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camus2 on June 25, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The slow death of the electric guitar

> I would also argue metal was never mainstream.

Come on, it is/was, at least in Europe. Plenty of famous metal bands in the late 90's early 2000. Even death metal had a few commercial successes.

kochthesecond on June 27, 2017 [–]

Famous, maybe, but not mainstream. Pretty much the closest thing to ever touch prime time radio are Nothing Else Matters or maybe something by Linkin Park, both of which barely graze into metal.

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