The Surfing Alien
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I don't know what the market trends are like in Europe but in US here , it seems only the more extreme new prog metal bands are successful in breaking into next level , such as playing larger venues. I am talking bands like tesseract, periphery, scale the summit, animals as leaders and the bazillion similar bands they tour with. I can't think of more melodic Circus Maximum like bands that had similar success lately. Might be a different situation in Europe though, which is probably their biggest market.
That's something I always wondered about prog metal bands that try out a more commercial sound. Obviously they're never going to get radio play, but do they at least get a bump in sales or popularity? It feels like when this happens they either disappear or try to recapture the old sound.