Alternative Metal

Alternative metal is an eclectic form of music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. It referred to a new breed of heavy bands with roots closer to Post-Hardcore, Alt. Rock, Industrial Rock (e.g. Nine Inch Nails, Ministry) and Progressive Rock (e.g. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: 32 Leaves

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Nov 12 Thursday 12 November 2009
Flaw Displaced	The Rox St. Cloud, MN, United States 45.561088 -94.15817	Add shout
Nov 13 Friday 13 November 2009
Flaw Heart-Set Self-Destruct, Displaced	The Rock Maplewood, MN, Minneapolis, United States 45.033623 -93.014889	2 people attending 2 shouts
Nov 14 Saturday 14 November 2009
Vayden Live in Concert at Martini Ranch Vayden	Martini Ranch Scottsdale, AZ, Phoenix, United States 33.499578 -111.924063	1 person attending Add shout
Touching the Absolute Silverstone, Falls From Grace	The Bar Metairie, Louisiana, New Orleans, United States 30.008658 -90.161957	Add shout
Nov 16 Monday 16 November 2009
Flaw Displaced	Clancy's Pub Indianapolis, United States 39.8000959563484 -86.15478515625	1 person attending Add shout
Nov 17 Tuesday 17 November 2009
Flaw Displaced	Riverside Tavern Mishawaka, Indiana, United States 41.66194 -86.15861	1 person attending Add shout

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Jorgetime wrote:
yesterday morning

Alternative Metal is Faith no more, mushroomhead, Soad, old slipknot(self-titled, mfkr and iowa) and deftones

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mason1729 wrote:
last week

Alternative Metal is really just Alternative Rock with slightly heavier riffs.

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krasherr wrote:
last week

aic fused post-punk with heavy metal and everyone called it grunge.

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Calciumwings wrote:
last month

Gross

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intoxicatedbass wrote:
last month

that's the sound of the bands that tried to fuse heavy metal with other genres. Alice in Chains did it very well, they fused grunge with heavy metal.

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Cyanide-_- wrote:
last month

Stop tagging all nice bands with "alternative metal", "nu metal" and other crap.

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Mercury_Krueger wrote:
September 2009

тег треш-поп для слипкнота , это забавно

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Jorgetime wrote:
September 2009

@ScoopTheBark : WORD

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krasherr wrote:
September 2009

nu metal is alternative ain it?

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lsplsp wrote:
August 2009

alternative metal = post-grunge

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ScoopTheBark wrote:
August 2009

Who cares what genre they are, if you like there music then fuck it. I'm not a fan, but I don't think Slipknot are Nu Metal, there style is quite diverse, definitely with there earlier stuff. Hence they are not definable and are alternative

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ZelosWilder88 wrote:
August 2009

haha Trash-pop indeed

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Danger-ahead wrote:
August 2009

Slipknot is Trash-pop ^_^

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Jorgetime wrote:
August 2009

Slipknot is not Nu Metal. It was on self-titled album. Does Vermillion or left Behind sounds like a nu metal song ? NO. Now Disturbed has some alternative metal songs and mudvayne as well but korn is not alternative metal.

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thomasgwarrior wrote:
July 2009

Can you feel it...Animal Rights....Destroy Your Soap...Power of the Damager!

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hnava wrote:
July 2009

metal is the alternative.

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Rysis wrote:
July 2009

Still dont understand why Knot is doing on alt. metal area.

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Rysis wrote:
July 2009

If you guys have listened what Corey have said in interviews... He said that All Hope is Gone is thrash influenced album. If some bands are influenced by other genre doesnt mean that they belong to this particular genre. slipknot is still Nu/Metal.

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My_Bankai wrote:
July 2009

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Ghoztking wrote:
June 2009

Alternative metal is more for bands like Faith No More and Deftones (excluding the first nu metal album). All the slipknot albums excluding Vol 3 are nu metal. It doesn't have to have rapping to be nu metal.

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