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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Then I guess so, but I question whether black metal is any more popular now in any real sense, since I imagine most of the new "fans" are just tourists, soon to abandon the "new" trend when they get bored. I have a hard time believing NPR or Rolling Stone are going to stay interested in black metal in the long term.
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In this way metal fans are not dissimilar to the mainstream; the interest in any particular subgenre is fleeting. Today the favored subgenre is Black Metal; tomorrow, who knows, maybe we'll see a revival of interest in Robotic Empire's output?