Trivium’s Paolo Gregoletto recently tweeted about his thoughts on nu-metal. The bassist deleted his tweets amid the backlash he received on Twitter. However, he had written:
“Nu-metal, as a whole, was a very, very bad genre. Once you get past the first layer or two of big bands that survived, it gets very grim. Anyone saying otherwise is a sicko.”
Paolo also wrote about his views on the other metal genres. He said:
“I think you could take pretty much any other genre of metal down to the local level and still be like, yeah, that’s very good. [There was] hell shit in the local scenes of 1999-2001.”
After Paolo’s controversial tweets, there were quite a few responses from fans and musicians alike, including Disturbed’s David Draiman, who happened to produce Trivium’s ‘Vengeance Falls’ album in 2013. Draiman wrote:
“I still love the songs Trivium, and I worked on together. Ouch Paolo Gregoletto.”
Besides Disturbed’s frontman, a fan expressed that they didn’t agree with Paolo and wrote:
“Yeah..bad take. Nu Metal was a gateway genre for a lot of people, myself included. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t make it bad.”
Another fan also shared their thoughts and tweeted:
“Ah, the typical ‘Nu Metal bad’ old man take. There are so many good unknown Nu Metal bands that aren’t your typical ‘Limp Bizkit’ mainstream type band.”
You can read Paolo Gregoletto’s now-deleted tweets here and read David Draiman’s and two other fans’ tweets below.
I still love the songs @TriviumOfficial and I worked on together 🤷🏼♂️
Ouch @TriviumPaolo lol
— David Draiman 🟦🇺🇸🇮🇱✡️☮️ (@davidmdraiman) July 9, 2023
Yeah..bad take.
Nu Metal was a gateway genre for a lot of people, myself included. Just cuz you don't like it, doesn't make it bad.— Wagner Plagues 𖤐 #KOFXV (@xWagnerPlaguesx) July 6, 2023
Ah, the typical "Nu Metal bad" old man take.
There are so many good unknown Nu Metal bands that aren't your typical "Limp Bizkit" mainstream type band.— Orion (@StagesDaily) July 6, 2023
