Recommend your favorite bands

[Djinn]

Metalocalypse got me into metal so I don't know much more than the big names and newer bands. 

What are your favorites?

[ErikV]

Behemoth, At The Gates, Arch Enemy, Ensiferum, Korpiklaani, Finntroll, Moonsorrow, Zyklon, Nile, Amon Amarth, Tyr, Celtic Frost, Burzum, Children of Bodom, Kalmah, Dark Tranquillity, Death, Eluveitie, Emporer, Hypocrisy, In Flames, Immortal, Kreator, Marduk, Mayhem, Nevermore, Norther, Pantera, Sodom, Stone, Swallow the Sun, Turisas, Wintersun, Venom.