boring, heavy music, usually without a solo, always without talent. Sometimes with rap or hip-hop or pop mixed in. music for immature people
by Anonymous August 20, 2003
A sub-genre of metal that most posers will insult in a desperate attempt to sound cool or gain approval, often back-firing and making the aforementioned posers look like a whining child.
by chat tell you August 17, 2005
The down-tuned nu metal sound is simply absurd. The strings are down so low they are virtually hanging off the neck, leaving a woolly, indistinct barrage of black noise. QUIT TRYING TO BE SOMEONE. Only kick ass rock like Motley Crue's which the entire Dr. Feelgood set was tuned down to D for added power.
Samples, DJs, scratching, and all that lameness: Please! Is it rock or dance? Aside from the sheer lack of creativity involved in samples, the whole vibe of rock 'n' roll with its jamming and unpredictability is removed in a sea of computer-generated mechanical perfection. And while DJ-ing may be quite a skill (debate that elsewhere), to class DJs as musicians is pretty laughable. Anyway, all that stuff is just nauseating. AND their use of loops is simply down to bad musicianship. Losers.
Stupidity: If you asked me to describe any nu metal band in ten words, intelligent would not be one of them. Not would it be if you gave me 1000 words. This manifests itself in the lyrics, where Durst et al, too dense to think of anything to actually say, simply swear for four minutes in a time in a bid to persuade us that they are hard. It's not working, mate.
Melody vs. rap: One problem with guitars tuned sub-sonically low… no one can sing over them. Besides which, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park and co. couldn't carry, let alone write, a tune to save their lives. So instead they rap, all very well except that rap depends on a) clever lyrics and b) diverse instrumentation. So with the same beat and essentially same feel, structure, and sound to every song, it is fair to say that all nu metal is in fact one song.
Lack of stage presence: It always startles me how much the members of Stain'd have in common with The Thunderbirds in their on stage movements.
Manufactured: Rock & roll is about rebellion. It is about independence, freedom, and attitude. So a band that is controlled, nay, manufactured by the record company is surely against the spirit of rock & roll. Indeed, it is not unfair to point out that manufactured rock & roll is an oxymoron -- a CONTRADICTION IN TERMS. In other words, these complete idiots posing as rock & rollers are puppets to the industry, simply a cynical, money-making scam which the record companies create and we are supposed to follow like sheep. Then MTV play them relentlessly, selecting the bands that suit the MTV, politically-correct, plastic and unthreatening (to them) way, at the same time rejecting other artists putting out quality product… the record companies and MTV work together to tell you what to listen to. Are you going to let them do that?
FIBI (For Idiots By Idiots): No real comment necessary here (but here's one anyway) ever noticed the lame audiences nu metal attracts? And the way they dress
Samples, DJs, scratching, and all that lameness: Please! Is it rock or dance? Aside from the sheer lack of creativity involved in samples, the whole vibe of rock 'n' roll with its jamming and unpredictability is removed in a sea of computer-generated mechanical perfection. And while DJ-ing may be quite a skill (debate that elsewhere), to class DJs as musicians is pretty laughable. Anyway, all that stuff is just nauseating. AND their use of loops is simply down to bad musicianship. Losers.
Stupidity: If you asked me to describe any nu metal band in ten words, intelligent would not be one of them. Not would it be if you gave me 1000 words. This manifests itself in the lyrics, where Durst et al, too dense to think of anything to actually say, simply swear for four minutes in a time in a bid to persuade us that they are hard. It's not working, mate.
Melody vs. rap: One problem with guitars tuned sub-sonically low… no one can sing over them. Besides which, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park and co. couldn't carry, let alone write, a tune to save their lives. So instead they rap, all very well except that rap depends on a) clever lyrics and b) diverse instrumentation. So with the same beat and essentially same feel, structure, and sound to every song, it is fair to say that all nu metal is in fact one song.
Lack of stage presence: It always startles me how much the members of Stain'd have in common with The Thunderbirds in their on stage movements.
Manufactured: Rock & roll is about rebellion. It is about independence, freedom, and attitude. So a band that is controlled, nay, manufactured by the record company is surely against the spirit of rock & roll. Indeed, it is not unfair to point out that manufactured rock & roll is an oxymoron -- a CONTRADICTION IN TERMS. In other words, these complete idiots posing as rock & rollers are puppets to the industry, simply a cynical, money-making scam which the record companies create and we are supposed to follow like sheep. Then MTV play them relentlessly, selecting the bands that suit the MTV, politically-correct, plastic and unthreatening (to them) way, at the same time rejecting other artists putting out quality product… the record companies and MTV work together to tell you what to listen to. Are you going to let them do that?
FIBI (For Idiots By Idiots): No real comment necessary here (but here's one anyway) ever noticed the lame audiences nu metal attracts? And the way they dress
Nu Metal blows. Slipknot is one of them.
No, 13 masked jackasses who scream shit, from podunk Iowa aren't cool.
No, 13 masked jackasses who scream shit, from podunk Iowa aren't cool.
by Spartans! December 02, 2004
1. Korn, slipknot, couple examples of cumwadded music
2.
Nu-metal-wanna-be-poser-dick: I IS A GOTH KORN IS BLACK METAL IM EVIL I WORSHIP SATAN!
Some dude: Shut the fuck up mother fucker or ill wrap you around my cock and fuck an elephant
2.
Nu-metal-wanna-be-poser-dick: I IS A GOTH KORN IS BLACK METAL IM EVIL I WORSHIP SATAN!
Some dude: Shut the fuck up mother fucker or ill wrap you around my cock and fuck an elephant
by Alex March 22, 2004
A once legitimate musical movement incorporating bands such as Deftones and System of a Down, now sadly hijacked by corporate wank. Frequently confused with Whinge Rock.
"Do you listen to Nu Metal?"
"Well I used to, but now that seems to mean manufactured arse fudge like Linkin Park, so now I'm not sure what I listen to."
"Well I used to, but now that seems to mean manufactured arse fudge like Linkin Park, so now I'm not sure what I listen to."
by Captain McDosy September 11, 2003
I listen to all the other good metal stuff like metallica megadeth motorhead black sabbath etc but i still think some nu-metal bands are great such as korn and system of a down if u can call them nu-metal and evry1 hoo hates nu-metal koz evry1 else does reeli needs to get a life n make their own choices based on what they think is good n not what others think is good. Just so some of u dumbarses can understand the "nu-metal" bands didnt name the genre themselves and aren't claiming to be lyk "classic" metal at all. I think bands would rather think as themselves as unique and original without being stuck into groups such as punk emo and nu-metal which helps listeners to find music thats similar to their own tastes.
But i have to agree linkin park and limp bizkit and most other nu-metal bands r shit. If you don't lyk the whining in the songs ignore it. How many people listen to a song and listen intently to the lyrics to make sure they r good lyrics with a meaning before they lyk them? Its about the music n if u lyk it.
Hey by the way the person tht sed about iron maiden...they were supported by funeral for a friend (a nu-metal/emo band)
But i have to agree linkin park and limp bizkit and most other nu-metal bands r shit. If you don't lyk the whining in the songs ignore it. How many people listen to a song and listen intently to the lyrics to make sure they r good lyrics with a meaning before they lyk them? Its about the music n if u lyk it.
Hey by the way the person tht sed about iron maiden...they were supported by funeral for a friend (a nu-metal/emo band)
Someone who likes korn: Hey dude listen to this.
"Metal head":wow thts reel cool wht is it?
The korn person: Korn
"Metal Head": Oh rnt they nu-metal
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The korn person: Yeh so...they kick
"Metal Head": I dont lyk them
"Metal head":wow thts reel cool wht is it?
The korn person: Korn
"Metal Head": Oh rnt they nu-metal
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The korn person: Yeh so...they kick
"Metal Head": I dont lyk them
by PHAL December 13, 2004
fag 1:You idiot thats not nu metal! Its nu grincore metal. fag 2: NO its thrash nu grindcore metal.
Just leave it as metal from no on cause basically its all the same
Just leave it as metal from no on cause basically its all the same
by bob February 27, 2005