Metal: Will it revive?

[Hjortkayre]

And Mastodon is the best thing to happen to metal in 20 years. I will not hear otherwise.

I concur. Saw them live recently and, MY GOD, they were amazing.

Anyway, there are plenty of new metal bands, just not so many that have captured the interest of the mainstream, or the media. Like Che said, if you want to find new bands, you'll probably have to look for them elsewhere.