Going commercial

It's surprising how so many bands turn into commercial after a few albums. It seems that they get tired with making really good music. Instead of that they only want cash. Let me name some examples:



All Shall Perish

First album was very grim. Second was brutal and a bit tech. Third one is pretty much ordinary metal with ultimate shred solos and a kick-ass drummer. No more pig squeals, instead there are power metal-like melodic growls. Awaken the Dreamers, a true disappointment.


Killswitch Engage

The album is so pop. In every sense it ended up very commercial. I just miss the truly heavy parts KsE used to have. The melodic lines just seem so ordinary. Blah.


Born of Osiris

The New Reign was a diamond, but A Higher Place is just mediocre. The whole album sounds like they just invented djent. I'm disappointed because I really was into hearing what would mixing Meshuggah and rap sound like.
The rumours tell me that guys from The Faceless wrote most of the songs. I guess Sumerian put them to do the job because BOO only had weak pieces to present. Haha, that should point out that smoking weed is probably not the best way to make music in the long run.


After the Burial

Okay, they had a bit funny sound in Rareform. But was it so funny that it had to be re-recorded? Alright, they got a new singer but they still could have just made a new album. I hate delays like this.


Oh, and I won't even bother to write about Emmure or August Burns Red.


PS. The other extreme is to do what Mew did. The new album is really complicated, yet people buy it. Weird, huh?