Mostly unheard of unsigned independent local heavy metal acts. such as: Born 2 Nothing, Within Chaos, Falling Together, Vaste Burai, Oblige, Echelon, PS Were Vampires, Body Drop, The Fantastic Circus, A Theory on Conquest, Hell Within, Cinder Cell, Before the Throne, Inbryo, Trail of Ashes, Lucy Daystar, Any local bands that bust their ass to get their voices out there. As far as mainstream bands goes: FAR FAR FAR FAR TOO MANY TO LIST. but i'll give you a few just to give you an idea. in no particular order ( just the order that I think of them Alice in Chains, Audioslave, Five Finger Death Punch, (HED) pe, Pantera, ICP, Twiztid, Acid Bath, Ozzy Ozbourne, Dimmu Borgir, Demon Hunter, Coheed and Cambria, Hank Williams III, Johnny Cash, Mike Ness, Social Distortion, Hatebreed, System of a Down, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, King Diamond, Mastodon, Lamb of God, Incubus, Sublime, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Dark Funeral, Cradle of Filth, Leningrad Cowboys, Pitch Shifter, Arch Enemy, Black Flag, The Misfits, Suicidal Tendencies, The Exploited, The Dead Kennedys, Bush, Cold, Staind, Deftones, Dethklok, Rob Zombie, Dope, Godhead, Gravity Kills, Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, gODHEAD, Gwar, Himsa, Job for a Cowboy, Kidney Thieves, In This Moment, Otep, Lacuna Coil, Kittie, Lordi, Strapping Young Lad, Mindless Self Indulgence, Polkadot Cadavre, Dog Fashion Disco, Anything by Wednesday 13 ( even the country shit, bourbon crow ) Anything else that fucking rocks my world, making my day go by better, that I may have forgotten