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A weak genre of music that's not at all technical or challenging to play. It consists of dressing up in boiler suits and masks and playing one fingered downtuned powerchords constantly, as Nu Metal groups are unable to play decent leads or solos.
See also: mallcore,shitknot,newb metal
Lamer: "Mudvayne is the heaviest shit evaqua!!!111oneoneone"
Dave: "I don't know about the heavy part, but they sure are shit."
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A target of many stuck-up metal purists who claim the only good music was invented 10-20 years before their time. Seen as illegimate, fake, and popular with mall-core kids. Made it's first debut in early '90s with bands such as Deftones and Korn, then later re-established by newer bands such as System of a Down, Disturbed, Limp Bizkit, etc. Often referred to as "aggro-rock" by offended metal fans who have nothing more to do than insult newer, defining artists in a later and more evolved version of their precious genre.
"Fuckin' kids, go listen to some real metal like Pantera and Meshuggah and such, who will never be able to renew the uniform genre of today's pissy conformists."
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One huge reason why today's music is turned rotten to the point of decay.
Weirldly enough, this "music" shares alot of simularies to 70s/80sglam rock and hair metal:
- They are completely mainstream. It takes barely any challenge at all to hit the Billboard. They both use their lack of real talent to
- Annoying vocals. Glam had the ear-spliting torture of yelling and the mediocrity of singing sorrowfully from feminine men while nu metal "artists" do a horrible impression of rapping or use the same method of screaming like their 80s counterpart.
- Lyrics are as deep and complex as a horizontal line. Rather than explaining, listen and find out yourself on how fucking weak the lyrics are- no real meaning, no real work, no real depth; just used to get shitloads of cash and women.
- Completely hated by metal fans so it'll stay far and away from their scene. (Indie Artist for the win!!!)
- They are both fads, FADS. It's just happens that glam was like a nucleur radiation-sensitive bug while nu metal is big, fucking cockroach.
The only contrasts are that:
- Glam/Hair = sex and love; Nu = angst and pity
- Glam/Hair = transvestitial men; Nu = metal noobies and wannabe rappers
- Glam/Hair = making their names to look cute; Nu = misspelling their names in order to look cool
FUCK nu metal and their marketing scheme, why give away money on a highly taled about yet a shitty album so it can be shoved up into the asses of MTV, RIAA and that said nu metal "band"?
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A genre of accelerated alternative rock that takes influence from such well known metal acts as Pantera, Metallica Slayer, Anthrax, etc. as well as groove, rap, hip hop or even industrial music. These bands are often lumped in with metalcore bands because they are both mainstream and both utilize playing styles such as using breakdowns.
Nu-metal bands include but are not limited to:
Slipknot(from Iowa not the original Thrash band)
System of a Down
Tool
Distrubed
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1)The resulting hybrid of proper old metal bands and contempory talentless losers. The ability to sing or play instruments well is not considered to be an important issue, so long as the frontman (usually a man) can scream loudly and wear halloween masks on stage (most likey as they are ashamed to show their faces because they know their 'music' stinks). The bands themselves are also aware that they lack lyrical talent, and so scream inaudiable words in the hope that no one actually hears their pretentious ramblings regarding suicide and hating the world.
2)Such bands tend to attract an array of 'rebellious' youth, aging between 8 and 15. However, Nu Metal can also be listened to by older people, who sadly failed to outgrow it. Nu Metal tends to be a phase in a person's life that will come to an abrupt end, when it is discovered that ones parents are no longer shocked by its irratingly pretentious content, and/or it is no longer considered 'cool' amongst ones peers.
NU METAL BAND: "FUCK YOU, I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU ALL! SLIT MY WRISTS AND THEN SLIT YOUR FUCKING THROAT NEXT! I FUCKING HATE THE WORLD!! *screams*
NU METAL KID: "this is fucking great innit!"
ME: "no"...*pulls out revolver*... BANG!
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Nu metal is the logical evolution of the metal of the 80's. It is just the classicfication for those groups who couldn't decide between the Backstreet Boys and Metallica so they created a bastardized version of both.
That having been said, nu metal is the logical progression of music, that all those products of the 80's and regressionists out their like to scapegoat because, let's face it, Twisted Sister and Iron Maiden went the way of the dodo and they're still pissed. Here's a newsflash: Alice is gone and Slipknot is here. I don't care if you like it, but deal with it. Go into a dark room, put on your Stryper and leave the people who want to move on with their musical lives alone.
Here's another thought for you, the Eagles fans hated it when Metallica came around. They said it was a perversion of their music. You're just a natural repeat of a needless anger.
Nu metal may not be old metal, but it is here to stay. Move on with your life.
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