THE NU METAL/POST-GRUNGE DEATHMATCH XTREME - CHOP SUEY! WINS

[Ello Sailor]

Thanks Jordo! I've got some fresh shit to get my mitts in to.

[Jammer XCI]

Just got back from watching fireworks on the coast and I see nu matches, awesome.

Thank fuck Sepultura pulled through with the 11th hour win.

[LoathedVermin72]

You know who doesn't get enough acknowledgement for their role in influencing Nu Metal? Helmet. Everyone points to RATM and Faith No More, but I think Helmet should be in that group as well. They may not have had the hip-hop element, but they had the deep low-end and the heavy riffs, and they didn't have the usual "metal" image or posturing. Page's vocals were aggressive but workmanlike; he sounded like a dude, not a virtuoso. The songs had accessible hooks and (often) catchy choruses. They were heavier than rock but easier to "get" than metal (even though their musicianship was actually super impressive and their composition was deceptively technical). I think you can hear their echoes in a lot of Nu material - Deftones especially (who aren't shy about acknowledging as much).

Anyway. Just thinking out loud.

Oh, and thank you to whomever finally broke the Brackish/Numb tie.

[96583UP]

what about chris gaines

[LoathedVermin72]

Oh no, I think I'm starting to enjoy more than one Bizkit Boys song....what is happening to me

[Ello Sailor]

Which song? I like this one. It's a (very) guilty pleasure.

[Ello Sailor]

Think about it
Think about it
Whoamaa
Where you at?
C'mon
I know you feelin' it baby
I know you feelin' it
C'mon
Freak baby
Freak, freak, baby
Freak baby
Freak, freak, baby
This is how it should be done
This is how it should be done
'cuz my styyyyyyyle is identical to none.

[BurtReynolds]

This is probably my "favorite" Limp Bizkit song

[Jammer XCI]

You know who doesn't get enough acknowledgement for their role in influencing Nu Metal? Helmet. Everyone points to RATM and Faith No More, but I think Helmet should be in that group as well. They may not have had the hip-hop element, but they had the deep low-end and the heavy riffs, and they didn't have the usual "metal" image or posturing. Page's vocals were aggressive but workmanlike; he sounded like a dude, not a virtuoso. The songs had accessible hooks and (often) catchy choruses. They were heavier than rock but easier to "get" than metal (even though their musicianship was actually super impressive and their composition was deceptively technical). I think you can hear their echoes in a lot of Nu material - Deftones especially (who aren't shy about acknowledging as much).

Anyway. Just thinking out loud.

Oh, and thank you to whomever finally broke the Brackish/Numb tie.

Helmet is absolutely a band that inspired nu metal, there's a lot of early Deftones and Chevelle that reminds me of Helmet a lot. White Zombie is also a band I think had a lot of influence for nu metal.

[LoathedVermin72]

Think I’m gonna get the next matches up a little early tonight so I don’t have to do it before work tomorrow

[LoathedVermin72]

Advancing:
Breaking Benjamin - So Cold
Korn - Here to Stay
Sevendust - Praise
Puddle of Mudd - Blurry
System of a Down - Innervision
Korn - A.D.I.D.A.S.

Eliminated:
TRUSTcompany - Downfall
Limp Bizkit - My Way
Disturbed - Voices
Godsmack - Serenity
Creed - My Own Prison
Linkin Park - In the End

Next matches go up Tuesday night!

[LoathedVermin72]

Fuck, I just remembered a major omission:

[BurtReynolds]

Start the tourney over.

[Jorge]

Never heard that song in my life.

[BurtReynolds]

I've heard it. You could just tack it on to the end of round one. Maybe add something else.

[BurtReynolds]

oh god thats the band that does that awful cover of Simple Man. I hate them so much.

[Jorge]

The video thumbnail is very post-grunge

[BurtReynolds]

another one:

its not that bad.

[Kevin Davis]

forgetting to include songs in tournaments is just another piece of this puzzle known as life

[Norah]

Never heard that song in my life.

it was pretty ubiquitous around my parts in like 2004