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Sorry, can't let that pass without a thumbs down

(08-19-2023, 06:15 PM)samhain Wrote: I like metal.  Classic, thrash, even progressive to a large extent.  Nu Metal just sucks.  Nu Metal is to metal what Insane Clown Posse is to rap.

Nu Metal is NOT metal, nor has it ever claimed to be: it is a label that using metal heads have used to discredit the genre since it became a thing.

Nu Metal is a branch of Alternative, always has been, always will be:

- no solos
- extra strings on guitars and basses
- themes of abuse, relationship struggles, acceptance, in the lyrics
- infusion of rap-style singing and lyrics form
- a complete alternative to mainstream music and culture (which is ironic, as it became THE mainstream genre for a few years, ultimately a root cause of why it was hated).

All of those elements are so ANTI-metal, it's ridiculous lol.

Anyways, time has been kinder to the genre than it was received in 2003, after it had been around for 5-6 years and it isn't cool anymore, nor is it perceived in good musical taste (as people such as Sam Rivers, Jon Otto, David Silveria, James Schaefer and more) are now reflected on as being musicians at the top of their game back then and currently) , to shit on Nu Metal anymore.

So yeah, once one comes to the realisation that it isn't and never was, "metal," it puts things into perspective.