re: NuMetal is the most egregious assault on music since it's inception.

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Metalcore has rapping and trap beats all over the place these days.

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While not under the nu-metal label, I think Metalcore's current state is very indebted to nu-metal. And probably worse for it. (And I know this is not true of all current metalcore.)

Not that I have ever been a huge fan, but the latest Underoath was unlistenable to me, and it was because all I could hear was the nu-metal beats and guitar stylings.

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Sevendust is another that has held up well. They're still going strong.

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Sevendust Slipknot Godsmack Mudvayne Rammstein Five Finger Three Days Grace I am torn on Chevelle

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Sevendust and Godsmack are Alternative Metal.
Rammstein is Industrial Metal
Five Finger Death Punch is Groove Metal
Slipknot is tough to figure where they go. They have extreme metal elements, but too melodic to be extreme metal. I think the cadence and pattern of vocals may lead to them being categorized as Nu Metal.
Mudvayne… no fn idea what to label them as. They could be alternative metal. They could be prog metal. They could be groove metal. Chevelle would also be alternative metal. They’re more influenced by Tool than anything like hip hop.

Three Days Grace isn’t a metal band.

I’m not too familiar with Gravity Kills but the other bands all have rap and hip hop influences.

Yes I would say the main aspect of nu metal is the rap influence, which bands like Godsmack and Disturbed don't have. Some people just lump every band that came out around that time into nu metal but they don't all fit. Slipknot and Deftones had some rap influences on the first albums but moved away from it. Slipknot does still have a dj though. Nu metal is one of the more fluid metal subgenres, lots of bands may dabble in it for an album or two but then change it up later.

Or some bands that start in one place evolve into Nu Metal, then leave. Anyone wanna talk about Machine Head playing Nu Metal for 3 albums?

Lock Horns

Here’s a debate from several years ago on what bands fall under nu metal.

Layne and Kurt were three years older than Fred... The founder of Slipknot is two years younger thank those two. There isn't a big age difference.

He can't sing.

Deftones can be put in a lot of different genres. I think the first two albums carry some Nu Metal, but they moved beyond that once they put out The White Pony.