Nu metal, also spelled nu-metal, which focuses on mixing hip hop (and sometimes grunge and funk) with various metal genres. In its usual form, it takes rythmic elements from hip hop and distorted guitars from metal, combined with clean or screamed/shouted vocals, as opposed to hip hop, which nearly always comes with rap. This is also where nu metal differs from rap metal. Nu metal also employs turntables for sound effects.

Nu metal’s orgins are in the 90s in Southern California, from bands such as Deftones and KoЯn. Other main artists are Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park and Disturbed.

Nu metal is controversial among the fans of more established metal genres, who often consider the hip hop influence negative, as well as the mainstream popularity of several bands. A very commonly held opinion by traditional metal musicians, like Zakk Wylde, was that nu metal bands did not do solos primarily because of their inabilities to execute complex and intricate scales. This is typical of nu metal bands in that guitar solos are rare in nu metal songs in general.