I think that some of this “New Wave” of metal that is showing up in the reapperence of Headbanger’s Ball is just as repetitive and boring as nu metal before it. For every unique band such as Atreyu and God Forbid. There are tons of bands that seem to follow either a trite hardcore formula, or the Gothenburg regimen.
I would like to think there are exceptions to this because It may be just be pigeonholeing of diverse bands brought upon by uninformed reviewers.