MxL0: Metal bands selling out

RadioheadIsOverrated 01.01.21	Agree on 7 hella
budgie 01.01.21	did korn really sell out
el_newg 01.01.21	were any of these really metal bands
alamo 01.01.21	in flames anyone
MxL0 01.01.21	@budgie Unsure, not really a Korn fan. Though I've heard that album be called that, so I put it on there.
Snake. 01.01.21	ulver went from being one of the heaviest black metal bands of all time m///////////// to a POP band a fucking P-O-(O)-P band 😤
TheSupernatural 01.01.21	From the beginning the whole purpose of Linkin Park was to be a super popular band and they were massive even before Minutes to midnight. The whole notion of bands "selling out" is really childish. There's a few bands that might be genuinely after the bucks but if you're into metal in the first place (it's very debatable whether some of these bands were ever metal), you weren't in it for the money. Most likely their tastes just changed. Even when bands reinvent themselves as pop bands and get way more popular (Fall Out Boy, Paramore, even Bring Me the Horizon), I don't understand the cynicism. People's tastes change, and that includes the musicians who make the music.
MxL0 01.01.21	Its not cynicism, its bands throwing away everything that made them good for a more predictable, uninteresting, mainstream sound. For the record, I like half of these albums, I just find them to be a lot weaker. I understand wanting to make a bigger audience to get the bills paid, but at the same time, as you say, if you're doing metal you're not in it for the money. And yeah, their tastes do change, so in LP's case I say make a new band. Calling OML a "LP" record is to me like calling Justin Bieber's latest a Metallica album. Bands change and so do people, but if you have a brand people come to expect something from them. I wouldn't listen to Despacito to to get in good headbanging, nor would I would I want OML after years of LP establishing themselves as a rock band. I understand bands change, I just wish if they were to change they do it naturally. Bands "sell out" when this change isn't natural, and when its for a sound they likely did not make out of passion. If music isn't made out of a place of passion, it just doesn't resonate as much.
zaruyache 01.01.21	st. anger isn't nu metal it's just sloppy garage metal
zaruyache 01.01.21	it's not even midnight yet and we're already in a time warp
zaruyache 01.01.21	who assassinated treb's comment show yourself coward
Trebor. 01.01.21	lol wtf
zaruyache 01.01.21	i demand justice
JDubb 01.03.21	Concur with MxL0. Also, i dig some 4. And 9 isn't that bad - just happy to listen to some Vayne.
MxL0 01.03.21	Like I said I like half of these albums, including St. Anger. Its just funny to see how many of these there are. Its also kinda hilarious how many of these metal bands go electronic
DaveT0738 01.03.21	The New Game is underrated/overhated