This is something I've been thinking about quite a bit lately.

No, I definitely don't expect to see legends in metal like the ones we had in the last 30-40yrs or so. There will still be a number of good bands out there, but I think it will become increasingly difficult to give them more exposure/find them.

In the last couple of months I've spent a significant amount of time struggling to find something amazing, which was mostly a fruitless task, with some exceptions. Moreover, it's also a lot more difficult to find something that sounds original. It's like they're afraid of doing something new and just keep copy-pasting other artists.

But then, I suppose it's just something temporary, and something that comes with age as well. Our parents/grandparents and so on likely think (or thought) the same way about the legends and artists/bands they had back in their days. I guess only time will truly tell.