experimental/prog/math rock etc - cepheid, liquid tension experiment, the algorithm, sithu aye, meridian, john petrucci, nick johnston, raito, jeff williams, infected mushroom, zynthethic, yvette young, lindsey stirling, powerglove, greg howe, angel vivaldi, chon, sarah longfield, joe satriani, world's end girlfriend, celldweller, blue stahli, awolnation, the aristocrats, tesseract, kontrust, arctic monkeys

retro/synthwave etc - lazerpunk!, mega drive, dance with the dead, lazerhawk, noir deco, carpenter brut, dan terminus, mitch murder, timecop1983, meteor, VHS glitch, chipzel, anamanaguchi, kalax, vulta

hard/contemporary?/rock/metal etc - demetori, yousei teikoku, disturbed, mick gordon, rammstein, dethklok, system of a down, animals as leaders, arch enemy, babymetal, the fall of troy, killswitch engage, pentakill, marylin manson, maximum the hormone

melodic/folk/death metal etc -  nightwish, children of bodom, korpiklaani, alestorm, hammerfall, sabaton, tyr, amon amarth, equilibrium, eluveitie, turisas, manegarm, within temptation, evanescence, semargl, russkaja, devin townsend project, enisferum, xandria, epica, finntroll

wub/hardbass etc -  perturbator, dynatron, savant, zardonic, t pazolite, pendulum, noisia, glitch mob, overseer, the prodigy, xs project, daft punk, zomboy, varien, asian dub foundation, deadmau5, skrillex

electro/trance/industrial etc - sakuzyo, fractal dreamers, juno reactor, kavinsky, zero-project, xi, initial D, protomen, night runner, justice, scandroid, massive attack, quantic, M83, miami nights 1984, FM-84, VHS dreams, solar fields

vocaloids/vgm/nipshit etc - reol, nonon, utsuP, psyqui, muryokuP, blazblue OST, guilty gear OST, akatsuki records, tatsh, hellbinde, undead corporation, eastnewsound, dodonpachi OST, shibayan, nano, eir aoi, faylan, egoist, shiromeshi, supercell

classic metal etc - metallica, megadeth, pantera, iron maiden, mastodon, slayer, godsmack, manowar, hammerfall, motorhead, rob zombie, ministry, rage against the machine

classic rock/blues/guitar etc - endless sporadic, ac/dc, eric johnson, muse, blues saraceno, tenacious d, kongos, paul gilbert, stevie vai, allan holsdworth, jimi hendrix, buckethead, van halen, the rolling stones, fall of troy, judas priest, dio, nirvana, guns & roses kiss, black sabbath, tetsuo sakurai, the devil and the almighty blues, led zepellin, the great machine, cactus, skunk, sir lord baltimore

electro/jazz/funk/swing/noir etc - parov stelar, caravan palace, electric swing circus, gramatik, van canto, sesto sento, madness, C2C, rebel galaxy OST, the architect, noir deco, nym, shivaree, eurythmics, the northern lights

ambient/classical/acoustic/philharmonic/chill etc - elizaveta, keiichi okabe, kashiwa daisuke, morcheeba, susumu hirasawa, in love with a ghost, hans zimmer, lissie, cloZee, arcana, nox arcana, artesia, midnight syndicate


honorable mentions/nocat - bad apple, red like roses 1&2, berserk - my brother, mirror mirror, redline OST, devilangela & jeff van dyck - we are all one, necrodancer OST, xc ost, yui - again, capsule - soratobu toshi keikaku, cafe de 2hu, baba yetu, alan wake - poet and the muse, iji - further, iji - tor, E1M1, TTGL OST - sorairo days, fur elise, gas gas gas, cowboy bebop - tank!, boku no hero academia OST - you say run, MK theme, libera me from hell, lifeseeker - gone guru, YOU WA SHOCK, jojo's bizzare adventure pillar men theme, pokemon - red theme, GAL O SENGEN, gee gee/pon pon, sadistic music factory, kitsune no yomeiri, portal - still alive, snake eater, devils never cry, devil may sly, JSR OST, SR4 OST, bastion OST, transistor OST, C&C RA OST, 2hu OST