Well, not my favorite. I just recently took the plunge into buying my first album.
But my favorites in order are...
1) Blind Guardian
2) Megadeth
3) Metallica
4) Luca Turilli
5) Motley Crue
6) Guns 'N Roses
7) Children of Bodom
8) Theatre of Tragedy (especially older, ala "A Distance There Is)
9) Poison
10) Virgin Black
I know, odd mixture with the hair rock stuff. But it's just the era I was raised in, what can I say? There is very little music beyond the hard stuff that I actaully like. I like opera, but not the Italian opera everyone in the world is used to associating with. I like Icelandic, German and Russian. It's more macho. About the softest thing I own is Bob Seger (or the Purple Rain album). When I first bought the "Black Album" and "ReLoad", I thought I was so metal. Then I got "Master of Puppets" and as they say, the floodgates opened.
I had a HORRIBLE Kid Rock phase in highschool. What was I thinking? I hate hip hop AND southern rock. Damn, youth really is wasted on the young.
Imagine how stoked I was that the Hatecrew covered Talk Dirty to Me!