Nu metal bassists and drummers are often influenced by funk and hip hop, respectively, adding to nu metal's rhythmic nature. Nu metal guitar riffs occasionally are similar to those of death metal. The wah pedal is occasionally featured in nu metal music. Another contrast with other heavy metal genres is nu metal's emphasis on rhythm, rather than on complexity or mood, often its rhythm sounds like that of groove metal.
Kory Grow of Revolver wrote, ". n its efforts to tune down and simplify riffs, nu-metal effectively drove a stake through the heart of the guitar solo". Mid-song bridges and a general lack of guitar solos contrasts it with other genres of heavy metal. Nu metal is heavily syncopated and is based mostly on guitar riffs. Korn bassist Fieldy ( pictured) cites bassists such as Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Les Claypool of Primus as influences. In contrast with other heavy metal subgenres, nu metal tends to use the same structure of verses, choruses and bridges as those in pop music. Some nu metal bands, such as Static-X and Dope, made nu metal music with elements of industrial metal. Nu metal bands also are influenced by and use elements of genres of heavy metal music such as death metal, rap metal, groove metal, funk metal, and thrash metal. Nu metal bands have been influenced by and have used elements of a variety of musical genres, including electronic music, funk, gothic rock, hardcore punk, punk rock, dance music, new wave, jazz, post-punk, symphonic rock and synth-pop. Nu metal merges elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, and alternative rock. MTV states that the early nu metal group Korn "arrived in 1993 into the burgeoning alternative metal scene, which would morph into nü-metal the way college rock became alternative rock." Stereogum has similarly claimed that nu metal was a "weird outgrowth of the Lollapalooza-era alt-metal scene". Nu metal is also known as nü-metal and aggro-metal. Problems playing these files? See media help. Artists like Grimes, Poppy and Rina Sawayama would integrate nu metal sounds into electronic pop music in the late 2010s and early 2020s.
Bands like Of Mice & Men, Emmure, Issues and My Ticket Home would combine nu metal with metalcore or deathcore. However, by the mid-2000s, the oversaturation of bands combined with the underperformance of several high-profile releases led to nu metal's decline, leading to the rise of metalcore and many nu metal bands disbanding or abandoning their established sound in favor of other genres.ĭuring the 2010s, there was a nu metal revival many bands that combine nu metal with other genres (for example, metalcore and deathcore) emerged, and some nu metal bands from the 1990s and early 2000s returned to the nu metal sound. all selling multi-platinum albums, and came to a peak with Linkin Park's diamond-selling album Hybrid Theory. Nu metal's popularity continued during the early 2000s, with bands such as Papa Roach, Staind, and P.O.D. Nu metal became popular in the late 1990s with bands and artists such as Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot and Kid Rock all releasing albums that sold millions of copies.
Nu metal is one of the key genres of the new wave of American heavy metal. Vocal styles in nu metal include singing, rapping, screaming and growling. DJs are occasionally featured in nu metal to provide instrumentation such as sampling, turntable scratching and electronic backgrounds. Many nu metal guitarists use seven-string guitars that are down-tuned to produce a heavier sound. Nu metal rarely features guitar solos or other displays of technical competence the genre is heavily syncopated and based on guitar riffs. Nu metal bands have drawn elements and influences from a variety of musical styles, including multiple genres of heavy metal. Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal) is a subgenre of alternative metal that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, alternative rock, funk, industrial, and grunge.
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