| Scoobes said: Speaking of Nu-Metal, where would the likes of Trivium and Dragonforce fall? They're "nu" but I wouldn't classify them as Nu-Metal at all. |
They're similar to numetal in that they're sort of the mainstream, "safe" representations of their respective subgenres, but yeah they're not really numetal in style. Trivium is mainly metalcore with some thrash influences - which is kind of like the numetal of the 2000's anyway as it similarly uses catchy hooks and is often a more tame version of metal. Many argue that metalcore, like numetal, doesn't even belong in the genre. I tend think it's more on the metal side than nu metal as it incorporates some more complex musicianship and contains harsh vocals. But it's still kind of a mainstream and manufactured brand of metal.
Dragonforce is power metal, albeit a bland and watered down version of it in my view. They're just one of the few power metal bands that has, for whatever reason, managed to hit the bigtime here in the States.
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