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Azath Vitr (D, on 19 May 2025 - 01:41 PM, said:
Tiste Simeon, on 19 May 2025 - 01:24 PM, said:
Ghost and Sleep Token are like the pop music of the metal world. Wide appeal, but cheesy and only nominally on what many would consider to be the metal side of things (heck Ghost are essentially an ABBA tribute band with a bit of down tuning).
They have a couple of decent songs but I'm not sure they deserve the adoration they currently enjoy.
They have a couple of decent songs but I'm not sure they deserve the adoration they currently enjoy.
But they may act like "gateway drugs"... I'd thought that metal was deep into its "jazz slash opera phase".
Don't get me wrong, part of metal has always been about the theatrically overblown pomposity. Look at the glam scene of the 80s for example, or power metal's love of the fantastical.
But these two in particular are heralded by some outlets as being the greatest thing to happen to metal ever and that's just not true. Yes they attract huge audiences and might be somewhat a gateway drug but they remind me more of the emo/scene thing about 20 years ago where a lot of people jumped on the bandwagon cos it tapped into something.
