Usually means: Heavy metal with hip-hop influences.
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  1. nu-metal, nu-metal: Collins English Dictionary
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  3. nu-metal, nu metal: Wiktionary
  4. Nu Metal, Nu-metal, Nu metal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (nu metal)

▸ noun:  (music) A subgenre of heavy metal music from the 1990s and 2000s with some sounds and influences from grunge and hip-hop.

Similar:
metal, metalcore, death metal, mallcore, metalbilly, mathcore, Euro-metal, melodic death metal, mumble rap, Madchester, more...

Opposite:
traditional metal, classic metal, old school metal

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Similar:
metal, metalcore, death metal, mallcore, metalbilly, mathcore, Euro-metal, melodic death metal, mumble rap, Madchester, more...

Opposite:
traditional metal, classic metal, old school metal



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