Editing Nu metal (section)

====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>