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.

 

[Iron1]

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.

Just when I thought I could believe everything I see on the internet.

For some reason it seems like every time I turn around someone is sending me a link to some rando band playing in front of 100k people. Granted, lots of the bands Ive heard of, but a lot I’ve not. Or, maybe they’re in the Five Finger Butt Punch genre and I block em from my memory