edgecrusher, you made my day! Check this out!
archetpye by fear factory - EPIC LIKE! "Drones is another favorite;" that intro is sick!
pull me under by dream theater - haven't heard, but heard of the band
fade to black by metallica - EPIC FREAKIN;-LIKE!
46 & 2 by tool - Like
holy wars... the punishment due by megadeth - Like
knights of cydonia by muse - never heard or heard of
just like you imagined by nine inch nails - never heard, but heard of
blood pigs by otep - never heard, but heard of
cemetary gates by pantera - EPIC FREAKIN' LIKE, although my personal favorite by them is "Regular People;" that riff with the major third slide...gah! It's pretty **** heavy!
the trance is the motion by static-x - never heard, but heard of
Anyway, as for my own personal tastes at this time in my life (if you had asked me in high school what my favorite songs were, they would have been nothing but Metallica songs -- "One" and "The Shortest Straw were at the top -- lol!), here we go: (Note: they're not in sequential order; I like 'em all the same!)
"A Dark Knight" - Batman: The Dark Knight [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Hans Zimmer/James Newton-Howard)
"I'm Not A Hero" - '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' ''
"Into the West" - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King OST (Howard Shore)
"Molossus" - Batman Begins OST (Hans Zimmer/James Newton-Howard)
"Autobots" - Transformers OST (Steve Jablonsky)
"He's A Pirate" - Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl OST (Hans Zimmer/Klaus Badelt)
"Marital Sabotage" - Sherlock Holmes OST (Hans Zimmer)
"Dream Is Collapsing" - Inception OST (Hans Zimmer)
Yup, lotsa Zimmer. :3 One of the influences for my own music (check out the thread "Don't Mind If I Do, Really!" in Express Yourself! if you'd like to hear what it sounds like).