So, define metal. By define I mean a definition that everybody would agree with. Can't do it? You know that almost everyone has a different idea of what metal 'really' is and what it should sound like. To my mind nu-metal bands like Korn and Slipknot are as metal as Metallica or Slayer. Sure they are different but isn't different a good thing? Without change we'd all be listening to Jimi Hendrix or Deep Purple and thinking they were 'really heavy'! And the Emo tag? Doesn't it mean emotion? (Isn't it therefore a completely meaningless tag? Barry White was emotional!) But the bands who are given that tag like Finch or Funeral For A Friend can play good, hard hitting music. It isn't punk. It isn't rock. I'd call it metal. (BTW, I really don't consider bands like Limp Bizkit and their ilk to be metal, whoever lumped them into the nu-metal genre was obviously a closet boyzone fan!)
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