I was recently contemplating the demise of nu metal.
I understand why it has come to be reviled,
as many metalheads regret the intrusion of funk, rap and grunge into
metal. Still, I think it is to be
commended for bridging the gap between more prolific periods of metal history,
and for giving Americans some version of metal shows to attend during a ten
year span when there was not much else happening in the American metal scene.Plus, there were a lot of excellent bands
from this era which do not get the credit they deserve, such as Coal Chamber,
Sevendust and Godsmack. I also secretly
like Limp Bizkit, but know better than to admit this in a public forum.
“Terminus” by While Sun Ends is not nu metal,
and hopefully no one reads this paragraph and avoids the
album thinking it is. Being an Italian
band, and nu metal being an almost uniquely American phenomenon, it is unlikely
While Sun Ends were even influenced by nu metal. Yet when I first heard the album to me it
sounds as though While Sun Ends have managed to take all the best elements of
the nu metal subgenre, eliminated all the elements which derailed it, infused
it with traditional progressive metal and created something new and
interesting.
