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Mushroomhead, Static-X, American Head Charge and Kittie
10 nu metal bands who should have been massive

By Merlin Alderslade Published

The nu metal explosion took heavy music into the mainstream like never before, but some of its most promising names sadly fell by the wayside

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Killswitch Engage singer Jesse Leach performing onstage in 2023
Debate: who are the greatest metalcore band of all time?

By Metal Hammer Published

Killswitch Engage? Converge? Architects? Tell us who’s the best of the blegh-st

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Chimaira photographed in a dimly lit room
“We invented the New Wave Of American Heavy Metal as a joke”: how Chimaira bounced back from the edge of oblivion with Resurrection

By Malcolm Dome Published

Chimaira helped start an entire a scene but never got the same acclaim as some of their peers. They hoped to change that with 2007’s classic Resurrection album

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20 iconic metal albums that turn 20 in 2023

By Metal Hammer Published

Iron Maiden, Metallica, Evanescence – these classic albums all celebrate their 20th birthday this year

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Chimaira
“The New Wave Of American Heavy Metal was a marketing trick”: Chimaira’s Mark Hunter looks back on the NWOAHM’S glory days

By Matt Mills Published

Rivalries, meltdowns and being charged at by bat-wielding members of Slipknot – Chimaira frontman Mark Hunter revisits the heady days of the New Wave Of American Heavy Metal

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Joey Jordison and Fred Leclercq
Joey Jordison introduces supergroup Sinsaenum

By Christina O'Neill last updated

Exclusive: Slipknot ex Joey Jordison teams up with Dragonforce's Fred Leclercq for album - issue Army Of Chaos video

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We put together the ultimate Master Of Puppets covers album

By Stephen Hill last updated

Every track on Metallica’s classic 1986 album covered by some of metal and punk's greatest bands

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Matt Heafy and Anders Friden
Watch Lamb Of God perform with Trivium, In Flames and Chimaira frontmen on vocals

By Liz Scarlett Published

Randy Blythe contracted Covid so Matt Heafy, Anders Fridén and Mark Hunter filled in for him at a recent Lamb Of God show

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Nu metal albums
The 50 best nu metal albums of all time

By Dave Everley, Metal Hammer, Rich Hobson, Merlin Alderslade last updated

Nu metal ruled the roost at the turn of the millennium, and these are the 50 best albums the genre produced

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