I thought hair metal was just the way you looked, with the big hair that looked like it could serve as a woman's hairdo. But guess theres more to it than that? So what is the difference between hair metal and just straight metal?
It's too artificial, none of the musicians possess a great amount of talent nor are they very skilled; the guitar riffs are generic palm muted strum riffs. DJs and beatboxes also do not belong in metal, rapping ESPECIALLY should not be a factor of metal. Not to mention it is WAY overproduced at times. It's basically kid music, like some 10 year old will hear a Linkin Park song on Transformers and think it's hardcore when they don't realize they're listening to the lowest form of talent.
Bloodthirsty for Metal gave a great answer I guess I'll just sum up what I think: -It's more rapping with down-tuned guitars than actual metal -Most nu-metal bands just tried to copy Korn (the originators of this genre) rather than find their own sound, and hence most sound exactly the same -99% of all nu-metal lyrics revolve around teen angst, whining about how painful life is, more angst, and some more angst -Guitarists of this genre aren't particularly talented or innovative, in fact, I would say that they're completely untalented hacks: nu-metal guitar parts usually just consist of playing power chords on down-tuned guitars -Limp Bizkit, enough said
