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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”
By Matt Mills published
Ever wanted to write a song with nu metal crew Nonpoint? Your extremely specific dreams may come true!

The wild story of Slipknot vs Mushroomhead, the masked band feud that lit up nu metal
By Matt Mills published
Fight! Fight! Fight!

Papa Roach's Jacoby Shaddix on overnight success, the path to sobriety and the nu metal resurgence
By Dave Ling published
Papa Roach are about to bring their biggest-ever show to the UK and Jacoby Shaddix still has something to prove

The late 80s alt-metal album that Korn guitarist Head says accidentally invented nu metal
By Dave Everley published
The alt-metal classic that came out of nowhere and changed everything

Watch Jay Weinberg drum Slipknot songs for the first time since parting ways with the nu metal icons in 2023
By Matt Mills published
The now-Suicidal Tendencies drummer played two Slipknot songs during a recent clinic in Paris

How Shavo Odadjian ditched nu metal for deathcore with Seven Hours After Violet
By Rich Hobson published
Shavo Odadjian hadn't released an album in almost 20 years, but a chance encounter at a party gave birth to his heaviest project yet

Watch legendary former Police drummer Stewart Copeland create new beats for a nu metal anthem
By Paul Brannigan published
This is what happens when one of rock's greatest drummers hears a nu metal standard for the first time

How Papa Roach survived the rise and demise of nu metal to endure for over 25 years
By Steve Appleford last updated
From touring with Korn and meeting pop stars to barely selling 200 tickets and almost getting dropped from their label, Papa Roach endured to prove themselves the ultimate rock survivors

How Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst became the biggest star in nu metal – and lived to tell the tale
By Terry Bezer published
With his red cap and hip hop swagger, Fred Durst was the biggest and most divisive star of the nu metal era. But that’s only half the story

The time Tom Morello apologised for Rage Against The Machine accidentally creating the "misogynistic", "anti-woman" and "fratty" nu metal genre
By Liz Scarlett published
"We made records every four years. In that gap, labels were like, ‘How can we get a band that sounds like Rage but sang about girls and showed up for video shoots?'”
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