Forums → Popular Media → why do people who listen to actual metal hate NU metal?

Lets start with the term itself. I mean seriously, who the hell comes up with NU as a word? Sad. . . .
And the music itself is just a disgrace to metal. Sadder. Which is why I don't even classify it as metal.

Nu-Metal is horrible. My ears just don't like to listen to it. Whenever I hear it somewhere, they run away for days.

[quote="dunadan"]Why do people that listen to pop-punk (Green Day, Offspring, NOFX, Bad Religion and stuff) don't like Punk Hardcore?(Kid Dynamite, Black Flag, Comeback Kid, etc...)[/quote]

Since when? I'd have to say, the only of those I care for is the Offspring, but I'm also a fan of Rise Against and Billy Talent.

Since when? I'd have to say, the only of those I care for is the Offspring, but I'm also a fan of Rise Against and Billy Talent.

What I'm saying is that it's perfectly possible to be musically diverse. I listen to Napalm Death and Paco Pena.

i listen to New-Age Heavy Metal, New Age Metal, Nu-Metal, Metalcore and Punk...

I like 2 Nu-Metal bands: System of a Down and Disturbed

I only listen to SOAD of those 2 bands...

M fav bands is:

System of a Down <--- Nu-Metal
Slipknot <--- New-Age Heavy Metal
Bullet For My Valentine <--- Metalcore
Sonic Syndicate <--- Metalcore
Dead By April <--- New-Age Metal
Rise Against <--- Punk

They METAL (Instead of rock)

New Age Metal and Nu Metal are different categories??!!

SonnyNerd, Slipknot is Nu-Metal and Rise Against is hard rock.

Sure I listen to Nu metal, (bottom of page 3) but straight up metal is awesome. Sh1t like Metallica, Killswitch Engage, Disturbed and Mudvayne is what I'm talking about.

Try something worth listening to once in a while.

well i like metal a lot,and i don't actually hate nu-metal i just think it does sound diferent from what i'm used to hear,like megadeth,iron maiden,judas priest,metallica,etc... that's why ppl don't like it that much,or maybe just because most of it sucks and it shouldn't be called metal

People who listen to REAL metal dislike people who listen to nu-metal because they usually have the attitued taht they are really hardcore.

Now, I don't listen to straight up death metal, but progressive metal, alternative metal, and melodic death metal.

And I used to listen to nu-metal a lot, in fact I though I was really hardcore. It got me started listening to good music. I like nu-metal, but as a stepping stone to GOOD music.

who is so stupid to even create a word Nu?

Hmmmmmm, the u is supposed to have the two dots above it.

slipknot is nu metal ¬¬
and nu metal is like rap
thats why people who listen to metal hate it