@Rinh: Tomahawk was really offputting when I saw them open for Tool maybe...6 years ago. Granted when I saw them, I had no idea who they were, but definitely a bit of an acquired taste.

Let's see...because I just saw them on Friday:

And because I'm a whore for a good drum solo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHkucr1jJpQ

And because I've been on a bit of a Bosstones kick lately:

I listen to a lot of game sound tracks. Almost all of the old Squaresoft games have excellent scores.

The composer of the Guilty Gear and Blaz Blue series will rock your face off!

Xenogears is probably my favorite game ever, and I just found out that the guys over at OverClocked Remix did a whole two-disc album of Xenogears remixes. Some of these are better than others, but there's a lot of good stuff here, especially if you're a fan of the game.

Bumpskies! Some bands I have had the pleasure of seeing the past month.

The Human Abstract http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRitJ1m8E1w

Protest The Hero http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKZ-eKBJ9dw

Animals As Leaders http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmfzWpp0hMc

Revocation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmg3jr7Bhfo

How the hell do embed vids from youtube on these forums?

Prot said:

How the hell do embed vids from youtube on these forums?

Copy paste the embed code You Tube gives under Share.

Some non-Metal stuff I like.

Here's a pretty bad ass sound track to a recent XBLA title called Bastion. Some the tracks don't really stand up by themselves, but some of them are pretty amazing. I haven't finished listening to it all yet, but so far I really like tracks 1-3, 11-13, 15 and 17.