What about sid metal then? :3
Pro-Tip: There are a lot less nu-metal bands than you probably think exist. It’s that genre that’s thrown around just cause.
Off the top of my head, I can only think of a few pure nu-metal bands: Korn, Slipknot, and P.O.D.
Disturbed’s first album was sorta nu-metal and Linkin Park is nu-metal some of the time.
And it isn’t bad.
Slipknot is just straight-up metal. There is nothing “nu” about them. The term fits better for Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit. I honestly don’t know how Slipknot keeps getting tossed in the mix with those other bands…
Damn, I forgot Limp Bizkit…
But yeah, Slipknot is nu-metal, the vocals are based more on rhythm/rap than anything else, and it takes a great deal of inspiration for it’s guitar parts from Korn, where they’re just basically mostly background noise, with little solos. It’s there for effect.
Granted All Hope Is Lost took a step away from nu-metal, but listen to their first three albums, and you’ll see a lot of rap/hip-hop inspired pieces, including “No Life,” “Spit it Out,” “Liberate,” “Disasterpiece,” “People = Shit,” “Heretic Anthem,” “My Plague,” “Three Nil,” and “Welcome.” The rapping defines them as nu-metal, as well as the way the guitars are more background than anything. Hell, even the screaming in their other pieces is rhythmic, rapid-fire, and rap in nature.
And their creepy ambient pieces, such as “Prosthetics,” are definitely NOT pure metal.
Plus they have a turntable and dedicated sample artist (who’s kinda useless on tour and in concert…).
While they do have a similar setup, their sound is metal through and through. Even with the rapping parts. The crunching fast played guitars, the rough and growly vocals (for the most part), and the thundering, pounding percussion see to that. I don’t categorize bands by their setup. I categorize by sound. Slipknot sound metal. While they do share a similarity with Korn, they take it so much further. It’s nowhere near nu, it’s metal.
you like tool so obviously you are wrong
Amon Tobin. Nuff said.
Nothing wrong with that. Tool have some great songs, and one of the best drummers and vocalists in popular music.
You do realize Tool is one of the best bands ever, right?
I would follow Maynard James Keenan to the death.
I haven’t liked much of their music since Aenema. It sounds like it is building to something, and then it doesn’t go anywhere, and I end up disappointed. I feel like they could do so much better if they tried just a little harder to be a rock band, and stopped being so artsie.
I’ve heard that from a lot of people, and I can see where you are coming from.
But I personally like the artsie direction they took with Lateralus and 10,000 Days. The best description I can give is riding a Chinese dragon through rings of fire centered in a forest lined with a flowing river and pressurized with metaphor. Tool’s music takes you on a journey you hope never ends (which is good, since their pieces are generally longer than your usual music). Of the all their albums, I think Lateralus succeeded most in this area, as all the music was connected by some type of feeling I have trouble explaining (I hesitate to say “theme” since it was technicaly not a concept album), even though none of my favorite tracks from them are on there.
And Maynard James Keenan? The man is my equivalent to God. I have yet to hear something he doen’t sound angelic in (whether it’s in Tool or not).
And let’s not even touch the lyrical genius.
I blame their guitarist (no real reason for that, just pointing my finger for the sake of blaming someone).
Adam Jones has a unique method to his guitar playing. It doesn’t focus on solos or tight riffs. It focuses heavily on distortion and an almost whiney siren sound. Some call it annoying and grating. I call it experimental, different, and artisitc.
Matter of opinion. =/
oh, i see how you could like it then
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Hey, most of the time the annoying grating sound holds a purpose (it’s not in every song, though it is heavily featured in 10,000 Days). For example, “Rosetta Stoned” is supposedly the retelling of one man’s acid trip, but it’s one huge metaphor for Scientology. Not only does the unsettled guitar part give the song an off-kilter stoned feeling, it also lends a hand to the intended meaning and is symbolic of how annoying and grating Scientologists are.
I… I like metaphors 