I don't agree with your statement completely...it does have some truth to it though. First off, Opeth deserved that grammy 100%. Even the old In Flames material can't touch Opeth's musical genius. I am as much an In Flames fan as I am Opeth, but they are just a different style, which constricts their songwriting process. Straight up melodic death metal really gives you some limits as to what you can write...and I don't think that IF is planning a genre cross-over at this point in their career. Opeth however, is much more grayed in their classification. Death/Prog leaves a lot of room to manuver. The point that is made over and over again, but people still don't seem to understand, is that a band can't stay in the same place writing the same fucking songs over and over! Sure, In Flames could pull off another album like the jester race...but where would that take metal? Nowhere. If no one progressed...then music would totally suck. I'm not saying the direction In Flames is going is great, but they are doing something different. And the fact that they are going into the mainstream and changing their style...maybe its not all bad?? I mean think about this...maybe they could be considered somewhat of a martyr...they are exposing the world of the heavy metal underground to kids who normally would never ever be exposed to it, I say this because I'm one of them. I heard them on a late night metal radio show...and I was fucking hooked. Since then, I've gotten into countles more bands stretching to the farthest ends of the heavy metal underground. In turn I've exposed plenty of my friends to this whole new world(some were more receptive than others), but the bottom line is, they are helping out metal. Plain and simple.
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