Not what I expected. I had the impression, I guess just based on where I hear of bands being from, that metal was still really huge in eastern europe. It sounds like it's about the same as here in the us. No one is even into learning guitar or drums anymore. Just no one really was excited to see what came after nu metal I guess. Sucks, because what came after was fucking awesome. When my dad got me my first guitar he told me not to get my hopes up, and he told me that most of the best musicians he ever worked with are working regular jobs and have no published works. Truly good music rarely hits the charts because there's not enough people with the mind to enjoy it to get it to blow up. There's a handful of artists' artists out there, music that the musicians of the day listen to and want to emulate. Kate Bush, the Pixies... and pretty much every decent metal album I hear anymore is just.. god damn. It doesn't get people out there buying records though, especially not the young teenagers that get as obsessive as we all were. We need some pop stars. We need a metallica for this generation.