youd have to give examples of what you listen to.
most of the nu metal trash on the radio is just glorified hard rock and doesnt sound much different.
i listen to thrash metal death metal and melodic death and thrash. and you never hear this on the radio.
a lot of the harder metal is made up of prescision timings and tempo changes mixed with sweeping melodic solos and guitar work.
regular rock is 3 chords and a 5 note solo
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