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Nu metal, features and brief history
Nu metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal and alternative music. It developed in the US in the mid ‘90s, and it is usually considered a crossover style. It mixes heavy metal elements with other musical styles such as hip-hop, funk, industrial metal and post-grunge. Nu metal represents the new wave of alternative metal that evolved in the mid ‘90s. Korn and Deftones are considered as the founders of the genre, but Limp Bizkit are often associated to the former as they were among the first to commit to the genre, becoming famous and contributing to its future development. Then, at the beginning of the 2000s, Linking Park’s album Hybrid Theory, with its 27 million copies sold, became one of the genre’s milestones and somewhat the last of a kind, with new emo groups that became popular on the scene of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal.
2023-02-18
Best Nu Metal's bands
The beginning: Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit, Deftones, Korn all became popular and released multi-platinum or diamond albums in the 1990s. A new wave of the American heavy metal genre, Nu metal combines elements of hip-hop, alternative rock, funk, grunge and heavy metal music, which is also known as (ñu-metal or aggro-metal).
Based on guitar riffs with the use of a seven-string guitar, which has been down-tuned to record a heavier sound. This genre is syncopated with occasional instrumental sampling, turntable scratching, and electronic backgrounds. With vocalist rapping, screaming and singing this form of alternative metal continued into the early 2000s with Linkin Park’s diamond selling album Hybrid theory, supporting worldwide following of the new subgenre Nu Metal.
In the Late 1990’s Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Primus and many more bands of that era, contributed to the creation of Nu Metal with their mixed subgenre of heavy metal, vocalizing new genres such as hip hop, funk, grunge, and rap are just a few that mixed together and became famous artists of that decade for the sound and originality of Heavy Metal Music.
Korn released their debut album in 1994, self-titled album Korn this was a step on the ladder for Nu Metal, a subgenre of Alternative metal and to this day many bands have collaborated with the foundation of mixed turntables with hip-hop playing in the background, strong and vocalized lyrics, a class of its own. Although only popular underground in America, new artists of this decade use the baseline of guitar riffs and funk to create their own version of Nu Metal.
Based on guitar riffs with the use of a seven-string guitar, which has been down-tuned to record a heavier sound. This genre is syncopated with occasional instrumental sampling, turntable scratching, and electronic backgrounds. With vocalist rapping, screaming and singing this form of alternative metal continued into the early 2000s with Linkin Park’s diamond selling album Hybrid theory, supporting worldwide following of the new subgenre Nu Metal.
In the Late 1990’s Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Primus and many more bands of that era, contributed to the creation of Nu Metal with their mixed subgenre of heavy metal, vocalizing new genres such as hip hop, funk, grunge, and rap are just a few that mixed together and became famous artists of that decade for the sound and originality of Heavy Metal Music.
Korn released their debut album in 1994, self-titled album Korn this was a step on the ladder for Nu Metal, a subgenre of Alternative metal and to this day many bands have collaborated with the foundation of mixed turntables with hip-hop playing in the background, strong and vocalized lyrics, a class of its own. Although only popular underground in America, new artists of this decade use the baseline of guitar riffs and funk to create their own version of Nu Metal.
Tag: nu metal, 90s, korn, limp bizkit, mix rock
2023-02-13
A brief review of Nu Metal
Musicians are like scientists. As artists, many musicians love to explore sounds, create and mix the elements of many musical styles. Their experiments that based on curiosity and dissatisfactions somehow continuously create a genre, a subgenre or a new style. These events always happened in every music genre that every genre that the musicians have. Development and changes of heavy metal also the same. As heavy metal genre spread through countries, many musicians experimented on new characteristics derived from heavy metal and resulted in many subgenres. Then, nu metal emerged. Nu Metal can be considered as another creative creation of artists who demand changes from the mainstream heavy metal music.
Nu Metal implement the elements of other genres in their music. For the rhythm sections in bass and drums, nu metal artists often borrow the elements from funk and hip- hop music. Hence, it created distinctive yet fascinating characteristics that differentiate itself from heavy metal music. As for the guitar section, many of the artists employed a similar riff with death metal. Accentuated in rhythm, nu metal rhythm has the similarity with groove metal on several occasions. Due to the trait which focuses on rhythms, many of the artists don’t use the general virtuosic guitar solos. In the vocal section, some of the vocalists combine four elements, which is growl, scream, rap and singing in general. Thus, this created another specific trait in nu metal subgenre. In short, nu metal foundation comes from rap metal, with the addition of the aggressivity derived from its ancestors. It employed heavier distorted instruments and beats, with the lyrics full of anger or have nihilist themes.
The subgenres of metal and alternative rock serve as the basis of nu metal appearance. The nu metal genre is pioneered in the Korn’s 1993 demo tape entitled Neidermayer’s mind. Firstly, generated in California, the music of nu metal spread fast to the United States. In 1994, Korn debuted their first nu metal album, entitled Korn. The album then enters the billboard 200, which makes their name rose to public. Nevertheless, the album which rose Korn become the prominent nu metal band was his third entitled Follow the Leader. Then, during the late 90s, many nu metals bands such as Limp Bizkit, Godsmack, Seven Dust and Slipknot, started to attain their popularity. The late 90s to the early 2000s can be considered as the nu metal age due to many bands' appearances and fame. Nu metal popularity started to decline during the mid-2000s when the genre such as emo music started to skyrocket. Nevertheless, their true fans of the nu metal bands still exist, even until now.
The first choice of the nu metal artists is obviously, Korn. As a pioneer, they develop and elevate the nu metal to the next level, and also act as the important contributors. Between all of these nu metal bands; my personal favorites are Slipknot with their fascinating costumes and System of a Down. Listen to the B.Y.O.B, Chop Suey, and Toxicity to witness the beauty of Serj Tankian voices. Other notable bands are Limp Bizkit, Godsmack, Seven Dust, and the early albums of Linkin Park. Happy listening!
Nu Metal implement the elements of other genres in their music. For the rhythm sections in bass and drums, nu metal artists often borrow the elements from funk and hip- hop music. Hence, it created distinctive yet fascinating characteristics that differentiate itself from heavy metal music. As for the guitar section, many of the artists employed a similar riff with death metal. Accentuated in rhythm, nu metal rhythm has the similarity with groove metal on several occasions. Due to the trait which focuses on rhythms, many of the artists don’t use the general virtuosic guitar solos. In the vocal section, some of the vocalists combine four elements, which is growl, scream, rap and singing in general. Thus, this created another specific trait in nu metal subgenre. In short, nu metal foundation comes from rap metal, with the addition of the aggressivity derived from its ancestors. It employed heavier distorted instruments and beats, with the lyrics full of anger or have nihilist themes.
The subgenres of metal and alternative rock serve as the basis of nu metal appearance. The nu metal genre is pioneered in the Korn’s 1993 demo tape entitled Neidermayer’s mind. Firstly, generated in California, the music of nu metal spread fast to the United States. In 1994, Korn debuted their first nu metal album, entitled Korn. The album then enters the billboard 200, which makes their name rose to public. Nevertheless, the album which rose Korn become the prominent nu metal band was his third entitled Follow the Leader. Then, during the late 90s, many nu metals bands such as Limp Bizkit, Godsmack, Seven Dust and Slipknot, started to attain their popularity. The late 90s to the early 2000s can be considered as the nu metal age due to many bands' appearances and fame. Nu metal popularity started to decline during the mid-2000s when the genre such as emo music started to skyrocket. Nevertheless, their true fans of the nu metal bands still exist, even until now.
The first choice of the nu metal artists is obviously, Korn. As a pioneer, they develop and elevate the nu metal to the next level, and also act as the important contributors. Between all of these nu metal bands; my personal favorites are Slipknot with their fascinating costumes and System of a Down. Listen to the B.Y.O.B, Chop Suey, and Toxicity to witness the beauty of Serj Tankian voices. Other notable bands are Limp Bizkit, Godsmack, Seven Dust, and the early albums of Linkin Park. Happy listening!
Tag: nu metal, 90s, korn, limp bizkit, mix rock
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