If I listen to metal, I usually go for old-school bands like Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Hellhammer/Celtic Frost, Master's Hammer, Tormentor, Bathory, then maybe on to possessed, entombed, old Kreator stuff. Or mixed stuff like AMEBIX (truly awesome band) or The Locust (FOKFOKFOKWOOA)
Or, if I'm not in the old-school mood, I usually go for bands such as Deathspell Omega, Darkthrone, Burzum, Behemoth, Fullmoon, Mayhem, Craft, Watain, Urfaust, Nile, Marduk, Arkha Sva, Nåstrond, Arckanum and so on.
But really metal is gay.