Oh yes, I love music threads. Partly because I have a very eclectic music taste and I love sharing it with other people.
First thing's first though, I am an extreme metalhead.
Gojira - Vacuity
Amazing metal band from France and surprisingly popular despite their aggressive sound. The Duplantier brothers are among my favorite musicians.
Opeth - The Grand Conjuration
The equivalent of Rush in death metal. Their style now is akin to the 70s prog rock sound of Yes, Goblin, and Genesis of whom they were so influenced by.
Mudvayne - Beautiful and Strange
Yeah, I'm one of those guys banging the table for a Mudvayne reunion. By far the best band to come out of the late 90s nu metal scene.
Stormlord - Dimension: Hate
YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Symphonic black metal. Criminally underrated.
Kalmah - Human Fates
Think Stormlord, but WAY better. They Will Return has to be in my top ten favorite albums ever.
Periphery - Ragnarok
Not the biggest fan of djent, but Periphery is pretty solid.
And I would put two billion Alice in Chains songs but I don't want to steal VP's fire. Anyways, I grew up listening to Rush, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, ZZ Top, Joe Satriani, and essentially ever band of note from the 70's and 80's.
Outside of metal, grunge, and classic rock, I do want to give a note to Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, BB King and the other phenomenal blues/jazz musicans to come out of Chicago and Louisiana.
And finally, uh, Public Enemy is amazing. Listen to Fear of a Black Planet. Phenomenal album. Not the biggest fan of hip-hop and rap outside of old-school stuff.