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Paramore shook up their pop-metal repertoire last year with The Only Exception, a blubbery ballad about wuv.
Glee is back but which song will be the new Don't Stop Believing? 2011
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The buzz: "For rock fans awaiting the return of seriously rocking pop-metal, THIS is it" – All Music Guide.
Orianthi (No 818) 2010
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Within the critical circles I inhabit and certainly within the critical circles I do not, it has become common to hear people argue that In Utero is superior to Nevermind and that the pop-metal sheen on songs like “On a Plain” and “Lithium” made the earlier effort seem craven and clinical.
Chuck Klosterman on Rock Chuck Klosterman 2010
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Within the critical circles I inhabit and certainly within the critical circles I do not, it has become common to hear people argue that In Utero is superior to Nevermind and that the pop-metal sheen on songs like “On a Plain” and “Lithium” made the earlier effort seem craven and clinical.
Oh, the Guilt Chuck Klosterman 2009
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Within the critical circles I inhabit and certainly within the critical circles I do not, it has become common to hear people argue that In Utero is superior to Nevermind and that the pop-metal sheen on songs like “On a Plain” and “Lithium” made the earlier effort seem craven and clinical.
Oh, the Guilt Chuck Klosterman 2009
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LEV Unlike Dylan, as far as I know, T.D.O.T.H.T. mostly do pop-metal songs about the works of H. P. Lovecraft.
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The first Twilight installment sold 3.5 million copies, but that version was stocked with a more bankable mix of pop-metal and emo.
Bear Chasers 2009
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Within the critical circles I inhabit and certainly within the critical circles I do not, it has become common to hear people argue that In Utero is superior to Nevermind and that the pop-metal sheen on songs like “On a Plain” and “Lithium” made the earlier effort seem craven and clinical.
Eating the Dinosaur Chuck Klosterman 2009
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LEV Unlike Dylan, as far as I know, T.D.O.T.H.T. mostly do pop-metal songs about the works of H. P. Lovecraft.
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Grunge, with its more internal intimate scenes, swept out the bombastic pop-metal sound.
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