Top 5 artists in each non-metal genre you listen to

[Baroque]

Example:

Classical:
Bach
Beethoven
Mozart
Vivaldi
Chopin

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Cool idea. None of my lists will be in order.

Classical:
Mahler
Shostakovich
Beethoven
Brahms
Mozart

Prog Rock:
King Crimson
Rush
Pink Floyd
Jethro Tull
The Mars Volta

Goth Rock:
Sisters of Mercy
Bauhaus
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Swans (mid-era)
Chelsea Wolfe

Soul:
Marvin Gaye
Curtis Mayfield
James Brown
Aretha Franklin
Erykah Badu

Alternative Rock:
The Smashing Pumpkins
MBV
Pixies
Radiohead
REM

Singer Songwriters:
Tori Amos
Fiona Apple
Bob Dylan
Buffy Sainte Marie
Joni Mitchell

"Classic" Rock:
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
Bob Dylan
Rush

"World":
Dead Can Dance
Azam Ali
Natacha Atlas
Simrit Kaur
Vas

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Classical:
Mahler
Ives
Schoenberg
Brahms
Ehhh...more often than not Schubert, but Tchaikovsky takes the spot from time to time (his sixth symphony is such a killer).

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Southern Rock:
The Allman Brothers Band
The Outlaws
ZZ Top
Marshall Tucker Band
Lynyrd Skynyrd

80s Goth Rock:
Fields of the Nephilim
Sisters of Mercy
Dead Can Dance
Elend
Bauhaus

Ambient/World Music:
Lustmord
Raison d'Etre
Atrium Carceri
Boards of Canada
Wardruna

 

[tagradh]

Classical:
Jean Sibelius
Gustav Holst
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Gustav Mahler
Dmitri Shostakovich

Jazz:
Wes Montgomery
Django Reinhardt
Joe Pass
Miles Davis
Pat Martino

Folk/folk rock/whatever:
Bert Jansch
Nick Drake
Jackson C. Frank
Marissa Nadler
Espers

Hip Hop:
GZA
Cannibal Ox
Dalek
Biggie Smalls
MF Doom

Oud/didgeridoo/traditional instrument shit:
Munir Bashir
Omar Bashir
Synaulia
Wardruna
Stephen Kent

Death industrial/Power Electronics/Noise:
Theologian/Navicon Torture Technologies
Rasthof Dachau
The Grey Wolves
Wold
Brighter Death Now

Ambient:
Biosphere
Arktau Eos
Blood Box
Desiderii Marginis
Bad Sector

Crusty shit:
Discharge
Skitsystem
Martyrdod
Amebix
Wolfbrigade

Prog Rock:
King Crimson
Camel
Can
Amun Duul II
Comus

Post-punk/gothy shit:
Public Image Ltd.
Killing Joke
Fields of the Nephilim
Joy Division
Echo and the Bunnymen

Reggae:
Jacob Miller
Mikey Dread
Mighty Diamonds
Prince Far I
Peter Tosh

 

[The Butt]

Boards of Canada

Never would've guessed you were a Boards of Canada fan. Neat.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I mean, it's not like I actually listen to much of that ambient stuff these days aside from maybe Lustmord, but I do enjoy it.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

 

[Carpe Mortem]

Scores:

Ennio Morricone
Howard Shore
James Horner
Brad Derrick
Hans Zimmer


More some other time

 

[Satanstoenail]

Noise rock:
The Jesus Lizard
Shellac
Young Widows
Mutton
Rapeman

Hip Hop:
Kool Keith/Dr. Octagon
Beastie Boys
Cypress Hill (early)
De La Soul
ODB

Indie rock:
The Pixies
Golden
TV On The Radio
PJ Harvey
Radiohead

Funk:
James Brown
Sly And The Family Stone
Rick James
Maceo Parker
Jamiroquai (early)

80s Pop:
Split Enz
Duran Duran
The Cars
Michael Jackson
The Police

 

[The Butt]

James Horner

Horner is a legend. His work on Star Treks II and III are superb.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Noise rock:
The Jesus Lizard
Shellac
Young Widows
Mutton
Rapeman

Delicious.

 

[Draehl]

General top 5 non metal just got my first smartphone so taking baby steps.

Wardruna
Camel
Prodigy
Rush
Ott

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Funk:
EWF
Funkadelic
Ohio Players
Parliament
Tower of Power

Hardcore:
Dag Nasty
Die Kreuzen
Discharge
NoMeansNo
Plaid Retina

New wave:
Kidorikko
Oingo Boingo
OMD
Ultravox
Yapoos

Noise rock:
Dazzling Killmen
Distorted Pony
The Jesus Lizard
Scratch Acid
Swans

Post-punk: (some overlap with new wave but whatevs)
Devo
The Birthday Party
Killing Joke
Pere Ubu
Punishment of Luxury

Prog rock:
Gentle Giant
Jethro Tull
King Crimson
Thinking Plague
Yes

Soul:
Curtis Mayfield
Gil-Scott Heron
The Four Tops
The Isley Brothers
The O'Jays

 

[Carpe Mortem]

Flamenco/Percussive Guitar:

Paco de Lucia
Estas Tonne (though still new to him)
Don Ross
Al di Meola
Andy McKee

Rap:

Tech N9ne
Eminem
Hopsin
Armand Hammer
Tupac

 

[AllShallFall]

Wardruna

 

[The Butt]

Andy Mckee is a fucking legend. I was sitting in my kitchen, listening to The Art of Motion high on hash one time, and it felt like my legs were melting off of me like candlewax. A fond moment I will cherish eternally.