Get ready for a long list.
Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, The Kinks, Frank Zappa, Jane's Addiction, Primus, early Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Queensryche, Faith No More, Dream Theater, Pink Floyd, Blue Oyster Cult, Rush, Testament, Metallica, Megadeth, Metal Church, Angel Witch, Diamond Head, Tygers of Pan Tang, Motorhead, Anthrax, AC/DC, Queen, Exodus, Psycho Motel, Bruce Dickinson, Iced Earth, Demons & Wizards (barely...there are good songs on there but Hansi Kursch's fucking voice annoys the shit out of me), Alice Cooper, Frank Zappa, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, Fates Warning, Symphony X, Stevie Ray Vaughn, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Cream, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Big Bill Morganfield, Queen, Overkill, Grand Funk Railroad, Aerosmith, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Wagner, Howard Shore, John Williams, John Howard, Jerry Goldsmith, Hans Zimmer, Michael Kamen, Bloodhound Gang, and Weird Al.
90% of the "true metal" population would call me a traitor and a poser for about 75% of that, but I don't give a fuck. I was kicking people's asses in mosh pits long before those fuckers were conceived, and back when it was all just called "metal" before the harmless yuppie geek population got into the shit and started over-generalizing it...ah fuck, I'm dating myself here. Oh well. 8)