@Maedhros_Nelyafinwë
That's cool.
Nice song, although it might be too "light-hearted" for my personal taste.
I started listening rock/metal very early (9-10 years old) with Guns'n'Roses (well, what better time, since this is when Terminator 2 come out
), and then quickly switched to Iron Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth, Sepultura.. etc.
Iron Maiden being always my favorite, since they are so melodic, and you have to listen to their songs many times, until you memorize all bits of awesomeness.
Somewhere at 14-15 I started listening to Black, Gothic and Doom Metal.. and indeed these ganders (esspecialy Gothic with all the synths, orchestra's) drawn a lots of inspiration from classical music.
When you mentioned Baroque, I immediately thought of Haggard.
This is best Baroque/Metal sound I ever heard:
Then there is famous Therion (even Pavarotti and Christopher Lee were guests on their albums)
Apocaliptica is also pretty famous.. guys playing on cello's.
In many metal bands, there's at least beats and pieces of classical music, even in black metal albums, the intros often are.
I'll probably remember some more bands, and will post it here.
Cheers bro