Nu Metal Genre • Page 17

Never forget

 

#welcometolovecore

 

I unabashedly love Nonpoint.

 

this is kind of more alt-rock but this band was popular around the height of nu metal and I saw them open for MANY nu metal bands

 

Sevendust Announce Livestream Show as Only 2020 Live Performance

 

Niiiiiice, totally catching this if I can!

 

Fuck

SEVENDUST Frontman and Wife Lose Baby to Pregnancy Complications

 

That's so sad. I'm keeping them in my thoughts.

 

today chocolate starfish and the hot dog flavored water turns 20!

gonna give it a listen when i do some yardwork later.

 

Take ‘em to the Matthews Bridge!

 

Dying To Live is solid. The backup vocals in the chorus give me glam rock vibes which feels a bit weird coming from them.

 

Glam rock? I wouldn't go that far...

 

Yeah I know that's a bit of a stretch lol but it doesn't sound like their usual back up vocals stylistically. It reminded me of Corey Taylor's new album hence the glam rock comparison, I guess.

 

Second track is great. First one not so much.

 

Somehow the ever pissy ~metal community has managed to agree on The Big 4 of thrash and has for years. Although it's been debated and the order has been discussed, it appears to be universally agreed upon, a true rarity among heavy music fans.

Got me thinking, what bands are "The Big 4", Mt. Rushmore, G.O.A.T.'s of nu-metal?

Based off of impact, popularity, overall quality of music & songwriting, live experience and how genre classic albums have held up over time.

Also while considering personal connectivity, innovation, growth and progression through careers, and capabilities of causing a push-pit to open the fucking floor at a moments notice.

I believe the first two slots are inarguable - Korn / Slipknot in some order. While neither is my favorite nu-metal band it is hard to ignore the contributions and legacies each have built from the early days until now.

The third and fourth bands is where this gets interesting (to me at least).

I think System of a Down deserves to be in based off of consistancy and the overall heights reached at their peak as well as many years after, without a new album release for 15 years. They check every box and clearly have separated themselves from their peers.

As a life long devotee to the genre and jnco enthusiast, I'm undecided on that fourth band.

First names that come to mind are Deftones, Marilyn Manson, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park.

I feel you could make a solid case for each, which I would understand but have reservations about.

There seems to be a large drop-off from this point forward. Papa Roach, Mudvayne, Taproot, Sevendust, P.O.D., Soulfly, Incubus and Rob Zombie while important do not feel like consensus choices.

Respect for anyone championing the cause for the less popular yet still successful bands such as Flaw, Ill Nino, Spineshank, Coal Chamber, Static-X.

I am here for any argument about including Otep, Kittie, or Lacuna Coil since women have been grossly underrepresented through and through (also, those bands rule. Spit is so underrated).

Industrial or alt-metal leaning artists such as Nine Inch Nails, Fear Factory, Prodigy, Staind don't fit in my opinion.

The genre produced a fair amount of bands with only a few releases that were still very good. 3rd Strike, Mnemic, Pitchshifter, Skinlab, Nothingface but they just don't feel in that same ballpark.

Welcome any and all opinions, thoughts, takes, lols.

 

A conversation that’s been brought up numerous times but the big four are:
Korn
Limp Bizkit
Slipknot
Linkin Park

Everything else fits under one of these bands umbrellas.

 

Anyone listen to XIII?

They're new to me, but their new record is giving me strong Korn vibes.

 

It's crazy how close he sounds to Clint, at least until he belts higher notes.

 

Issues turns 21 today! Giving it a listen now

 

I just got done listening to Take a Look in the Mirror and Korn III out of curiosity for the first time in full, and liked the former considerably more than I thought I would and while the latter started off somewhat promising it took a huge dive pretty quickly and never fully recovered.