Little known fact: a great metal album absolutely must have one to two popish, made-for-radio songs.
If not, it can only aspire to be very good.
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Would Silent Waters be a better album without the title track?
It would certainly have a higher average song quality.
But would it be a GOAT? Probably not.
Does this logic make any sense? No.
But is it correct, true, indisputable? Yes.