Metal Music For Ever | revE roF cisuM lateM

5 comments:

Catley said...

Could someone here please explain the terms - Nu Metal and Metalcore, and how they differ from normal metal ?

May 29, 2008 at 2:05 AM

Erynion said...

If it were up to me, I'd say its the difference between what is downright trodden, and absolute brilliance(between the Nu genres and Heavy Metal).

Nu metal (also known as new metal or nü metal) is a musical genre that emerged in the mid 1990s which fuses influences from grunge and alternative metal with funk music, hip hop and subgenres of Heavy Metal like such as thrash metal and groove metal.

Nu metal music emphasizes mood, rhythm, and texture over melody. Often, nu metal songs use rhythmic, syncopated riffs played on distorted electric guitars with strings detuned to lower pitches to create a dark and thick sound.

Metalcore is a fusion genre that incorporates elements of hardcore punk and heavy metal. The term is a portmanteau of heavy metal and hardcore punk. Metalcore emphasizes breakdowns, and sometimes discards the conceptual trappings of both its parent genres. Modern metalcore is typically melodic.

Through the 1990s, metalcore was mostly an underground phenomenon, but from roughly 2004 to the present, many bands have appeared on the Billboard album charts.

Taken from Wikipedia.


On a more personal level, Nu Metal (popular bands) showcases on some of the most insecure songwriting that we normally come across. :p

May 29, 2008 at 9:50 PM

Erynion said...

Oh...and when I said songwriting, I didn't mean the music. I was talking in terms of the lyrics...

May 29, 2008 at 9:51 PM

Catley said...

Thank you for your response there Erynion ! This album doesn't sound too bad anyway. Thanks again.

May 30, 2008 at 12:41 AM

Erynion said...

No problem. Always good to have some semblance of a conversation here...=)

May 30, 2008 at 6:32 AM