Heavy metal: Black Sabbath
Thrash Metal: Slayer
Death Metal: Nile
Black Metal: Emperor
Blackened Death: Akercocke
Melodic Death Metal: At The Gates
Power Metal: Iron Maiden
Prog Metal: Isis
Tech Death Metal: Cryptopsy
Grindcore: Cephalic Carnage
Brutal Death: Suffocation
Jazzcore/mathcore/whatever-core: Dillinger Escape Plan
Classic Rock: Guns 'N' Roses
Punk: Joy Division (they started out as a punk band)
Pop: Michael Jackson
Classical: Gustav Holst

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