Wow, someone who has a crazy passion for music, too. That's awesome. I actually just recorded some guitar stuff on the program Logic.. t's a pretty convenient program to use for mixing, editing and recording. anyway, you should check it out if you haven't. but yeah, music is basically my catharsis.. both listening to it and making it. Love basically all of the bands you listed. Muse, white stripes, tool, radiohead, pixies, ravi shankar.. the list goes on and on and on. rock on and find happiness in the rhythm.

What does music mean to you, personally?

Music is art, therefore it moves me. One of the few things I get up for. I'm somewhat picky with my music, broad in range, narrow in scope I guess. I like lots of things but for specific reasons I guess. Lyrics have to be up to par with the music itself for the most part. I don't get when people say they just want something that they can listen to without having to think... Irks me, but I guess it's what keeps pop music thriving.

What are your favorite genres of music?

"extreme" metal and "underground" rap

I also like some Jazz and Classical music...

I used to listen to some Industrial, I go back for nostalgia here and there

What are your favorite bands/artists overall, or your favorites of each genre?

Metal - Pestilence, D.R.I., Napalm Death, Morbid Angel, Atrophy, Ghoul, Fear Factory, Cephalic Carnage, Iced Earth, Sodom, Kreator, King Diamond, Brujeria, Bal-Sagoth, Callenish Circle the list goes on...

Rap - Qwel, Aesop Rock, Wu Tang Clan, Jedi Mind Tricks, Necro, 7L & Esoteric, Cunninlynguists, Immortal Technique, Sandpeople, People Under the Stairs, Violadores del Verso, this list could go on as well...

Jazz - Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, I'm really not an expert on this, that's just the stuff I've had recommended that I've liked.

Classical - The typical ones, Bach etc. Another thing I'm not expert on.

What are your top favorite albums or full scale works of music?

If I had to pick one album to listen to forever it would be Testimony of the Ancients by Pestilence I hands down love this album an infinite amount. It's everything good metal should sound like.

Some other good metal albums that come to mind and I'd recommend are (Warning, not for the faint of ear):

Obituary - Cause of Death
Nocturnus - Thresholds
Atheist - Elements
Sadus - Swallowed in Black
Slaughter - Surrender or Die
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Cannibal Corpse - Vile
Leviathan - Tenth Sub Level of Suicide
Macabre - Murder Metal
Machetazo - Carne De Cementario
Morbid Angel - Alters of Madness
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
Demolition Hammer - Tortured Existence
Death - Symbolic
Stormtroopers of Death (S.O.D.) - Bigger than the Devil
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (D.R.I.) - Definition
Dripping - Disintegration Of Thought Patterns During A Synthetic Mind Traveling Bliss (This album is the very definition of experimentation, just over 20 minutes but it's a strange ride)
Opeth - Damnation (The only easy listening I've listed)

Ah hell I could go on forever.

Honestly most of the rap I listen to comes from friends and downloads, so I'm not expert on whole albums.

What are your favorite songs/pieces?

Metal:

Demolition Hammer - Infectious Hospital Waste ("Red bag in the tide/unknown origin/deadly contents/a floating pile of pestilence/no one suspects") and Paracital Epitaph ("Pathogenic Bio-Weapon/ More devastating than atomic warfare/warmachine fueled by disease, spreading an epidemic.")
The Berzerker - Massacre (Coffee for your ear, if this song doesn't get you ready to face a challenge, nothing will)
Napalm Death - Taste the Poison
Atheist - Water (Has some parts where they kind of dabble into Flamenco style guitar, really cool)
Asphyx - God Cries ("blood on his hands and tears in his eyes!" one of the many criticizing of religion songs, worth a listen)
Dying Fetus - Pissing in the Mainstream (An anthem for people fed up at pop culture basically)

Too many more to list-

Rap (With rap it's all about the lyrics and imagery so it will apply to all I list, the beat comes secondary and sometimes I don't even notice it. Also I'll list a lot of stuff from the same artists.):

Qwel - Vincent Van Gogh Coke Ad, Ruby Rubinelle, Crazy as Me

Aesop Rock - Commencement at the Obedience Academy, None Shall Help, Daylight, Antisocial, 9 to 5'ers Anthem, Bent Life, One Brick

Immortal Technique - Leaving the Past, Dominant Species, No Mercy, Peruvian Cocaine, Industrial Revolution, The 4th Branch

Illogic - Angelic Bombs, My World, Day By Day, Hate in a Puddle, Slaves to the Rhythm, 1000 Whispers

Jedi Mind Tricks - Chinese Water Torture, The Immaculate Conception, I Who Have Nothing, As it Was in the Beginning, Serenity in Murder, I Against I, Contra, Speech Cobras, Muerte, The Executioner's Dream

Necro (Warning, not for the queasy) - Violins of Violence, Beautiful Music for You to Die To, The Real Reality, Kill That Shit, You Did It

Sandpeople - Anguish, Bed of Flames, Dear Diary, Subtle Approach, Lose It

7L & Esoteric - Essays on Esoterrorism, Culture of Death, God's Angry Men, Word Association, Secret Wars, Terrorist's Cell, Headswell, Speak Now

Gza/Genius - Shadowboxin', Duel of the Iron Mic, Cold World, Labels, B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)

Also too many more to list-

Do you play or write any music?

Alas, no. I'm not musically inclined...