The LOL At Nu-Metal thread

[Gary]

Well, I guess Obama won't be listening to Korn anymore.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Damn, I thought all celebrities/recording artists were Obama fans?

I may have mentioned this before, but a couple weeks ago, HDnet was showing a rather unusual Korn concert. There was no crowd, it was the middle or the night, and they were playing in a corn field for a couple hours.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

They originally aired that last year. It was just an experiment for a live show they've wanted to do for a long time.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Local rock station hyped a HUGE HUGE HUGE local concert announcement all weekend. Ended up being Halestorm (This band SUCKS ASS), Staind (thought Aaron Lewis was a country singer now?) and Godsmack (play Awake and get the fuck off the stage!) in April.

 

[Laz]

I'm half ashamed to say that "Awake" is a song I can actually listen to, primarily due to the little breakdown after the second chorus (the "TURN YOUR BACK" blah blah blah part).

I gave Kittie a listen recently. The stuff from the last 2-3 years is actually tolerable on the same level as Devildriver's "Clouds Over California" or Lamb of God's "11th Hour": a few decent riffs, maybe a solid chorus, but ultimately lame and contrived.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

I half-enjoy Awake purely for the main riff and opening drums. *DUM DUM DUMDUM...DUM DUM DUMDUMMMMMMMM....YEAH!!!!*

 

[Baby Shoes]

Local rock station hyped a HUGE HUGE HUGE local concert announcement all weekend. Ended up being Halestorm (This band SUCKS ASS), Staind (thought Aaron Lewis was a country singer now?) and Godsmack (play Awake and get the fuck off the stage!) in April.

A couple months ago I saw a billboard that Aaron Lewis was playing at a local casino. That seemed sad enough, but especially when I had been there one night and the stage used for their advertised acts was just the little lounge stage on the middle of the casino floor. I had been there one night when Blue Oyster Cult was doing a show, which was really sad seeing them shout about "THIS MAN PLAYED WITH RONNIE JAMES DIO" as a few drunks paid attention while some blue-haired made confused faces.

I kinda was tempted to go see Aaron Lewis and start shouting like Fred Durst during his songs much like his songs on the old Family Values tour CD.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Local rock station hyped a HUGE HUGE HUGE local concert announcement all weekend. Ended up being Halestorm (This band SUCKS ASS), Staind (thought Aaron Lewis was a country singer now?) and Godsmack (play Awake and get the fuck off the stage!) in April.

A couple months ago I saw a billboard that Aaron Lewis was playing at a local casino. That seemed sad enough, but especially when I had been there one night and the stage used for their advertised acts was just the little lounge stage on the middle of the casino floor. I had been there one night when Blue Oyster Cult was doing a show, which was really sad seeing them shout about "THIS MAN PLAYED WITH RONNIE JAMES DIO" as a few drunks paid attention while some blue-haired made confused faces.

I kinda was tempted to go see Aaron Lewis and start shouting like Fred Durst during his songs much like his songs on the old Family Values tour CD.

THIS IS THA REAL MUTHAFUCKIN' DEAL Y'ALL!

In all honesty, the song isn't TERRIBLE. It just didn't need Fred Durst looking bored out of his skull sitting next to Aaron Lewis yelling random bullshit during the interlude.

Staind feat Fred Durst - Outside live at {Family Valious 1999} HD

 

[Baby Shoes]

Exactly. That's what makes it hilarious. He's singing this sad, personal song and douchey Fred Durst starts yelling PUT YO LIGHTERS IN THE AIR! I've done that several times to people playing guitars at parties or whatever. I really regret not seeing Lewis and shouting about Chocolate Starfishes and Mission Impossible II for his entire set.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Well, my girlfriend and I ended up going to the opening night of the Mass Chaos Tour last night, headlined by Staind and Godsmack. It was a fun evening. The opening band was sommething called "Man Made Machine". Much to my surprise, they were actually decent. They only did 4 songs, but they were quite enjoyable. About 15 minutes after they finished, Halestorm played for about 45 minutes. To be fair, their female singer is a decent guitar player, but it seemed like she was trying way too hard to be like Lita Ford. She did the whole set in high heels which couldn't have been comfortable.

Staind played for about 75 minutes or so, and I have to be honest, it was actually fantastic. They had great stage presence and were full of energy. The first song they played, which was one of the last I expected to hear, was "Raw" from the Dysfunction album. They played 2 or 3 tracks from their new album which I actually enjoyed. Aaron Lewis decided to pander to the southern crowd and sing his solo song "Country Boy" in the middle of the set, which gave me plenty of time to go take a piss. Really though, it was a surprisingly good set, and I would go see Staind again.

Godsmack went on last, opening with "Whatever". It took Sully's voice and the rest of the band about 4 tracks to warm up, because they just sleepwalked through "Whatever", "Awake" (which pissed me off because this is what I was there to hear) and "Straight Out of Line". The fourth song they played was "Speak" and this was when they finally seemed to get the kinks worked out and started sounding better overall. A fun highlight of the show was Sully and the Drummer doing "Dueling Drums" for about 15 minutes. They did this by driving another Drum/Bongo kit onto the stage. They did a neat drumstick juggling thing occasionally which was a fun visual. Godsmack closed their set with "Cryin' Like a Bitch" and "I Stand Alone". Godsmack was acceptable overall once they started sounding right, and played for close to an hour and a half.

All in all, it was a fun evening and at a little over 5 hours, was quite a show.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Well, I downloaded a leak of Linkin Park's new album, "Living Things" (because I refuse to spend money on their shit). Some thoughts:

Linkin Park meets Dubstep. This is....interesting.

Mike Shinoda - STOP TRYING TO FUCKING SING ON YOUR ALBUMS! Either rap (which I'll admit, he's not terrible at), or stay in the background and play guitar or piano, you monotone douche!

Why do all of their songs have to sound like they came out of one of the Transformers films now?

I guess I've been spoiled by too many long, epic concept albums from various Power Metal acts, but this thing's MAYBE 30 minutes total.

Again, there's a lot of dubstep here. When the album is above mediocre, it's not bad and is actually acceptable (not good). When it's bad (mainly when Mike Shinoda tries to sing), it's BAD.

I give it a 2/5

I don't know what the hell the frontman is doing. I guess he's dancing or having a seizure, but here is their newest video:

Linkin Park - BURN IT DOWN (Official Music Video)

 

[Laz]

I...don't hate this. I haven't hated Linkin Park since the second album, actually. They're a decent pop act with a few fun tunes.

 

[MFer]

I recognize Burn It Down as the song on Inside the NBA on TNT this year.

 

[A Happy Medium]

I had my moment where I didn't like Linkin Park, but I admit to listening to Hybrid Theory a lot when it first came out. But yeah, I just enjoy them.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

I...don't hate this. I haven't hated Linkin Park since the second album, actually. They're a decent pop act with a few fun tunes.

I'll admit to enjoying "What I've Done" and "Given Up" from Minutes to Midnight, and the other song they did for the 2nd Transformers film. All three were fun songs, but I just don't really care much for the rest of their current material. "Catalyst", "Shadow of the Day" and "The Little Things You Give Away" just bore me.

"Burn it Down" is quite nice from their new album. If you want to get a good idea of what they did with the whole dubstep thing, listen to:

"Lies, Green and Misery"
LINKIN PARK - LIES GREED MISERY (Official Lyric Video)

and "Lost in the Echo"
Linkin Park - Lost In The Echo (HQ)

I had my moment where I didn't like Linkin Park, but I admit to listening to Hybrid Theory a lot when it first came out. But yeah, I just enjoy them.

I'm not ashamed to admit Hybrid Theory is probably in my top 5 favorite albums of all time.

 

[Laz]

The song from the second Transformers is "New Divide." It uses the same riff as Offspring's "Gone Away" when it's not doing the basic LP stuff. The video is pretty cool, too, with its purposeful use of editing to make it seem like it's a glitching video streamed online.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

The song from the second Transformers is "New Divide." It uses the same riff as Offspring's "Gone Away" when it's not doing the basic LP stuff. The video is pretty cool, too, with its purposeful use of editing to make it seem like it's a glitching video streamed online.

New Divide! Couldn't think of the title for the life of me. Thanks to you, I'll never be able to not hear "Gone Away" when I listen to it ever again!

 

[Red Baron]

Should we include Volbeat in this thread? I mean they are the current "metal" band of the month so far. God damn radio station plays the consistently.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Should we include Volbeat in this thread? I mean they are the current "metal" band of the month so far. God damn radio station plays the consistently.

Did they do that shitty "Lets Get Ready to Rumble" song?

 

[Red Baron]

Yep. Sounds fitting for this thread.

 

[Gary]

The closest thing to Nu Metal that I like is Deftones, and that barely even counts as Nu Metal anymore. "White Pony" was such a great career move.

 

[Ed Wood Caulfield]

"New Divide" sounds so much like "We Are One" that someone made a mashup of the two:

Linkin Park Vs. 12 Stones: Divide What We've Done As One

 

[Gary]

i figured this is better than any other place to post this: Morbid Angel weren't the only respected Death Metal band to go the Nu-Metal route. Back in 2000, we got this from Sadist

Sadist - A Tender Fable (Lego)

Sadist- I want it

Sadist - Small Great Child

 

[Gary]

Limp Bizkit may be done.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

AXS is showing a Papa Roach / Stone Sour show. Two bands I wouldn't have pictured touring together. Papa Roach is playing the old RAW theme now. Never in a million years would I think it could actually sound worse.

"ARE YOU MOTHERFUCKERS READY TO TAKE THIS SHIT TO THE NEXT LEVEL?!?!?!"

*plays "Getting Away With Murder"*

 

[Gary]

http://youtu.be/2OzkuVVBF0U

 

[HSJ]

"ARE YOU MOTHERFUCKERS READY TO TAKE THIS SHIT TO THE NEXT LEVEL?!?!?!"

*plays "Getting Away With Murder"*

legit lol.

 

[Fartsauce]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYjW84zPCm0

.............

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Out of sheer curiosity, I downloaded Korn's new album. Never Never is far and away the weakest track, but to my amazement, the rest of the album is actually pretty solid.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

I've listened to it a few times over the last few weeks and I agree. It's a pretty good album. Much harder than they've been in a while. Almost a mix between Follow the Leader and their self titled. It'll be in regular rotation for a while.