Heartwork, and I also really love Graf Orlock's chunky guitar sounds. One of the guitarists said they use a block letter 5150 and a Rockerverb. If only I could make shit that sounded as good as either of them, I'd be set.
Bass: Justin Chancellor Lateralus era, Tim Commerford, Fieldy (horrible I know), and Gustaf grind on Chaosphere.
Guitar: Right now I like Ola Englund... he seems to get a great modern tone out of every amp he demos. It's usually kind of the same tone but it's a cool tone.
I like the range of guitar tones Isis uses. I am more into post metal and droney stuff than classic style thrash.
Born of Osiris' The Discovery (particularly the higher notes on Recreate) has had the most recent influence on how I want my tone to be. Although using a solid state Crate and a Boss metalzone generally leaves a lot to be desired
Alice In Chains- Them Bones and latterly Check My Brain Tool- The Grudge and Eulogy Nothingface- Bleeder
There are many more, but these are all perfect. When I made my band's rhythm patch on my POD HD (it's cheaper and easier than lugging an amp, it makes gigging fun, it still sounds great) those are the tones I had in mind to balance between. I would love to get my hands on some Bogner stuff or Diezel gear one day.
Satch - surfing with the alien and the extremist. Flying in a blue dream to a lesser extent. George lynch Warren dimartini Old scorpions Shawn lane Vai - solo and his stuff with whitesnake Petrucci Billy gibbons/zz top Guthrie govan Exodus - fabulous disaster Testament/Alex skolnik Metallica - MOP, kill em all, and black album Carcass - neuroticism and heartwork Arch enemy - doomsday machine
When it comes to heavy metal tones, my go-to sound is "meaty as fuck"... That crushing, full-bore tone you hear on so many post-metal albums. Cranked Model Ts ahoy! That or my modded Mesa Nomad - not quite Recto heaviness but still that smoother, saturated Mesa tone.
Rock tones are more Porcupine Tree-esque. A bit less low-end, roll back the gain, but still with that delicious crunch that I love so much. Actually I just dig PT/SW guitars in general
I love Allan Holdsworth's lead tone. Chords tone doesn't really translate well to my usual material. I usually go for some variant of Fender style cleans, like these: