"But I can tell everyone this.
The new album is definately not targeted to be played on mainstream radio stations.
The shortest song on it is a little over 5 minutes in length."
Thats debateable but I do see where you're coming from. Tracks like All Nightmare Long and My Apocalypse etc are not really very radio friendly. I think the first single is though regardless of its length. However I do agree with you. I wouldnt say that Load and Reload were intentionally targeted towards the mainstream audience but I wouldn't deny it either. As you say, no one knows but the band themselves. The new one is too long MOP-esque to be overly radio friendly.
And by the way I'm not suggesting that your views are wrong. I dont deny a band the right to take that approach should they wish but thats where I consider the term 'sell out' to be valid - when an artist writes music with intent to satisfy what they see as the needs of the audience, what their audience WANTS them to sound like for the purpose of making money.
Thats why I usually hate the term 'sell out'. Its often used incorrectly (in my opinion) to describe a successful band.
Alot of bands make music that gets embraced by such a large audience and sells so many millions units purely by chance ie that was never the intention. If i were in a position to make music I'd write whatever I wanted to write and how commercially successful it became would be almost irrelevant.
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