For Those About To Rock...

Slate writer Brandon Stousuy cranks it up to 11 with a snapshot of the current world of heavy met-ul. I miss the GnRs and Van Halens...all the sleaziness and glam and lightning quick guitar solos from the late 80s and early 90s but there is still some righteous heaviness out there.

For my money, the best metal these days is System of a Down. ("Why do they always send the poor?")

Heavy Metal - It's alive and well [Slate]