Today is actually the period with the best music ever.
I'm going to assume someone found a way to reverse time and it's now 1986 again?
This may shock you, but there are some great albums that were released in 2016, that weren't releases by bands from the '80s.
Well, yeah, there were a few. But it's hard to quantify. Taking a quick look at the release date calendar, in 2016 so far we have gotten Megadeth, DT, Redemption, Lacuna Coil, Flotsam and Jetsam, and Fates Warning. Yeah, you could maybe stretch a little and include Jelly Jam and Avantasia in there as well. But at most, that's only about 8 really good albums in 2016 so far (and, yes, we can bump it up to 10 with the upcoming Epica and Neal Morse albums). Now of those, we
do have a handful of stellar albums that are arguably better than anything that came out in the '80s (DT, Fates, Redemption, and we'll see if Epica and NM qualify). So
maybe quality-wise, 2016 is "better." But in terms of quantity of good music, we're not there. So I guess it just depends on whether one appreciates quantity of quality or quality or quality. And, I mean, 10 good albums in a year is a good year--don't get me wrong. But I think it's debatable whether that makes it "the period with the best music ever." But "controversial opinions," so...