| shikamaru317 said: I will never understand why some of my fellow metalheads hate on nu-metal. I think it's as good as many of the other sub-genres of metal. I particularly like the nu metal albums by Korn, Linkin Park, Slipknot, Staind, Deftones, System of a Down, and Godsmack. |
I simply can't get into the angsty lyrical and musical themes, among other reasons. It's not something I can relate to, nor does it sound good to my ears. And it just sounds too simplistic to my ears. I did have a brief stint of listening to Coal Chamber in the late 90s, but even now I can't go back and listen to it. Just not a style that gels with me, and it hasn't aged well to these ears, either.
Whether people consider it metal is irrelevant to me. I consider some Korn, Disturbed, Slipknot, Coal Chamber, etc. to be metal. But I can't really get behind calling Linkin Park metal though. Adding guitars over pop rock music doesn't make it metal. They may have been a decent gateway band, I don't know, as I was well into metal by the time their first album hit. But they're still just a rock band.
