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The down-tuned nu metal sound is simply absurd. The strings are down so low they are virtually hanging off the neck, leaving a woolly, indistinct barrage of black noise. QUIT TRYING TO BE SOMEONE. Only kick ass rock like Motley Crue's which the entire Dr. Feelgood set was tuned down to D for added power.
Samples, DJs, scratching, and all that lameness: Please! Is it rock or dance? Aside from the sheer lack of creativity involved in samples, the whole vibe of rock 'n' roll with its jamming and unpredictability is removed in a sea of computer-generated mechanical perfection. And while DJ-ing may be quite a skill (debate that elsewhere), to class DJs as musicians is pretty laughable. Anyway, all that stuff is just nauseating. AND their use of loops is simply down to bad musicianship. Losers.
Stupidity: If you asked me to describe any nu metal band in ten words, intelligent would not be one of them. Not would it be if you gave me 1000 words. This manifests itself in the lyrics, where Durst et al, too dense to think of anything to actually say, simply swear for four minutes in a time in a bid to persuade us that they are hard. It's not working, mate.
Melody vs. rap: One problem with guitars tuned sub-sonically low… no one can sing over them. Besides which, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park and co. couldn't carry, let alone write, a tune to save their lives. So instead they rap, all very well except that rap depends on a) clever lyrics and b) diverse instrumentation. So with the same beat and essentially same feel, structure, and sound to every song, it is fair to say that all nu metal is in fact one song.
Lack of stage presence: It always startles me how much the members of Stain'd have in common with The Thunderbirds in their on stage movements.
Manufactured: Rock & roll is about rebellion. It is about independence, freedom, and attitude. So a band that is controlled, nay, manufactured by the record company is surely against the spirit of rock & roll. Indeed, it is not unfair to point out that manufactured rock & roll is an oxymoron -- a CONTRADICTION IN TERMS. In other words, these complete idiots posing as rock & rollers are puppets to the industry, simply a cynical, money-making scam which the record companies create and we are supposed to follow like sheep. Then MTV play them relentlessly, selecting the bands that suit the MTV, politically-correct, plastic and unthreatening (to them) way, at the same time rejecting other artists putting out quality product… the record companies and MTV work together to tell you what to listen to. Are you going to let them do that?
FIBI (For Idiots By Idiots): No real comment necessary here (but here's one anyway) ever noticed the lame audiences nu metal attracts? And the way they dress
Nu Metal blows. Slipknot is one of them.
No, 13 masked jackasses who scream shit, from podunk Iowa aren't cool.
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A once legitimate musical movement incorporating bands such as Deftones and System of a Down, now sadly hijacked by corporate wank. Frequently confused with Whinge Rock.
"Do you listen to Nu Metal?"
"Well I used to, but now that seems to mean manufactured arse fudge like Linkin Park, so now I'm not sure what I listen to."
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A made up genre from people you just cant except that slipknot and mudvayne are metal.
fag 1:You idiot thats not nu metal! Its nu grincore metal. fag 2: NO its thrash nu grindcore metal.
Just leave it as metal from no on cause basically its all the same
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Crappy/shitty version of any other kind of Metal. Thrash/Black/and Death Metal is much better than Nu-Metal. NU-Metal is for posers
Nu-Metal : Slipknot
Metal: Slayer
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Todays answer to yesterdays metal
NU METAL is much better than metallica because the times have changed and people want something new. its human nature
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A newer type of "heavy" music that is not really metal for a large number of reasons
1. Metal has always been associated with wild solos, musical proficiencey, TALENT, etc. Nu metal lacks in this regard
2.People who listen to this are usually fat and ugly teens and are therefore depressed. You know how people cut themselves to "relive pain?" Thats what they must be doing mutilating themselves with horrible music.
3. however, many people think all teens are into this shit; I am a teen, but i am thin and sexy, and am also amazingly good at the guitar. I listen to real metal- Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Metallica, Priest, Manowar, etc.
4. Not all new bands are Nu Metal (and consequencially crappy) ie. Children of Bodom who totally rule because.... They have talent!!!
Everyone who defends Nu-Metal has nothing in life to hold on to anymore, and therefore are attracted to fellow lowlifes that are Nu-Metal bands.
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Well it all started when Anthrax teamed with Public Enemy with there song Bring the Noize in my opinion started the nu metal genre. Its a combination of rap and metal, probably not a very good idea from what I read. It may not be real metal, but it's better than regular rap, with guitars. Not a fan of it, but a few bands I don't have a problem with, Slipknot, Disturded, System of a down, Kittie. They may not be metal in you opinion, but there are talented.
Slipknot
Korn (My Least Favorite)
Limp Bizkit (My Least Favorite)
Race Against the Machine
Don't even say Linkin Part is nu metal, don't even call em tru metal.
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