Praetor wrote:
From what I've seen, ppl (for example those nu-metal kiddies) like to be associated with the word 'metal'. but theyre scared to listen to, or can't take, metal. this carves out a niche for nu-metal bands, who have the word 'metal' in their genre name but churn out nothing but rubbish.
I agree... it seems like nu-metal is fitting the niche where kids want to listen to angsty, angry music that is "heavy", but they don't want to (or are afraid to) go all the way and listen to real metal. To use a black-metal analagy... it's like why Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth are popular. They are "black-metal" in the sense that they wear corpse paint and play heavy, fast music, but they are also toned down to cut out most of the satanism, and the real extreme hatred and intensity of true black metal... they are "safe" black metal. In the same sense, nu-metal is "safe" metal. It's angry, and a little bit heavy, but not as intense as true metal.
those kids like the big guitars, jumpy tempi & easy pop songs combination... it's not what metal is all about... :evil:
