I grew up listing to Manson, Coal Chamber, Fear Factory, Slipknot, SoaD, and basically a lot of nu-metal before getting into death metal and hardcore. But that was mostly aimlessly going to shows and music stores in my teens with my metal head friends.

Over the years I eventually settled on Deathcore after if finally came into it's own. Listened to a lot of Carnifex and Despised Icon back in the day but now the scene is going through a golden age because of bands like Infant Anihilator, Lorna Shore, Worm Shepard, Signs of the Swarm, etc, straight up pushing the boundaries of heavy music. I'm a total slut for an earth ruining breakdown too. Downtempo Deathcore really gets this but then occasionally a band like Larcenia Roe shows up with with their song Nose Tork and that ending just destroys.

I'm also really into Utempo Hardcor/Gabber/Rawstyle and can throw on mixes and just focus for hours. It's good stuff. There is a curator on Soundcloud named break2thecore that is always posting mixes and I mostly live vicariously through them. If you check them out just a CW: they have a select list of artists that use barely clothes tattooed girls for their mix covers. I can't complain because tattoos and piercings are hot.

I occasionally move into some dubstep, horror synth, trapcore/"screamo-rap"/whatever it's called. And recently hyperpop and hyperpop adjacent stuff.

Recent artists I've been listening too are Siiickbrain, Banshee, Cassyette, Scene Queen, Ashnikko, Kim Dracula, Hot Mulligan, La Dispute,

My canned response for favorite band is La Dispute. But I do really like them.