i was wondering the other day if germany is renowned for a special type of metal. like, scandinavian death metal is a distinguished musical style, france is renowned for certain (underground?) black metal acts afaik. does germany stand for any specific type of metal? from the bands i know i'ld say it's mostly thrash and power metal. more recently, some folk metal bands are pretty popular in germany, but i don't know if they are known internationally.
german metal bands i know:
thrash: kreator, destruction, accept, u.d.o, holy moses, tankard
power metal: helloween, blind guardian, van canto, rage, gamma ray, symphorce
folk/medieval metal: in extremo, subway to sally, schandmaul
other: dark suns, scorpions, rammstein, coppelius