I grew up on new metal and pop. Recently I am into
10,000 Days album by Tool (awesome band, and it appears Im not the only fan here)
Tori Amos, in particular "precious things", and "winter"
A lot of the stuff Amy Lee is in, the most famous being Evanescence
David Bowie did some tracks for the "underworld" soundtrack with Maynard James Keenan that were amazing, check out "Bring me the Disco King"
Also, Im into soundtracks a lot. John Williams is among the best currently. And some older symphonies...but not old enough to be considered classical. Tchaickovsky is great to feed my hunger for that kind of music from time to time.
I play lead and bass in local bands here, and try to implement a lot of the more epic "scene changing" style into my playing...ala, Tool, and movie soundtracks...so much fun.