when i was a lot younger i mainly listened to metal
over the years though metal in general seems to have lost its edge, i can still enjoy my old metallica / slayer / iron maiden / sabbath stuff, but in general the stuff coming out these days (that i have heard at least) seems either to be borrowing a LOT from the old style, or just sort of watered down. slayer IMO has done the best job of "staying fresh" of the old guard
the reason i liked metal so much was the intensity; as my musical tastes matured i realized i was able to enjoy that aspect in other forms of music as well. that first rage against the machine album i think was what opened my eyes to the fact that i would be able to enjoy other things, and i bet you'll find something like that too eventually
lol yeah i checked out some of the new cypress hill songs... pretty hurting. they totally dropped the ball after temples of boom