Suggested listening for metal
Nile
Death (ureal double bass and complex riffage galore;guy that started Death is dead unfortunately. These guys will make you call Slayer pussies.)
Brujeria (metal en espanol)
Fear Factory (former guitar player also played in brujeria)
Genocide Superstars (thrash/punk)
Chimaira
Stormtroopers of Death
Dilinger Escape Plan
Pissing Razors
Nothingface
Sepultura
Poison The Well
Shadows Fall
Hopesfall
Mastodon
Vision of Disorder
Dimmu Borgir
Children of Bodom
Gwar
Punchdrunk
Lighter Stuff,
Suicidal Tendancies
Full Devil Jacket
Corrosion of Conformity
Lagwagon
Pennywise
Minor Threat
Dwarves
Bad Brains
Clutch
The Urge
The Cure (one of my favorite bands)
The Toadies
Dave Mathews
Snapcase
Deftones (aside from white pony)
GG Allin and _________ Murder junkies, etc.(this guy is a weirdo; worth looking into just on the crazy factor of GG Allin...eats his own poo onstage RIP)
And what I've been listening to recently,
Old Crow Medicine Show (bluegrass; I like all good music)
Flatt and Scruggs (bluegrass)
Modest Mouse (Lonesome Crowded West Cd more specifically)do the cockroach yeah!
Amen (www.comaamerica.com) been around since 2000; best band in the world, need more fans in the US so they'll tour here more. I've been listening to "we have come for your parents" since I bought it about 3 or 4 years ago.
Give CUNTry a try (I grew up on it)
Dwight Yokam
George Strait
David Allen Coe
Allen Jackson
Haven't listened to rap since 96
Outkasts' Atliens is good