From Wiki.
Nu metal (sometimes named
new metal or
nü metal) is a musical genre that emerged in the mid 1990s which fuses influences from
grunge[1] and
alternative metal with
funk music,
hip hop and various
heavy metal genres,
[2] such as
Thrash metal,
groove metal and
Industrial 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.
Bands such as
Snot,
Manhole,
Human Waste Project,
Deftones and
Korn are early nu metal bands all from Southern California and started in the mid nineties.
[3]
Producer
Ross Robinson was labelled by some as "the godfather of nu metal" due to his producing of several notable nu metal albums,[
who?] the first of which was
Korn's
eponymous first album.
Korn's signature sound came from an attempt to emulate chords used by
Mr. Bungle's guitar player
Trey Spruance, which they referred to as "the moveable
Bungle chord". They have also cited Mike Patton's other band
Faith No More in
Kerrang!'s The Greatest Videos of All Time in 2006, saying that Korn was influenced by them because they did something unusual with a metal band. Nu metal bands also often state more conventional metal acts as an influence, particularly
Black Sabbath
From Jefe,
All Korn is , is a wanna be Faith No More, how can you call that innovative. Mike Patton has more talent than all of Korn could ever dream of possessing. Listen to Mr. Bungle.