Metal Reviews

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I am by no means an expert, so this doesn't mean much at all coming from me, but I've heard Korn credited with it.

Deftones were around before Korn, but Korn made it popular.

Bands like Fear Factory, Pantera, and Faith No More laid the basis for nu-metal, even if they weren't themselves nu-metal.

Iron Maiden

Beethoven.

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Mozart was the first pop star, but unlike most of today's Nu-Metalists he didn't pervert the achivements of his predecessors.

Korn were originally labelled Rap-Metal. The Nu-Metal label was invented after the huge success of Life is peachy.
Some experts claim Fear Factory and Biohazard to be the inventors, but since they hadn't any commercial success the Nu-Metal stigma passed their asses.

I think Sepultura also helped kick start nu-metal with Roots. In fact, I always felt THAT was the first real nu-"metal" album (Korn wasn't really metal when they debuted, and didn't really become popular until Life Is Peachy was released). Chaos AD was also pretty influencial to the nu-metal movement.

I still like Chaos AD, but I gave Roots away long ago.

actually, if you listen to Metallica's Thing that should not be you can notice, though it's not in anyway nu-metal, a guitar sound Sepultura first then a lot of nu-metal bands used... should we consider this an influence ? :roll:

Interesting point. Sepultura practically had a "joint ventureship" with Metallica back in the 80's/early-90's. Ironically, when Newsted left, Sepultura wrote a statement saying, "Who cares? Metallica sucks now and they'll suck even worse with Newsted gone" (like Sepultura's really the one to talk!). What's kind of odd is that the whole "tribal metal" thing was oft imitated by bands like Godsmack and Slipknot, even though it was probably intended to be a simple novelty.

I think the remainers of the original Sepultura to be honest people... Chaos AD launched Roots... so, kinda like a logical progression but i agree with you, this wouldn't have lasted... but then Max & Wife lost their temper & went onto the Nu-Metal-Shit-Scene.... so, well, I don't blame the band's new line-up... they're doing their best in the most honest way possible... not really stuff for me though...but Respect :!:

Burzum

Anthrax?

MTV started it by making shit like Limp Bizkit and Korn their metal poster children in the late 90's. Without MTV Nu-metal would never be as popular and therefore there would not be as many Nu-Metal bands

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 have no fucking clue who started this shit but he/she/they must DIE for high treason against METAL !

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.

I disagree

those kids like the big guitars, jumpy tempi & easy pop songs combination... it's not what metal is all about... :evil:

indeed, there is a total difference, nu-metal and especially mallcore is far heavier than more non-extreme metalgenres. and they really are not afraid to listen to real metal, they just think its's not cool or something or don't know about it...