I, too, am into metal. However, my favorite sub-genre would have to be Folk/Viking metal. I am also heavily into Melodic Death, Power, Symphonic, Progressive, and more. I know you probably wouldn't want my life story, but I started at Nu-metal, branched to Death/Black, then eventually got to Folk.
lol. That's happening to me right now. Every thing started with Nu-Metal, then branched to Black Metal and at the moment I hear only Symphonic Metal, Doom Metal and Black Metal.
The first Extreme Metal song I liked and because of that song I branched to the harder kinds of Metal was Svartby - Moder av alla Haxor.
That's really funny, because I got to know this song in a trailer of a Zelda Classic Quest.
However, I also listen to a little bit of Folk Metal and Death Metal.
I think in a few weeks my Top 10 will look like this:
1. System of a Down (SoaD will be my favorite band forever.
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2. Rammstein (Industrial Metal - German lyrics)
3. Dorn (Symphonic Death Metal/Doom Metal - German lyrics)
4. Svartby (Black Metal/Folkmetal - Swedish lyrics)
5. Dimmu Borgir (Black Metal/Dark Metal - English lyrics)
6. Agalloch (Doom Metal/Dark Metal - English lyrics)
7. Children of Bodom (Melodic Death Metal - English lyrics)
8. Heaven Shall Burn (Metalcore - English lyrics)
9. Ensiferum (Folkmetal/Viking Metal - English lyrics)
10. Wolves in the Throne Room (Ambient Black Metal - English lyrics)