If you like metal, it's quite impossible not to like SoaD. Chop Suey gotta be the most innovative metal tune made since, um, Faith no More's Epic tune (or Suprise, You're dead!)
Shame I haven't seen SoaD live yet.
Any Tool fans here BtW?
For some really cool nu-metal goto
http://www.thisisclown.com they're a relatively new and unknown, but kick ass cool band from Bergen Norway, where I live. Check out their live pics. I'm their lights-tech so all that neat stage design is my work
Also check out Totec Tribe at
http://www.totectribe.com
Burzum was from Bergen, but Hatebreeder, if you're into DM drop Burzum like a stone. Sucks big time. Check out instead some other cool DM bands from the capitol of european metal, like:
Aeternus
Enslaved
Helheim
Mayhem (not from Bergen, but Oslo, still...)
Satyricon (as above)
Dang, saw Satyricon this summer, kicked ass like you won't believe.
Ave Satani, Sanguines deitus.