First of, this is not bait or a shitpost. This post is actually a post about why I, as a metalhead, believe metal, particularly the extreme metal subgenres, should NOT become mainstream. There is one thing you should keep in mind while reading this, which is that music, no matter how simple, boring, or stupid it is to you personally, is a form of art. Now on to the point of this post. The reasoning behind this isn't very complicated. The reason being, the mainstream is used to having their music be simple, in almost every way. Simple chord progressions, simple lyrics, etc. Song lengths tend to be ariund three to three and a half minutes. Compare that to metal, which often uses umcommon and/or complicated chord structures, song lyrics tend to be meaningful, and the song lengths are usually around five to six minutes, with outliers in both directions. This makes metal a more extreme form of art than what the mainstream is used to. You can probably see the conflict here. This means in order for metal to be mainstream, either the mainstream or metal as an entire genre to change. And don't think the mainstream would be willing to change. This would mean metal would have to be simplified, and that means losing the point of metal. I'm not attempting to bash the mainstream, either. This is just what I've personally noticed, and after some thought, the conclusion I've come to. I'm interested in hearing what the opions of Offtopic are on this.