MicShazam

I don't really hate nu-metal as such, but it's mostly not all that interesting musically. I think that the most salvageable element of nu-metal from that time is this commonly polished, but also very beefy and full sounding production style.

This song specifically: Some of the riffs could have been good, but they're just not quite there. Worst of all is really just that sorry excuse for a hook in the chorus. Like most nu-metal, I find it inoffensive but a bit dull. The aforementioned heavy, groovy sound is the only thing that really does much for me here.

This is in "album-I-need-to-own" territory. Very. ****ing. Good. Thanks for pointing me in this direction!

This might not make a lot of sense to you, but it strikes me as a lot in style with music from Japan. There's so much jazzy video game music that I've heard over the years that sounds much like this, so I'm curious about the origins of this particular style of jazz (as I'm assuming it's at least partially jazz).

Epilogue:

A few seconds in and I can already tell that the music is going to be good. I'm slowly getting into the vocals too. She reminds me a bit of some artists whose pop albums I don't like at all, but it's really only a question of listening to this enough that I stop making those connections in my mind. I am very much hoping that it won't be one of those cases where an artist has one or two interesting songs, and then some more "normal" sounding music filling out the rest of the discography. I guess my worry comes from 1) how she reminds me of certain pop singers and 2) how this sounds a bit R&B at times.

On to the second track. Crossing my fingers!

Ride the Lightning:
Allright, a more bluesy vibe. She shows some vocal versatility here. Yeah, this is not bad. I could get into this, but I will need to return to both songs a few times to see if it grows on me. Both tracks are quite promising. Good one, DWV.

Allright, now that I've caught up to all the stuff in between, it's finnally time for this one.

Before I press play, I can say that I always enjoy checking out metal where I can't really figure out the genre based on the cover artwork. To me, that promises a chance of something musically inventive, so I tend to get my hopes up based on non-standard artwork.

A minute in, I'm thinking Sentenced. Gothy, a bit thrashy, a bit of groove... My problem with Sentenced is how the vocalist is waaaayy overdoing it. This band here is immediately way nicer in terms of vocals. I think I could get into this. Pretty good stuff and it doesn't immediately sound like any one other band that I can think of. The Sentenced comparison is only partially appropriate.