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Alternative metal (Music)

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Genre/Form termAlternative metal (Music)
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Variant(s)Aggro-metal (Music)
Alt-metal (Music)
Hard alternative (Music)
Nu-metal (Music)
See alsoAlternative rock music
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Heavy metal (Music)
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Found inWork cat.: 2002024371: Guitar world presents nu-metal, 2000: CIP t.p. (nu-metal) galley (heavy metal)
All Music Guide WWW site, Mar. 22, 2002 (Alternative metal; alternative metal emerged around 1993-94, centered around the rap-metal fusions of Rage Against the Machine and Korn ...; this new movement was sometimes dubbed aggro-metal, nu-metal, or (incorrectly) hardcore; by the end of the decade countless new bands were performing that style)
Wikipedia WWW site, viewed March 13, 2014 (Alternative metal; also known as alt-metal or hard alternative; a style of heavy metal; usually takes elements of heavy metal with influences from genres like alternative rock; term has been in usage since the 1980s, although it came into prominence in the 1990s)