Top 5 personal bands by genre

[Datjazzfusion]

I'm new to the boards and am fairly curious in everyone's taste of metal (and non-metal genres.) I am looking for more music so I may just start listening to bands listed by members Feel free to criticize/slander my tastes or suggest bands for me to listen to or make a list of your own with your genres of choice. I am open to the majority of genres. This list is not in order.
Classic Rock
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Spirit
Yes
Rush
Frank Zappa

Progressive Metal
UneXpect
Opeth
Dream Theater
Nevermore
Protest the hero

Thrash Metal
Annihilator (old)
Megadeth
Coroner
Vektor
Demolition Hammer

Death Metal
Death
Atheist
Bolt Thrower
Suffocation
(tie) Decrepit Birth/Necrophagist

Melodic Death
Wintersun
Arsis
Black Dahlia Murder
Children of Bodom (pre are you dead yet?)
In Flames (pre reroute to remain)

Folk Metal
Equilibrium
Arkona
Moonsorrow
Alestorm
Waylander

Black Metal( I used to hate black metal, now i find it glorious so suggestions are MUCH appreciated.)
Absu
Agalloch
Cormorant (a phenomenal bay area band for those who don't know)
Anaal Nathrakh
Wolves in the Throne Room

Heavy Metal
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Motorhead
Blind Guardian (don't know where to place them )
....... blasphemy i know, but i need some help with the classics

Sludge/Stoner
Mastodon
High on Fire
Baroness
Sleep
Bongzilla

Post Rock/metal
Giant Squid (another phenomenal bay area band)
Alcest
Russian Circles
sleepmakeswaves
Intronaut

Modern Rock
Thrice
Tool
Mars Volta
Red Fang
Sum 41 (massive nostalgia)

[hb420]

Doom Metal
YOB
Electric Wizard
Church of Misery
Black Sabbath
Sleep

Death/Doom
dISEMBOWELMENT
Evoken
Ahab
Winter
Asphyx

Black Metal
Enslaved
Nachtmystium
Deathspell Omega
Leviathan
Altar of Plagues

[street_burial]

Brutal Slam
1. Kraanium
2. Cliteater
3. Torsofuck
4. Atrocious Abnormality
5. Coathanger Abortion


Grindcore
1. Wormrot
2. Pig Destroyer
3. Agoraphobic Nosebleed
4. Cattle Decapitation
5. Carcass/Napalm Death

Hardcore
1. Madball
2. Blood For Blood
3. Sick Of It All
4. Agnostic Front
5. Death Before Dishonor

[elturtleboy]

Grindcore :
Anal Cunt
Brutal Truth
Napalm Death
Magrudergrind
Siege

Powerviolence:
Charles Bronson
ACxDC
Despise You
Spazz
Infest

Black Metal:
Darkthrone
Gorgoroth
Deafheaven (haters gonna hate)
Burzum
Mayhem

Hardcore Punk:
Black Flag
Bad Brains
Minor Threat
Circle One
Dead Kennedys

[slapguitarer]

Originally Posted by Datjazzfusion

Cormorant (a phenomenal bay area band for those who don't know)

Giant Squid (another phenomenal bay area band)

Firstly, your taste is among the finest I've seen. Well done sir.

Second, you from the Bay Area bro? We got a solid Bay Area group on this site, so adding another to the ranks is awesome.

[Indestructible]

Classic Rock
Rush
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Alice Cooper
The Rolling Stones

Heavy/Traditional Metal
Iron Maiden
Iced Earth
Black Sabbath
Dio
King Diamond

Progressive Metal
Dream Theater
Redemption
Fates Warning
Symphony X
Queensryche


Thrash Metal
Metallica
Testament
Exodus
Anthrax
Megadeth

[mankvill]

Modern Pop Punk/Melodic Hardcore:

New Found Glory
Polar Bear Club
Fireworks
The Wonder Years
Man Overboard

[illuminatus917]

Originally Posted by Datjazzfusion

Cormorant (a phenomenal bay area band for those who don't know)

Ya, we know.

They're actually a pretty popular band on this site.

[elturtleboy]

Modern HxC:
Ceremony
Trash Talk
White Shit
Rotting Out
OFF!

Thrashcore:
Septic Death
Vitamin X
Scholastic Deth
Das Oath
Hooded Justice

'77 Punk:
The Ramones
The Clash
Sex Pistols
Buzzcocks
Generation X

Old Skool LA Punk:
The Germs
FEAR
Screamers
Circle Jerks
Catholic Discipline

Hard Rock :
Kiss
AC/DC
Gun's N' Roses
Queen
Led Zeppelin

Crossover Thrash:
D.R.I.
Suicidal Tendencies
S.O.D.
Municipal Waste
Cryptic Slaughter

Crust Punk/D-Beat:
Discharge
Hellbastard
Resistant Culture
Skitsystem
GISM(not really but fuck it. They rule)

Death Metal:
Cannibal Corpse
Cannabis Corpse
Possessed
Death
Dethklok

Heavy Metal:
Motörhead
Venom
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Danzig

Shock Rock:
The Mentors
The Dwarves
GG Allin
GWAR
Plasmatics

Thrash Metal:
Slayer
Evildead
Gama Bomb
Anthrax
Exodus

DeathGrind/Goregrind:
Exhumed
Cattle Decapitation
Brujeria
Landmine Marathon
General Surgery

[Onioner]

Hmm, this is tougher than I thought!

Heavy/Classic Metal:
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath/Heaven and Hell
Armored Saint
Motorhead

Thrash Metal:
Kreator
Exodus
Testament
Voivod
Onslaught

'70s Hard Rock/Early Metal:
Van Halen
Deep Purple
Rainbow
AC/DC
Blue Oyster Cult

Doom Metal:
Pentagram
Sleep
Candlemass
Saint Vitus
Electric Wizard

Sludge/Stoner Metal:
High on Fire
Fu Manchu
Kyuss
Baroness
Mastodon

Progressive Metal:
King's X
Nevermore
Queensryche
Symphony X
Opeth

Power Metal:
Blind Guardian
Helloween
Gamma Ray
Masterplan (eh, pretty much anything involving Jorn Lande)
Iced Earth

Punk:
The Ramones
Bad Religion
The Clash
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys

Best Music Ever:
Clutch
Clutch
Clutch
Clutch
Clutch