Nu Metal lovers!

[SenorDingDong]

To say the least, I love Nu Metal

To me it was a very fun genre, lots of different bands, very energetic, with so much passion, and unlike some popular heavy music nowadays, didn't focus on being the heaviest thing ever and didn't try to be evil, or compete for the best guitarists/hardest riffs. It was just fun. It is still among my favorite genres to this day.

So I will share some glorious-ness.













































Tons of videos I know but I Nu Metal, and these are some of my favorite bands, although I left out a ton, share some of yours!


Also please do not post here if you are just going to shit talk the genre, keep it to fans of Nu Metal, and not a troll fest please. Thanks

[Triple-J]

I absolutely hate Crazy Town but godamnit 'Drowning' is such a good song kudos for posting 'Ball Tongue' too as I really miss Korn's more avant garde weirdo moments and I think it's a shame they lost that element of their sound very early on.

[Daemoniac]

The Nu-Metal Appreciation Thread



Needless to say, I agree

[toiletstand]

always felt taproots blue sky research was a very underrated album

[SenorDingDong]

Originally Posted by Triple-J

I absolutely hate Crazy Town but godamnit 'Drowning' is such a good song kudos for posting 'Ball Tongue' too as I really miss Korn's more avant garde weirdo moments and I think it's a shame they lost that element of their sound very early on.

Yeah, they evolved a lot, and that is still me favorite album, but I love almost all of their stuff, up to Take A Look In The Mirror. As far as Crazy Train, not the best Nu Metal band, but that song is damn good like you said haha, and I own all their albums

Originally Posted by Daemoniac

The Nu-Metal Appreciation Thread



Needless to say, I agree

Haha no intentions on stepping on your toes man, just want to spread the love

But sorry for stealing your mojo

Originally Posted by tltstand

always felt taproots blue sky research was a very underrated album

It is actually in close contention for my favorite Taproot album

[linchpin]

I really never understood why its so hated... if its because its so easy to play then people seem to forget how easy it is to play a Black Sabbath song...

[BrainArt]

Originally Posted by linchpin

I really never understood why its so hated... if its because its so easy to play then people seem to forget how easy it is to play a Black Sabbath song...

One thing I want to say is that I wouldn't consider Deftones nu-metal, at all. Neither does the band. But, that's just me being the massive Deftones fanboy that I am.

[Triple7]

I love "nu-metal". But you forgot one of the most important bands.




(your list was awesome though minus a few duds (crazytown).)

[Djent]

[SenorDingDong]

Originally Posted by linchpin

I really never understood why its so hated... if its because its so easy to play then people seem to forget how easy it is to play a Black Sabbath song...

It is because it has become the 'cool' thing in heavy metal to hate anything that gains popularity and success. Basically, it is a 'I hate them because they made it, and other people tell me to hate them' mentality. Perfect example: Slipknot. They have great song writing skills, and I love their music, but most 'metal heads' hate them, for reasons boiled down to 'they aren't true metal' or 'they suck' and never beyond those reasonings.

[DrakkarTyrannis]

If it wasn't for Nu Metal I wouldn't have found my love for guitar..or metal for that matter. I owe all my main music interests to these chicks right here

[Sicarius]

Old Kittie is awesome. Talena and Fallon were the best part of that band.

There's a new Cold CD on Spotify, and that makes me pretty happy.

System of a Down, and most of the other bands here are what reminds me of growing up. .... yea nu-metal.

:/
however, I don't like Slipknot because they weren't that great imho.

[DrakkarTyrannis]

Originally Posted by Sicarius

Old Kittie is awesome. Talena and Fallon were the best part of that band.

There's a new Cold CD on Spotify, and that makes me pretty happy.

System of a Down, and most of the other bands here are what reminds me of growing up. .... yea nu-metal.

:/
however, I don't like Slipknot because they weren't that great imho.

I think they peaked with Oracle..nothing they've done since has been so good.

Since we're on the topic of nu-metal...

[Sicarius]

Originally Posted by DrakkarTyrannis

I think they peaked with Oracle..nothing they've done since has been so good.

Same. I never really got into anything after it, either.

Deadsy

[Lern2swim]

So much love. I'm really sick of the cycle amongst metal fanboys of "love the new thing, hate the new thing, love the next new thing, repeat"

It's retarded. I am really not a big fan of the term nu metal just due to the fact that, if you watch all these videos, the bands sound so different. It's not really a genre, it's simply a bunch of bands from the same time period.

[Sicarius]

I can't wait for everyone to start hating Djent.

[DrakkarTyrannis]

Originally Posted by Sicarius

I can't wait for everyone to start hating Djent.

I'm surprised people liked it in the first place...

[harkonnen8]

Pardon the quality



Pardon the lyrics

[Lern2swim]

Originally Posted by Sicarius

I can't wait for everyone to start hating Djent.

Oh, it's already going on. This site is a nice little pro-djent bubble and there's still plenty of fans, obviously. However, there's already an obvious shift toward negativity out there. I was checking out info on the new dar amps the other day and the amount of people referring to the tone as "wet farts" on various sites was hilarious.

Me, personally, I am going to enjoy what I enjoy regardless of genre. I like plenty of stuff that the metal community at large deems allowable. I also, however, listen to plenty of stuff that's not considered so cool (hell, I bought the new Limp Bizkit cd. Yes... bought). I don't think that music is something that has to be taken super seriously at all times and used for little more than building some imaginary street cred within the metal community.

When it comes to djent, I like Meshuggah but find them only listenable for short periods of time, am not really into Periphery, like bits and pieces that I hear from other bands, but am overall tired of so many bands chasing the same exact sound. Listen to the variety in the sound of the nu metal bands posted here. Now, someone throw up a bunch of videos from djent bands and take a listen.

[yidcorer]

There is more variety in NUMetal than in Djent.

[mountainjam]

Originally Posted by tltstand

always felt taproots blue sky research was a very underrated album

Originally Posted by Jstring

It is actually in close contention for my favorite Taproot album

completely agree, I thought that album was their masterpiece.

[Konfyouzd]

Big Truck in the OP...

*Single Tear*

This thread gets the Konfyouzd seal of approval.

[mountainjam]

r.i.p. the singer of 3rd strike.

[Miijk]

As the NU-metal lover I am, this is imo the best thread ever

I would like to say that it is one of the more interresting genres out there just becouse of it's lack of true rules! You can do more or less anything But well, I hate rules in music

[Triple7]

So many good tunes in this thread, cd's that I own and have totally forgotten about. Momento, 3rd Strike, Trust Company, 40 Below Summer, and so many other good lesser known "nu-metal" bands.