I'm curious what you've listened to that makes you think it hasn't evolved since those times. Bathory, Cradle Of Filth, Napalm Death, Belphegor, Skeletonwitch,

I'm curious what you've listened to that makes you think it hasn't evolved since those times. Bathory, Cradle Of Filth, Napalm Death, Belphegor, Skeletonwitch, Dream Theatre, Watain, Kalmah, Exodus, Daylight Dies? Because there's a lot of new stuff that broke out cleanly into sub-genres (Insomnium, In Flames, Amon Amarth, Septicflesh, Avantasia, Blind Guardian, Eluveite, Sleep, Abagail Williams, Alestorm etc) and now there's quite a few bands that blur those lines as a form of counter-culture (Deafhaven, Fallujah, Meshuggah, Atoma).