Legacy of The Trooper
Artists and genres The Trooper directly influenced — one hop forward on the family tree of music.
SentencedartistSentenced was a Finnish gothic metal band that played melodic death metal in their early years. The band formed in 1989 in the town of Muhos and broke up in 2005.
Rageartist
Stryperartist
Iced Earthartist
Esprit D'AirartistEsprit D'Air is a Japanese/British alternative metal band formed in 2010 with members from Japan and England who coalesced in London. The band is led and fronted by Kai, current guitarist of the Sisters of Mercy. Their latest album Aeons entered #1 in the Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart.
Tim "Ripper" Owensartist
The Sisters of Mercyartist
The HUartistThe Hu is a Mongolian folk metal band formed in 2016 in Ulaanbaatar. Incorporating traditional Mongolian instrumentation, including the morin khuur, the tovshuur, and throat singing, the band calls their style of music "hunnu rock", a term inspired by the Xiongnu, an ancient nomadic empire based in Mongolia proper, known as Hünnü in Mongolian. Some of the band's lyrics include old Mongolian war cries and poetry in the Mongolian language.
Supernovaartist