Oh boy, am I ever gonna be an outcast on thsi board before I've even started out...
Here goes.
I like nu-metal. <sharp intake of breath>. Yes, I like it. I don't care whether 'they hardly play solos', as someone said. I also couldn't care less whether you consider it metal or not. You could call all the music I listen to country-and-western or hard-house for all I care - whatever it's labelled the fact remains that it's still music and I still enjoy it.
However - and here's where I may redeem myself somewhat - I also like a lot of stuff that will never be classified as nu-metal in a million years, and I agree that a lot of nu-metal acts lack imagination when it comes to song and lyric writing. I like listening to Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Slayer, Megadeth, Opeth, Katatonia, Nasum, Napalm Death, Obituary, and a legion of other bands that most dedicated mallmetallers would turn up their overly pierced noses at.
You might say I'm something of a schizoid in my musical tastes - after all, yesterday I was listening to Opeth and today I'm listening to Less Than Jake - but as I see it, that can only be to my benefit, as it means that I can glean enjoyment from a whole wide range of bands from different styles and genres, rather than only being pleased by a very narrow selection of bands. In fact, I feel slightly sorry for most of the people who've replied to this post so far - how depressing it must be to have to really hunt for music you enjoy, and to have it ignored by the masses of people who call themselves 'metallers' these days. At least, while I may wish a few of my nu-metal mates would progress to some 'proper' metal, I can still join a mosh pit and 'Get the fuck up' with the rest of them and enjoy myself just as much.
