ok, it's been a while since I posted in here and there had been a few things said that kinda suprised me. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH DIO!! at least he can sing and knows he's a short as hell, he doesn't bother hiding it, unlike DANZIG. Linkin Park is not metal but they're not that bad, especially if your into car audio. theMeteora album hammers harder than most bass cd's. Other than that your right, most nu-metal blows. Same thing with metalcore. with the following exceptions: All That Remains, Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, and early killswitch engage (their last album was typical metalcore formulas around a worthless singer, complete garbage. And one last thing, I liked the new Iron Maiden but it's deffinitly not for everyone. Old school fans will probably hate it but if you listen to it as a new cd and not as a new Iron Maiden cd I think you will enjoy it more, know what I mean?