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Originally Posted by Psem5
I mean the music sounds literally industrial. The sheer scale of the sound, the metallic percussion and some of the ambience used.
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I was hoping you could post an example.
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And I dont think music should be defined by the time it came out. It should be defined by the content and each of these bands are too different.
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Music is often a product of its time and as a result that's one of the things that defines it. Nu-metal is
very much a product of its time IMO and as result it make a lot of sense to partially define it that way.
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Rage are generally slower blues influenced and more obviously hip hoppy. You can clearly here classic rock influences in wake up (from Led Zeppelin's Kashmir) and the solo in settle for nothing...youd never hear anything like that in Slipknot. SOAD have obvious Eastern roots showing throough in their music.
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I've never considered Rage Against the Machine nu-metal, though they were certainly a strong influence on the style.