Pop music and your opinion about it.

An interesting topic has come up...

it's not just about sticking to the popular ones (pop metal? well, no thanks)

Well, I wouldn't say that. Out of what you listed, only Knights and After Forever could be considered that (and even the latter, with a stretch). Although I consider myself a fan of symphonic/power/gothic metal, I haven't heard half of these bands (Kerion, etc.), not even the songs, let alone the names :eek: (by the way, I need to listen to them).
For me personally, among the "not-so-heavy" metal bands, Blind Guardian (speed/power/progressive), Sonata Arctica (power/progressive), Rhapsody (sympho power), Epica (sympho/power/gothic) are at the forefront. They are considered quite well-known, but before I started listening to, for example, Blind Guardian, few of my acquaintances knew about their existence.

And anyone who calls Melnitsa pop is clueless about music.

It's not surprising. Rock, even though it causes disagreements, everyone will always agree on one thing - it's not irritating! That's what ROCK is! :D But with pop, things don't work out. Sometimes you can't even understand what they're singing about, and as for the playing...:smile18: That's what pop is!:D

And I completely agree with that :smile20: