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**Frownland** · 05-14-2020, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

I don't think Slipknot was a groove metal band. Or that you've made a good enough case to say that I'm wrong about calling them nu metal at the very least.

They're both but lean closer to groove than nu. They don't fit cleanly under either umbrella tbh, I say we just call them extreme pop metal and call it good.

The Batlord · 05-14-2020, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

And industrial. Hip hop funk and industrial. They're a bit more extreme than most nu metal but they're still nu metal

I don't really remember industrial in any form ever being core to nu metal. I think you're full of ****.

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considered the quintessential nu metal band next to Korn.

By idiots. They're a quintessential 90s/00s alt metal band and some people just don't know what nu metal is so they throw the tag around like it's going out of style (which thankfully it has).

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

I don't think Slipknot was a groove metal band. Or that you've made a good enough case to say that I'm wrong about calling them nu metal at the very least.

The only case you've made is that you don't know what nu metal is and should stick to hip hop until you've educated yourself properly on sub-genre Nazism.

Lucem Ferre · 05-14-2020, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

They're both but lean closer to groove than nu.

Then it's just one of those stupid things where an artist can be both and there really is no reason to get all that pedantic about me calling them nu metal other than to be a twat.

I want to go back to the punk being about anger thing. I still think it's stupid and reductive to say it's a genre about being angry.

Lucem Ferre · 05-14-2020, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

The only case you've made is that you don't know what nu metal is and should stick to hip hop until you've educated yourself properly on sub-genre Nazism.

Okay but.

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I don't really remember industrial in any form ever being core to nu metal. I think you're full of ****.

So you don't know what constitutes as nu metal and are just being a **** about it to be a **** about it while I DO know what is nu metal.

I didn't argue on Rob Zombie not being nu metal. Him and Manson are just artists I associate with the genre but Slipknot is definitely nu metal.

TheBig3 · 05-14-2020, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

It's all about authenticity dude. The blues ain't real unless it's sung by a ragged old man who remembers the struggles of the reconstruction era. You just know that there's no soul involved otherwise. I need that real **** dude, the earthiest of the earth. That's why I listen to The Black Keys.

Lol'd. Won't lie.

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Hating punk like a crotchety old dude is a quintessential boomer activity.

Thinking punk is relevant enough to be on a Boomers radar is peak arrogance.

**Frownland** · 05-14-2020, 10:32 AM

Because boomers are notorious for keeping up on the latest trends

@Lucem check the edit

The Batlord · 05-14-2020, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

And they put Linkin Park in there too. You have a point with that one.

Nah, Linkin Park are like The Last Nu Metal Band. They were too far removed from the genre's roots to have any kind of, uh... authenticity and just ended up sounding like a watered down version of everything that had happened five years earlier.

But this is about as nu metal as it gets.

Lucem Ferre · 05-14-2020, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Nah, Linkin Park are like The Last Nu Metal Band. They were too far removed from the genre's roots to have any kind of, uh... authenticity and just ended up sounding like a watered down version of everything that had happened five years earlier.

But this is about as nu metal as it gets.

True enough, but they just aren't what I think of when I think nu metal. I feel they fit the alternative metal tag better than Slipknot.

**Frownland** · 05-14-2020, 10:38 AM

When pointing out how most people think of Slipknot as the definitive nu metal band, it's important to remember that they're also the definitive screamo band for most casual listeners.

Lucem Ferre · 05-14-2020, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Because boomers are notorious for keeping up on the latest trends

@Lucem check the edit

Fine extreme pop metal. Slipknot fans get really upset when you call Slipknot pop too which is extra fun.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Because boomers are notorious for keeping up on the latest trends @Lucem check the edit __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	When pointing out how most people think of Slipknot as the definitive nu metal band, it's important to remember that they're also the definitive screamo band for most casual listeners. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x