Nu Metal: An Actual Analysis

Nu Metal is perhaps the most misunderstood music genre. Let's explain what it really is. I don't own the music, just using it for educational purposes.
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[@mattr924]

Korn never used turntables. That was all guitars. For everyone who thinks nu metal is nothing but Limp Bizkit and other "cringe-worthy" bands, listen to Korn's first album and I'm sure you'll be proven wrong

[@whatsinameme5258]

Fair point. I was unsure about that. Ultimately the emulation of the turntable sound is still key. But that is interesting. Could have had me fooled. How the turntables.

[@DukeofItaly]

Hey Rollin is a banger

[@mattr924]

@@DukeofItaly Limp Bizkit does have a couple good songs, but Korn is WAY better

[@DukeofItaly]

@@mattr924 agreed

[@BobbyJr_]

And they never used beatboxing. What Jonathan does is called scat singing.

[@dannydanumba]

A dive into Alternative Metal would be cool, I think you’ve struck gold with these discussions friend

[@LightCyrus]

Yep, would love to see that. Get some SOAD up in here.

[@alexhughes5295]

yeah this would be cool, nice to learn new things and i'm intrigued in what you think regarding alternative metal :)

[@maxxxmodelz4061]

Korn always felt like an experimental metal band. Not easily categorized. I never felt Korn and Limp Bizkit were in the same category in any way. Korn was much, much darker and played with lots of musical genres and ideas.

[@PaballoKobe-xh9ve]

Limp bizkit played with 2 of the most different genres in existence hip hop amd metal(specifically groove) and added some pop flavouring.

[@NathanielBTM]

I died when you called the "UUURAAADAAAH OOOOH RAH OOONNDDAA RAHHHDAAH" Beatboxing

[@tylerdavis3]

I think it’d be more accurately called “scat” like how they did in oldschool Jazz

[@VigilantGuardian6750]

I believe Nu-metal's nature is to be more of an underground music than mainstream despite the fact that Korn pushed this genre into the mainstream right off the bat, simply due to the fact that it's hard music to make, hard not in technical sense but in psychological, cause in order to be taken seriously as a numetal band you have to express something thats painful or uncomfortable otherwise you end up being like Limp Bizkit. I also believe you nailed "subversion of childhood innocence" part completely as this I think is core/spirit of numetal. Keep making more stuff dood, this is very constructive and overall interesting.

[@geraldblu3229]

Almost exactly👍But Korn didn't push "nu" into the mainstream. It was the mainstream who went straight to them and all the crew(Deftones,Coal Chamber,Slipknot later),specifically MTV bc of pop was being so corny and sassy for 90s youth,used to grunge sounds !!!

[@Zeagods-CyberShadow]

This is exactly what i need to understand what Real Nu metal is. I want to come up with my own Nu metal riffs but it was so confusing since what most say is nu metal was never really the same as Korn or Slipknot. But thanks to this I now have a better understanding of what Nu metal is and to break of from the bands that don’t understand or are mislabelled as Nu metal

[@ClikcerProductions]

I think this is the best description I've heard for Nu-metal as a cohesive genre, I might start using it like this now tbh, I always used to think of Nu metal as a cultural movement rather than a specific style of metal since there's no reasonable way to say that Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Deftones sound the same, but they did all spawn from the same kind of place culturally, but that always left Korn without a name for their style and made them very hard for me to describe, so I like this idea a lot

[@Zeagods-CyberShadow]

Ye me too. This gives me a better understanding of Nu metal

[@kal.asther]

I think Nu Meal is the treatment of their instrument differently. Guitars riffs support the drums, and bass leads instead of the lead guitar. Resulting in a more heavier sounding music, but rhythmically balanced in so the piece comes together like art. Also how they play wiht their instruments as if they're different instruments, like guitar as turntble, and the prolonging of tthe screeching effect f the lead guitar. It's actually unique to this genre, gives off their creepy vibe; in which their "issues" lay. This genre is for people who has issues, and the lyrics corroborate that. If you switch the lyrics into a more upbeat, hopeful lyrics, it would nt work, because of the imagery these sounds produces. A creepy, and yet otherwordly vibe. Nu Metal is special in that it acknowledges the negative mental state that is possible in humanity/society. The media coverage of it has stained its significance over the years, but true nu metal will forever be the heaviest genre of all music, simply because it hits the core of humanities negative psychology. It's not a fad. It's an experience.

[@joebobjenkins7837]

Thank you, Ive been saying this for years. No rule #2 in Nu-Metal.

[@СевернаяЗвезда-в9м]

Please name me few songs/bands about that creepy heavy mental nu metal vibe besides KoЯn and Slipknot !

[@joebobjenkins7837]

@@СевернаяЗвезда-в9м sevendust, nonpoint, cold,

[@Owlr4ider]

@@СевернаяЗвезда-в9м Disturbed - Down with the Sickness comes to mind, as well as a few more songs in their catalogue.

[@Solifuga]

Even as someone who's always had a soft spot for nu-metal, I've never quite looked at it in the same way you've described it, but something really clicked for me now that I've watched this. There still really isn't any other album quite like the self-titled Korn album. It's that feeling I used to get as a child. Someone who wasn't given a fair chance to understand themselves or the world that they live in. Sure they're still in that immature, undeveloped phase in their life, but that kind of mental and emotional space is still there, and worse when they don't have the tools or experience to deal or cope with their trauma. It's also why a lot of people may describe Korn as "whiny", but that's kind of all you can do when you're literally a kid and don't know how to make sense of your emotional traumas. We're not in this stoic or super masculine headspace here. That's how I interpret the Korn album, along with the imagery of urban life and that general feeling of poverty and dinginess. But that one specific feeling of having night terrors as a kid, that never really comes through the same way in any other band lumped together with the "nu-metal" label. Makes me identify with the album in a very personal way. Even Korn couldn't replicate that on their later works. Lightning in a bottle.

[@Zeagods-CyberShadow]

The style of Korn is what i love the most. Its not something thats trying to be hardcore or creepy or brutal, its real and genuine uncanny discomfort. Its telling exactly how it feels and is to be broken, distorted and disturbed(no pun intended) and not having any way to get the help they need or being taken serious when what they are going through is serious

[@MiguelRamirez-cr7gh]

Glad to see Deftones not on here. They always got lumped in with Nu Metal when Adrenaline was honestly more on the border with post hardcore and punk if anything. Really loving your content!

[@WikDroid]

I love deftones and I’d put somewhat put them into numetal label. They have really bouncy riffs and sometimes rapping. They also don’t include any solos. Around the Fur sounds like a signature numetal. For me the term numetal had become in the 00s a term in which you put what you don’t like. After White Pony they really distanced themselves from numetal. But first three albums - yeah, they’re numetal, and they’re awesome

[@xangrycatmanx5104]

Yeah Adrenaline sounds like if Quicksand and Snapcase had a baby, aside from the staccato vocals I would say it's more of a post-hardcore record

[@MiguelRamirez-cr7gh]

@@WikDroid Some songs are definitely nu metal on all 3 albums, but some songs are also post hardcore, some are shoegaze, etc. so I think tagging them a nu metal band like Korn isn’t all that accurate. Their demo Like Linus is definitely more nu metal than adrenaline though.

[@MiguelRamirez-cr7gh]

@@xangrycatmanx5104 didn’t they all 3 go on a tour together when adrenaline came out? If Snapcase and Deftones had a baby it would be Higher Power lol

[@WikDroid]

@@MiguelRamirez-cr7gh for me their demo is more like funk metal even haha

[@SOBEKCrocodileGod]

One of the best summaries of the genre I’ve heard (other than saying Korn has turntables, but the guitars do simulate turntable sounds so it still kinda counts) I think other good things to bring up would be how it often flirts with punk (Snot, for example), industrial (Static X, Orgy, “Helmet in the Bush” by Korn), and even shoegaze (Deftones)

[@whatsinameme5258]

Thanks! Yeah I am learning things too. I feel silly that I didn't know they didn't use turntables before I made this video. In hindsight it is pretty obvious.

[@danieldunstone6128]

Industrial metal be interesting how that evolved, and any genre you can come up with I like the way you explain it just keep making videos about genres I'd like any you post even if im not into the genre

[@jamariusjones690]

Awesome video! I do agree with the fact that Nu-metal is a complex genre to understand by metalheads and that's because metal elites never gave subgenres of Nu-metal since they clearly hate the genre. There are early 90's/2000's- mid 90's/2000's albums that combined Nu Alternative metal, Nu-metalcore, Nu-funk metal, Nu-latin metal, Nu-thrash metal, Nu-industrial metal, and Nu-punk metal. The fascinating thing about Nu-metal is that certain bands don't even rap, they either use melodic singing/creepy singing, whispering, screaming, djent nu- riff, or using rhythmic vocals styles. I also agree that Limb Biskit isn't purley Nu-metal but from their early albums, they had the down tune djent Korn riff, screaming, and in your face angry/ depressing music.

[@radiosavior6361]

But saying X isn't metal doesnt exactly mean its bad

[@jamariusjones690]

@@radiosavior6361 I agree

[@Zeagods-CyberShadow]

Which is why I love Nu metal even more now and im going to explore it even further

[@jamariusjones690]

@@Zeagods-CyberShadow same here! I saved a lot of cool albums from obscure Nu-metal bands.

[@skree_fpv436]

Great video! Glad to hear you mention Prong. Amazing band that I feel not a lot of people talk about. Saw them live once opening for Pantera back in the 90's. Cleansing is my favorite album by them. In addition to Korn, I've also heard they've had influences on NIN and White Zombie.

[@calebneff5777]

Nu metal is when metal gets heavy on a spiritual level.

[@ronanjenkins2323]

KoRn kicks ass. They are terrific. Extremely creative band. Blown away by them when I first head them. I’ll always defend their music.

[@Zeagods-CyberShadow]

Same they are true artists and creative with creating some that is unlike any genre of metal

[@kxiyi]

This might or might not be hard: Prog Specifically 2 questions in addition to an intro: 1. Prog is a term commonly tacked on to another, like Prog Death. When does bringing prog elements over to another genre cease to attain the prog prefix entirely? I hear a lot of modern metalcore bands with a similar sound to prog but don’t seem to attain the prog prefix. 2. Is the term ‘Prog’ getting diluted? With my limited understanding it seems to be a term for new, innovative music that progresses a genre further creatively. These days it seems there are more and more prog bands with similar sounds getting labelled Prog. Is this similar to how indie used to mean independent artist, but now seem to have become a sound itself? Love your videos!

[@iatechristophersliver5240]

hit the nail on the head

[@whatsinameme5258]

Interesting. Need to think on it. Even mainstream bands like Metallica and Avenged Sevenfold are Prog Metal to a degree, but rarely are they referred to as such.

[@zinAab79]

It not diluted, just expanded, prog was a specific sound in 90's but now since bands are aiming to more complexity is correct to label a lot of them ike prog infused bands, like last avenged sevenfold album

[@resington]

Very well put man! That Otep album still rules too.

[@luismurillo5855]

I don't remember anyone in the right mind refering to post grunge bands like Nickelback or industrial metal acts like Marilyn Manson as "nu metal" (though Manson did briefly dabble in the genre). It's hard to really summarize what "nu-metal" was but if I had to, it was basically heavy metal trying to get away from it's old 1980s roots (by then acts like Iron Maiden and Ozzy were seen as something akin to "dad rock") and find a new "indentity" in the late 90s, an era when hip-hop was starting to outsell rock, goth was becoming mainstream thanks to Marilyn Manson and Hot Topic, and with alternative rock/grunge pretty much dead, kids needed new angsty music to listen to. Nu-metal was more or less a rough algamation of all those things. I think that was biggest problem with nu-metal, it couldn't really decide what it wanted to be and just became a heavy metal "frankenstein" of ideas that just didn't really mesh together. Incidently have you seen Punk Rock MBA's video on nu-metal? He does a pretty good retrospective.

[@big_joe_8478]

Just found your channel through the death metal video, keep it up, shits good

[@LightCyrus]

FYI: most people seem to consider John Davis to be scatting, not beat boxing, but I do think there's some hybridization going on. Other Nu- bands like Lincoln Park do occasionally feature legitimate beat boxing.

[@whatsinameme5258]

I think what Davis does is almost a distinct vocal style altogether. Which is what I was getting at. I should have been clearer. Because Rap Metal absolutely features beatboxing, but the normal kind.

[@LightCyrus]

@@whatsinameme5258 fair enough. 😎

[@nimhard]

You should write a book on this. I love your point of view

[@coldhead90]

I’d love to see a video on bands like TDG and the likes, since that’s mostly what i grew up listening to and my gateway into the heavier stuff i listen to today, great video my guy!!

[@whatsinameme5258]

Alternative Metal video is definitely on the agenda!

[@nah6353]

Damn thats a good video for a small new channel! And as you said at the end i would love a video about the genre of TDG actually I still wonder what genre they are considered and at the moment i think alt metal (again its wide term and dosent really say anything) post grunge and hard rock? I mean the early TDG Stuff because they changed thier Sound a bit since 1st album which was the heaviest

[@whatsinameme5258]

I think you summed them up nicely! Maybe I will mention them in the Alternative Metal video. :)

[@nah6353]

@@whatsinameme5258 thanks!

[@rejiix]

This video made me gain a weird appreciation of Korn, which I had before dismissed as being boring, overproduced, and made to be mass-appealing. I'm definitely giving them another go now.

[@whatsinameme5258]

Glad to hear!

[@Zeagods-CyberShadow]

Very good

[@olliegoria]

Korn's earliest releases are the best to start with. Most of their music after Issues dont hit like their earlier tunes did.

[@catalinbabliuc8485]

Very nice aproach. I would add the first album of Coal Chamber to the true nu metal list.

[@dollkissess]

yesss coal chamber!!!

[@nucygnet5881]

I would say a lot of bands that call themselves Nu Metal like Limp Bizkit, are a mix of Nu Metal and Rap Metal. I think Limp Bizkit first album is the more Nu Metalish of their discography, the others are more like a Nu Metal/Rap Metal/Rap Rock hybrid.

[@notmus]

Limp bizkit always been rap metal

[@nucygnet5881]

@@notmus They're a Nu Metal/Rap Metal hybrid, they have the same guitar sound (not tuning) as Korn.

[@j.m.1928]

What a great explanation on what really defines this genre. You really brought up some good points and practically changed my perspective on the genre. I always loved Nu/Rap Metal as it was what introduced me to the harder side of rock music before eventually going further into Extreme Metal, and while I could somewhat tell the obvious difference between the two genres, you really expanded the diffences further. On another note, I never considered Rap Metal as a stealing of black culture and any fellow black person who has a problem with that or a white person who's a rapper in general should really just stfu. The pioneering of Metal as whole stems from the roots of Gospel and Blues, notably Chuck Berry, which are black founding genres. My culture contributed HEAVILY to music but that doesn't mean other people aren't allowed to share in their love for the music. Music is music. People love music. That's what makes up part of our attributes of being human. It shouldn't be about what culture did what. It should be about people loving music. Just my two cents anyway...

[@whatsinameme5258]

I agree! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Hopefully I will be able to elaborate my ideas better in the future. I think had some really good points here and in the cultural cringe video, but some people seemed to have misinterpreted what I meant. I do not think they "stole" culture. I think that many saw a lacking in their own culture and embraced aspects of another culture to fill the void. I probably worded things poorly, and made it seem like a bad thing. I was particularly disparaging towards Rap Metal, but hopefully I can make things clearer in upcoming videos.

[@j.m.1928]

@@whatsinameme5258 All good brody, your vids are awesome and are only getting better. Great elaboration on your part as well👍

[@gtrplyr729]

I love the analysis here and what you're doing with this channel, but I also think the way you're defining nu-metal here is maybe a bit too narrow when Korn's S/T album is kind of a unicorn, even within their own discography (even though it is probably the most important nu-metal album). I actually think it's fair game to say the cheeky humor/party/troll-y side is also a valid part of the genre, because I think that can be interpreted as a kind of coping mechanism for trauma as well. It's also undeniable that Korn and Limp Bizkit were inextricably linked in the late 90s, with Korn being directly responsible for them getting signed in the first place. The Family Values 98 and 99 tours, to me, represent the peak of nu-metal. It started with a more grunge/underground place but very quickly evolved into a genre that embraced big arena shows and a larger than life atmosphere. Point being, I think Limp Bizkit is absolutely a valid part of the nu-metal genre/conversation. Firstly because their debut with Three Dollar Bill was super raw/angsty in its own right, full of influence from hardcore, grunge and alternative. It's not uncommon for the debut album from bands in this genre to be the most raw, down and dirty one-- because bands are young, hungry, full of bottled up emotion. Secondly because they didn't downplay their hip-hop influence the way other bands in the movement did, yet hip-hop influence is still a big piece of the puzzle here in your definition of what nu-metal is. LB openly embraced it, even if to the point of ridicule/parody at times. And I think one of the defining characterstics of nu-metal was that it was really about mixing and blending other styles of music with metal. So for me, "true" nu-metal is really more about that specific era than anything. It was the first time in history you could have a tour lineup that included the likes Korn, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube, Method Mad & Redman, Rammstein, Primus, etc. and have those audiences mingle under one roof. I look at it kind of like the horror genre with film. Bands like Korn and Slipknot lean more into the serious/disturbing side of the genre. But there's also room for the campy/humorous aspect as well. Horror and comedy can compliment each other really nicely.

[@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance]

And people; please do check out Prong; especially the album "Beg To Differ."

[@kindofahater6385]

Ngl, being a HUGE fan of korn I thought you were gonna tear them apart…. but I love the fact you didn’t and can actually get sense of their authenticity instead of seeing them lumped into a category of boyish wet dreams and cringy aesthetics.

[@oddtick]

So happy I found your channel

[@advikupadhyaya2129]

Nonpoint deserve mention here. Their song Mindtrip still rips to this day!

[@GRIMSLIVER.4]

Nu-Metal was my gateway to heavier music honestly as I am sure it was for most of us

[@xydgbsnsjakajaiaxushbsmaua8635]

I would love to see you break down Sludge, Thrash, and Death metal

[@GREG_Khar-NÜ-Metalhead2000]

I *ALWAYS* said this,NÜ Metal is Alternative,groovy metal + grunge

[@kylemcgill2966]

I loved Korn when I was 12/13. I grew out of it but they definitely were the gateway to heavier music.

[@Thenewbronzeagecollapse]

You should also talk about extreme nu metal; bands like The Last Ten Seconds Of Life, Traitors, Tallah, Vended and Vein, that fuse nu metal with death metal, deathcore or even metalcore and have the same vibe of the 90's bands.

[@whatsinameme5258]

Errorzone is a pretty cool album. I will look into the others.

[@gbrl433]

most hardcore and metalcore bands are influenced by 90s nu metal

[@coleslaw3808]

i saw the last ten seconds of life live once. pretty good but a little too many breakdowns for my taste lol. tallah is fuckin awesome.

[@DukeofItaly]

Korn I believe have said that when they started they didn't think they were metal, but more funk adjacent. Looking at Fieldy's bass playing, it's so funk based it's clear as day.

[@tomhuitema2068]

Morbid Angel made a Nu Metal song, it is called Radikult.

[@manifeststation5354]

also a lot of the 2000s bands that for some reason didn’t get lumped into nu metal were undoubtedly ripping off Tool. i could name at least 10 bands

[@digantamitra4621]

Maaan, keep making such videos maaan, don't stop maaan.

[@whatsinameme5258]

Thank you!

[@jackspurlock9201]

I predict that nu-metal is going to make a comeback in some form or another

[@Blackprojex]

Except it already has??? what rock have you been under: It's called nu metalcore

[@DustyDigits]

Tallah are killing it!

[@jackspurlock9201]

@@Blackprojex I mean in the mainstream. One doesn’t have to be under a rock not to have heard about a subgenre of metalcore

[@olliegoria]

​@@BlackprojexThere's that. And also pop songs since the turn of the decade that feature nu-metal elements and styling

[@fatefatefate]

what Jonathan Davis is does is called *scat singing* , that's not what "beatboxing" is or sounds like. Beatboxing is using percussive sounds with the mouth, not your voice

[@vatroslavmorbidovic4105]

Nice video. will you talk about other subgenres? would like to hear about industrial metal next. 🙂

[@LightCyrus]

Great video. Love Prong and love Korn and you can use one to eat the other.

[@whatsinameme5258]

Haha. Great observation!

[@superstarthomas]

Prong is so underrated.

[@whatsinameme5258]

@@superstarthomas YES. THIS.

[@wirt2663]

Jonathan uses the bagpipes because of his school I think. I live in Bakersfield and I go to the same high school he did and I think Feildy too. The mascot is Scottish people and there is a bagpipe club. I think you can make a connection.

[@funnyperson4027]

I've started to hear something akin to "Nu-deathcore" in bands like "darko US" and "ten56.". idk if it's a specific thing but it's sick as hell

[@Eichro]

There's something of a Nu-metal revival going on these last few years and I'm all for it. See also Tallah, Cane Hill and sorta Code Orange.

[@funnyperson4027]

@@Eichro true

[@CrypticlyEncrypted]

@@Eichro gotta playlist for y’all

[@lucveda8715]

Only nu metal bands i listen to are KoRn and Slipknot its nice to hear that they are "pure"

[@Y0za]

Nice vids, I'm here before your videos blow up.

[@terriblecertainity]

a band don't here mentioned enough when it comes to influencing Nu Metal is Helmet. When I first heard Korn, I was like " man, they stole all their riffs from Helmet"

[@olliegoria]

Oh yeah. Helmet was the pregenitor to nu-metal without a doubt. Other bands like Rollins Band, Faith No More and Rage had their hands in the pot, but Helmet gave nu metal its sound.

[@raulfigueroa588]

Korn definitely derived a lot of inspiration from Prong, Faith No More, Mr Bungle to name a few.

[@SatoshiEK]

Good video. I often think about this topic and, if you allow me to contribute to the discussion, I'd like to say a one thing: I think your approach to define what Nu Metal is, is actually going the other way around. What I mean by this is that things exist in the material world and then get named. You seem to have tried to make up a concept of what Nu Metal should be and then tried to see what bands fitted in it. We as humans actually do that all the time, but I think that's not the best approach. Think of sports. Sports are not something easy to define but we seem to kind of know what they are despite that. If you think of a sport as a game you play while doing some type of physical exercise, that's not really true because chess is considered a sport, shooting is a sport, F1 is a sport... You see what I mean? So there are all these bands considered Nu Metal and most people seem to agree that they are indeed Nu Metal bands, but it is still not easy to point a finger on what they have in common. But they are all Nu Metal. Some of the examples you gave really seem too farfetched, but Limp Bizkit, Korn, Slipknot, System of a Down, Linkin Park... These are all pretty much unanimously considered "Nu Metal". So I think the best approach is to analyze them and figure out what they have in common. Wikipedia does a good job with that, in my opinion.

[@FractionalVoid]

Underrated channel

[@crannythagod111]

Great video man! Although I do have to ask what you consider Rage Against the Machine to be. I know their lyrics don’t really connect with the Korn-esk lyrics but I would love to know what you think!

[@whatsinameme5258]

RATM is rapcore/funk metal I believe.

[@blphsyco8005]

@@whatsinameme5258 they are the renegades of funk after all

[@R4K45H1_GAMING]

All i can think about when i hear stuff about nu metal is Korn´s Daddy. No way im listening to that anymore anytime soon

[@brucenatelee]

Prong's "Scorpio Rising" was pretty nu metal.

[@whatsinameme5258]

Definitely. Prong influenced KoRn, and then KoRn influenced Prong. Underrated band.

[@DK-th5nt]

I think what makes some Korn songs more disturbing than more extreme metal songs is that unlike death metal vocalists Jonathan is showing his weakness and sadness.

[@JT-nk3sh]

here before you get big

[@blackheart7261]

I like how you explain it. In my opinion though i think the term nu metal shouldn't even exist as i see that era as just a new wave of alternative metal

[@KevinAl02]

I don't remember where exactly, but I read an article by a Chilean metalhead about that topic. All of what we usually refer to as nü metal (the second definition used on this video) is just basically a second wave of alternative metal, with the first one hitting in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

[@doulby4656]

WIAM: *carries out a detailed nu metal analysis* Jonathan Davis in the bg: HUMAMASDMASDMITU UMIAU

[@bencarlson3009]

I would like a deep dive of black metal.

[@gregorsamsa555]

Later this year will be 30th anniversary of KoRn first album! Truly metal/rock icons

[@joebobjenkins7837]

Most overlooked aspect of Nu-Metal is a complete disregard for rule #2. The bass player is more often than not an integral part of the melody.

[@jukeman9291]

IMO, Helmet was the first Nu Metal band. Page Hamiltons syncopated riffs were the template for 90's metal.

[@Eccentricjuices]

They’re post hardcore/Alt Metal.

[@jukeman9291]

@@Eccentricjuices Well, yes. But think of it like Led Zeppelins relation to heavy metal. Or Amebix's relation to black metal. They weren't the "true" originators, but they were progenitors and huge influences. Besides, listen to "Speechless" off Betty. Sounds pretty nu metal.

[@olliegoria]

​@@jukeman9291That's my favorite track off that album.

[@Owlr4ider]

Disturbed, while not at all a Nu-Metal band per se, despite often being lumped into this crowd along with Limp Bizkit, System of a Down and many others that shouldn't be there, do have some Nu-Metal tracks. The most notable and famous of them being Down with the Sickness.

[@ghosttownguy7472]

So, I'm pretty balls deep so to speak in Nu Metal, so let me tell ya something... the thing about Nu Metal is it's personal. Personal in a way that most Metal just isn't. And this is all coming from a HUGE Sludge Metal guy, (which I also consider to be lyrically personal in regards to the depressing and hopeless since of it). Anyway, I define Nu Metal as late 90s/early 2000s Heavy alternative music. Very very broad, it includes this deeply personal stuff, to cringe worthy(cheesy) stuff, to super F'd up stuff. If you want to hear the lengths Nu Metal has gone to, just listen to the song 'Helio - Painmaker'. And there's plenty more like Helio.

[@Gaddesreinhart]

Did Limp Bizkit seriously take a shot at Korn? lmao. I'll admit, I'm not a Nu Metal fan at all, but Korn's first two albums where legit good. And yes, lumping them in with the likes of Fred and LB actually is insulting.

[@markee3738]

they didn't. that lyric was nothing more than a reference to them. they were good friends during those days and still are

[@gregorsamsa555]

KoRn "basically" discovered Limp, and help them to break through back in 1996/1997

[@DemonSlayingFootball5208]

Sad I didn't get to see the old rap metal video just to compare it to the new nu/rap/alt metal video

[@dravenmurter453]

hearing that you know otep is amazing

[@rammsteinrulz16]

Nu metal is under the Alternative umbrella, in my mind

[@ComboNinja06]

I don’t know if korn is taking me over but when ever I hear the word corn I yell

[@olliegoria]

*_ARE YOU READY???_*

[@wohkasm3544]

Excellent video as always is common for people to put various music into one basket, one question whats the videogame screenshot you used?

[@whatsinameme5258]

Alice Madness Returns! :)

[@Madnessofmusic]

I honestly think the term "Nu-metal" should be used for the era of the more mainstream breakthrough of alternative music than as an attempt to describe a specific "genre." Like slipknot is also decribed as nu metal due to their use of turntable, but aside from that, they have almost nothing in common with Korn, Limp Bizkit, etc aside from happening to be relativly successful at around the same time.

[@hyst1k86]

not just turntable but rapping tho

[@LuftmanPlay]

Sepultura mid 90-s was also early proto nu-metal

[@KevinAl02]

Another band that did authentic nü metal is Kittie. Their debut album "Spit" is a very recommended one to listen.

[@princebloodgrave8097]

Korn has also dabbled into industrial music, a few times. :)

[@humbly-soalejandro6898]

As someone who has watched oodles of music docs, breakdowns, analysis etc your videos are intriguing,right to the point and making me look at things in a different way...Mooooreeee!! Subscribed.

[@whatsinameme5258]

Thank you!

[@giuliopavanetto]

1:37 ah yes, Green Day, my favourite metal band

[@leoglasmeyer2853]

I'm interested in why'd you play "happy?" as mudvayne nu metal song example, since it's easily their most rock-pop and "non strange" song, one of their less nu-metal works.

[@vingaxoc6543]

Don't forget about other bands that majorly influenced the sound of Nu Metal such as Tool, Mr. Bungle and Rage Against The Machine.

[@Y0za]

What about you do a video about "Avant-Garde Metal"?

[@whatsinameme5258]

That could be cool. I don't listen to much of it, but Unexpect is pretty cool.

[@Y0za]

@@whatsinameme5258 Glad you liked it.

[@n6ro6_]

Im a classic thrash/death metal big fan but Nu metal is the most dark and horrifying theme in my opinion .. bands such like KoRn and Slipknot .. lyrics about child r*pe and molesting, sexual / mental / physical abuse , mental illness and all fucked up stuff and emotions left behind them etc. are far more dark and twisted and brutal than cursing gods and wanting to eat human flesh with a chainsaw lyrics

[@notmus]

Except the fact that many slipknot songs are goofy af.

[@aeida6140]

You dont sound like a true classic trash/death metal fan at all. Most of slipknots lyrics never feature that it's just goofy and neither does Korn. Cannibal corpse one of the oldest & respected death metal bands has lyrics of rape, molesting, genocide, human flesh & etc like what is you talking about. Nu metal is goofy not dark.

[@olliegoria]

​@@notmusThat, and they're artifical as fuck. No real band would still be going today without half the OG crew like they are.

[@zenith8417]

Idk how anybody could label Lamb Of God anything other than groove metal. They're basically a tribute band(but still good in their own right) to Pantera, the poster band for groove

[@biygas]

There’s very few “true” nu metal because if often went into completely different directions depending on the band, going Industrial like Orgy, Spineshank or Static-X, Slipknot had a Death Metal edge on Iowa, Staind on their first album Tormented is basically a big melting pot of all the contemporary metal genres at the time such as Sludge, Grunge, Groove under a convenient Nu Metal label, Early Deftones and Snot were very Post-Hardcore, with Deftones eventually turning into a Hum-esque shoegaze band, and even bands like early Mushroomhead, Mr. Bungle, and even Incubus on their major label debut S.C.I.E.N.C.E took things to the Avant-grade. The only “true” Nu-Metal bands I’d say are bands like Coal Chamber or Kittie, which are very Korn-like. Rap Metal is indeed different, however I often think of Limp Bizkit’s first album Three Dollar Bill as a pseudo-Nu Metal album, it’s more similar to Snot with its punk aggression and screaming (which Fred is really friggin good at). I appreciate you trying to clear things up in this video, Nu Metal is indeed a hard genre to pin down.

[@argpalauanbruh]

You're 100% right,i remember a band from Tennessee called Helio,they called themselves nu metal,but their sound was like a weird mix between nu metal,noise rock and whatever The Avalanches was into circa 2001

[@leoglasmeyer2853]

@Elijah Boyd he LITERALLY said that, that many bands started or had an era similar to the korn template on some aspects, but ended up as a totally different thing.

[@morgan3392]

I really enjoyed this video, especially with all the relevant examples.

[@claudiasolomon1123]

what if a metal band has the Groove Metal & the Grunge but has 0 rap elements in their music??

[@organicoregano]

Helmet is the forefather of nu metal as many nu metal bands cite them as influences, every band here cite or even covered there songs.

[@micromints1735]

Earlier Deftones and Nothingface are also "true" nu metal.

[@whatsinameme5258]

Actually, I would consider those bands a little different. Yes they are somewhat Nu Metal but they have other influences too. Deftones actually borders on Post Metal, and Nothingface has a bit of a Post Grunge sound. They are pretty unique specimens for Nu Metal.

[@saudade347]

@@whatsinameme5258 I would say taht the first two albums of Deftones are nu metal, Around The Fur does take a lot of influences from Post-Hardcore on that record already, since they are big fans of post-hardcore bands, but those two albums are very nu metal, they ceased to be nu metal at White Pony, which still has a few nu metal songs and very few influences of it but that is when they became more of an Alt.Metal band with influences of Post-Metal and Shogaze.

[@derekbronson6323]

Industrial rock / Industrial metal is also a key ingredient I'd argue more so than groove metal That influence can be heard in Korn (particularly the song helmet in the bush) Linkin Park, Slipknot, even Limp Bizkit (Nookie has these really bizarre sounding electronics reminiscent of the genre) not to mention artists like Dope, Static X, and Spineshank

[@whatsinameme5258]

Yeah there usually is a bit of Industrial and Funk Metal as well. True Nu-Metal really has a unique sound with a lot of influences.

[@theanarchistchinchilla3927]

you forgot roots by sepulture which was some important proto nu metal

[@crimsonngb32]

I love all sorts of genres (ranging from classic metal to death metal and black metal) and I really don’t have a problem with nu metal. Hell, I actually love it. Nu metal is very fun and I think a very misunderstood genre, both now and at the time it was all coming out

[@WEREWOLFCaT_STORIES]

NU METAL inspired a whole generation of guitar players. Id love to see this stuff make a resurgence in a some new way. bring back rock and guitars all this glitter music thats popular stinks.

[@mmmscrumptious8247]

soooo many people consider limp bizkit numetal and not slipknot it's insane

[@olliegoria]

Slipknot started moving towards generic thrash-metal sometime around 2004 and scorned the nu-metal label like a redheaded stepchild. Limp Bizkit is more or less making the same music they did thirty years ago.

[@TheFBK69]

Would love to see something about System of a Down or even about grindcore

[@IamAJoe]

Love the deep dive into what makes nu-metal, nu-metal. I always hated how it was a lump together all music term used in the early to mid 00s

[@ayan8136]

2:15 scientist inventing new metal genres.

[@emilyantiqua]

Honestly the Limp Bizkit slander is sad! Their first 3 albums are gold. If you can build up your cringe tolerance, it’s really good music. Especially $3 dollar bill, y’all. Do a video on them!

[@turbo_sloppy]

I feel like another band that well represents nu-metal would be hed(pe). To me their sound has always been the definition of numetal, especially on their first two albums.

[@Spoonley]

Bros the Yoda of metal

[@wowzamydude2375]

5:03 my guy that is not beat boxing, that is mars language