Originally Posted by Salami

Muse disappoint me really. On the one hand, their music is on a basic level a tendency towards metal, but on the other hand they want to get themselves a popular audience. The trouble then appears to be that they are in the words of a wise man "too pussy to be metal and too metal to be cool".

However this isn't entirely fair: no one can deny they've had quite impressive commercial success and their music is itself unique - it's just every album appears to be a more synthesised version of the last.