Metal Album Name Generator

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Generate metal album names with the weight of a real record: one-word monoliths, epic three-part titles, liturgical phrases and cold black metal poetry. Covers heavy, thrash, death, black, doom, power, folk and progressive metal.

About metal album names

Metal album titles have their own grammar. Classic heavy metal and thrash favor a declarative phrase that sounds like a threat or prophecy: Reign in Blood, Master of Puppets, Screaming for Vengeance. Death metal prefers Latin, medical and ecclesiastical weight (Altars of Madness, Tomb of the Mutilated), black metal favors cold nature-poetry and archaic words (Under a Funeral Moon, In the Nightside Eclipse), while doom and sludge lean on grief and single crushing words. Power and folk metal reach for swords, sagas and dawn. The titles here draw on all of those lineages so you can match the tone of your record instead of settling for a generic dark phrase.

A good metal album name does three jobs. It fits the logo and cover art, usually in one to five words. It survives being shouted from a stage or typed into a search bar. And it gives the record an identity the band name alone does not, which is why so many classics use a definite image (a crown, a gate, a pyre, a wolf) instead of an abstract mood. Concrete nouns from ruin, war and scripture carry more than adjectives like dark or brutal.

Before you print anything, search the exact title on Metal Archives, Discogs and Bandcamp; the obvious two-word titles are often already taken.

How to choose metal album names

  • Match the title to the subgenre: Latin and anatomy read as death metal, frost and nightside imagery as black metal, swords and sagas as power or folk metal, single heavy words as doom.
  • Keep it to one to five words. Long titles get shortened by fans and reviewers, so pick one that still works when trimmed to its first two words.
  • Use a concrete image (gate, crown, pyre, hound, iron) rather than a plain mood word. Concrete titles give the cover artist something to draw.
  • Say it in a sentence: 'the new record is called ...'. If it sounds awkward spoken, it will sound awkward in interviews and on stage.
  • Search Metal Archives, Discogs and Bandcamp for the exact phrase before committing. Identical titles on two releases create confusion in streaming search results.

Frequently asked questions

Are these real metal album titles?

No. The titles are written in the style of the genre, not copied from real records. With tens of thousands of metal releases in existence, a few may coincidentally match an obscure demo or EP, so always check Metal Archives and Discogs before using one.

How do I pick an album title that fits my band's sound?

Look at the vocabulary. Death metal titles use decay, scripture and Latin; black metal uses frost, night and old nature words; doom uses grief and weight; thrash uses war, machinery and violence; power metal uses swords, kings and dawn. Scan the list for the word-set that matches your songs and choose from there.

Should a metal album title be short or long?

Both traditions exist. One-word titles (Painkiller, Leviathan, Obsessed) are iconic and logo-friendly, while three-to-five-word phrases feel more epic and give the artwork a story. Anything longer than about six words starts to read like a song title or a grindcore joke.

Can I use these titles for an EP, demo or fictional band?

Yes. They are free to use for real releases, demos, fictional bands in novels or games, and design mockups. If you are releasing commercially, do a quick search on streaming services and Discogs to avoid sharing a title with a well-known record.

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A: 23 names

  • A Crown of Funeral Flowers
  • A Lament for Steel
  • A Thousand Burning Banners
  • Abominations of the Deep
  • Abyss of the Forsaken Sun
  • Abyssal Liturgy
  • Acid Rain Cathedral
  • Across the Frozen Sea
  • Against the Tide of Empires
  • Age of Iron Wolves
  • Altar of Teeth
  • Ancient Blood, Ancient Fire
  • Anthems of the Iron Horde
  • Apex of the Carrion Kings
  • Apocalypse Moon
  • Ascension of the Worm
  • Ash and Marrow
  • Ash Wednesday at the Gates of Hell
  • Ashen Sermons
  • Ashes of the Firstborn
  • Ashes to Iron
  • Ashfall
  • Asylum of the Gods

B: 44 names

  • Bane of the Unworthy
  • Baphomet's Garden
  • Bastard Sons of Thunder
  • Bastion of Rot
  • Battle Hymn of the Forsaken
  • Beast of the Northern Wild
  • Bells of the Drowned Abbey
  • Beneath a Funeral Sky
  • Beneath Black Wings
  • Beneath Cold Stars
  • Beneath Stone and Shadow
  • Beneath the Ash Tree
  • Beneath the Burning Cross
  • Beneath the Hooded Star
  • Beneath the Widow's Veil
  • Beyond the Dark Horizon
  • Beyond the Nine Gates
  • Beyond the Pale Horizon
  • Bitter Fruit of the Gallows Tree
  • Black Iron Prison
  • Black Rain Over Golgotha
  • Black Sails on a Blood Sea

B, continued

  • Black Tide of Ruin
  • Black Wings of the Crow God
  • Blackened Cathedral
  • Blackwood Gospel
  • Blade of the Betrayer
  • Blades Over Babylon
  • Blasphemy Triumphant
  • Bleed the Throne Dry
  • Blight of the Crimson Crusade
  • Blood in the Black Soil
  • Blood Lust
  • Blood Oath
  • Blood of the Elders
  • Bloodmoon Rising
  • Bloodstained Horizon
  • Born of Fire and Frost
  • Bring Down the Heavens
  • Bringer of Plagues
  • Broken Halo, Burning Sky
  • Burn the Priest's Books
  • Burning Scriptures
  • Burning the Sacred Grove

C: 42 names

  • Calling the Storm
  • Carnival of Flies
  • Carrion Season
  • Castle of Dusk
  • Cathedral in Flames
  • Cathedral of Ash
  • Cathedral of Bones
  • Cathedral of the Ruined Sun
  • Chains of Carcosa
  • Chains of the Covenant
  • Chalice of Poison
  • Chaos Theory in Blood
  • Chapel of Broken Glass
  • Chariots of Black Fire
  • Children of the Pyre
  • Cinders of the Old World
  • Citadel of Grief
  • Cloak of the Unclean
  • Coffin Nails and Candle Smoke
  • Cold Embrace of Winter
  • Cold Steel Communion

C, continued

  • Cold Stone Gospel
  • Conjuring the Iron Storm
  • Conquerors of the Ashen Plains
  • Conquest of Bone and Ash
  • Coven of the Black Wood
  • Crimson Cascade
  • Crimson Hymnal
  • Crown of Thorns and Iron
  • Crown the Leper
  • Crowned in Rot
  • Crownless in the Ash
  • Crucible of Hate
  • Cruelty Crowned
  • Crusade Against the Light
  • Cry of the Forsaken
  • Crypt of the Nameless
  • Cryptic Visions
  • Cryptwalker
  • Cult of the Drowned Saint
  • Cursed by the Crescent
  • Cursed Earth Chronicles

D: 36 names

  • Daggers in the Dark
  • Dark Matter Liturgy
  • Dark Tide Rising
  • Darkness Unbound
  • Dawn of the Conqueror
  • Dawn of the Dreadful
  • Dawn of the Last Crusade
  • Dead Gods Dreaming
  • Dead Stars Still Burn
  • Death's Silent Prayer
  • Deathless Winter Hymns
  • Deathwish Anthem
  • Deliverance in Blood
  • Deliverance of the Damned
  • Demise of the Golden Age
  • Demon Hours
  • Demon Seed Harvest
  • Desolation Wrought
  • Deus Mortis
  • Diabolus Rex
  • Dirge of the Drowned
  • Dirges from the Dying Earth
  • Dishonor Among the Dead
  • Dismal Eternity
  • Dominion of Decay
  • Dominion of Frost
  • Dominion of Nightmares
  • Doom of the Final Age
  • Doomed to Dream
  • Doomsayer
  • Dragon of the Seven Hills
  • Dragonfire Eternal
  • Dreadnought Dawn
  • Dust of Thrones
  • Dust Upon the Altar
  • Dying Embers of the Dawn

E: 18 names

  • Echoes from the Iron Crypt
  • Echoes of a Dead Empire
  • Eclipse of Reason
  • Elegy of the Broken Sword
  • Embers of the Old Ones
  • Empire of Salt
  • Empire of the Scarred
  • Empty Thrones of Heaven
  • Endless Winter Sky
  • Entombed in Silence
  • Eternal Frostbound
  • Eternal Vigil at the Gate
  • Eulogy for the Living
  • Everlasting Night
  • Evil's Triumph
  • Execution Hymn
  • Exodus of the Damned
  • Eyes of the Hanged

F: 21 names

  • Fall of the Northern Star
  • Fallen Sons of Eden
  • Feast of Knives
  • Feast of the Vultures
  • Final Prayer at Dawn
  • Fire in the Bones of the Earth
  • Firestorm Catechism
  • Flames of the Final Winter
  • Flesh and Steel Eternal
  • Forever Damned
  • Forged in Scorn
  • Forgotten Kings of Thule
  • Forsaken Angels of the Deep
  • Frostbite Sermons
  • Frostbitten Hearts
  • Frostwork
  • Frozen Blood Rites
  • Frozen in Wrath
  • Funeral for the Sun
  • Funeral Moon
  • Funeral Pyre for a Sun

G: 18 names

  • Gates of the Mourning Sun
  • Ghost Light of Dunmore
  • Ghosts of the Iron Age
  • Glory to the Unforgiven
  • Goat of a Thousand Young
  • Goddess of the Cold Grave
  • Gods of the Scorched Earth
  • Gospel of the Burning Wheel
  • Gospel of the Void
  • Grave of the Last Saint
  • Grave of the Leviathan
  • Gravebound
  • Graves Without Names
  • Graveyard Alchemy
  • Grim Tidings
  • Grimoire of the Abyss
  • Grinding the Bones of Saints
  • Guillotine Dreams

H: 29 names

  • Hail the Widowmaker
  • Hail to the Thunderborn
  • Hallowed Be Thy Ruin
  • Hammer Down the Sky
  • Hammer of the Heathens
  • Harbingers of the Final Dawn
  • Harvester of Souls
  • Hatebreeder's Hymn
  • Hateful Reckoning
  • Haunted Shores of the Damned
  • Heathen Fury
  • Heathen Steel
  • Heirs of Nothing
  • Hell Bent and Iron Shod
  • Hell Is Where the Heart Is
  • Hellfire Sanctum
  • Hellhound Highway
  • Heralds of the Hollow
  • Hexenhammer
  • Hollow Crown Burning
  • Hollow Kings
  • Hollow Sun
  • Horns Held High
  • Hounds of Hades
  • Hounds of the Winter Moon
  • Howl of the Hollow Earth
  • Hunger of the Grave
  • Hymn of the Executioner
  • Hymns to the Hollow Earth

I: 18 names

  • Idolatry
  • Immortal Dusk
  • In Darkness We Remain
  • In the Halls of the Slain
  • Incantations of Dread
  • Infernal Machinery
  • Into the Cauldron of Night
  • Into the Frost Eternal
  • Into the Howling Night
  • Into the Maw of Chaos
  • Into the Pit of Ages
  • Iron Crusade of the North
  • Iron Hymns for Dead Gods
  • Iron Maw
  • Iron Will, Iron Blood
  • Iron Winter
  • Ironbound Prophecy
  • Ironclad and Godless

J: 1 name

  • Judgment Day Blues

K: 5 names

  • Kill the Light
  • Kingdom of Crows
  • Kingdom of the Dying Light
  • Kings of the Dead Kingdom
  • Kingslayer

L: 14 names

  • Lair of the Wyrm
  • Lament of the Wolfmother
  • Lamentations in Black
  • Lamentations of the Flesh
  • Last Breath of the Mountain
  • Legacy of the Black Plague
  • Legion of the Leper King
  • Let Them Burn
  • Lightbringer's Fall
  • Litany of the Wolf Moon
  • Lord of the Barren Lands
  • Lords of the Wasteland
  • Lucifer Ascendant
  • Lunar Abyss

M: 21 names

  • Machine of Sorrow
  • Malediction Bells
  • Maledictions
  • Malice Unchained
  • Marrow and Bone
  • Martyrs of the Broken Faith
  • Mass Grave Reverie
  • Mausoleum of Stars
  • Midnight Mass of the Wicked
  • Mirror of the Abyss
  • Misery Crown
  • Monolith of the Damned
  • Monument to Ruin
  • Morningstar Descending
  • Mortal Coil Unwound
  • Mortis Aeterna
  • Mortuary Bells
  • Mother of Serpents
  • Mountain of the Dead
  • Mournful Procession
  • Mourning Star

N: 12 names

  • Nailed to the Northern Sky
  • Necropolis Ascending
  • Night of a Thousand Blades
  • Night of the Blood Harvest
  • Nightfall Over Babylon
  • Nightmare Arithmetic
  • Nightmare Cathedral
  • Nightside Sermons
  • Nine Circles Deep
  • No Mercy Beyond the Walls
  • Nocturnal Sacrament
  • Nocturne for the Eclipse

O: 9 names

  • Oath of the Fallen Blade
  • Oblivion's Mouth
  • Obsidian Crown of Thorns
  • Obsidian Hymn
  • Ode to the Iron Hound
  • Of Wrath and Rapture
  • Onward to Valhalla
  • Oracle of the Burning Sea
  • Our Fathers Were Wolves

P: 11 names

  • Pagan Storm
  • Pale Horseman Rising
  • Path of the Pale Rider
  • Perdition's Gate
  • Phantom Kingdoms
  • Phantoms of the Black Forest
  • Pillars of Bone
  • Plague Hymn
  • Primordial Hunger
  • Procession of the Headless
  • Pyres of the Old Faith

R: 22 names

  • Ragnarok Hymnal
  • Rain of Brimstone
  • Rapture in Red
  • Ravenous Dawn
  • Realm of the Hollow Moon
  • Reaper's Wake
  • Red Sky Reckoning
  • Reign of the Iron Sun
  • Requiem Aeternam
  • Requiem for the Unforgiven
  • Revelation Rising
  • Revenant Kings
  • Revenge of the Burned Witch
  • Rise of the Blood Emperor
  • Rites of the Ashen King
  • Ritual of the Bleeding Oak
  • Ritualistic
  • Rot Eternal
  • Ruin's Embrace
  • Ruins of Gomorrah
  • Rune of the Dying Flame
  • Rust and Retribution

S: 61 names

  • Sacrament of Scars
  • Sacred Bones, Profane Fire
  • Sacrifice to the Black Flame
  • Sacrificial Dawn
  • Saints of Ruin
  • Salt the Earth Behind Us
  • Salvation Denied
  • Sanctified Carnage
  • Sanctuary in Ruins
  • Sarcophagus Hymns
  • Scarlet Sacrament
  • Scepter of the Worm King
  • Scorched Earth Doctrine
  • Scourge of the Silent Lands
  • Scream of the Banshee
  • Scriptures from the Tomb
  • Scriptures of Rot
  • Sepulchre of Glass
  • Seraphim in Chains
  • Sermon for the Damned
  • Sermons of Fire and Ash
  • Serpent Throne
  • Serpent's Kiss
  • Serpents in the Temple
  • Seven Seals of Sorrow
  • Shadowforge
  • Shadowlands of the Dying Sun
  • Shadows of the Gallows Hill
  • Shadows Over Carthage
  • Shattered Gates of Heaven

S, continued

  • Shrine of Obsidian
  • Shrine of the Antichrist
  • Shroud of Vultures
  • Shrouded in Frost
  • Siege of Sorrow
  • Sigil of the Scorpion
  • Silence the Oracle
  • Silent Hills of Ash
  • Sirens of the Drowned City
  • Skullforge
  • Skyburner
  • Slaughter Garden
  • Slayer of Worlds
  • Sons of the Northern Flame
  • Souls of the Burning Sea
  • Sovereign of Scars
  • Spears of the Sun
  • Spectral Visions of the Abyss
  • Spirit of the Blade
  • Starless Vigil
  • Steel and Starlight
  • Stonehenge Requiem
  • Storm Crown
  • Storm Gods of the Old North
  • Storm of Razors
  • Storms Over the Iron Sea
  • Strife Eternal
  • Suffer the Weak
  • Sulfur and Salt
  • Sword of the Dawnbringer
  • Sworn to the Flame

T: 47 names

  • Tales from the Killing Fields
  • Tartarus Rising
  • Tempest of Souls
  • Temple of the Wolf God
  • The Ashen Veil
  • The Bitter Harvest
  • The Bleeding Sun
  • The Burning Orchard
  • The Cold and the Cruel
  • The Devil's Coronation
  • The Eternal Pyre
  • The Flaying of Saint Bartholomew
  • The Funeral Procession of Kings
  • The Gallows Hymnal
  • The Great Devourer
  • The Hanged Man's Hymn
  • The Harrowing
  • The Hunter's Moon
  • The Iron Gospel
  • The Last Rites of Man
  • The Necromancer's Lullaby
  • The Reckoning Hour
  • The Serpent's Testament

T, continued

  • The Seventh Plague
  • The Undying
  • The Wolf and the Gallows
  • The Wretched Crown
  • Thorns Upon the Throne
  • Throne of Broken Kings
  • Throne of Glass and Bone
  • Throne of the Blood Eagle
  • Thrones of Bone
  • Through Fire and Ice
  • Through the Veil of Ruin
  • Thunder Beneath the Mountain
  • Thunder of the Ancients
  • Tidings of Doom
  • Tomb of the Sleeping Titan
  • Tombstone Liturgy
  • Torch of the Fallen Gods
  • Tormentor of Nations
  • Tower of Skulls
  • Trial by Fire and Steel
  • Twelve Graves for the King
  • Tyranny of the Black Sun
  • Tyrant Moon
  • Tyrant's Lament

U: 8 names

  • Under a Gallows Moon
  • Under the Sign of the Raven
  • Unending Winter
  • Unhallowed Ground
  • Unholy Apparition
  • Unrest in the House of Saints
  • Unspeakable Rites
  • Upon a Throne of Ashes

V: 15 names

  • Valkyrie's Lament
  • Valley of the Fallen Gods
  • Valor and Venom
  • Vengeance Is Mine
  • Vengeance Reborn
  • Venom and Virtue
  • Vespers of the Fallen
  • Vile Majesty
  • Vile Sanctuary
  • Voices from the Ossuary
  • Voidcrawler
  • Vortex of Ruin
  • Vow of the Dying Breed
  • Vulture Sermonry
  • Vultures Over Valhalla

W: 25 names

  • War Below
  • War Dogs of the Empire
  • War Eternal, Peace Never
  • Warhead Lullaby
  • Warriors of the Shattered Shield
  • Wastelands of Sorrow
  • Where Crows Gather
  • Where the Iron Sleeps
  • Whispers from the Burial Mound
  • Widow's Bloom
  • Winds of Desolation
  • Winds of the Dead Sea
  • Wings of Black Ice
  • Wings of the Carrion Angel
  • Winter's Long Reign
  • Winterthrone
  • Witching Hour Liturgy
  • Wolfbrood
  • Wolfsbane Liturgy
  • Wolves at the Eastern Gate
  • Wolves of Winter's Wake
  • Wraithborne
  • Wraiths of the Western Sea
  • Wrath Eternal
  • Wreckage of Faith