This is the most white trash thing I've ever said, but I'm not above "Rollin'" every now and again. I also love Korn with all my millennial heart. Nu-metal got a bad rap.
There was plenty of godawful fluff released in the 80s...just like there was in every other decade and like there will be every other decade in the future. That's Sturgeon's Law, and it's pretty unassailable. But if you can't recognize the top notch releases by The Police, Van Halen (and I've come around, I'll include 5150 and Van Hagar), Pat Metheny/Group, Pete Townshend, Donald Fagen, Steely Dan, The Cure, Whitney Houston, MICHAEL F'N JACKSON, Prince, and Metallica...among a great many others...in the 1980s as a helluva lineup, man, I got nathan for you. And if you say you don't jam to Motley Crue, you're wrong and also lying. Nine Inch Nails released Pretty Hate Machine in 1989, too, which is fighting with The Downward Spiral for Trent Reznor's strongest work.
The 2000s and 2010s had plenty of excellent work, and if you can't find something from those eras you're into, you're not looking very hard. For my money that was the peak of the metal/hardcore scene, but I know that's not the main consideration for most folks.
in conclusion ggp