nu-metal
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of nu-metal
C20: from nu- , a form of new + ( heavy ) metal
Example Sentences
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By watching hip-hop and nu-metal music videos there, he soon had an exhaustive need to learn about and listen to more music, aided and abetted by his eldest brother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
When it was released, critics described the industrial, nu-metal inspired track as "angry", with Paste magazine saying it was like "a long-dormant volcano exploding".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2023
Will Wilkerson got into the L.A. music scene and, after high school, promoted nu-metal bands like System of a Down, helping send around stickers and swag.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2023
On first listen, it sounded like an entirely different artist: Perhaps one of those vaguely goth, subtextually Christian alternative rock bands that proliferated during the nu-metal boom.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
My coworker, Brian, and I would heave them around like kettlebells while listening to nu-metal.
From Salon ● May 14, 2022
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