i work at a cd store...and man that metal from the 80's....ain't metal at all compared to the scary stuff out there today. There is a whole new genre of music called "extreme metal." Within that there are sub forms, death metal, black metal, thrash metal, d-beat, drone and the list goes on. I can't tell which is which, but appaerntly to real fans of the style, they can tell what's what just by listening to the tones, tempo, lyrics and so on.