Artists I'm currently obsessed with (as of October 2024) :
-Dir En Grey!!!
-Sukekiyo!!
-Bloodywood!

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Extensive list of some of my favourite music ever :
(Clearly I struggle with narrowing things down. Disclaimer: just because I like someone's music doesn't necessarily mean I like them as a person or support them if they're a piece of sh*t.)

** = one of my all-time fave artists
++ = can't live without

Black metal (including atmospheric, ambient, symphonic...)

-Agalloch
-Alcest
-Altar of Plagues
-Anomalie
-Arkona
-Bathory
-Batushka
-Behemoth
-Blut Aus Nord **
-Borgne
-Caladan Brood
-Carach Angren
-Chthonic **
-Cradle of Filth
-Darkthrone
-Deadspace
-Eldamar
-Elderwind
-Endless Dismal Moan **
-Enslaved
-Faidra
-Gris
-Gruzja
-Harakiri For The Sky **
-Hermóðr
-K.L.L.K. **
-Kriegsmaschine
-Mayhem
-Midnight Odyssey
-Minenwerfer
-Nargaroth
-Ofdrykkja ++
-Psychonaut 4 **
-폐허
-Rotting Christ
-Saor
-Schrat
-Silencer
-Sojourner
-The Great Old Ones
-The Ruins of Beverast **
-Veldes
-Путь

Death metal (including technical, progressive, melodic...)

-Alkaloid
-Amon Amarth
-Amorphis
-Avatar (seen live x1)
-Be'lakor
-Beyond Creation
-Bloodbath
-Blood Incantation
-Bolt Thrower
-Cannibal Corpse **
-Cattle Decapitation
-Dark Tranquility
-Death **
-Gojira ++ (seen live x1)
-Kataklysm
-Meshuggah
-Narjahanam
-Ne Obliviscaris **
-Nile
-Obscura
-Opeth ++
-Persefone
-Rivers of Nihil
-Septicflesh
-Shylmagoghnar **
-Six Feet Under
-Sun of the Dying

Classical music (including instrumental music, chanson française)

-Bach
-Beethoven
-Charles Aznavour
-Clint Mansell
-Édith Piaf
-Holst
-John Williams
-Mozart
-Paganini
-Peter Gundry ++
-Prokofiev
-Tchaikovsky
-Vangelis ++
-Vivaldi **

Pop music (including electronic music)

-Bee Gees
-Billie Eilish
-Black Eyed Peas
-Daft Punk
-Depeche Mode
-Faithless
-Massive Attack **
-Michael Jackson **
-Moby
-Rilès
-She Her Her Hers
-Stromae **
-Vitas

Folk music & alternative

-Chelsea Wolfe **
-Darkher
-Eivør Pálsdóttir ++
-Faun
-Heilung ++
-Hood
-Myrkur
-Osi and the Jupiter
-Patrick O'Hearn
-Rapoon
-Rúnfell
-Sylvaine
-Sixto Rodriguez **
-Tamino **
-Witcher 3 soundtrack ++
-Yoshiko Sai **

Rock (including hard, progressive, psychedelic)

-Blur
-Foo Fighters
-Led Zeppelin **
-Pink Floyd
-Puscifer
-Queen **
-Radiohead
-Robert Plant
-Scorpions **
-Serj Tankian **
-Simple Minds (seen live x1)
-Sukekiyo **
-The Beatles **
-The Electric Prunes
-Villagers of Ioannina City **

Visual kei

-Aliene Maφriage
-Dead End **
-Diaura
-Dir En Grey ++ (seen live x2)
-Dir Zibet
-DIMLIM
-ギルガメッシュ (Girugamesh) **
-地獄絵 (Jigokue)
-Luna Sea
-lynch. **
-X Japan
-9GOATS BLACK OUT

Thrash metal (including speed)

-Annihilator
-Death Angel
-Havok
-Kreator
-Megadeth **
-Metallica ++ (seen live x1)
-Sepultura
-Slayer

Nu/alternative metal

-KoЯn ++
-Linkin Park
-Nine Inch Nails
-Orgy
-Petit Brabancon **
-Slipknot **
-System of a Down ++ (seen live x1)

Grunge

-Alice In Chains
-Jerry Cantrell
-Nirvana
-Pearl Jam
-Soundgarden

Punk rock

-964 Pinocchio
-Danzig
-Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
-The Misfits

Heavy metal

-Black Sabbath **
-Dio
-Iron Maiden
-Judas Priest

Synthwave (including darkwave, ambient, dark ambient)

-Kurotokage
-Molchat Doma
-Perturbator
-She Past Away

Folk metal

-Bloodywood **
-Eluveitie ++
-Ensiferum
-Korpiklaani

Jazz (including dark jazz)

-Bad Angels
-Billie Holiday
-Ella Fitzgerald

Metalcore

-HANABIE.
-Jinjer **
-Trivium

Shredders (metal/rock instrumental artists)

-Buckethead
-Yngwie Malmsteen

Groove metal

-Burn the Priest/ Lamb of God
-Pantera **

Rap/ hip-hop

-Eminem ++
-Tech N9ne

Gothic metal

-HIM
-Evanescence

Progressive metal

-Tool **
-Vildhjarta

Power metal

-Sabaton

Industrial metal

-Rammstein **