An often misdefined sub genre of metal. Nu Metal involves rapping, scratching and simple yet heavily distorted guitar work. People often mix up "Nu Metal" with "New Metal" Nu Metal is rap with guitars. New Metal is the metal that most younger metal bands are bringing out. New Metal isn't bad, its just the evolutionary path that metal has taken. Nu Metal however is close to dead, as most Nu Metal bands have either moved onto rap or progressed into New Metal
NU METAL
Limp Bizkit
Linkin Park
Korn
Staind
Lifer
NEW METAL
Disturbed
Killswitch Engage
Chimaira
Slipknot
Ill Nino
40 Below Summer
Godsmack
Drowning Pool
Limp Bizkit
Linkin Park
Korn
Staind
Lifer
NEW METAL
Disturbed
Killswitch Engage
Chimaira
Slipknot
Ill Nino
40 Below Summer
Godsmack
Drowning Pool
by trav_7 October 11, 2005
Whoever thinks they can make a new kind of metal, is wrong, Metal is defined AND ALIVE! Nu metal shouldn't even have the "METAL" tag on it, it's got NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with REAL METAL (ie. Pantera, Sepultura, 80' Metallica, Iron Maiden, Stratovarius, et cetera...!) There's a lot of NEW (I mean NEW, RECENT) True Metal band out there, which are worth intelligent people's attention; examples are: Children of Bodom, God Forbid, Norther, Youthquake, Fprce of Evil, etc.
Out with Nu Metal - it's abou money, true Metal is about music, having a good wine, fucking nice women, fun and having a laugh!
Nu Metal is for depressed teenagers and goth wannabes!
Out with Nu Metal - it's abou money, true Metal is about music, having a good wine, fucking nice women, fun and having a laugh!
Nu Metal is for depressed teenagers and goth wannabes!
by Camilo March 15, 2004
by al December 12, 2004
nu metal is a genre of music , originated from heavy metal bands like iron maiden , ACDC black sabeth , then thrash came about with bands like metallica , nu metal is a subgenre and is more sad and doomish , it was founded with bands like koRn ( which rock) these bands werent as talented as the original heavy metal bands but made a sound that people liked . some people describe slipknot as nu metal but some true metalheads that i know think difrantly and sey there true metal but they might get confused by how heavy and how corey taylor shouts but the lyrics are the things which tell or not if they are nu metal. i think slipknit are a very good band think they are nu metal because they are nu (new) and original but the sound is to the likeing of thrash and screamo rockers who will not call it nu metal...well in my school , i on the other hand like nu metal, black metal ,goth rock and the thrash an hard rock an loads shit but nu metal bands like limp bizkit some people will call gay cos dey rap and loads do but koRn are the true founders of nu metel but since there first few albums they lost popularity and got just referd as hard rock to the metal heads and metal heads started to show a liking of them but not as much as thrash and screamo.
i will admit that nu metal bands sometimes arn't as talneted as original metal bands and the morden thrash but the sound they produced was to the liking of record producers an shit , but the rapcore defeintly wasn't liked by many metal heads.
slipknot to this day to anyone who is not a fan who either hates them or just dusn't listen will only no slipknot as a metal band and will criticise metal heads and just make fun of that and call them emo shit wich is gai , but for those metalheads who have a disliking for slipknot and do refer them as nu metal shit will not like them for this point but there are more points why they don't. true metal heads might not like them because they are sad and gothic ( sometimes gothic) and will call them emo ( they don't know whAT EMO MEANS) because the original heavy metal was a heavier take on rock and it was either normal rock n rollish lyrics or devil worshiping (slightly) and vilont which they love but the dark sadness edge was not to their liking.
i will admit that nu metal bands sometimes arn't as talneted as original metal bands and the morden thrash but the sound they produced was to the liking of record producers an shit , but the rapcore defeintly wasn't liked by many metal heads.
slipknot to this day to anyone who is not a fan who either hates them or just dusn't listen will only no slipknot as a metal band and will criticise metal heads and just make fun of that and call them emo shit wich is gai , but for those metalheads who have a disliking for slipknot and do refer them as nu metal shit will not like them for this point but there are more points why they don't. true metal heads might not like them because they are sad and gothic ( sometimes gothic) and will call them emo ( they don't know whAT EMO MEANS) because the original heavy metal was a heavier take on rock and it was either normal rock n rollish lyrics or devil worshiping (slightly) and vilont which they love but the dark sadness edge was not to their liking.
by jake hussey August 13, 2008
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
NU METAL is much better than metallica because the times have changed and people want something new. its human nature
by METALZ January 19, 2008
1. Metal has always been associated with wild solos, musical proficiencey, TALENT, etc. Nu metal lacks in this regard
2.People who listen to this are usually fat and ugly teens and are therefore depressed. You know how people cut themselves to "relive pain?" Thats what they must be doing mutilating themselves with horrible music.
3. however, many people think all teens are into this shit; I am a teen, but i am thin and sexy, and am also amazingly good at the guitar. I listen to real metal- Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Metallica, Priest, Manowar, etc.
4. Not all new bands are Nu Metal (and consequencially crappy) ie. Children of Bodom who totally rule because.... They have talent!!!
Everyone who defends Nu-Metal has nothing in life to hold on to anymore, and therefore are attracted to fellow lowlifes that are Nu-Metal bands.
2.People who listen to this are usually fat and ugly teens and are therefore depressed. You know how people cut themselves to "relive pain?" Thats what they must be doing mutilating themselves with horrible music.
3. however, many people think all teens are into this shit; I am a teen, but i am thin and sexy, and am also amazingly good at the guitar. I listen to real metal- Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Metallica, Priest, Manowar, etc.
4. Not all new bands are Nu Metal (and consequencially crappy) ie. Children of Bodom who totally rule because.... They have talent!!!
Everyone who defends Nu-Metal has nothing in life to hold on to anymore, and therefore are attracted to fellow lowlifes that are Nu-Metal bands.
by MetalThrashingMad December 23, 2005