*rapturous brohoof* My favorite subgenres are Blackthrash and Progressive Death Metal, but I like all subgenres. My favorite metal bands are... Well my favorite metal bands are the ones I keep on my phone so I can listen to them whenever I want Those are: Arsis, Kalmah, Blindead, Death, Obituary, Witchaven, Vektor, Megadeth, Death Angel, Destroyer 666, Destruction, Kreator, Sodom, Kaltetod, ColdWorld, Bestial Mockery, S.O.D., Slipknot (the 80's thrash band, not the nu metal band), Maximum the Hormone, Kamelot, Detroit Metal City, Dismember, Winterwolf, Evocation, Exdeth, Exmortus, Ghost, Immortal, Iron Maiden, Entombed, Demoncy, Malevolent Creation, Marduk, Morbid Angel, Morbid Saint, Pile of Priests, S.S.H., Sadus, Skeletonwitch, Crow's Claw, Stage 3-1, Vindicator, Voivod, Agent Steel, Dark Tranquillity, Fastkill, Demigod, Paraxism, Nostalgie, Spirit of the Forest, Amber Tears, Nasgoroth, Taake, Ancient Plague, Dethonator, Paradox, Scanner, Necrophagist, Dismal Lapse, Speedwolf, Agalloch, and Wolves and Jackals. I listen to a lot more than that, but those are just the bands I listen to on a regular basis. Is that over the top?