Tough question..
In general, my biggest influences are Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Ulver and Katatonia. And, that basically means Mikael Åkerfeldt, Peter Lindgren, Steven Wilson, Kristoffer Rygg and Jonas Renkse. Some of them has made an inpact on me in all musical fields, and some in just some.
When it comes to guitar playing, it's definetly Mikael Åkerfeldt, Peter Lindgren and Stwven Wilson who have shaped me the most, but for instance, Agalloch has an approach to the guitar playing that I've been inspired by a lot, mostly since they have the abillity to shred, but chose to not do it so much, and same goes for Opeth, their fastest solos are on their debut record, and I actually admire people who chose to not show of their imba shred skillz all the time.
For songwriting, it's basically Mikael Åkerfeldt, Steven Wilson, Garm and Jonas Renkse. They all write amazing songs, in their own ways, and their songs always sound fresh somehow.
But of course, all this is just inspiration, and people I admire a lot. I still try to be myself
EDIT: Forgot to mention Jonas Renkse on the songwriting>_>
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This post has been edited by Fsgdjv: Jan 24 2008, 05:44 PM