Nu Metal (music video, rock, genre, albums, Linkin Park)

fez212 · 04-13-2009, 03:27 PM

Before anyone asks bands that are considered nu metal are Linkin Park, Slipknot, Disturbed, System of a Down, and Korn. These of course aren't the only ones. So what are your opinions on it? What are your favorite nu metal bands? If you don't like it why don't you? What do you think the future of it is? Or should it even be its own genre of music? Give your opinions.

Zer0 · 04-13-2009, 03:48 PM

It all seems pretty embarrasing when i look back it, but i still feel very nostalic all the same. When i was around 14 and 15 i used to be clad in SOAD hoodie and baggy jeans thinking i was the biz, skateboarding and watching nu-metal music videos on Kerrang! TV lol, i've changed a lot since then obviously. Nu-metal is long dead now on this side of the pond, it was just passing trend at the end of the 90's and start of the 00's so it has no future unless we see a revival in another 10 years time (hopefully not).

The only nu-metal band i can bear to listen to anymore is Deftones, the rest just seem like **** now.

crash_override · 04-13-2009, 03:50 PM

Ugh, I was in middle school when Korn and Limp Bizkit or how ever you spell it were popular, and I listened to some of it. I'm just glad it's over.

**Janszoon** · 04-13-2009, 03:56 PM

It was really popular right at the end of college and right after college for me and by and large I thought it was just cheesy teenage butt-rock. There were occasional nu-metal songs that I liked but over all I think it paled in comparison to the music it was derivative of and was kind of a musical dead-end for metal. I'm so happy that metal has moved on and become so much better in the past few years.

Zer0 · 04-13-2009, 03:56 PM

I never really got into Korn, probably cos i wanted to avoid the 'Korn Freak' tag. But i do admit that i had Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Favoured Water album, which i have now long parted with. Limp Bizkit just seem awful when i look back on them. I also had some early Papa Roach albums.

**Janszoon** · 04-13-2009, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero1986

I never really got into Korn, probably cos i wanted to avoid the 'Korn Freak' tag. But i do admit that i had Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Favoured Water album, which i have now long parted with. Limp Bizkit just seem awful when i look back on them. I also had some early Papa Roach albums.

I have Infest by Papa Roach. I always thought it was one of the better nu-metal albums.

jackhammer · 04-13-2009, 04:11 PM

To me nu Metal started far earlier but it just wasn't termed that way. Mordred were the first Metal band to have a sixth member on turntables. This was way back in 1991 with the album 'In This Life'. Way ahead of it's time but fans just weren't ready for it. Senser's debut came out the same time as RATM's debut and got lost in the wasteland too which is a shame as the beats on that album- although dated were again way before the late 90's explosion.

Zer0 · 04-13-2009, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I have Infest by Papa Roach. I always thought it was one of the better nu-metal albums.

Yeah i used to listen to that quite a lot. I used to listen to SOAD's s/t and Toxicity albums the whole time, they were my fav nu-metal band at the time. I used to love Deftones' White Pony album aswell, i still give it a spin on the rare occasion.

crash_override · 04-13-2009, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero1986

Yeah i used to listen to that quite a lot. I used to listen to SOAD's s/t and Toxicity albums the whole time, they were my fav nu-metal band at the time. I used to love Deftones' White Pony album aswell, i still give it a spin on the rare occasion.

You really group deftones in w/ nu metal?

jackhammer · 04-13-2009, 04:17 PM

This is Mordred. Nearly ten years before Linkin Park (1991). This album is a lost classic.

04-13-2009, 03:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
fez212 Groupie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Williamsburg, KY Posts: 1	Nu Metal Before anyone asks bands that are considered nu metal are Linkin Park, Slipknot, Disturbed, System of a Down, and Korn. These of course aren't the only ones. So what are your opinions on it? What are your favorite nu metal bands? If you don't like it why don't you? What do you think the future of it is? Or should it even be its own genre of music? Give your opinions.

04-13-2009, 03:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	It all seems pretty embarrasing when i look back it, but i still feel very nostalic all the same. When i was around 14 and 15 i used to be clad in SOAD hoodie and baggy jeans thinking i was the biz, skateboarding and watching nu-metal music videos on Kerrang! TV lol, i've changed a lot since then obviously. Nu-metal is long dead now on this side of the pond, it was just passing trend at the end of the 90's and start of the 00's so it has no future unless we see a revival in another 10 years time (hopefully not). The only nu-metal band i can bear to listen to anymore is Deftones, the rest just seem like ** now. __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound**

04-13-2009, 03:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	It was really popular right at the end of college and right after college for me and by and large I thought it was just cheesy teenage butt-rock. There were occasional nu-metal songs that I liked but over all I think it paled in comparison to the music it was derivative of and was kind of a musical dead-end for metal. I'm so happy that metal has moved on and become so much better in the past few years. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

04-13-2009, 03:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	I never really got into Korn, probably cos i wanted to avoid the 'Korn Freak' tag. But i do admit that i had Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Favoured Water album, which i have now long parted with. Limp Bizkit just seem awful when i look back on them. I also had some early Papa Roach albums. __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound

04-13-2009, 04:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	To me nu Metal started far earlier but it just wasn't termed that way. Mordred were the first Metal band to have a sixth member on turntables. This was way back in 1991 with the album 'In This Life'. Way ahead of it's time but fans just weren't ready for it. Senser's debut came out the same time as RATM's debut and got lost in the wasteland too which is a shame as the beats on that album- although dated were again way before the late 90's explosion. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

04-13-2009, 03:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
crash_override Seemingly Silenced Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 2,312	Ugh, I was in middle school when Korn and Limp Bizkit or how ever you spell it were popular, and I listened to some of it. I'm just glad it's over.

04-13-2009, 04:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	This is Mordred. Nearly ten years before Linkin Park (1991). This album is a lost classic. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”