Top 10 Metal Bands That Don't Sing In English

The Top Ten
1 Artcell Artcell is a Bangladeshi progressive metal band formed in October 1999. According to The Daily Star, a leading English national daily, Artcell is "one of the leading bands of the country".

Progressive Metal band from Bangladesh. So they sing completely in Bangali. They aren't exactly popular, and if it werent for TheTopTens, I wouldn't know who they are. They are a very good band though, worth a listen.

You don't need need English to understand their songs, cause they are a prog metal band, their instrumental part is very long

The band is flawless and will continue being a very successful band.

I expected Rammstein to be no1 easy, I guess ill check em out

2 Rammstein Rammstein is a German Neue Deutsche Härte and Industrial Metal band consisting of Till Lindemann (vocals), Richard Kruspe (guitar), Paul Landers (guitar), Oliver Riedel (electric bass), Christoph Schneider (drums) and Christian Lorenz (keyboard), that formed in 1994 in Berlin .

Rammstein is one of Germany's most successful music artists, and one of the few that gained notable chart success and fame internationally. Since their debut album "Herzeleid", Rammstein's music has often been used in well known movies, including "Lost Highway", "The Matrix" and "Nymphomaniac", the first of which is often credited as the movie that brought the group to international recognition. ...read more.

Everything's good but Rammstein aren't metal according to Encyclopaedia Metallum - Rammstein don't even have a page on their site. If a well known band isn't on Encyclopaedia Metallum, it means only one thing - the band isn't metal.

Industrial Metal band from Germany, famous for hit songs such as Du Hast. They have some pretty great songs, very catchy. They only have a few songs sung in English, yet are moderately popular in America.

I'm kinda feeling ashamed of liking this band. I can understand their language in their songs cause I'm German/Aussie.

They have a few English sounding songs like P***y and Amerika. But their songs are still really cool.

3 Mezarkabul Mezarkabul (formerly known as Pentagram) is a Turkish metal band formed by Hakan Utangaç and Cenk Ünnü.

The name "Mezarkabul" means Pentagram in Turkish. As a result, this band is sometimes confused with the American Metal band known as Pentagram. They obviously sing in Turkish and are a Traditional Heavy Metal band for the most part.

4 Equilibrium Equilibrium is a German folk metal band. The band's music combines elements of folk music, power metal, black metal and symphonic metal with various other influences.

I completely forgot to add equilibrium. Thank god you guys did

This band totally kicks ass so underrated

5 Boris Boris is a Japanese experimental band formed in 1992 in Tokyo and composed of drummer Atsuo Mizuno, guitarist/bassist Takeshi Ohtani and guitarist/keyboardist Wata, with all three members participating in vocal performance.

Japanese Sludge Metal/Drone Metal band. They have some pretty good songs if you are into Stoner music.

They are amazing.

6 Teräsbetoni Teräsbetoni is a Finnish power metal band formed in 2002. They got their first recording contract thanks to a petition, started by excited fans who wanted a recording contract for the band and sent it to several record companies. In 2008 Teräsbetoni represented Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, with their song 'Missä miehet ratsastaa'. Teräsbetoni music has a martial air to it, with lyrics in Finnish glorifying a pagan warrior lifestyle and a "brotherhood of metal". Lead singer: Jarkko Ahola.

^Amen to everything, though 3) is not right. That isn't a movement. It's just a fanpage that isn't even run by Finns.

This band is very special - I’ve never heard of any other metal band with such a unique bio:

1) They got their first recording contract thanks to a nation-wide petition. The band performed only live at clubs but excited fans circulated a petition, demanding a recording contract for Teräsbetoni, and sent it to several record companies. The band signed a contract with Warner Music in 2005. This is a very unusual way to get a contract but it's very democratic.

2) Then Finns elected Teräsbetoni to represent Finland at the Eurovision International Song Contest 2008, with their song Missä miehet ratsastaa. Oh, those Finns - they really love metal and of course, they love Teräsbetoni. This contest is not for metal songs but Finland sent a metal band to represent them! Isn’t that amazing?
I don’t know if Teräsbetoni won the whole thing but here’s their Semi-final performance, live (YouTube: "ESC08 Semi-final: Teräsbetoni - Missä miehet ratsastaa (HQ)"

7 Burzum Burzum is an influential black metal solo project of Norwegian musician and writer Varg Vikernes. Burzum came to prominence at the beginning of the Norwegian Black Metal scene in the early 1990s. Vikernes was imprisoned for 21 years for the murder of Mayhem guitarist Euronymous, and charges of church arson. In prison, Burzum released 2 dark ambient albums recorded entirely on synthesizers. Burzum is still active to this day, but has never performed live.

About 10 albums in Norwegian - Black metal, Folk metal, medieval music, Dark Ambient, Experimental.
Burzum is one of the top 10 black metal bands.
To be honest, I'm not the biggest fan but Varg is really good at what he does.

8 Y Diawled

Classic Heavy Metal band from Wales. They sing in Gaelic Welsh. They actually have great songs and they are from the NWOBHM. They obviously didn't get much commercial success due to the fact they didn't speak English, and they were overshadowed by bands such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Motörhead.

9 Pokoljép

Hungarian Speed Metal band. Sometimes they are considered pioneers of Speed Metal along with Motörhead, Anvil, Accept, and Exciter.

10 Finntroll Finntroll is a folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland. They combine elements of black metal and folk metal.
The Contenders
11 ADX

Great person broad thinkers great politician

French Thrash Metal band

They are very good.

12 Turbo
13 Oomph! Oomph! is a German industrial metal band formed in Wolfsburg, Germany in 1989. The band is considered the pioneers of the German Neue Deutsche Härte movement.
14 Korpiklaani
15 Trust

@ryanrimmel - I like AC/DC but if a metal band gives me the AC/DC vibe, it's not good because AC/DC aren't metal. Just saying.

Traditional Heavy Metal band from France. Listening to them really gives me the AC/DC vibe.

16 TrollfesT

They are a Norwegian folk metal band and sing in the most unique language ever - Trollspråk, which is a fictional language and is a mixture of Norwegian and German. Trollspråk is the language of the trolls (you have to hear that).
I like this band a lot and even made a top 10 list that you can visit for more details and song samples 'Top 10 TrollfesT Songs'.

17 Dir En Grey Dir En Grey is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 1997 and currently signed to Firewall Div., a sub-division of Free-Will.
18 Warfaze Warfaze is a Bangladeshi hard rock band.

Line Up:
Palash Noor (vocal)
Ibrahim Ahmed Kamal (Lead guitar),
Sheikh Monirul Alam Tipu (drums and percussion)
Samir Hafiz (Guitar),
Shams Mansoor Ghani (keyboards and vocals)
Naim Haque Roger (bass) .

Multiple changes have taken place in membership since its founding in 1984 . Since their inception, the band has released eight albums, including seven studio albums and one compilation album. In addition, they have released several singles in band mixed albums.

They have also released three songs in a Lalon tribute album called 'Somorpon' which also included songs from Habib Wahid and Aurthohin. ...read more.

Yes, they are a very good rock/metal band. Their guitar riffs and solos are awesome

The Legendary Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Band of Bangladesh! They do music in Bangla! Warfaze was formed in 1984 and still keep Rocking!
Warfaze/ m/

Learned guitar themselves, self taught,this band is like Deep Purple,who had many members.

One of the best metal bands formed in 80's.

19 Aria

Aka Ария (in Russian). Fortunately they or their fans translated some of the song titles.
Russian traditional metal of Iron Maiden type (sing in Russian). Peaked in the early 90s but they are still active.

Songs (fan made videos):
Ария - Сле'уй за мной / Aria - Follow Me
Ария - Игра с огнем / Aria - Game With Fire
Ария - Химера / Aria - Himera
Ария - Машина Смерти / Aria - Death Machine
Ария - Возьми мое сер'це / Aria - Take My heart
Ария - Кровь за кровь / Aria - Blood For Blood

They are still active:
Ария - Штиль (2001) - UDO of Accept is a guest musician here.
Ария - Аттила (2011)

20 Den Saakaldte

Black metal in Norwegian. Formed in 2006 - 4 albums (2 in Norwegian and 2 in EN).
Try "La vinteren vare evig" - one of the best black metal songs.

21 Kvelertak Kvelertak is a six-piece heavy metal band from Rogaland, Norway, formed in 2007. The group comprises vocalist Erlend Hjelvik, guitarists Vidar Landa, Bjarte Lund Rolland and Maciek Ofstad, bassist Marvin Nygaard and drummer Kjetil Gjermundrød.
22 Slaughter to Prevail
23 Schwarzer Engel
24 Eisbrecher Eisbrecher are a German Neue Deutsche Härte band that consists primarily of Alexander Wesselsky and Noel Pix, with live support from Jürgen Plangger, Rupert Keplinger, Achim Färber.
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