www.rageofachilles.comGet the Manitou album, and the Fall Of The Leafe album. Excellent Finnish metal. EVERYONE GET THESE! They're outstanding.
Also:
The Datsuns (hard rock)
Supersuckers (hard rock)
Iron Maiden (metal)
Nightwish (metal)
Audioslave (hard rock)
Rage Against The Machine (political rap-rock)
Stravinsky (awesome classical noise)
Dragonforce (ridiculously fast melodic metal with daft singing and solos)
(early) Pantera (metal)
The Obsessed (sort of stoner/doom metal fronted by Wino - everything he's done is great)
Kyuss (QOTSA blokes' earlier band)
FAITH NO MORE!!!!!! (amazingly good rock)
Arch Enemy (death metal)
Anything by AC/DC from the 70s (their 80's and later stuff ain't so hot), particularly Highway to Hell and Back in Black
the Probot album (Dave Grohl's tribute to 80's underground metal)
Spirit Caravan (groovy doom riffage from Wino)
That's a good start for ya!
