Biggest sell-out evar

[Ellestin]

So, which of these guys made the most obvious run for fagdom IYO?

 

[Demonspell]

Dimmu may have committed the sin of tampering with their past for a quick buck (even if I hold no special place for Stormblast, I still object to it on principle), but Metallica will forever be the last word in sellout...

 

[Sadguru]

Where's Celtic Frost?? But yeah, Metallica all the way.

 

[J.]

Metallica.

Can Samael be considered a sell-out? While everything after Passage/Exodus is crap, I figure the journey into goth industrial hurt their album sales rather than gaining them fans.

 

[dorian gray]

ive never heard any of either dimmu or samael. i dont think opeth sold out. maybe. if they did, it wasnt with this album - it's similar in scope to all their stuff since they changed their sound with still life. if they are sell-outs, then it happened a long time ago, soon after my arms, your hearse.
metallica. hahaha! i officially stopped listening to them when the "black" album came out. even at age 15 i knew better. i was in college when their "load" shit came out. i thought, "what? these guys are still around?!"

 

[MFJ]

1) Metallica
2) Dimmu Borgir

Opeth never sold out.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

metallica

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

James Pussfield and Wusscore Fagtallica

 

[IOfTheStorm]

None of these bands is a "sell out". The answer to the topic is:
Anathema

 

[Dev]

I'm surprised Samael only gets 2 votes . Reign of Light =

 

[Chromatose]

but just because its horrible does not = sell out

 

[Dev]

It's Rammsteinish

 

[NAD]

bob dylan.

edit: i have 21,802 posts? jesus christ.

 

[MajestikMøøse]

This thread needs one more option: Ultimatemetal.com

UPGRADE BUT NO SEARCH FUNCTION LOL

 

[Demilich]

Is the post count gone now or am I just blind?

 

[Demonspell]

I'm still seeing it...but I'm also seeing someone claim Metallica isn't a sellout and Anathema is, so my vision isn't to be trusted...

 

[Demilich]

I think "selling out" is a stupid concept. Fuck it. There's no way to know whether a band has "sold out" for sure unless they say it themselves, and in that case, who cares, as long as they're straight up about it? Whiney fans seem to be the ones who pull the "sellout" card most often.

 

[NAD]

I think "selling out" is a stupid concept. Fuck it. There's no way to know whether a band has "sold out" for sure unless they say it themselves, and in that case, who cares, as long as they're straight up about it? Whiney fans seem to be the ones who pull the "sellout" card most often.

yep. or ahhh, quoted for truth. or should i say +1. maybe just send a manhug your way. i dunno.

 

[J.]

I think "selling out" is a stupid concept. Fuck it. There's no way to know whether a band has "sold out" for sure unless they say it themselves

So in that case, you'd consider Dimmu a sell out because they admitted to re-recording an album strictly for money?

 

[Demilich]

No, J.

that's why the "sold out" was in quotes, because I was only use it to express what other people define as selling out (i.e. making music expressly for money). I don't care why the fuck bands make music. If it's good, i'll listen, if it isn't i wont.