Not true for the most popular styles of music today. Pop, EDM and metal simply can't be done on an 8-track analog tape machine.
You could argue that those genres often sound pretty awful, which I might agree with. You might further argue that digital production is a cause of the poor sound, which may be true but it doesn't matter. That's what people want and most of it you can't do it with tape.
"...metal simply cant be done on an 8-track analog tape machine" Hogwash.