I love many genres of music, including classical, acoustic/folk, classic rock, grunge/alternative, some hip-hop, chip tunes, etc.
But yes, I love me some heavy metal. My fav. band of all time is Metallica, and in general my fav. kind of metal is 80s thrash, with bands like Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, Death Angel, Heathen, Forbidden, Annihilator, Flotsam & Jetsam, etc. Evile is a really good modern thrash style band from the UK that I like as well. Their early albums sounded very Slayer-esque, but their last couple albums, they've really progressed and expanded their sound and capabilities. They're definitely worth a look.
I like a lot of more classic style heavy metal too, like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Warlord, Dio, Mercyful Fate, etc.
In general, I don't really love many so-called "extreme metal" bands. There are some bands with some screamy-ness that I like or can stand, but in general I don't really go in for the "super gore and satanic" themes nor the death/black/screamo style vocals. I do like some bands like Trivium, that utilize screaming, but I prefer they didn't. I'm really into Opeth, but I must admit I like their albums from Blackwater Park onward, and really dig their progressive lean over the last few albums, pretty much abandoning their old Death Metal sound. I still LIKE some of it, mind you, I think that Ghost Reveries is a fantastic album. But in general I really like the prog rock direction they've gone in also. I also really dig Sepultura, and like Derrick Green as a singer, but just haven't been as into their last few albums as I was into Nation (bad ass album) and it's follow ups Roorback and Dante XXI, from the early 2000s.
Other metal bands I like are varied: Sevendust, Ra, Machine Head, Acrassicauda, Alter Bridge, Iced Earth (w/ Matt Barlow as singer, at least), Blind Guardian, Hammerfall, Powerglove, Corrosion of Conformity, Pantera, Fear Factory, Fozzy, Linkin Park, Ozzy, Nevermore, Psychostick, Slipknot (some songs), Disturbed (same), System of a Down, Teramaze (at least for two albums with the good singer), White/Rob Zombie, Tool (not quite metal, but whatever), Diecast, older Creed, etc.
So yeah. I like metal. A lot actually. It just all depends. I tend to gravitate towards bands that have more of a unique sound, for one, because there are SO many bands that are either like Cannibal Corpse clones, or Judas Priest clones, on those ends of the spectrum, or a thousand "scream and then sing pretty" bands as well from the newer "mallcore" era. All the labels get old. I just like music an bands that I think sound good. And as a writer, I also tend to gravitate towards songs with good lyrical writing, and lyrical content I can identify with.
