im looking for some awesome bands from the genres; heavy metal/death metal/screamo/rock/hardcore/punk rock etc i really like these genres but do not know much bandsplease help!
I've honestly never heard anyone claim Korn wasn't metal. Maybe not in the classic Sabbath/Deep Purple/Rainbow sense, but metal nonetheless.
1. Whiny teenage angst lyrics 2. Whiny Vocals 3. They don't play riffs, they down tune their guitars and play chugging power chords Metal does not feature mediocre instrumentation, but Korn does, therefore they are not metal in my opinion. Metal should be insanely complex and technical.
Lyre- Iron Maiden are not extremely complex nor technical. Are you going to say they're not metal? Korn is nu metal, and they have more common ground in spirit and composition with rock than metal. But if you want to say nu metal is just a new modern form of metal, I wouldn't argue much. Comparing Korn to early classic heavy metal like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, well those bands were very rocky actually. Yet who would deny they're metal? To me the most metally metal (the kind that emphasizes the difference between metal and rock) is all extreme metal, doom, and power (and the folk, symphonic and gothic styles that blend these styles plus bring their own elements). The definition of metal changes with the times as music expands. Korn is both metal and not metal depending on how you want to look at it. There's no right answer when it comes to this, it's all just down to opinion, though popular opinion and conforming to this will make it seem there might be a solid answer. i'd say musically Korn is a type of metal, nu metal, but they are not METAL in spirit.
Korn are primarily a Nu Metal band. The reason why people may say they are not metal ( or no longer metal ) is because their newest album is mostly Electronic Rock / Dubstep features Skrillex
Metal fans just call a lot of bands they hate 'not metal' even when they are.
