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Korn posing for a photograph in 1998

How Korn changed up their sound and left the copycats behind with Follow The Leader

By Dan Silver published

Korn’s 1998 album Follow The Leader was the sound of the nu metal pioneers pulling away from the competition

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Disturbed’s David Draiman sitting in an electric chair in 2001

How Disturbed defied the odds to become nu metal superstars with The Sickness

By Dan Silver published

Disturbed hit it out the park first time with debut album The Sickness

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Metallica posing for a photograph in the mid 1990s

How Metallica kicked back against the 1990s haters with Reload

By Dan Silver published

Haters gonna hate – but with 1997’s Reload album, Metallica just didn’t care

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Korn’s Jonathan Davis: “The way I was going I was gonna kill myself, dying from drinking”

By Dan Silver published

From The Archives From the Metal Hammer archives, this classic 1996 interview finds Korn singer Jonathan Davis ready to embrace stardom – if he can only keep his demons in check

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SEPTEMBER 1998: American nu metal rock band Korn

Korn: “We blew the whole metal scene wide open”

By Dan Silver published

In 1998, Korn were already the biggest new noise around. When Metal Hammer joined them ahead of their third album Follow The Leader, things were about to get really crazy

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Disturbed: We met Pantera, we saved our pennies to buy their albums!

By Dan Silver published

Overnight success was actually a long haul for Disturbed, Metal Hammer #30 sat down with the band in 2001 to talk about their landmark debut album, The Sickness

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