I mean unless you were born in the 70s, then nu metal adjacent stuff was more than likely part of the first stuff you got to hear when you pursued metal music.
Not all of us had older brothers that made us only listen to nwobhm, etc.
When I was trying to find metal music, I found Pantera, White Zombie, Metallica, Megadeth, Korn, Deftones and so on waiting for me, and took a look at everything.
And yes, I still do love alot of the stuff. Even if for nostalgic reasons, but I can acknowledge that there's aspects of the music that is done really well in spite of it being a stripped down version of what I usually like.
There is an art form to that.
When I got older and got way more deeper into metals history, the next generation of kids found slipknot, Killswitch engage, etc
I thought all that shit sucked when I heard it, but of course those kids were just like me, those were the bands there at the time that helped them become metalheads.
It is what it is. I don't care if people wanna listen to nu metal. But that scene as it existed before is something different now. It's more like Metalcore or Deathcore has taken its place. And this stuff seems a lot worse haha.
