Pop metal is a catch all term alongside traditional metal, extreme metal and dark metal, each reflecting part of the collective worldwide metal movement. The term is used to reference bands within the heavy metal music subgenres that perform more accessable forms of metal, most notably nu metal, glam metal and metalcore, due to the heavy usage of techniques used in pop music that permeate bands within these genres.
Similarly, metal bands who do well comercially or move away from the genre they debuted in to more popular or commercial genres are often referred to as pop metal, due to their heightened status or what some believe to be an attempt at ''selling out''.. .
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