Here's my current list:

My Dying Bride
Anathema
Entwine
HIM (though Screamworks quite disappointed me)
Evanescence
Within Temptation,

and, Vandiamond, I'd gladly re-state your post on symphonic metal.

The Cure, Depeche Mode, Siouxsie & The Banshees, and Joy Division

36 Crazyfists

My Chemical Romance
Flyleaf
Chevelle

My favourites would have to be:

Bands: Japan, The Who, Dexys Midnight Runners, Secret Affair, ACT, The Bolshoi, Roxy Music (with ENO), The Fall, T Rex, Sex Gang Children, Virgin Prunes, DEVO, The Stooges, Lemon Kittens, Sopor Aeternus, The Pretty Things
Solo: Danielle Dax, Gavin Friday, Gitane DeMone, Claudia Brücken, Klaus Nomi, Rufus Wainwright, David Bowie, Paul Weller, Nico, Marc Bolan, Nick Cave, Anita Lane, Leonard Cohen, Wendy Rule

I was really fond of Rozz Williams and Christian Death when I was younger, but as much as I still like his music and appreciate his abilities as an artist, I really hated myself at that time, so I joke that I don't have enough self-loathing to relate anymore. LOL

Nine Inch Nails
Rammstein
Aphex Twin
Underworld
Pitch Black (the new zealand band)

1st: The Birthday Massacre
CLOSE 2nd: Within Temptation
3rd: Flyleaf
4th: Dead Souls Rising

KMFDM
Clock DVA
Skinny Puppy
Front 242
Sisters of Mercy
Switchblade Symphony
Tool

Just one at the moment.
Faun

Evanescence all the way! I also like Nox Arcana, Kamelot, and Apocalyptica.

HIM
Marilyn Manson
The 69 Eyes
Voltaire
Sixx A.M.
Mötley Crüe
Rozz Williams
Adam Lambert
The Crüxshadows
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Hard to choose, but Black Veil Brides and Megadeth. Once a metalhead, always a metalhead.

But The Cure comes in a VERY close second.

Well, It's been 5 years since I last posted in this thread, so I guess there's no harm in a bit of an update.
My favourite artist is, perhaps predictably now, David Bowie
The bands/artists I listen to most often these days are :
16 Horsepower, Woven Hand, The Cure, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Aphex Twin, The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, Skeletal Family, The Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies, Liliput, PJ Harvey, Massive Attack, The Chameleons, Logikparty, Reuben.

Disappointing to think that so much of the music I listen to, comes from bands that don't exist any more (or, at least : exist in a form that still holds any interest for me)...

I have come to the decision that my favorite band depends strictly on what my musical taste is for that day- which at this point is revolving around Dark Cabaret

Nine Inch Nails
Fear Factory
Mudvayne
Static-X
Drowning Pool
Deftones
Mushroomhead
Slipknot
Black Label Society
Killswitch Engage
Rob Zombie
Linkin Park