Albums like St. Anger-didn’t kill the artist’s career but relegated them to being “big for [their genre]”

In the St. Anger Trainwreckords, Todd says that, before St. Anger, Metallica enjoyed a level of mainstream popularity comparable to Britney Spears, Eminem, Korn, and the Backstreet Boys. Afterwards, they were “big for a metal band”.

What are some other albums that, despite not being literal career killers, relegated the artists’ popularity largely to their genres?