Who are the "Nicklebacks" of Metal?

[FuzzyAce]

I couldn't name one song from 99% of the bands listed in this thread.
I'm not into as much metal these days, very selective, and definitely don't care for bubblegum metal.

 

[TravisG406]

Have you checked out Tremonti?

 

[Iron1]

. They're currently touring Europe and selling out arenas everywhere, it's insane.

Am I missing something or does it seem like any rando 3-5 musicians who have a metal or metal adjacent album out can tour Europe and play to sold out arenas right now?

Crazy how much better the music world in Europe is than here. Stupid US and the watered down hip hop/pop/corporate rock garbage that dominates here…

 

[Lysander]

Am I missing something or does it seem like any rando 3-5 musicians who have a metal or metal adjacent album out can tour Europe and play to sold out arenas right now?

Not really, IMHO. We see a lot of rock bands coming through town these days, but your arena stadiums are reserved for the likes of Metallica; most end up playing smaller venues.

Which makes Volbeat's success the more puzzling to me.

 

[JiveTurkey]

It's just tough being an old creative. Trying to get old people fired up about doing something is torture. Myself firmly included.