Top 10 Funniest Metal Band Names

While browsing through the Jazz section in HMV, my friend called me over to look at the Metal section, and we spent the best part of half an hour laughing at the odd and funny band names. Imagine asking, "Do you have..."

The Top Ten

Anal C***

Anal C** was an American grindcore band founded by vocalist Seth Putnam in 1988 in Newton, Massachusetts. The band became infamous for its highly offensive lyrics, which included themes such as misogyny, homophobia, racism, Nazism, and antisemitism.... read more

Elite name and elite band. You know they are intentionally bad.

I honestly find this name funny. Put it on top.
Anal Blast

Funny story. I was at Mayhem Fest over the summer watching Jungle Rot, and an old man walked in front of me. He was wearing a sun hat and a shirt that read "Anal Blast" with a hilariously gross graphic.

Ha. I just came to this list again for a giggle, but now I'm laughing. Seriously, is there a rock or metal band with this name? Haha.
Oh S*** They’re Going to Kill Us
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
Pig Destroyer

Pig Destroyer is an American grindcore band formed in 1997 in Alexandria, Virginia. The original lineup featured vocalist J. R. Hayes, guitarist Scott Hull, and drummer John Evans, who was later replaced by Brian Harvey. The band is known for its intense sound and literary lyrical themes, with notable... read more

It sounds like a pig that ate explosives, then blew up, and then it rained bacon. They are trying to be idiotic.
Iwrestledabearonce

Iwrestledabearonce (often stylized in all lowercase and abbreviated as IWABO) was an American metalcore band formed in 2007 in Shreveport, Louisiana.
During their nine years together, the band released one EP, four full-length albums, and two remixed releases. They were known for their genre-blending... read more

How is this not at least in the top 3? I mean, Carcass, Anthrax, etc. are funny, but for metal they're pretty standard. "Iwrestledabearonce" is funny for every genre of music, even in their silly humor metalcore subgroup. And note that it's spelled as one word.

Horrible grammar, and you can't survive if you wrestled a bear. You'll die.
Jesus Loves Anal
Goatwhore

Goatwhore is an American extreme metal band formed in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1997 by former Acid Bath guitarist Sammy Duet. Goatwhore is known for its fast-paced fusion of black, death, and thrash metal.

Should be higher, and should definitely be above Suicidal Tendencies.
Five Finger Death Punch

Five Finger Death Punch, often abbreviated as 5FDP or FFDP, is an American heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada. Formed in 2005, the band's name was inspired by the martial arts film Five Fingers of Death. They released their debut album, The Way of the Fist, in 2007.

Hitting your mind after every word.
Aborted Hitler C***

The Newcomers

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Wargasm
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Goblin C***

The Contenders

Dead Brain Cells

Dead Brain Cells are a Canadian thrash metal band from the late 1980s. Known as DBC, the band began in 1985 in Montreal as a project called Final Chapter, started by guitarists Eddie Shahini and Gerry Ouellette, who placed a magazine ad seeking a drummer. They released two albums, Dead Brain Cells (1987... read more

Thrash from Canada. Very good and serious band despite this name.
Cannabis Corpse

Cannabis Corpse is a death metal band formed in Virginia in 2006. The band's name is a parody of Cannibal Corpse, and while their songs are original compositions, their album and track titles often parody the titles of classic death metal records. For example, their album Tube of the Resinated is a play... read more

I'd put this in the top 10. They are a Cannibal Corpse parody band. They take their song and album names and insert weed puns.
Songs: I C** Bud, I Will Smoke You, Skull Full of Bong Hits, Mummified in Bong Water.
Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock band founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. They have released eleven studio albums.
The band is known for its dark, moody lyricism and aggressive vocal delivery. Their biggest hits include "Closer," "Hurt," "Wish," "We're in This Together... read more

Trent stated the name has no literal meaning anyway.

Why they wanted to be called this, I will never know.

It sounds more cool than funny.
Dying Fetus

Dying Fetus is an American death metal band from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Formed in 1991, the band is known for its aggressive style, which includes blast beats, complex riffs, slam riffs, and heavy breakdowns. They are widely regarded as influential in both the brutal death metal and technical death... read more
Adolf Satan
Vaginal Penetration of an Amelus with a Musty Carrot
Funeral for a Friend

Have to agree with all the band names on this list, but this is the funniest and most weird. Laugh out loud.

Definitely the funniest on here by far.

"Next time he borrows my girlfriend, I will have him."
The Bronx Casket Co.
Disharmonic Orchestra

Death metal and grindcore, progressive death and avant garde metal, Austria.
- Do you have a Philharmonic Orchestra?
- No, only a Disharmonic Orchestra.
Cacophony
Satan's Almighty Penis
Carcass

Carcass is a British extreme metal band from Liverpool, formed in 1985. The band initially disbanded in 1995 but reunited in 2007. Drummer Ken Owen did not rejoin due to health issues, though the band has continued to release new music since reforming.

I mean, Symphonies of Sickness or Reek of Putrefaction era Carcass would fit this. That was in their early grindcore era days.
Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies is an American crossover thrash band founded in 1980 in Venice, California, by vocalist Mike Muir, who remains the only original member. The band is widely credited as one of the pioneers of crossover thrash. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1983 and is considered a landmark... read more

"Only every bloody day, my friend."
The County Medical Examiners
Vampires Everywhere!