I was recently contemplating the demise of nu metal. I understand why it has come to be reviled, as many metalheads regret the intrusion of funk, rap and grunge into metal. Still, I think it is to be commended for bridging the gap between more prolific periods of metal history, and for giving Americans some version of metal shows to attend during a ten year span when there was not much else happening in the American metal scene.Plus, there were a lot of excellent bands from this era which do not get the credit they deserve, such as Coal Chamber, Sevendust and Godsmack. I also secretly like Limp Bizkit, but know better than to admit this in a public forum.
“Terminus” by While Sun Ends is not nu metal, and hopefully no one reads this paragraph and avoids the album thinking it is. Being an Italian band, and nu metal being an almost uniquely American phenomenon, it is unlikely While Sun Ends were even influenced by nu metal. Yet when I first heard the album to me it sounds as though While Sun Ends have managed to take all the best elements of the nu metal subgenre, eliminated all the elements which derailed it, infused it with traditional progressive metal and created something new and interesting.
