I'm not the beer-swilling "America has no sins" Patriot, but when all your friends mostly listen to J-Rock and the only bands they can name is Bowling For Soup, Mindless Self-Indulgence and the other countless pop bands with as much talent as I have in my big toe, you get fed up with it all.

I love Killswitch Engage (moreso with the new vocalist since The End of Heartache), Lamb of God and a few others but those are my main 'new' bands. I love good old American thrash like Slayer and Megadeth.

I like these kinds of threads because I learn a good deal about bands to try out since I am hopelessly ignorant of the full rock/metal scene.