Godsmack isn't nu metal at all. Not even with their first album. They are alt metal/rock. Although their last two releases were relatively weak, their first three releases were really good. When Godsmack came out, there wasn't really anything else that sounded like it. The time period it came out was unfortunate, because the album was lumped in with all the nu metal. Even if they were trying to be like Alice in Chains (they weren't, and aren't), they sound nothing like them. Songs like Moon Baby, Keep Away, and Get Up Get Out are full of hooks, and there is nothing wrong with that because the songs don't lose their edginess. Catchy is not a crime. The success of a song like Voodoo only points the bands competence. Awake is a great album and Faceless is solid.
And for the record, Necromancer, Godsmack is still very very popular.
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