Metal is alive and well friend. No one can destroy the metal, the metal will strike you down with a vicious blow. There's plenty of the stuff around, new bands and old. Great thing about metal that pop and hip hop can't say, 10 years from now, nobody will even remember most of the tools you hear on the radio now. 10 years from now, most of the bands I listen to will still be touring. ANd to be perfectly honest, I don't even NEED new metal bands. I don't give two shits how many bands come and go, I'll STILL be listening to Dio and Ozzy 20 years from now.