Are there any Tool fans here?

@jtbones 
Sound wise I think this is killer, one of their best to date IMHO.  The drums in particular, just spot on. 
Tool fan or not, the mix and mastering is terrific!! Was actually surprised Ludwig did this.  Many of his other masterings are not even close to this, at least to my ears

My point about judging the demise of our civil society based upon ten-year increments in music? ... I rest my case. :-)

You know what?  Every generation says this same thing about the "young kids".  I don't really agree with this because the "best music" is always what the current generation has grown up with.

“I’m not one to judge the musical tastes of others, but ...“

But yet you are.  Music is so extremely personal and regardless of what your ears hear and what you prefer, it doesn’t always translate to others.  
One could cherry pick weird, offensive, lame, terrible etc.. tunes from every generation and say the same thing.  This is way off point from the OP and isn’t fair.  Start a new thread 

auxinput ... 

There's no question that what you say is true. I clearly remember my parents complaining when I first discovered BeBop jazz and Rhythm and Blues. They were still hung up on the Big Band jazz from the 1940's. We watched a lot of the Lawrance Welk TV shows back then. 

When Louis Armstrong first heard Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, he was very dismissive of BeBop, saying that it sounded like "Chinese music." He hated it. But then, he was a classic jazz musician, in the New Orleans tradition. 

My intent isn't to put down anyone's taste in music. You should hear some of the stuff I listen to. *lol*

In looking at, and listening to this:  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxviGrBMKKY

 I'm sorry, but it is coming from a place I definitely don't want to explore.

Frank