyful Fate are Judas Priest meets Alice Cooper with lyrics by Stephen King.
- Gene Simmons said that he originally wanted KISS to be a "Heavy Metal Beatles."
- In their early years they sort of came off as Grand Funk Railroad meets Ziggy Stardust.
- Klaus Nomi was David Bowie meets Kraftwerk meets Luciano Pavarotti.
- Knife Party is Pendulum meets House Music meets Harsh Noise.
- Korn started off as Pantera meets Red Hot Chili Peppers meets Mr. Bungle.
- Now it's more like Faith No More meets Fear Factory meets Skrillex.
- Korpiklaani is Skyclad meets Iron Maiden.
- Kraftwerk = The Beatles + Jean-Michel Jarre.
- Kvelertak is Motörhead meets Mayhem. Now with 100% more Word Salad Lyrics.
- Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is Katy Perry meets Gwen Stefani meets Japanese Pop Music.
- Her music is Synth-Pop meets Sensory Abuse.
- Kyle Craft is Bob Dylan meets David Bowie meets Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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- The Labrynth may be described as Cylab meets Front 242 meets Project Pitchfork.
- Lady Gaga is Fergie meets Gwen Stefani meets Madonna meets Shazza meets Emilie Autumn meets Marilyn Manson meets Michael Jackson meets Britney Spears. Add some Postmodernism and Synth-Pop too...
- Lady Sovereign could be described as "Miley Cyrus and Eminem had a baby, with anti-aging drugs."
- She could also be considered as an English Distaff Counterpart to Eminem.
- Another description could be an unholy merger of Kesha and Eminem. In a good way.
- Lamb of God can be described as Pantera and Obituary with an occasional side of Crowbar.
- Låpsley is Adele meets Little Boots.
- LAU (the Synthwave producer/artist) is Eurythmics meets '80s Gloria Estefan meets KD Lang.
- Merge Barbra Streisand and Christina Aguilera and you get the sort of music Lea Michele makes.
- Led Zeppelin, in mixing heavy rock with Folk Music influences, specifically used The Yardbirds meets The Incredible String Band as their starting point.
- Legion of the Damned is Morbid Angel meets Sodom and Slayer.
- Lemaitre are Royksopp meets deadmau5.
- Lich King is Exodus meets Anthrax meets Manowar.
- Lil Nas X is Lil Uzi Vert meets Kid Cudi.
- Or alternatively, he's Tyler, the Creator meets Frank Ocean.
- Lil Wayne is basically The Notorious B.I.G. meets Jay-Z meets Lil' Jon.
- Limp Bizkit is Rage Against the Machine meets Korn.
- Linkin Park is Limp Bizkit and Deftones meets Ministry meets Muse meets Skinny Puppy.
- Lizzo is Missy Elliott meets Beyoncé and Lauryn Hill.
- Lizzy Borden is Queensrÿche meets Alice Cooper.
- LMFAO is Andrew W.K. meets 2 Live Crew.
- Or The Black Eyed Peas meets Daft Punk.
- The Lonely Island is Tenacious D meet The Beastie Boys
- Lordi is GWAR meets Nightwish
- Lost Society is Anthrax meets Motörhead meets Pantera meets KISS.
- Ludacris is Snoop Dogg meets Missy Elliott.
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- M.O are Destiny's Child meets Little Mix meets Sweet Female Attitude.
- M83 is Daft Punk meets My Bloody Valentine.
- Machine Gun Kelly, for his first four albums, was TechN9ne meets Eminem. For his fifth and sixth albums, his style became blink-182 meets Linkin Park.
- Machine Head is Vulgar Display of Power meets Beneath The Remains meets Master of Puppets.
- Måneskin is Italian Franz Ferdinand meets Arctic Monkeys meets David Bowie.
- Manowar is Judas Priest meets Motörhead meets Black Sabbath meets Queen meets a massive fucking boatload of ham.
- 90s band Man Or Astroman has been described as the Ventures meet Devo.
- Manilla Road is Rainbow meets Motörhead.
- Maria Cross is Phil Anselmo meets Seth Putnam meets Dani Filth meets Chris Barnes meets Kyo meets Harsh Noise.
- Massacration is Steel Panther meets Sepultura.
- Marilyn Manson: Alice Cooper meets David Bowie meets Nine Inch Nails.
- Marina Diamandis is Kate Bush meets R.E.M..
- The Marshall Tucker Band is The Allman Brothers Band meets Country Music.
- Marsheaux sounds like Eurythmics meets Gary Numan meets Ladytron.
- Maximum the Hormone is something like Faith No More meets Meshuggah meets Andrew W.K. meets BABYMETAL.
- Maxwell is often described as Marvin Gaye meets Sade.
- Mayhem is early Bathory meets early Sodom. On Grand Declaration of War, they shifted to old Mayhem meets Ministry.
- Megan Thee Stallion is Queen Latifah meets Cardi B meets a porno movie. With a touch of Broken Record thrown in.
- Meghan Trainor is Adele meets Katy Perry with a dash of Tracy Turnblad for good measure.
- Alternatively, she's Bruno Mars meets Ariana Grande meets P!nk.
- Her Thank You era is Britney Spears (pre-2007 only) meets Becky G.
- Melanie Martinez is Marina Diamandis meets some nursery rhymes meets Alessia Cara.
- Melt-Banana is Anal Cunt meets J-pop.
- Merle Haggard was basically a cocktail of Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzell. He even covered songs by all three of them throughout his career.
- Merzbow is Throbbing Gristle meets Swans meets Japan.
- Meshuggah is Atheist meets Pantera meets Nevermore meets apocalyptic science fiction.
- Metallica has gone through many changes throughout each albums.
- Their first three albums and Death Magnetic are essentially Diamond Head meets Discharge. They've described their early sound as Diamond Head meets Motörhead.
- ...And Justice For All is their first three albums meet Dream Theater.
- Metallica is Diamond Head meets AC/DC.
- Load and ''ReLoad'' are Diamond Head meets Radiohead.
- St. Anger is Metallica meets Nu Metal and Garage Rock.
- Lulu is literally Metallica meets Lou Reed.
- Michael Jackson is James Brown meets Little Richard meets Diana Ross meets The Temptations meets Mavis Staples meets Jackie Wilson meets Charlie Chaplin meets Marcel Marceau meets Gene Kelly meets Fred Astaire meets Sammy Davis Jr..
- Microchip League is Front 242 meets early KMFDM.
- Midnight Star is closer to being Zapp meets Earth Wind and Fire meets Atlantic Starr.
- A Billboard review of Miguel ("Adorn") describes him as Babyface meets R. Kelly.
- Alternatively, he's Babyface meets Usher meets Pharrell Williams combined with a Deadpan Snarker.
- Or alternatively, Babyface meets The Weeknd.
- Mike Oldfield is Emerson, Lake & Palmer meets Vangelis.
- mind.in.a.box are Front Line Assembly meets Type O Negative.
- Mindless Self Indulgence can be described as the modern-sounding punk-pop of Fall Out Boy with the comedic machismo of Electric Six and the overarching Genre Roulette one would associate with Primus.
- Ministry is Skinny Puppy meets Megadeth and Slayer.
- The Misfits are The Ramones meets B-movie cheese.
- Missy Higgins is Alanis Morissette meets Kate Bush.
- Moe and ghosts sounds like a mix of Cibo Matto, Wyclef Jean, and Busta Rhymes, with a dash of Ol' Dirty Bastard.
- Molchat Doma is New Order meets Kino
- Molly Hatchet was Lynyrd Skynyrd meets every failed band playing southern rock who claimed they were better than Lynyrd Skynyrd. The liner notes of their debut album would indicate they thought they were better than the Beatles as well.
- Early Morbid Angel is Death meets Hell Awaits-era Slayer. Later Morbid Angel is early Morbid Angel meets Ceremony meets Cryptopsy.
- Mortician is Impetigo meets Necrophagia.
- Mortification is Morbid Angel meets Manowar meets Christian-themed lyrics.
- The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet sounds like Joy Division meets The Sisters of Mercy.
- Mötley Crüe is Van Halen meets T. Rex.
- Mothers Finest was described by some fans as Led Zeppelin meets Ike and Tina.
- Motionless in White is Marilyn Manson meets Breaking Benjamin.
- Mott The Hoople was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers meet David Bowie (which adds since Bowie wrote, produced and sang backup on their only hit "All the Young Dudes").
- Mr. Bungle is Faith No More meets Captain Beefheart.
- Mr. Scruff is Fatboy Slim meets Groove Armada.
- Mumford & Sons is The Violent Femmes meets Noah And The Whale.
- Muse is Queen meets Science Fiction: particularly Orwell. Or Progressive Rock meets Electronic Music. Or Queen meets Radiohead with a bit of Rush and Dream Theater thrown in for good measure.
- My Chemical Romance is The Smashing Pumpkins meets T. Rex meets Queen meets Taking Back Sunday
- My Dying Bride is Black Sabbath meets Death meets Joy Division
- Mystikal is James Brown meets The Notorious B.I.G..
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- Nanowar of Steel is Manowar meets "Weird Al" Yankovic.
- Napalm Death is Discharge meets Swans meets Possessed.
- Neck Deep is blink-182 meets Millencolin
- Nellie McKay is Norah Jones meets Doris Day meets Randy Newman.
- Nelly is Puff Daddy meets Geto Boys.
- Nero is Skream and Skrillex meet Nevermore.
- Neurosis is Godflesh meets Crowbar meets tool.
- Neutral Milk Hotel is Bob Dylan meets Swordfishtrombones-era Tom Waits meets Pavement.
- The New Division is New Order meets Depeche Mode meets The Magnetic Fields.
- Nevermore is Iced Earth meets Pantera meets Megadeth meets Atheist.
- New York Dolls is The Stooges meets The Rolling Stones.
- Ne-Yo is Usher meets Luther Vandross.
- Nicki Minaj is 50% Lady Gaga (glammed-out dress style) and 50% Lil' Kim (female rapper).
- Or alternatively, she's Missy Elliott meets Beyoncé and Foxy Brown.
- Ninja Sex Party is They Might Be Giants meets Steel Panther meets Billy Idol. Their spinoff band Starbomb is Ninja Sex Party meets Eminem.
- Nightwish's "Meadows Of Heaven" song is like Gospel music + choir vocals (especially towards the end) mixed with Epic Rocking.
- The band itself is Opera meets Power Metal.
- Or maybe Savatage meets Lacuna Coil.
- Nile is Suffocation meets Morbid Angel meets Egyptian Mythology.
- NINA is Björk(or Kate Bush) meets Erasure(she opened for them on their 2014 The Violet Flame album tour) meets Nena(both her and NINA are German).
- Nine Inch Nails started out as Skinny Puppy meets Depeche Mode meets Prince.
- Broken was Pretty Hate Machine meets later Ministry.
- The Downward Spiral was Broken meets Low meets The Dark Side of the Moon meets The White Album.
- Nine Lashes are Thousand Foot Krutch meets Red.
- Nirvana has been self-described as The Knack and the Bay City Rollers being molested by Black Flag and Black Sabbath. Or, as Jon Stewart once described them, "It was like The Beatles had swallowed Black Flag".
- Nitro has been said to be Mötley Crüe plus King Diamond.
- The Northern Kings is Me First and the Gimme Gimmes meets Sonata Arctica and Nightwish.
- Nothing But Noise is Front 242 meets Tangerine Dream.
- Nothing More is Queensrÿche and Coheed and Cambria meet Linkin Park and Drowning Pool.
- Novembers Doom were described by frontman Paul Kuhr as Grave meets Celtic Frost meets The Doors.
- *NSYNC are Rockapella meets the Backstreet Boys meets New Edition meets self-deprecating humor.
- Nuclear Assault is Anthrax meets Dirty Rotten Imbeciles.
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- Oasis: Liam Gallagher's vocal style has been described as a cross between John Lennon and Johnny Rotten.
- Oathean is Behemoth meets Chthonic meets Korean folk music.
- Obituary is Celtic Frost meets Death.
- Oceans of Slumber is Anathema meets Borknagar meets Edge of Sanity meets Mastodon.
- Of Mice and Men are Attack Attack! minus electronic music plus djent.
- The Offspring is Agent Orange meets Green Day.
- Olive was Dido meets Enya meets Everything but the Girl.
- Olivia Rodrigo is Taylor Swift meets Lorde meets Paramore.
- Ollie Wride is Phil Collins meets Sting.
- One Direction can be seen as Backstreet Boys (boy band) meets Justin Bieber (popular with the same generation of teenage girls).
- Onesidezero is tool meets Breaking Benjamin
- Opeth is Genesis meets Entombed meets Death meets Judas Priest.
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are Kraftwerk meets Merseybeat.
- Orianthi is Kelly Clarkson meets Steve Vai.
- Origin is Deicide meets Napalm Death meets Yngwie Malmsteen.
- Orville Peck is Johnny Cash meets Pansy Division.
- The Outfield is The Cars meets R.E.M..
- Overcast was Leeway meets Crowbar.
- Ozzy Osbourne is Satan meets Count Dracula meets Robert Plant.
- His solo work is Black Sabbath meets Thin Lizzy.
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- Paleface Swiss is No Zodiac meets Slipknot.
- A Pale Horse Named Death is Type O Negative meets Alice in Chains.
- Panic! at the Disco could be described as Fall Out Boy meets The Killers or The Beatles, depending on the album.
- Pantera's Hair Metal albums are Scorpions meets Poison. Their Groove Metal albums are Nevermore meets Sepultura.
- Paradise Lost are Celtic Frost meets The Sisters of Mercy meets Black Sabbath.
- Parov Stelar is Django Reinhardt meets Skrillex.
- Pathfinder is Nightwish meets Stratovarius.
- Periphery is Meshuggah meets Deftones and Porcupine Tree.
- Persuader is Blind Guardian meets Metallica.
- Perturbator is Kavinsky meets Project Pitchfork, with a siding of Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie. As of Lustful Sacraments, he's also added in elements of Depeche Mode and early The Cure.
- Phantogram is Eurythmics meets J Dilla with a sprinkling of Moby and Portishead on top.
- P!nk is Madonna meets Janis Joplin meets Linda Perry.
- Plus One is *NSYNC meets Jesus.
- Depending on the song, Pogo is Todd Edwards meets either Nujabes or Owl City.
- The Pogues is The Sex Pistols meets The Dubliners.
- Poison is Mötley Crüe meets Twisted Sister.
- Portugal. The Man is Cream meets Franz Ferdinand meets Cage the Elephant.
- Possessed is Slayer meets Celtic Frost meets Venom.
- Porcupine Tree is Pink Floyd meets Rush meets Metallica.
- Post Malone is Mac Miller meets Kanye West meets 50 Cent.
- Power Glove is Giorgio Moroder meets Vangelis meets Brad Fiedel meets John Carpenter.
- Power Quest is Freedom Call meets Thin Lizzy.
- Alternatively, they are DragonForce meets Journey
- Powerwolf is Sabaton meets Lordi.
- Pretty Maids is Mötley Crüe meets Iron Maiden
- The Pretty Reckless is Heart meets Halestorm
- Pride and Fall is Angels and Agony (or Edge of Dawn) meets Colony 5.
- Prince was described by Miles Davis as an otherworldly blend of James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Little Richard, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Chaplin.
- Primus is Rush meets The Residents.
- Los Prisioneros is Garage Rock meets Punk meets Reggae meets New Wave Music meets Synth-Pop meets Rockabilly.
- Protest the Hero is The Dillinger Escape Plan meets Billy Talent with a dash of King Crimson.
- The Protomen is Queen meets Iron Maiden meets Journey meets Bonnie Tyler. Plus Mega Man as a lyrical theme. The most 80s band out there.
- Psychostick is Bloodhound Gang meets Hatebreed and/or Five Finger Death Punch.
- Pulp is Buzzcocks meets The Yardbirds meets Billy Idol.
- Pyrrhon is Gorguts meets Dysrhythmia meets early The Dillinger Escape Plan.
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- The Qemists are Pendulum meets The Prodigy meets Noisia.
- Quarashi is Rage Against the Machine meets the Beastie Boys.
- Queen started out as Led Zeppelin meets David Bowie, with a dash of 10cc tossed in as well.
- Queensrÿche is Iron Maiden meets Pink Floyd.
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- R. Kelly was described by music executive Barry Weiss as "the modern day Prince, although there's a bit of Marvin Gaye in him, and a bit of Irving Berlin".
- Radiohead is essentially The Pixies meets R.E.M. meets Aphex Twin plus Pink Floyd.
- Rage Against the Machine is Eminem meets Faith No More.
- Alternatively, they are Public Enemy meets Converge.
- Raging Silence is Edge of Dawn meets Hans Zimmer meets Laibach meets Skrillex.
- The Rain Within is Bella Morte (being a Solo Side Project of said band) meets Depeche Mode meets Erasure.
- Rammstein is Ministry meets Laibach.
- The Ramones are The Beach Boys (pre-1965) meets the New York Dolls.
- Early Rainbow is Deep Purple meets Black Sabbath. Their material without Ronnie James Dio is Deep Purple meets Def Leppard.
- Randy Rainbow is Stephen Colbert meets "Weird Al" Yankovic, with a heavy dash of Camp Gay.
- Red is Chevelle meets Kamelot with a dash of Deftones.
- The Regrettes is Bikini Kill meets The Ronettes. Lead vocalist Lydia Night is Kathleen Hanna meets Ronnie Spector with a bit of Matthew Shultz mixed in too.
- Replacire is Martyr meets Decapitated meets tool.
- Republica is EMF meets Fleetwood Mac.
- Revocation is early The Faceless meets Demolition Hammer with a siding of Megadeth.
- Rhapsody of Fire is Stratovarius meets Ludwig van Beethoven meets an original storyline consisting of nine albums and an EP.
- Rich Girl is when Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland decide to call up Jennifer Lopez and Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls to form a super group.
- Rings Of Saturn is Arsonists Get All The Girls meets Viraemia... IN SPACE!! Alternatively, it's Internal Suffering meets Chelsea Grin.
- Rise Against is The Offspring meets My Chemical Romance.
- Robbie Williams is "Weird Al" Yankovic meets Elvis Presley meets Mark Wahlberg.
- Rod Stewart is Mick Jagger meets Van Morrison. He's even covered songs by The Rolling Stones and Morrison to make it more apparent.
- Rodriguez = Bob Dylan + José Feliciano.
- Robert Plant + Guy Gardner = Axl Rose.
- Rollergirl is Britney Spears meets post-Spice Girls Geri Halliwell meets Eiffel 65.
- Roxi Drive is Dana Jean Phoenix meets Pat Benatar meets mid-80s Madonna.
- The Ruins Of Beverast is Nagelfar meets Skepticism.
- Running Wild is Judas Priest meets Accept in the age of Wooden Ships and Iron Men.
- Rush is Led Zeppelin meets Styx meets Yes.
- The Rutles are The Beatles meets Spinal Tap via Monty Python.
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- Sacramentum is Marduk meets Dark Tranquillity.
- Sabaton is Manowar meets Racer X playing Horrible History Metal.
- Saint Motel is The Strokes meets Stevie Wonder.
- Sally Shapiro is Madleen Kane meets Annie meets iamamiwhoami.
- Saraya is Hardline meets Heart.
- Savage Garden is Wham! meets Roxette meets Air Supply meets R.E.M..
- Savatage is Queen meets Guns N' Roses.
- Saweetie is Cardi B meets Kim Kardashian.
- Scarlxrd is Deftones meet Migos and Dizzee Rascal.
- Scar Symmetry can be described as Soilwork meets Meshuggah.
- Peter Schilling is David Bowie meets Devo meets Falco.
- Scissor Sisters is The Village People meets Van Halen(David Lee Roth era)
- The Secret Chord is David Bowie meets Ace of Base meets CHVRCHES.
- Selena Gomez is Taylor Swift meets Christina Aguilera meets Bruno Mars.
- The later works of Ukrainian black metal outfit Semargl can be described as Amaranthe meets Black Metal.
- Brazilian Goth Metal band Semblant is Arch-Enemy meets Lacuna Coil
- Early Sepultura is Slayer meets Sodom; later Sepultura is Pantera meets Fear Factory meets traditional Brazilian music.
- Stryper: Twisted Sister meets The Bible
- Septycal Gorge is Defeated Sanity meets Hour of Penance.
- Sequester is Sonata Arctica meets Pearl Jam.
- Seremedy is Escape the Fate meets Versailles and Soilwork.
- Shania Twain is Loretta Lynn meets Lynyrd Skynyrd.
- Shawn Mendes is Jesse Mc Cartney (both are Disney Channel-friendly Teen Idol Pretty Boy, similar in magnitude of following in their respective times) meets John Mayer (somber, heartfelt music with acoustic guitar).
- Or Justin Bieber meets Ed Sheeran, as described by Todd in the Shadows.
- Sheryl Crow is Bonnie Raitt meets Rickie Lee Jones.
- Shinedown is Soundgarden meets 3 Doors Down with a dash of Linkin Park.
- SHINee is Dong Bang Shin Ki meets Oshare Kei.
- Shining (Sweden) is Burzum meets Opeth.
- Shotty Horroh is Liam Gallagher meets Skepta
- Sigh is Emperor meets Faith No More meets King Diamond.
- Signs of the Swarm is Abominable Putridity meets Oceano.
- SikTH is The Dillinger Escape Plan meets Korn meets Converge.
- Silencer is Burzum meets an insane asylum.
- To be more descriptive, Burzum meets Bethlehem.
- Simon & Garfunkel were The Everly Brothers meet Bob Dylan.
- Sine City is A Ha meets The Frozen Autumn meets Wolfsheim.
- Sixx:A.M. is Mötley Crüe meets Three Days Grace meets Masterplan.
- Six Feet Under is Obituary meets Morbid Angel meets Bolt Thrower.
- Skid Row is Mötley Crüe meets Judas Priest with a dash of Bon Jovi.
- Skrillex is Skream meets Aphex Twin or Deadmau5 meets Merzbow, depending on the song.
- Skillet is Stryper meets Korn.
- Skindred is mid-career Sepultura + Reggae or Bad Brains meets Soulfly, System of a Down and Candiria.
- Skinny Puppy is Cabaret Voltaire meets Kraftwerk.
- Skyclad is Judas Priest meets Steeleye Span.
- Slayer is Motörhead meets Metallica and Venom.
- Sleepy Brown has been described as a lechery-prone Curtis Mayfield and "I Want You"-era Marvin Gaye with the imagery of Hot Buttered Soul-era Isaac Hayes.
- Slipknot is Korn meets Acid Bath meets Morbid Angel.
- Smash Mouth is Reel Big Fish meets Sugar Ray.
- The Smashing Pumpkins is Billy Idol meets R.E.M. meets Nirvana.
- SMP is Nine Inch Nails meets the Beastie Boys.
- Snog is Men at Work meets Skinny Puppy.
- Snoop Dogg is Dr. Dre meets Ice Cube meets Slick Rick meets George Clinton meets N.W.A.
- Social Distortion is Agent Orange meets Johnny Cash.
- Solar Fields is Jean-Michel Jarre meets Tangerine Dream meets Juno Reactor.
- Early Soulfly was Sepultura meets Santana. Now it's more like old Sepultura meets new Sepultura meets tribal percussion.
- Early Sonata Arctica is Helloween meets Yes. For Unia and Days of Grays, they were Lacuna Coil meets Asia, Stones Grow Her Name is Edguy meets Primus, and Pariah's Child and The Ninth Hour are old Sonata Arctica meets new Sonata Arctica.
- Soundgarden is Motörhead meets Led Zeppelin meets Black Sabbath meets Sonic Youth.
- The Spice Girls (and to an extent the Pussycat Dolls) are the end result of vomiting out a cocktail of The Go-Go's and Madonna.
- Lisa Stansfield is Annie Lennox meets Chaka Khan.
- Starset is Linkin Park meets Skillet meets ILLENIUM.
- Steam Powered Giraffe is Voltaire meets Bruce Springsteen meets Sam Cooke. Their backstories are Warehouse 13 meets Leviathan meets JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as told by L. Frank Baum.
- Steel Panther is Poison meets The Lonely Island in a vaguely Spinal Tap-shaped package.
- Alternatively: Poison meets 2 Live Crew.
- Steriogram is Rage Against the Machine meets 311 (the rapping parts) meets Billy Talent.
- Stevia Sphere is iamamiwhoami meets Vektroid.
- Stompin' Tom Connors clearly used his fellow Canadians Hank Snow and Gordon Lightfoot as role models, but he also let Johnny Cash sneak in from south of the border as an influence.
- The Stooges are The Rolling Stones meets The Doors meets The Sonics meets Velvet Underground.
- "Stop Pause" is "Land Of 1,000 Dances" meets Southern Hip-Hop.
- Stratovarius is Helloween meets Scorpions.
- Strawberry Switchblade is Lady Gaga meets The Cure meets Cyndi Lauper.
- Styx is Queen meets Yes.
- Submarine Man is Mort the mouse lemur meets T-Pain meets "Weird Al" Yankovic.
- Suffocation is Death meets Terrorizer.
- Alternatively, Harmony Corruption-era Napalm Death meets Butchered at Birth-era Cannibal Corpse.
- Sufjan Stevens is Jeff Buckley meets Brian Wilson if one of the two became a born-again Christian.
- Or, Todd Rundgren meets Elliott Smith.
- Suicidal Tendencies is Minor Threat meets Slayer meets Living Colour.
- Supercell is Nine Inch Nails meets Hatsune Miku meets Nico Nico Douga meets Pixiv.
- Supertramp is Rush meets Steely Dan.
- Swallow The Sun is Insomnium meets Theatre of Tragedy.
- Swans: Pink Floyd meets Throbbing Gristle.
- Sweet Trip is Slowdive meets Autechre.
- Symphony X is what you would get with Dream Theater playing Power Metal, particularly Rhapsody of Fire.
- System of a Down is Faith No More meets Middle Eastern music.
T
- Taylor Swift is Shania Twain meets Debbie Gibson meets Stevie Nicks.
- Early on, she was Lesley Gore meets Loretta Lynn.
- Teenage Bottlerocket is NOFX meets Weezer meets Jim's Big Ego.
- Theocracy is Helloween meets Angra meets Jesus.
- They Might Be Giants are "Weird Al" Yankovic meets R.E.M..
- Alternatively, Frank Zappa meets Elvis Costello.
- XTC meets The Residents would also work.
- Thin Lizzy is Jimi Hendrix meets Van Morrison.
- This Heat is Soft Machine meets Faust meets Throbbing Gristle.
- Threat Signal is the child of Fear Factory, Killswitch Engage, Meshuggah, and Linkin Park. note
- 3 Inches of Blood are something akin to Judas Priest meets HammerFall with harsh vocals.
- Or Slayer meets Iron Maiden.
- Throbbing Gristle is Kraftwerk meets Cromagnon meets Metal Machine Music.
- T.I. is Jay-Z meets Nelly.
- Tiamat are Dokken meets Celtic Frost meets Pink Floyd.
- Tigers Jaw is Fleetwood Mac meets Brand New.
- 'Til Tuesday is The Cars meets The Go-Go's with Aimee Mann on vocals.
- TLC is En Vogue meets MC Lyte.
- Tomas Barfod is Moby meets Trentemøller meets Tycho.
- Tom Petty was Buddy Holly meets Bob Dylan, as backed by The Byrds.
- Tom Petty described the music of the Heartbreakers as being influenced by The Rolling Stones and The Byrds, which is really noticeable on their early albums ("American Girl" sounds like Roger McGuinn singing lead vocals after wandering into a Beggars Banquet recording session).
- Tony Banks is, vocally speaking, Al Stewart meets Neil Tennant meets, musically, Franz Liszt.
- tool are King Crimson meets Nine Inch Nails.
- Tourniquet is Slayer + Petra with a dash of Rush.
- The Toyes are Bob Marley meets the Barenaked Ladies.
- T-Pain is Nelly meets R. Kelly meets Auto-Tune.
- Trap Them is Entombed meets His Hero Is Gone meets Integrity.
- TRAX is L'arc-en-Ciel meets X Japan meets Korean Pop Music.
- Trey Songz is Usher meets Prince with dashes of Ne-Yo and R. Kelly.
- Trivium are Metallica meet Killswitch Engage.
- Trouble is Black Sabbath meets Led Zeppelin.
- TR/ST is Erasure meets Type O Negative.
- Turisas have been described as "the bastard offspring of The Levellers and Manowar".
- Twelve Foot Ninja is Mr. Bungle and early Red Hot Chili Peppers meet Periphery.
- Twenty One Pilots is MGMT meets My Chemical Romance with a dash of Linkin Park and Brokencyde.
- Twisted Sister is Judas Priest meets Alice Cooper meets New York Dolls.
- Two Gallants is The Violent Femmes meets Bob Dylan.
- Tyler, the Creator is early Eminem meets Lil Wayne meets MF Doom.
U
- Ulcerate is Gorguts meets Deathspell Omega meets Neurosis.
- Unleashed is Bathory's lyrics meets Entombed's sound.
- Until BEN is Depeche Mode meets Radiohead.
- Upon a Burning Body is Despised Icon meets ill niño.
- Usher is Michael Jackson meets Prince with a dash of R. Kelly.
V
- Vamps is whan happens when Marilyn Manson meets Japan.
- Vandal Moon sound like either Clan of Xymox meets Gary Numan, or Depeche Mode meets The Sisters of Mercy.
- Van der Graaf Generator is King Crimson meets Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
- Van Halen:
- The David Lee Roth era is Journey meets Twisted Sister with Eddie Van Halen on guitar.
- The Sammy Hagar era is Hair Metal meets Journey.
- The Gary Cherone era is Extreme meets Hagar-era Van Halen.
- Veil of Maya is At the Gates meets djent.
- Vein is Deftones meets Hatebreed meets Converge.
- Vektor is Destruction meets Immortal meets Watchtower.
- Venetian Snares is Whitehouse meets Aphex Twin.
- Venom is Motörhead meets Black Sabbath.
- Versailles is GACKT meets DragonForce meets The Rose of Versailles.
- It's literally Lareine meets the Hizaki Grace Project.
- And Jupiter is basically 80% of the band meets Progressive Metal.
- Victoria Celestine is Lights meets CHVRCHES meets Country Taylor Swift.
- The Violent Femmes is Velvet Underground meets Woody Guthrie meets Bill Gaither.
- Virgin Steele is Manowar meets Savatage.
- Virus is Voivod meets Killing Joke meets King Crimson meets System of a Down meets Talking Heads.
- V is for Villains is Nine Inch Nails meets John Williams
- Visigoth is Music/Cathedral meets Music/Manowar.
- Vocaloid is Synthetic Voice Actor meets Auto-Tune.
- Voice of the Beehive is The Bangles meets Kirsty Mac Coll.
- Void Vision is Berlin meets Dead Can Dance meets Emilie Autumn meets Kraftwerk.
- Voivod is Motörhead meets Pink Floyd meets Celtic Frost.
- Volbeat is Elvis Presley meets Danzig.
W
- Wagakki Band is basically what happens to Slipknot if they were Visual Kei, played Japanese folk music, and had a kimono-wearing chick for a singer.
- The Waitresses is Tin Huey meets Blondie.
- Waka Flocka Flame is Ludacris meets Lil Wayne.
- Ron Wasserman is Judas Priest meets Saturday morning cartoons.
- Watchtower is Helstar meets Rush meets Weather Report.
- The Weeknd is Michael Jackson meets Prince meets R. Kelly meets Aster Aweke meets Aaliyah meets Lana Del Rey meets David Bowie meets Bad Brains meets Talking Heads meets The Smiths meets 50 Cent meets Wu-Tang Clan meets Eminem meets De Barge.
- Weezer is Semisonic meets They Might Be Giants meets The Beatles.
- Or Buddy Holly meets The Cars meets Nirvana.
- When they started out, their vision statement was basically "A loud version of The Beach Boys".
- "Weird Al" Yankovic is Allan Sherman meets Devo meets just about every trend in popular music since 1979.
- Or Allan Sherman meets Tom Lehrer meets Frank Zappa meets MAD meets MTV.
- Kristine W. is Cher meets Taylor Dayne.
- Wesley Willis is Richard Pryor meets Bobcat Goldthwait with a Casio keyboard.
- Whale is a '90s pop-rock band that's basically a fusion of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Deee-Lite.
- The White Stripes are MC5 meets Elvis Costello meets Dead Kennedys.
- Wind Rose is Sabaton meets Elvenking.
- Winds of Plague is Bleeding Through meets Suffokate.
- Winger is White Lion meets Queensrÿche
- Wolfmother is AC/DC meets Black Sabbath meets Led Zeppelin.
- Wolves at the Gate is Underoath meets DragonForce meets The Bible.
X
- Xeno & Oaklander are Kraftwerk meets Cocteau Twins meets Daft Punk.
- The band describes themselves as Radiohead meets Slayer meets Classical Music.
- And Yoshiki himself is Hans Zimmer meets Mike Portnoy, Dave Lombardo and Gene Hoglan.
- Also, hide is Elvis Presley meets Wes Borland meets Slash.
- X Japan is basically KISS meets Twisted Sister meets Metallica meets Dream Theater meets Yoshiki Hayashi.
- X-O-Planet are The Frozen Autumn meets In Strict Confidence.
- XXXTentacion could be best described as Geto Boys meets Tupac Shakur meets GG Allin.
Y
- Yazoo was Dusty Springfield meets The Human League(or early Depeche Mode, given that Vince Clarke songwrote and played keyboards on their first album).
- Yelawolf is Eminem meets Kid Rock.
- YOHIO is Hizaki meets Takanori Nishikawa meets GACKT.
- Yota is Björk meets Kavinsky.
- Youngblood Brass Band is a brass band meets Rap.
- Early on, Yousei Teikoku is Skinny Puppy meets Lacuna Coil. Nowadays it's more like Malice Mizer meets Evanescence
- Alternatively, Yui Itsuki meets Celldweller meets Rammstein. (It began as Yui's Gothic industrial music project)
- Yves Tumor is Prince and Portishead meet James Ferraro and Throbbing Gristle.
Z
- Zanias is Dead Can Dance meets Diva Destruction.
- Zeal & Ardor can be best described as B.B. King and Kirk Franklin meet Mayhem. No, seriously.
- The band Zipthunk! was described in a review as "Like The Monkees getting fucked by The Pixies while Elvis Costello films the whole thing."