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Why write the fourth review of "Hybrid Theory" and yet another duplicate, thetrooper? Because I'm fed up with hearing the equation Nu metal = Linkin Park = Garbage, and on Debaser, the reviewers who, of course, speak poorly of this album of theirs, label it nu metal, like in the rest of the world, ENOUGH!
Reluctantly, I downloaded their first album and finally realized that what's being said about Linkin Park is just nonsense! Linkin Park only have the look and attitude of nu metal, see piercings, dyed hair, the image of good boys and a trendy look, but as far as their music is concerned, it's pop/rock enriched with rap vocals, snippets of electronics, and DJing. This is evident in terrible songs such as "Papercut", "Crawling", "In The End", and I could go on to mention all the tracks in "Hybrid Theory": songs without verve, without power, without anger. In these tracks, there's no trace (pardon the pun) of the destructive power of truly nu metal bands like Korn or Deftones, leaders of a genre that has really gone down the drain if these silly guys are called nu metallers.
Not to mention the production, soft, pompous without any flaw, in short, a product executed with a single desire: to package stupid pop songs that might seem nu metal (but, I repeat, they are NOT) to reach the charts, make money, and be idolized by crowds of kids who, not their fault, naively believe that "rocking out playing metal" is this trash!
Nu metal isn't Linkin Park, but much more skillful people like the already mentioned Korn and Deftones, or Slipknot, Ill Nino, Soulfly, Dry Kill Logic, etc., etc.
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