<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder in Nu-metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/tag/nu-metal Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:59:42 +0000 en <![CDATA[ "Calvin Klein asked us to do an advert. We were like, 'f-you, no way!' That would have been huge." From touring with Slipknot to turning down iconic fashion designers, the story behind Kittie's classic nu metal anthem, Brackish ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/the-story-behind-brackish-by-kittie DZmbwcZwe5jM2b6bfdbfvD Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:59:42 +0000 Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:52:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ This nu metal band want YOUR ideas for song titles and lyrics: “If we pick yours we’ll give you a shoutout on the album credits” ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/nonpoint-want-your-lyrical-song-title-ideas-2025 aQGwhMFSq7U6WpED2A35Lc Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:05:00 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We jumped offstage and took our masks off and started swinging at people at the end of one song”: The wild story of Slipknot vs Mushroomhead, the masked band feud that lit up nu metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/slipknot-mushroomhead-nu-metal-feud-story CuVMFtwmZkNbCSQRizrwuN Sun, 16 Feb 2025 08:10:42 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There was a rumour that I had a secret underground water park in my backyard": Papa Roach's Jacoby Shaddix on overnight success, the path to sobriety and the nu metal resurgence ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/papa-roach-jacoby-shaddix-interview 9L5Fwrrk6Hg6oVV3L6j2U6 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was darker than other bands but it really got me to let go of the old and embrace the new." The late 80s alt-metal album that Korn guitarist Head says accidentally invented nu metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/brian-head-welch-korn-interview-faith-no-more-real-thing JcPZsaGPQfnKHfNUtxWqFa Sun, 26 Jan 2025 08:00:30 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Jay Weinberg drum Slipknot songs for the first time since parting ways with the nu metal icons in 2023 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/jay-weinberg-drums-slipknot-songs-2025 bzksYhz4aSdtGXKGZbeCL7 Fri, 24 Jan 2025 16:39:57 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ "System Of A Down isn’t working right now, so do you want me to just sit around and wait?" How Shavo Odadjian ditched nu metal for deathcore with Seven Hours After Violet ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-shavo-odadjian-ditched-nu-metal-for-deathcore-in-seven-hours-after-violet QBQ6mFrydd9dYXLDx9Keeb Fri, 10 Jan 2025 09:28:36 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I like those guys in concept." Watch legendary former Police drummer Stewart Copeland create a magical new foundation for a classic nu metal anthem ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/the-police-stewart-copeland-nu-metal-drumeo Gi8BFJMABhJSMBW6V8AAEB Thu, 02 Jan 2025 13:22:54 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We have lost friends, to ODs, suicide. And we see each other out there still holding it down." How Papa Roach survived the rise and fall of nu metal to be bigger than ever in 2024 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-papa-roach-became-nu-metals-ultimate-survivors QbAP6BDAJHC9rpwixNA4mP Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was a reaction to a life of being bullied and also a celebration of fun. A lot of the metal world didn’t understand that”: How Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst became nu metal’s biggest star – and lived to tell the tale ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/fred-durst-limp-bizkit-classic-interview-2014 NVwLMr5JRTTHBG4naKoiJf Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:01:10 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ The time Tom Morello apologised for Rage Against The Machine accidentally creating the "misogynistic", "anti-woman" and "fratty" nu metal genre ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/the-time-tom-morello-apologised-for-ratm-creating-nu-metal qnwEBimvRr69gbxWTpUyRH Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Linkin Park go full nu metal on new single Two Faced, which lands ahead of tomorrow’s comeback album From Zero ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/linkin-park-release-two-faced-single-2024 ALdjzc3pb3aJmMEXFXkqxT Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:05:57 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It's our love letter to the city that raised us." Indian nu metal sensations Bloodywood release thumping new single Nu Dehli, announce UK and Europe 2025 tour ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/bloodywood-nu-dehli-single 23ghjQNxXXuRw6dMYSK4ZY Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:01:06 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I was freaking out and bawling in the studio." Korn's classic debut album at 30: the weirdness, the trauma and the birth of nu metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/korn-debut-album-30 w2AZdC2WF9WUxKaioKVkf6 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:11:24 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Disturbed announce The Sickness 25th anniversary tour, playing the nu metal classic in full every night ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/disturbed-2025-sickness-tour-full vjbFEiAux8iVMbpCt7tV2S Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:58:20 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I actually think people don’t think of System Of A Down as nu metal”: Serj Tankian names the greatest nu metal album of all time ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/system-of-a-down-serj-tankian-greatest-nu-metal-album-2024 GQA5VpBYXYiH3vS9D5DnuX Wed, 25 Sep 2024 08:15:52 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ New nu metal champions Tetrarch return with new nu metal single Live Not Fantasize ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/tetrarch-release-new-single-live-not-fantasize-2024 LnscGBYhzDTjtMBYQ5SYv5 Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:02:20 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’re young, hungry, and we want to punch people in the balls”: Nu metal up-and-comers Vended announce debut album and US headline tour ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/vended-debut-album-studio-interview-2024 yc9dmJ77yyzfRu3LoJ2LdH Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:00:23 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I've got poop on me!" We took Kittie to a cat cafe (obviously) to ask them about their amazing comeback, the nu metal nostalgia train and surviving the music industry as a band of young women ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/kittie-at-the-cat-cafe N39vGyWJDSmEu6Wxo7Mte3 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 11:05:48 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ "When 9/11 happened, Alive gave people hope." We asked nu metal veterans P.O.D. to take us on a tour of their hometown, San Diego ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/pod-take-us-on-a-hometown-tour-of-san-diego-and-nu-metal-history 5H8UbaPH4JfcyGUsm7RC2e Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:54:17 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ According to Kittie, people hate on nu metal because it's popular and a more "simplified" form of music: "Oftentimes it takes a little bit of growth and perhaps some years for some of the music fans to catch up" ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/kittie-on-nu-metal-popularity zn6ouV4BbYNgtXdZiTJhMR Thu, 30 May 2024 13:37:07 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The world is ready for us now.” Why nu metal heroes Kittie are finally ready to grab the limelight once again ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/kittie-ready-for-comeback hUHW6jmwerZEBfPhz4DHPf Wed, 03 Apr 2024 10:21:30 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The guys stopped the song. They all looked at me like, 'What are you doing?'" How David Draiman came up with the legendary 'OOH-AH-AH-AH-AH' monkey noise on Disturbed's nu metal classic, Down With The Sickness ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/disturbed-monkey-noise-down-with-the-sickness wKtgtikXZyVbTBLT3CzvVg Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:41:09 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ "A Limp Bizkit is a sad, lumpy body part": Watch these Gen Z music fans react to classic nu metal songs ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/gen-z-reacts-to-nu-metal FZ54sCYF7tDM4FYnXJssrT Mon, 26 Feb 2024 12:35:01 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That’s how you know the song didn’t have anything to do with Dez Fafara: you’d have seen him beat up, too!” From the WWE to the nu metal feud that never was, the strange story of Sevendust's Enemy ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-of-sevendust-enemy YJvHf59bHVvDcSHv6Et6jW Sun, 11 Feb 2024 16:08:49 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were all saying, ‘We’re gonna make this something they can never follow up.’” How Linkin Park and Jay-Z united for the ultimate metal and hip hop crossover, Collision Course ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/linkin-park-jay-z-story-of-collision-course JHimE3xt9NCa9g5iNnYKdf Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:02:23 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 10 best cover songs by nu metal bands ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-best-cover-songs-by-nu-metal-bands uJGtMM4rzUvfZ9psPbvBLX Sat, 20 Jan 2024 16:58:20 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “As a band you can be just awful and still have lots of success. But they were truly great.” The tragic story of Snot, the best lost band in nu metal history ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/tragic-story-of-snot-nu-metal-lynn-strait-get-some i72kBdhE83EYhFyjVduyWc Tue, 16 Jan 2024 15:09:50 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Nu metal content makes people feel a part of a community": How TikTok is helping nu metal's comeback ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-tik-tok-is-helping-nu-metals-comeback gQQbfUXpHVVMvUK2DvJPZU Sat, 13 Jan 2024 11:48:01 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My whole motive was to open the door for kids who look like me." UnityTX are fighting for metal to be a scene for everyone. As it happens, their blend of hardcore, rap, nu metal and industrial absolutely slaps, too ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/unitytx-new-noise-interview B5P4shCKFADpyZLQdkB6a3 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:26:44 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I always wanted an opportunity to get out there and rock!” Wicked Wisdom: The story of Jada Pinkett Smith’s short-lived nu metal band ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-of-jada-pinkett-smith-nu-metal-band-wicked-wisdom 4T87uNJsLKdcKBzEUFtzQ8 Sat, 11 Nov 2023 17:03:00 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ From aggro industrial to nu metal rage to glitchy alt pop, Zig is Poppy making music by her own rules - and it's wonderfully unhinged ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/poppy-zig-review K6AUqoXe5hTFMPXCoP8ZNX Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:00:05 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ You can now listen to an official demo version of Evanescence's breakthrough hit Bring Me To Life without the infamous nu metal rap that the band were later forced to add in ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/evanescence-bring-me-to-life-without-rap zAtMQVv7QJVMuqaLHyGzX9 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:03:49 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There’s no reason why Judas Priest and KK's Priest can’t coexist happily": K.K. Downing on reuniting with Tim 'Ripper' Owens, nu metal and why he won't ever rejoin Judas Priest ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/theres-no-reason-why-judas-priest-and-kks-priest-cant-coexist-happily-kk-downing-on-reuniting-with-tim-ripper-owens-nu-metal-and-why-he-wont-ever-rejoin-judas-priest iSER7kV6CpTKsjaQsr9Rc3 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:01:15 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We just went with it, hoping that it would be more of a blessing than a disaster.” How Alien Ant Farm’s bizarre cover of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal turned them from D-listers to nu metal giants (for a bit, anyway) ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/story-behind-alien-ant-farm-smooth-criminal-michael-jackson tzff5efmnQ3hSdHbZxu5ZV Tue, 05 Sep 2023 14:48:37 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:34:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s like our Ace Of Spades. I’ll have to play it forever!” How Roots Bloody Roots made Sepultura nu metal superstars – before the band tore themselves apart ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/sepultura-story-of-roots-bloody-roots M4HqGoeA8dJXwFoQ3nqhi7 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:24:20 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 10 greatest nu metal bands of all time ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-best-nu-metal-bands-ever hgghuCURP5LUKdQYniSrpT Tue, 29 Aug 2023 14:23:04 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ 10 nu metal bands who should have been massive ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-nu-metal-bands-who-should-have-been-massive FLTQKP9DuiuvqxEyX9HhJh Sat, 26 Aug 2023 09:03:16 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I thought Eminem was chanting my name, but he was chanting for me to jump!” Why Rage Against The Machine protested against Limp Bizkit atop a 15-foot statue and started the most one-sided rivalry in nu metal history ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/limp-bizkit-rage-against-the-machine-feud-nu-metal-fred-durst-tim-commerford oU8eiY2n7B86DXPBfj8gx4 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:45:06 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were going to take the world by any means necessary”: How Slipknot’s Wait And Bleed punished the mainstream and became the essential nu metal song ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-of-slipknot-wait-and-bleed 5vbws6jabX44NLmThAsYpJ Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:58:51 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Craziness, drugs, alcohol, chicks – you name it, I did it." How Korn's most chaotic and hedonistic era birthed a nu metal classic in Follow The Leader ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/craziness-drugs-alcohol-chicks-you-name-it-i-did-it-how-korns-most-chaotic-and-hedonistic-era-birthed-a-nu-metal-classic-in-follow-the-leader WBc4PQyzePQHi6oc47KCDB Sat, 19 Aug 2023 12:55:28 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was a beautiful scar on the metal world." How Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Korn and the rest took nu metal from hated subgenre to the biggest thing on Planet Earth ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-of-nu-metal ShVdtJiwsSKs4f3ffdFYSo Wed, 16 Aug 2023 10:04:51 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Don’t show up at my shows or you’ll get ****ed”: Fred Durst once threatened a nu metal band for turning down a record deal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/fred-durst-threatened-taproot-limp-bizkit-nu-metal onWPYQ2RqPeLz9xh49GHN7 Wed, 09 Aug 2023 15:40:22 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ 10 times nu metal gloriously gatecrashed mainstream TV ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-times-nu-metal-gloriously-gatecrashed-mainstream-tv QzhdHxCUetVahzrAyuZBGM Tue, 08 Aug 2023 11:12:50 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ In 2001, Nintendo approved a Pokémon nu metal song, and it’s honestly worse than you could ever imagine ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/pokemon-nu-metal-nintendo-50-grind WowGrtWQKURCAC9vDBDgd5 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 12:02:33 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Roadrunner Records held a “funeral” for nu metal in 2002 in honour of Killswitch Engage's Alive Or Just Breathing album and the footage is hilarious ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/nu-metal-funeral-killswitch-engage-roadrunner oeQgcR6EQVDqNzSfE2sCi4 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 15:14:50 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ 10 terrible nu metal albums with one classic song ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-terrible-nu-metal-albums-with-one-classic-song iGYjsR5yPAjab8j2ArNxf3 Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:06:36 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ "My dad listened to nu metal a lot." We spent two days in Las Vegas at the world's biggest nu metal festival, and it was an eye-opener ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/inside-sick-new-world-the-worlds-biggest-nu-metal-festival afAhciowPtbBMzCHk25kKb Sat, 22 Jul 2023 13:45:39 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Eurovision? If we got the opportunity, we’d sing it loud and proud." Skindred's Benji Webbe talks love, nu metal and that TikTok craze ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/skindred-benji-webbe-interview-2023 qMpTFyNBE5pzCaGe33WqBP Sun, 16 Jul 2023 13:35:25 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ 10 times nu metal got surprisingly emotional ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-emotional-nu-metal-monents yGfPBr5tBM3fmNsSfA2nEL Thu, 29 Jun 2023 11:48:24 +0000 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:30:25 +0000