Editing Nu metal (section)

==Characteristics and fashion==
 <!--Note that none of the information below is meant to describe all nu metal songs or meant to be the defining characteristics of the genre. These are generalizations.-->
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===Terminology and origins===
Nu metal is a subgenre of [[alternative metal]].<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="mollylambert">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2945625/vintage-korn-life-is-peachy-at-20/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021123649/http://www.mtv.com/news/2945625/vintage-korn-life-is-peachy-at-20/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |title=Vintage Korn: Life Is Peachy At 20 |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=Lambert |first=Molly |date=October 20, 2016 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> Sometimes stylized as nü-metal,<ref name=DAngeloMTV3 /><ref name="daddy">{{cite journal |last1=Pieslak |first1=Jonathan |year=2008 |title=Sound, text and identity in Korn's 'Hey Daddy' |journal=Popular Music |volume=27 |pages=35–52 |doi=10.1017/S0261143008001451 |s2cid=194955089 }}</ref> the genre has also been dubbed aggro-metal.<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/alternative-metal-ma0000012328 |title=Alternative Metal |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=May 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/rockstarsongod0000vanp/page/180 |last1=Pelt |first1=Doug Van |last2=Sweet |first2=Michael |title=Rock Stars on God: 20 Artists Speak Their Mind about Faith |year=2004 |publisher=Relevant Media Group |isbn=0-9729276-9-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rockstarsongod0000vanp/page/180 180] |chapter=Static X |access-date=January 28, 2017 }}</ref> [[MTV]] states that the early nu metal group [[Korn]] "arrived in 1993 into the burgeoning alternative metal scene, which would morph into nü-metal the way [[college rock]] became [[alternative rock]]."<ref name="mollylambert"/> ''[[Stereogum]]'' similarly said that nu metal was a "weird outgrowth of the [[Lollapalooza]]-era alt-metal scene".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1834903/adrenaline-turns-20/franchises/the-anniversary/|title=Adrenaline Turns 20|date=October 2, 2015|access-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref> Nu metal merges elements of heavy metal music<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="horror">{{cite journal |title=What's the Deal with Soundtrack Albums? Metal Music and the Customized Aesthetics of Contemporary Horror |last=Tompkins |first=Joseph |journal=Cinema Journal |year=2009 |volume=49 |number=1 |pages=65–81 |doi=10.1353/cj.0.0155 |s2cid=191468077 |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/cinema_journal/v049/49.1.tompkins.html |access-date=January 25, 2017 |quote=Nu metal (or "fusion metal") is a hybrid genre that combines elements of thrash, grunge, rap, and funk. At variance with traditional heavy metal, nu metal relies to a greater extent on rhythm and sound texture over melody and virtuosity, so that, for example, drop-tuned guitars are used to create fuller, "heavier" sounds and percussive rhythms.}}</ref><ref name="descent">{{cite web |url=http://metaldescent.com/thrash-metal/ |title=Heavy Metal Classifications: A History of Thrash Metal |publisher=Metal Descent |access-date=April 11, 2013}}</ref> with elements of other music genres such as [[hip hop music|hip hop]],<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="Chad Bowar">{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/heavymetal101/a/101_history_2.htm |last=Bowar |first=Chad |title=Heavy Metal: More Metal Genres |publisher=[[About.com]] |access-date=April 28, 2010 |quote="Combining heavy metal riffs with hip-hop influences and rapped lyrics, this genre became very popular in the late '90s through the early 2000s and then fell from favor." |archive-date=July 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725224340/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/heavymetal101/a/101_history_2.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[grunge]], [[funk]],<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="horror"/>{{sfn|McIver|2002|pp=12–13}}<ref name=Citron>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7DZMAgAAQBAJ&q=Songwriting:+A+Complete+Guide+to+the+Craft |title=Songwriting: A Complete Guide to the Craft |publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation]] |year=2008 |last=Citron |first=Stephen |page=281 |isbn=978-0-87910-357-6 |access-date=January 28, 2017 |quote=These bands, such as Korn, Papa Roach, and Limp Bizkit incorporated elements ranging from hip-hop to death metal.}}</ref><ref name="KahnHarris">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wwgd9y-Ww5UC&q=Introduction:+From+heavy+metal+to+extreme+metal |last=Kahn-Harris |first=Keith |title=Extreme metal: music and culture on the edge |year=2007 |publisher=[[Berg Publishers]] |isbn=978-1-84520-399-3 |page=1 |chapter=Introduction: From heavy metal to extreme metal |access-date=January 28, 2017 |quote=Another hugely successful 1990s offshoot of heavy metal was nu metal, which began to constitute itself in the latter half of the 1990s with the success of bands such as Korn and Limp Bizkit. Such bands built on the early funk metal work of bands such as Faith No More by combining metal with rap and dance music. Nu metal also built on grunge and punk by lyrically emphasizing pain and personal alienation.<br>As the twenty-first century has progressed, nu metal has begun to exhaust itself artistically, and 'emo' bands such as Funeral For A Friend and My Chemical Romance, that draw on both nu metal and impassioned versions of 1990s hardcore punk, have become more popular.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Iannini |first=Tommaso |title=Nu Metal |publisher=[[Giunti Editore|Giunti]] |year=2003 |isbn=88-09-03051-6 |quote=Se prima la base del rock pesante erano principalmente il blues o il progressive, oral'hip hop è un approdo naturale della scomposizione del suo linguaggio canonico. I Korn ne sono l'esempio principe, per il modo in cui imitano dal vivo pratiche proprie del turntablism (come già Tom Morello, chitarrista dei Rage Against The Machine), benché ultimamente abbiano virato verso il rock. L'elettronica, sia a livello di strumenti che di tecniche di registrazione, ha in- nescato un'altra mutazione ge- netica, anche se sono ancora in tantissimi a preferire il suono analogico. L'hardcore esercita una forte in- fluenza renden do il sound più asciutto, compatto ed esplosivo, mentre la lezione del funk traspare da molti grooves di basso e batteria. La componente melodica più comune al genere deriva invece dal postpunk o dal synth pop degli anni '80.}}</ref> and alternative rock according to [[Blabbermouth.net]].<ref name=Dez/> Nu metal bands use many elements of heavy metal genres such as [[rap metal]], [[groove metal]], and [[funk metal]].<ref name="Allmusic"/>{{sfn|McIver|2002|pp=12–13}}<ref>{{harvnb|Udo|2002|pp=15–16}}: "Nu metal most commonly describes a wave of bands, exclusively American, heavily influenced by late-'80s and early 90s pioneers like Faith No More, Fear Factory, Rage Against The Machine and Biohazard, who fuse rap, metal and punk, lathered in furious teenage-angst rants and ultra-violent pronouncements delivered at high volume. Guitars are heavily distorted, the riffs are muted, and hip-hop influenced bass and percussion fills the sound."</ref> Some nu metal bands, such as [[Static-X]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://loudwire.com/wayne-static-widow-tera-wray-remembers-late-husband/ |title=Wayne Static's Widow Tera Wray Remembers Her Late Husband |magazine=[[Loudwire]] |last=Hartmann |first=Graham "Gruhamed" |date=November 4, 2014 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> and [[Dope (band)|Dope]],<ref name="NoRegrets">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/no-regrets-mw0000810419 |title=No Regrets – Dope |website=[[AllMusic]] |last=Sullivan |first=Patrick |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> made nu metal music with elements of [[industrial metal]]. In contrast with other heavy metal subgenres, nu metal tends to use the same structure of verses, choruses, and bridges as those in pop music.{{sfn|Udo|2002|p=16}}<ref name="Oxford" /><ref>Buts, Jeroen. [http://lib.ugent.be/fulltxt/RUG01/001/414/985/RUG01-001414985_2010_0001_AC.pdf "5.1"]. ''The Thematical and Stylistic Evolution of Heavy Metal Lyrics and Imagery From the 70s to Present Day''. p. 80. "Also, the genre combined a low-tuned guitar sound and many other thrash, industrial, and death metal traits within a structure that was much more traditional and akin to Pop music (e.g. intro-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus-outro)."</ref>

===Musical characteristics===
====Instrumentation====
[[File:ReginaldArvizu.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Korn bassist [[Fieldy]] (''pictured'') cites bassists such as [[Flea (musician)|Flea]] of [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] and [[Les Claypool]] of [[Primus (band)|Primus]] as influences.<ref name="mollylambert" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2013/10/korns-fieldy-music-outside-of-the-box/ |title=Korn's Fieldy: Music Outside Of The Box |work=[[Bass Musician]] |last=Risser |first=Tim |date=October 1, 2013 |access-date=May 2, 2017}}</ref>]]

Instrumentation in nu metal is heavily [[Syncopation|syncopated]] and is based mostly on guitar [[riff]]s, with riffs often being inspired by groove metal.<ref name="daddy"/> Mid-song bridges and a general lack of [[guitar solo]]s contrasts it with other genres of heavy metal.<ref name="daddy"/><ref name=Sam /> Kory Grow of ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'' wrote, "...&nbsp;[i]n its efforts to tune down and simplify riffs, {{nowrap|nu-metal}} effectively drove a stake through the heart of the guitar solo".<ref name="FinalSix">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.revolvermag.com/lists-2/final-six-the-six-best-worst-things-to-come-out-of-nu-metal.html|title=Final Six: The Six Best/Worst Things to Come out of Nu-Metal |last=Grow |first=Kory |magazine=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |date=February 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611050855/http://www.revolvermag.com/lists-2/final-six-the-six-best-worst-things-to-come-out-of-nu-metal.html |access-date=January 25, 2017|archive-date=2017-06-11 }}</ref> Another contrast with other [[heavy metal genres]] is nu metal's emphasis on rhythm, rather than on complexity or mood.<ref name="horror"/> The [[wah pedal]] is occasionally featured in nu metal music.<ref name="FinalSix" />

Nu metal bassists and drummers are often influenced by funk and hip hop, respectively, adding to nu metal's rhythmic nature.<ref name="crhythm">{{cite web |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Rock_File_British_Christian_NuMetal/7793/p1/ |title=Rock File: British Christian Nu-Metal |date=June 23, 2003 |publisher=[[Cross Rhythms]] |access-date=January 30, 2014}}</ref><ref name="McIver2008">{{cite book |author-link=Joel McIver |last=McIver |first=Joel |title=The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tFDPx8IDKsoC&pg=PA42 |year=2008 |publisher=Jawbone Press |isbn=978-1-906002-20-6 |page=42 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> [[Blast beat]]s and [[Bass drum#Double bass drum|double bass drumming]], which are both common in heavy metal subgenres such as [[black metal]], [[thrash metal]] and death metal, are uncommon in nu metal,<ref name="Oxford">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cXQRDAAAQBAJ&q=The+Oxford+Handbook+of+Sound+and+Image+in+Digital+Media&pg=PA730 |title=The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Image in Digital Media |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |last1=Vernallis |first1=Carol |last2=Herzog |first2=Amy |last3=Richardson |first3=John |year=2013 |page=315 |isbn=978-0-19-975764-0 |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> with drummers such as [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot's]] [[Joey Jordison]] and [[Mudvayne]]'s [[Matthew McDonough|Matt McDonough]] being notable exceptions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/joey-jordison-metal-drummer-death-tribute |title=5 reasons Joey Jordison was one of the most influential metal drummers of all time |work=Music Radar |date=July 26, 2022 |accessdate=September 19, 2023 |last=Williams |first=Stuart}}</ref> Nu metal's similarities with many heavy metal subgenres include its use of [[common time]], [[distortion (music)|distorted]] guitars, and [[power chord]]s and note structures primarily revolving around [[Dorian mode|Dorian]], [[Aeolian mode|Aeolian]] or [[Phrygian mode|Phrygian]] [[musical mode|modes]].<ref name="daddy"/> While loud and heavily [[distortion (music)|distorted]] electric guitars are a core feature of all metal genres, nu metal guitarists took the sounds of "violence and destruction" to new levels with their overdriven guitar tone, which music journalists Kitts and Tolinski compared to the "...sound [of] a Mack truck being crushed by a collapsing skyscraper."<ref>Whitehead, Neil L. ''Virtual War and Magical Death: Technologies and Imaginaries for Terror and Killing''. Duke University Press, 2013. p. 221</ref>

Some nu metal bands use [[seven-string guitar]]s<ref name="MichiganDaily" /> that are generally [[guitar tunings|down-tuned]],<ref name="Oxford" /><ref name="ozzfest2">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e_r67h7Z-cYC&q=%22nu+metal%22+subgenre&pg=PA4 |title=Ozzfest |last=Robinson |first=Greg |page=10 |publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group |isbn=978-1-4042-1756-0 |year=2008 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> rather than traditional {{nowrap|[[six-string guitar]]s.{{sfn|McIver|2002|pp=12–13}}}} Likewise, some bass guitarists use [[extended-range bass|five-string and six-string]] instruments.{{sfn|McIver|2002|pp=12–13}}<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hQhEAgAAQBAJ&q=Popular+Music:+Topics,+Trends+%26+Trajectories |title=Popular Music: Topics, Trends & Trajectories |publisher=[[SAGE Publications|SAGE]] |year=2011 |last=Brabazon |first=Tara |isbn=978-1-84787-436-8 |page=162 |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> {{nowrap|Bass guitar-playing}} in nu metal often features an emphasis on funk elements.<ref name="MichiganDaily" /> In nu metal music, [[Turntablism|DJs]] are sometimes featured to provide instrumentation such as [[sampling (music)|sampling]], turntable [[scratching]] and [[electronic musical instrument|electronic]] backgrounds.{{sfn|McIver|2002|pp=12–13}} {{nowrap|Nu metal}} tends to have hip hop grooves and rhythms.<ref name="Sam">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/sep/03/features.review87 |title=America's 'nu metal' bands have the world at their feet |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=September 2, 2000 |access-date=September 22, 2015}}</ref>{{sfn|Udo|2002|p=16}}<ref name="MichiganDaily">{{cite news |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/content/bside/nu-metal-shouldnt-be-forgotten |title=Nu-metal's lasting legacy |last=Porter |first=Jack |newspaper=[[The Michigan Daily]] |date=October 21, 2008 |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref>

====Vocals====

Vocal styles used in nu metal music include singing,{{sfn|Udo|2002|p=16}} [[rapping]],<ref name="Sam" /><ref name="RockNAmerica" /> [[screaming (music)|screaming]]<ref name="Oxford" /><ref name="RockNAmerica" /> and [[death growl|growl]]ing.<ref name=RockNAmerica>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-8WnBgAAQBAJ&q=Rock%27n+America:+A+Social+and+Cultural+History |title=Rock'n America: A Social and Cultural History |last=Weinstein |first=Deena |publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-4426-0015-7 |quote="Nu-metal and grunge shared similar lyrical themes, focusing on negative emotions of personal hurt, alienation, and anger. It's angst-ridden aggression was underscored by vocalists who rapped, screamed, or growled." |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> Vocals in nu metal are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop.<ref name=Utsandiego /> While some nu metal bands, such as [[Limp Bizkit]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/2013/05/limp-bizkit-fred-durst-new-album-interview-2013/ |title=Fred Durst Answers for Limp Bizkit's Legacy |work=[[Spin (magazine)|SPIN]] |last=Herzog |first=Kenny |date=May 29, 2013 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> and [[Linkin Park]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-01-ca-19532-story.html |title=Linkin Park's Rap 'n' Rock |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |last=LeCaro |first=Lina |author-link=Lina Lecaro |date=February 1, 2001 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/04/interview-mike-shinoda-talks-new-linkin-park-album-and-ranks-his-top-5-rappers |title=Interview: Mike Shinoda Talks New Linkin Park Album And Ranks His Top 5 Rappers |work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |date=April 30, 2012 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> have rapping in their music, other nu metal bands, such as [[Godsmack]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=20010922&id=UoIyAAAAIBAJ&pg=6413,694032&hl=en |title=Energetic Godsmack takes rock music to a hard place |work=[[Lawrence Journal-World]] |last=Stout |first=Alan K. |date=September 22, 2001 |page=6D |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> and [[Staind]],<ref name="StaindArtistDirect" /> do not.

Nu metal bands occasionally feature hip hop musicians as guests in their songs; Korn's song "Children of the Korn" features the rapper [[Ice Cube]], who performed on the band's [[Family Values Tour 1998|1998 Family Values Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/502143/korn-ice-cube-blur-line-between-rap-and-rock/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925173226/http://www.mtv.com/news/502143/korn-ice-cube-blur-line-between-rap-and-rock/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |title=Korn, Ice Cube Blur Line Between Rap And Rock |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=McLeod |first=Kembrew |date=September 28, 1998 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/ice_cube-neighbour_with_attitude |title=Ice Cube Neighbour With Attitude |work=[[Exclaim!]] |last=Fox |first=Luke |date=June 9, 2014 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> The hip hop musician [[Nas]] was featured on Korn's song "Play Me", which is on the band's album ''[[Take a Look in the Mirror]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1480173/korn-land-nas-for-mirror-ask-fans-to-direct-new-video/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929180229/http://www.mtv.com/news/1480173/korn-land-nas-for-mirror-ask-fans-to-direct-new-video/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 29, 2015 |title=Korn Land Nas For Mirror, Ask Fans To Direct New Video |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=November 4, 2003 |access-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref> Limp Bizkit has recorded with multiple hip hop musicians including [[Method Man]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/517983/limp-bizkit-method-man-redman-continue-touring/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925173152/http://www.mtv.com/news/517983/limp-bizkit-method-man-redman-continue-touring/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |title=Limp Bizkit, Method Man, Redman Continue Touring |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=October 5, 1999 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> [[Lil Wayne]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1554417/limp-bizkit-is-ready-to-go-with-lil-wayne-on-new-single-listen |title=Limp Bizkit Is 'Ready To Go' with Lil Wayne On New Single |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=March 25, 2013 |access-date=September 25, 2015}}</ref> [[Xzibit]],<ref name="Chocolate">{{cite magazine |title=Personal Bizness |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |author=Christgau, Robert |year=2001 |volume=17 |number=1 |issn=0886-3032 |pages=111–112 <!--|access-date=January 25, 2017-->|author-link=Robert Christgau }}</ref> [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]],<ref name="Chocolate" /> [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1450894/dmx-fred-durst-to-record-together-again/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926011953/http://www.mtv.com/news/1450894/dmx-fred-durst-to-record-together-again/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |title=DMX, Fred Durst To Record Together Again |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=Reid |first=Shaheem |date=November 21, 2001 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> and [[Snoop Dogg]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/omm/reviews/story/0,,1045834,00.html |title=Limp Bizkit, Results May Vary: 1 star |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |date=September 21, 2003 |access-date=September 25, 2015}}</ref> [[Linkin Park]] collaborated with hip hop musician [[Jay-Z]] on their 2004 extended play ''[[Collision Course (EP)|Collision Course]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/name/7551 |title=Jay-Z/Linkin Park: Collision Course |author=Long, Pat |work=[[NME]] |date=December 11, 2004 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> [[Kid Rock]] has recorded with hip hop musicians [[Eminem]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jogCmD7sRkwC&q=Eminem:+Crossing+the+Line |title=Eminem: Crossing the Line |last=Huxley |first=Martin |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]] |isbn=978-1-4299-7574-2 |year=2000 |page=86 |quote="Em also contributed a raucous verse to the metallic "Fuck Off" on Kid Rock's breakthrough album ''Devil Without a Cause''" |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> and Snoop Dogg.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1450180/american-bad-asses-wanted-for-kid-rock-video/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926015516/http://www.mtv.com/news/1450180/american-bad-asses-wanted-for-kid-rock-video/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |title=American Bad Asses Wanted For Kid Rock Video |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=D'Angelo |first=Joe |date=October 19, 2001 |access-date=September 25, 2015}}</ref> Trevor Baker of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote, "Bands such as Linkin Park, Korn and even the much reviled Limp Bizkit&nbsp;... did far more to break down the artificial barriers between 'urban music' and rock than any of their more critically acceptable counterparts."<ref name="guardian">{{cite web|last=Baker |first=Trevor |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/feb/06/whyitsworthcelebratingnume |title=Why it's worth celebrating nu-metal's anniversary |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=February 6, 2008 |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref>

====Lyrics====
Lyrics in nu metal songs are often angry or nihilistic;{{sfn|Udo|2002|p=16}}<ref name="MichiganDaily" /><ref name=RockNAmerica /> many of the genre's lyrics focus on topics such as pain,<ref name="KahnHarris"/><ref name=RockNAmerica /> angst,<ref name="Sam" /><ref name=RockNAmerica /> bullying,<ref name="firstpost-anatomy" /> emotional issues,<ref name="firstpost-anatomy" /><ref name="MichiganDaily" /> abandonment,<ref name="firstpost-anatomy" /><ref name="MichiganDaily" /> betrayal,<ref name="firstpost-anatomy" /> and personal alienation,<ref name="KahnHarris"/><ref name=RockNAmerica /> in a way similar to those of grunge.<ref name="firstpost-anatomy">{{cite web |last=Pradhan |first=Karan |title=The anatomy of a scene: Charting the rise, dominance, and fall of nü metal |url=http://www.firstpost.com/living/the-anatomy-of-a-scene-charting-the-rise-dominance-and-fall-of-nu-metal-2578612.html |work=[[Firstpost]] |date=January 11, 2016 |access-date=February 3, 2016}}</ref><ref name="KahnHarris"/><ref name=RockNAmerica /><ref name=slayer>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UffkZCMjXzoC&q=The+Bloody+Reign+of+Slayer |last=McIver |first=Joel |author-link=Joel McIver |title=The Bloody Reign of Slayer |year=2008 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-1-84938-386-8 |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> Many nu metal lyrics that are about these topics tend to be in a very direct tone.<ref name="MichiganDaily" /> However, some {{nowrap|nu metal}} songs have lyrics that are about other topics. [[P.O.D.]] has used positive lyrics about promise and hope.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/satellite-mw0000010193 |title=Satellite – P.O.D. |website=[[AllMusic]] |last=Birchmeier |first=Jason |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> The nu metal<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kerrang.com/25257/ultimate-nu-metal-mixtape/ |title=The Ultimate Nu Metal Mixtape |work=[[Kerrang!]] |date=November 10, 2014 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> song "[[Bodies (Drowning Pool song)|Bodies]]" by [[Drowning Pool]] is about [[moshing]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Drowning Pool respond to Arizona shooting link with their song 'Bodies{{'-}} |url=https://www.nme.com/news/drowning-pool/54507 |work=[[NME]] |last=Bychawski |first=Adam |date=January 11, 2011 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> ''[[The Michigan Daily]]'' wrote about [[Limp Bizkit]]'s lyrics, writing that the band "used the nu-metal sound as a way to spin testosterone fueled fantasies into snarky white-boy rap. Oddly, audiences took frontman [[Fred Durst]] more seriously than he wanted, failing to see the intentional silliness in many of his songs".<ref name="MichiganDaily" /> Limp Bizkit's lyrics have also been described as misogynistic.{{sfn|Devenish|2000|pp=67–68}} [[Dope (band)|Dope]]'s lyrics are usually about sex, drugs, parties, women, violence, and relationships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/29833/Dope-No-Regrets/ |title=Review: Dope – No Regrets |website=Sputnikmusic |last=Altküla |first=Magnus |date=March 11, 2009 |access-date=October 28, 2015}}</ref> In contrast, according to Josh Chesler of the ''[[Phoenix New Times]]'', the lyrics of [[Deftones]], who were once considered a nu metal band, "tend to have complex allusions and leave the songs open to many different interpretations."<ref name="JoshChesler" />

===Fashion===
[[File:Korn Logo Black PNG.png|thumb|The [[Korn]] logo (stylized as KoЯn) became an iconic symbol of nu metal]]
Nu metal clothing typically consists of baggy pants,<ref name=FinalSix /><ref name=VH1 /><ref name="metalsux" /><ref name=vice>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-i-learned-from-growing-up-nu-metal-in-british-suburbia-666/ |title=What I Learned from Growing Up Nu Metal in British Suburbia |magazine=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |last=Hutchinson |first=Kate |date=February 12, 2015 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> shirts, and shorts,<ref name="Sam" /><ref name=NM-gurus>{{cite web|last1=Mulholland|first1=Gary|title=Nu-metal gurus|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/nu-metal-gurus-5359956.html|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=February 4, 2016|date=October 3, 2002}}</ref> [[JNCO]] jeans,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalinjection.net/finally/jncos-are-coming-back |title=JNCOS Are Coming Back |work=Metal Injection |date=February 19, 2015 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref name=Decibel /> [[Adidas]] tracksuits,<ref name=Decibel /> sports jerseys,<ref name=28bands>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/photos/30-nu-metal-bands-you-d-forgotten/321759 |title=28 Nu-Metal Era Bands You Probably Forgot All About |work=[[NME]] |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> baseball caps,<ref name="Lucy" /> baggy [[hoodie]]s,<ref name=vice /> [[cargo pants]], and [[sweatpants]].<ref name=houston /> Nu metal hairstyles and facial hairstyles include [[dreadlocks]],<ref name=houston>{{cite web |last=Marmaduke |first=Lauren |url=http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/08/top_10_nu-metal_fashion_violat.php |title=Top 10 Nu-Metal Fashion Violations |work=[[Houston Press]] |date=August 17, 2011 |access-date=June 27, 2014 |archive-date=December 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215081449/http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/08/top_10_nu-metal_fashion_violat.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Braid (hairstyle)|braids]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=What I Learned from Growing Up Nu Metal in British Suburbia|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-i-learned-from-growing-up-nu-metal-in-british-suburbia-666/|last=Hutchinson|first=Kate|date=2015-02-12|website=Vice|language=en|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref> spiky hair,<ref name=VH1 /><ref name="28bands" /> chin beards,<ref name=metalsux>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2010/09/29/what-is-ur-favorite-classic-nu-metal-band/ |title=What is UR Favorite Classic Nu-Metal Band?? |publisher=[[MetalSucks]] |date=September 29, 2010 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref name="houston" /> bald heads,<ref name="houston" /><ref name="fashion-guide" /> [[goatee]]s,<ref name="houston" /> [[frosted tips]],<ref name=vice /> and [[hair coloring|bleached or dyed hair]].<ref name=VH1 /><ref name="houston" /> Common accessories in nu metal fashion include wallet chains,<ref name="Sam" /><ref name="28bands" /><ref name=fashion-guide>{{cite web |url=http://www.fuse.tv/galleries/2015/02/nu-metal-fashion |title=The Complete Guide to Nu-Metal Fashion |publisher=[[Fuse (TV channel)|Fuse]] |last1=Sherman |first1=Maria |last2=Nuñez |first2=Jatnna |date=February 18, 2015 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> tattoos,<ref name="Sam" /><ref name="NM-gurus" /><ref name="fashion-guide" /> and piercings,<ref name="Sam" /><ref name=FinalSix /><ref name="NM-gurus" /><ref name="houston" /> especially facial piercings.<ref name=vice /><ref name="fashion-guide" /> Nu metal fashion has been compared to [[hip hop fashion]].<ref name=FinalSix />

Some nu metal bands such as [[Motograter]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.red-mag.com/RED/jun26/reviews.html |title=RED reviews |work=Red |last1=Vargas |first1=Luciano Marzulli |last2=Koelsch |first2=Peter |date=June 26, 2003 |access-date=January 25, 2017 |archive-date=October 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018081933/http://www.red-mag.com/RED/jun26/reviews.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Mushroomhead]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mushroomhead-mn0000618589/biography |title=Mushroomhead {{!}} Biography & History |website=[[AllMusic]] |last=Henderson |first=Alex |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> [[Mudvayne]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mudvayne-mn0000509156 |title=Mudvayne |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Hay">{{cite magazine |last1=Hay |first1=Carla |title=No Name's Mudvayne 'Digs' into the Billboard 200 |publisher= |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=113 |number=17 |pages=17; 81 |issn=0006-2510 |date=April 28, 2001 <!--|access-date=January 25, 2017-->}}</ref> and [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]<ref name="fashion-guide" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/slipknot-mn0000750742/biography |title=Slipknot {{!}} Biography & History |website=[[AllMusic]] |last=Huey |first=Steve |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> wear masks, jumpsuits, costumes, face paint, [[corpse paint]] or [[body paint]]. A few nu metal bands, such as [[Coal Chamber]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-16-ca-20036-story.html |title=Coal Chamber: They've Lived a Little |date=April 16, 2000 |access-date=May 2, 2017 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |last=Waserman |first=Kastle}}</ref> and [[Kittie]]<ref name=RS>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kittie/albums/album/302361/review/6067655/spit |title=Kittie: Spit |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=March 30, 2000 |access-date=November 10, 2012 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211222250/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kittie/albums/album/302361/review/6067655/spit |archive-date=February 11, 2007 |last=Berger |first=Arion}}</ref> are known for having [[Goth fashion|gothic]] appearances.