InfiniteSingularity said:NWOBHM was a movement of speed metal bands in the 80's, i'm pretty sure. And there's more Nu Metal but I don't listen to much of it so I don't know. I have limited knowledge on this stuff, my tastes lie more in obscure/extreme directionsDavid_G said:Wait, wait, wait. Speed Metal? I seriously haven't heard anyone categorize Iron Maiden as Speed Metal. It's always been New Wave of British Heavy Metal.InfiniteSingularity said:Iron maiden is 80's speed metal, which is shit btw. As for Judas Priest and Sabbath, I can't say I have extensive knowledge of either, but as far as modern straight up heavy metal goes, Slipknot fits it for me.David_G said:I wouldn't call them straight up Heavy Metal because Heavy Metal is stuff like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and if you listen to a song from whichever of these bands, and then listen to a song from Slipknot, you'll see that there's a big difference.
Also, I'm not sure what would classify as Nu Metal, Linkin Park? Limp Bizkit? Rage Against the Machine? Static-X?
Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit are lame-wannabe-metal-but-still-wannabe-soft-so-the-teenage-chicks-will-love-us. That stuff has no merit. Rage isn't metal at all, more like hard rock and rap. Never heard of static-x. No, I'd say Nu Metal is stuff like Korn and some early Disturbed, but I thought that was the general consensus on the genre. I don't really have an in-depth knowledge of popular metal bands, I can't stand most of them
Ah yes, I forgot about Korn and Disturbed. I'll agree with you on that one, also, I'll have to admit myself that my knowledge on "Metal Theory" is rather limited.
Well... fuck. It looks that I was looking at it the wrong way.Ironic Pirate said:Iron Maiden and Judas Priest are both speed metal. Black Sabbath is doom metal.David_G said:The more popular one.campofapproval said:which slipknot?David_G said:Don't quote me on this but I'm pretty sure that Slipknot are Nu Metal.InfiniteSingularity said:Yes they are. But they're not death/black/whatever. They're just...metaldashiz94 said:Slipknot isn't heavy metal, not by a LOOOOOOONG shot.sam42ification said:There is a lot of black metal on this which i can listen to i little bit but i guess i'm a pussy cause i can't really handle it. I like classic metal the most bands like iron maiden, metallica, motar head those sort of bands but i do enjoy other heavy metal like bullet and slipnot but i don't really get that heavy. I like iron maiden the most. I like them because of how tallented the whole band is and not just the lead guitarist. I like how the race at the beggining and the end but throught the middle they slow down. They constantly experementing with dinamics, tempo and key areas other bands fear of dwelling into. Metallica is proberly next on my list for all the soft finger picking songs and the drumming in the heavy songs.
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both suck, just saying.I wouldn't call them straight up Heavy Metal because Heavy Metal is stuff like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and if you listen to a song from whichever of these bands, and then listen to a song from Slipknot, you'll see that there's a big difference.InfiniteSingularity said:I hesitate to call Slipknot Nu Metal because they don't fit the genre compared to other Nu Metal bands. I'd say they're a bit too aggressive, although that's not really a genre-defining characteristic. I still wouldn't call them Nu Metal, I'd say they are more just straight up heavy metal.David_G said:Don't quote me on this but I'm pretty sure that Slipknot are Nu Metal.InfiniteSingularity said:Yes they are. But they're not death/black/whatever. They're just...metaldashiz94 said:Slipknot isn't heavy metal, not by a LOOOOOOONG shot.sam42ification said:There is a lot of black metal on this which i can listen to i little bit but i guess i'm a pussy cause i can't really handle it. I like classic metal the most bands like iron maiden, metallica, motar head those sort of bands but i do enjoy other heavy metal like bullet and slipnot but i don't really get that heavy. I like iron maiden the most. I like them because of how tallented the whole band is and not just the lead guitarist. I like how the race at the beggining and the end but throught the middle they slow down. They constantly experementing with dinamics, tempo and key areas other bands fear of dwelling into. Metallica is proberly next on my list for all the soft finger picking songs and the drumming in the heavy songs.
Also, I'm not sure what would classify as Nu Metal, Linkin Park? Limp Bizkit? Rage Against the Machine? Static-X?
I'd say Slipknot is Alternative Metal (think alt-rock, but metal) with Groove and Nu-metal influences. That said, I've listened to only one song of theirs.