most stuff today is either MTV pop, some spin off of pop punk (i.e. screamo or "emo" as its called, even though technically its not), or it's something so experimental (noisy, chaotic, bad vocals) that it sucks. i gave up on new bands since they all sound relatively the same or try too hard to sound "different" [bad]. i mostly just listen to stuff that's been around a while. i'll take pantera over any shitty new band any day.