The most influential band in your life

i was like 13 it was back in 93. i heard vulgar display of power and was just really interested in hearing more metal. death, carcass and morbid angel and at the gates quickly followed.
 
Although they're not my first bands, or not even among my first ones, they have to be Blind guardian, Dark tranquillity, and In flames. Other bands that have an extremely heavy bearing in my life are Dir en grey, Malice mizer (though I can't say I like them very much), In extremo, Velvet acid Christ, New order, and some other electro-gothy thingies.
 
Grew up listening to bands like Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, and Metallica, so all of those were equally influential, which then led up to discovering more current influential bands such as Katatonia, Amorphis, Anathema, and Porcupine Tree.