The problem is that metal for the most part stagnates at the lyrical and conceptual level as the musicians age. It seems ridiculous to be singing about drinking blood fro a skull and worhipping Satan when your 50. Life has both good and bad and singing about the human condition is more metal to me. Wearing Corpse paint and gutteral vocals is just as much an image and posing as Glam rock was back in the day. This is the problem, nothing captures the human emotions of despair, anguish and rage like extreme metal, which are apart of life yes, but the lyrics and constant love of negativity are so one dimensional as to drain it of the power it could have. PS: I know what your going to say---who the hell listens to lyrics in metal anyway?