Originally Posted by xxxjay

For the record, there are some decent newer metal bands like Gojira, Mastodon, Volbeat, Ghost, Toxic Holocaust, Municipal Waste - but most of those guys are either older cats that finally made it or younger guys emulating (or in some cases) staling from older bands. The guys in Mastodon are good friends of mine and they are all 38-40 years old. They are not kids. Nile was brought up a few times too, I like them as well -- they formed in 1989.