What kind of music do y'all like to listen to?

Fellow metal head here! I like music that punches me in the chest and brings out the emotions I suppress, and nothing does that as reliably as metal. I listen to all of it. Ayreon to Rob Zombie, but I have a special place in my heart for Nightwish. In my defense, I used to play guitar and sing in a metal band in college, it was my rebellion against the opera my family pushed me into.

I grew up on classic rock, bluegrass, and old country, not the poppy style stuff that's produced these days but stuff like Reba, Garth, and Straight. Of course, I was a teenager when the 2000s hit and some of those iconic pop songs are real bangers (I totally jam on Nsync and Backstreet Boys with no shame while I'm cleaning, I know that's technically 90s but we run about 10 years behind in this super rural area), so agree with you there.

I also really like to listen to movie scores when I need to focus, stuff like Two Steps from Hell and video game themes too. They're designed to make you focus. Favorites of mine for when I need to get shit done is either the ME3 themes or skyrim themes.

And then I do suppose I have a soft spot for opera and classical. It's way more fun to bust out the metal growl and scare the shit out of people than to go opera on them though.