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Nu metal is a failed attempt to restart the heavy metal movement which ended in the early 90's. Contrary to popular belief, however, it is not a genre liked soly buy rich suburbian kids trying to piss off their parents and find problems in their life. It is also followed by "classic" metal heads seeking something new to get into. "old" or "classic" metal ended in the 90's when MTV decided metal wasnt cool anymore; and kids being impresionable little freaks started to follow grunge, then alternative, and now punk. Still, metal heads linger banging their heads in the underground and watching concerts theyve seen a million time, which is why Nu Metal came about.

metal head: this is the 1,457,234,002 time i've listened to master of puppets, its time to try something new. emo kid that nows nothing about metal: try Lamb of God, there like, heavy metal cuz they scream. metal head: I guess i have no choice

By Motobreath137

relative term, usually used to decribe metal that is relativly new.Tends to be looked down on by everyone else despite far worse genres of music out their.

korn are a new metal band, slipknot are not

By livngdeadboy

A bunch of retards shouting at each other and shakin their heads. the genre should be called nu shit. idiots say it is heavy metal but it is just nu shit.

nu metal bands: slipknot, korn, limp bizkit, ect...

By Nicolas R

1. The movement in music characterized by: a. Chromatic-scale guitar riffs b. Cacophonic sound effects and guitar c. Unusually low-tuned guitars d. often a "singing" style with an emphasis not on melody, but on emotion (i.e. screaming, crying, etc) - often no "real singing" exists in the music e. Focuses on the darker things in life 2. A derogatory term for any new music (Not necessarily metal - Linkin Park and Nickelback are *rock* bands, not metal) that is both popular and is not in ones personal taste and therefore "sucks." 3. A form of metal started in the eighties but remained underground while bands like Metallica and Anthrax dominated the popular metal scene. Then in the nineties bands like Korn and Limp Biscuit became popular and the music was labeled "nu metal." 4. Often an amalgamation of several styles of music, but dominated by metal. The most frequent style incorporated is rap.

Slipknot is intentionaly bad whereas most music is unintentionaly bad.

By Ryan McNamara

A classification used for a wide range of alternative rock acts, some of which have metal roots, some of which have rap elements, and some of which are really hard rock. This term was used by the media to define these acts back when they first started coming out after the alternative craze so they could be classified in the same genre, even though they don't really sound much alike. In reality, there is no such genre as nu metal, as every band that could be said to be in this genre really belongs to another. For example, Linkin Park is rap metal or rapcore (and really their latest stuff is just rock) while Disturbed is more Alternative Metal. Metalheads will often complain about how much nu metal sucks but they really shouldn't because there is no such genre. Better stick to hating individual bands.

If you think Linkin Park and Disturbed are both nu metal, you're fucking insane.

By Deckmaster