Nu metal is an alternative metal subgenre which utilizes downtuned riffs while frequently lacking guitar solos and complex picking .
Downtuned riffs are a more hip hop influenced beat accessible to rapping and turntablism and groove metal rhythms .
Nu metal is an alternative metal subgenre which utilizes downtuned riffs , a more hip hop influenced beat accessible to rapping and turntablism and groove metal rhythms , while frequently lacking guitar solos and complex picking .