Why such controversy on Nu Metal?

Unknown Soldier · 02-01-2013, 03:45 PM

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but too melodic and different from metal.

If you think Nu metal is melodic then I do sympathize with your ears. I guess you don't know metal that well, as to call Nu metal more melodic than other types of metal just demonstrates this.

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Maybe calling it Nu Rock would be better... maybe.

It already tarnishes the good name of metal, let's spare rock from a similiar fate.

MyName · 02-01-2013, 05:22 PM

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If you think Nu metal is melodic then I do sympathize with your ears. I guess you don't know metal that well, as to call Nu metal more melodic than other types of metal just demonstrates this.

It already tarnishes the good name of metal, let's spare rock from a similiar fate.

Yeah, totally. This is so melodic.
Cannibal Corpse - "Make Them Suffer" Metal Blade Records - YouTube

Not all other types of metal but when people say metal they mean heavy/death/trash/black. Which is in most cases bad IMO. I don't mind progressive or sludge metal f.e.

Good name? Metal got a good name? Most people associate metal with low IQ, bad hygiene, neanderthal behavior and thinking, violence towards women, long feminine hair and leather pants, bad physical condition and alcohol.

Crinn · 02-01-2013, 06:00 PM

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Not all other types of metal but when people say metal they mean heavy/death/trash/black.

Now that's a load of crap if I ever saw one haha

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Good name? Metal got a good name? Most people associate metal with low IQ, bad hygiene, neanderthal behavior and thinking, violence towards women, long feminine hair and leather pants, bad physical condition and alcohol.

This just further confirms my accusation that you are, in fact, an idiot.

The Batlord · 02-02-2013, 08:39 AM

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Not enough rapping for hip-hop fans and too much of hip-hop rhythm for rock/metal fans it is only appreciated by few open minded people intelligent enough to comprehend its greatness and value it.

It's not about the presence of rapping, it's that so much of the rapping in nu metal is no better than ICP's rapping.

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Hip Hop and Metal kind of remind me of Romeo and Juliet. They're perfect together, yet their families can't stand each other because of most stupid, senseless reasons. Difference is, Nu Metal lives forever.

What on earth are you talking about? This isn't 1990. There is plenty of crossover these days.

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Good name? Metal got a good name? Most people associate metal with low IQ, bad hygiene, neanderthal behavior and thinking, violence towards women, long feminine hair and leather pants, bad physical condition and alcohol.

Low IQ? Neanderthal behavior and thinking? You mean like people who make ignorant, sweeping generalizations about entire groups of people?

And tell the Vikings that long hair is feminine.

Crinn · 02-01-2013, 05:56 PM

I don't see a problem with nu metal. There are a few that are horrific (Limp Bizkit, etc.). But I mean...I'm a black metal guy, and there are nu metal bands that I LOVE like Korn, Godsmack, Hellyeah, Mudvayne, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Slipknot, Otep, Deftones, etc. and others that I like to listen to every once in awhile like Drowning Pool, Disturbed, Linkin Park, Saliva, Sevendust, and the first two Five Finger Death Punch records.

The fact that it's the most successful metal genre so far in terms of fans and sales that piss off the underground metalheads, which in my opinion is pretty damn pathetic.

Musicfanatic · 02-01-2013, 10:25 PM

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... there are nu metal bands that I LOVE like Korn, Godsmack...

Godsmack are Nu--Metal?

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 02-01-2013, 06:29 PM

There's nothing that particularly wrong with Nu metal. Personally I really like S.O.A.D and Korn's albums Issues and Life is Peachy. I used to listen to a lot of Nu metal growing up. But now if I listen to it, a lot of it sound comical to me.

Unrelenting · 02-01-2013, 09:18 PM

I still like some Nu Metal, whether or not that is nostalgia from my High School Years is beyond me.

Mushroomhead - Solitaire Unraveling - YouTube

I used to listen to Slipknot and Korn, but the overbearing angst just doesn't do it for me now that I'm in my twenties and everything isn't the end of the world, but Mushroomhead still does it for me. If I'm in a Nu Metal sort of mood, that's what I reach for first.

Clutch · 02-01-2013, 10:03 PM

Mushroomhead is an interesting band that I too still listen from the Nu-Metal fanboy faze i had. But as a whole (and as many people have said before) the Nu-Metal fanbase only listens to Nu-Metal so they become over-protective of it.

~~Whiskey~~ · 02-01-2013, 10:40 PM

Guys see this song?

Korn - Word Up - YouTube

Thats the only catchy song by Korn I can think of. Korn sure lacks catchiness other than this. ACtually this song is more Funk metal though. Awesome genre by the way guys. Rare to find,b ut awesome.

02-01-2013, 05:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
Crinn Legalize Homicide Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 95	I don't see a problem with nu metal. There are a few that are horrific (Limp Bizkit, etc.). But I mean...I'm a black metal guy, and there are nu metal bands that I LOVE like Korn, Godsmack, Hellyeah, Mudvayne, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Slipknot, Otep, Deftones, etc. and others that I like to listen to every once in awhile like Drowning Pool, Disturbed, Linkin Park, Saliva, Sevendust, and the first two Five Finger Death Punch records. The fact that it's the most successful metal genre so far in terms of fans and sales that piss off the underground metalheads, which in my opinion is pretty damn pathetic. __________________ "Your God died on a cross. Mine holds a hammer in his hand. Make your own conclusions." - Nergal (Behemoth) http://www.nylon-ice.blogspot.com

02-01-2013, 06:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,775	There's nothing that particularly wrong with Nu metal. Personally I really like S.O.A.D and Korn's albums Issues and Life is Peachy. I used to listen to a lot of Nu metal growing up. But now if I listen to it, a lot of it sound comical to me. __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots

02-01-2013, 09:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
Unrelenting True to username Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,100	I still like some Nu Metal, whether or not that is nostalgia from my High School Years is beyond me. Mushroomhead - Solitaire Unraveling - YouTube I used to listen to Slipknot and Korn, but the overbearing angst just doesn't do it for me now that I'm in my twenties and everything isn't the end of the world, but Mushroomhead still does it for me. If I'm in a Nu Metal sort of mood, that's what I reach for first. __________________ My lastfm

02-01-2013, 10:03 PM	#9 (permalink)
Clutch Groupie Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Morristown, NJ Posts: 9	Mushroomhead is an interesting band that I too still listen from the Nu-Metal fanboy faze i had. But as a whole (and as many people have said before) the Nu-Metal fanbase only listens to Nu-Metal so they become over-protective of it.

02-01-2013, 10:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
~~Whiskey~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Israel Posts: 180	Guys see this song? Korn - Word Up - YouTube Thats the only catchy song by Korn I can think of. Korn sure lacks catchiness other than this. ACtually this song is more Funk metal though. Awesome genre by the way guys. Rare to find,b ut awesome.