wahey, some people with taste in music
im english and i can almost assure you, that, if anything new and great happens in metal, it will have absolutely nothing to do with this pitiful country known as england
the best we have to offer is either emo, or worse :/
which sucks cos i play drums for 3 metal bands, and the only thing people want (if its not arctic fuckin monkeys) is emo (along the lines of "funeral for a friend", "bullet for my valentine" and "bring me the horizon")
all pathetically sad but true
england is crap, full of sheep, nobody wants to do anything new, and those that do, dont want metal (or not what i call metal anyway)
as for you views on the good ole days, i wont say anything, as i personally dont listen to old-school metal
im an almost nu-metal nab (machine head, fear factory, chimaira, killswitch, lamb of god)
but i do see what you are saying, as they are not the next big thing, they are just good
alas, i believe the glory days of metal are gone forever, most these days dont even know how to play (which really annoys me, cos i can, and they are the ones who get voted drummer of the year etc :/ )
are they totally forgetting about drumminggods like derek roddy, and flo mounier, damn these metal chav's
dont know what its like with other instruments, but it seems to me, if you're in the best selling band, you're also rated by idiots as the best ____ of the year, hmmmm