Korn is Not a Metal band! Would you agree?

This may sound offensive to all Korn avid fans out there. But before you throw the most famous words F*** you, let me give you few reasons why Korn cannot be considered as a Metal band. According to Wikipedia, Korn is an American Nu-Metal band. This is really confusing because it is clearly stated that Korn is a Nu-Metal and there is the word “METAL”. But how come our metalhead brothers do not consider them as metal.

 Last week I went to my cousin’s house and it happened that he is playing one of Korn’s famous pieces “Twisted Transistor”. He is a big fan of Korn and dress up like Jonathan Davis (Korn’s Vocalist). I have this habit that whenever I hear a new or a famous rock song, I always wonder if it is metal or not. Most of my friends are saying that, Korn is not metal and so I was intrigued, sat down in front of my laptop and search the net to clear things out.

Here are some few reasons I gathered from the net, why Korn is not Metal:

1. Nu-Metal bands like korn, borrow heavily from other musical styles like hip hop, rap, funk, dance music and punk rock and synthpop. 

2. They lack the intense drumming and orchestration usually present in metal, instead they focus on hip hop beats.

3. There aren’t normally any guitar solo’s which is the best part of metal.

4. The riffs are based on rhythm, not melody. 

5. The lyrical themes also tend to focus on personal issues without the larger-than-life escapism themes of  metal 

6. If you listen closely to Nu-Metal like Korn, it’s a fusion of Hardcore and Hip hop and it is absolutely not metal.

Personally, I was a big fan of Korn way back High school where there was a massive movement of Nu-Metal bands in the mainstream. However, things change and our taste of music may also change as time passes by. Again, no offense to all Korn fan’s out there. I’m only a messenger who delivers message, no more and no less.   

If I will be ask - What is my stand on this topic? I would say, listen to what you really love and don’t pretend that you like a particular music because your friends like it. Or the other way around, you hate the music (even if personally you love it) just because your friends hate it. Don’t go with the flow, stand to what you believe and most of all, enjoy what you are listening. This is a free country and we are free to whom or to what we should listen.

Now, it’s your time to be heard. Kindly identify which of the following bands are metal and which of them are not? You may explain your stand on the comment box below.

Metal or not metal?

-International-

In Flames

Slipknot

Leaves eye

Avenged Sevenfold

System of a Down

MetallicaHammerfall
Disturbed
Lordi
Rammstein
Deftones

-Local-
Slapshock
Wolfgang
Greyhoundz
Valley of Chrome
Razorback

Dahong Palay