nu metal

Latest about nu metal

Korn in 1998
"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

By Mörat Published

Follow The Leader officially confirmed Korn as nu metal superstars. It also sent the band flying off the rails.

Bands & Artists
Photos of Fred Durst and Taproot
“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

By Matt Mills Published

Nu metal band Taproot turned down Limp Bizkit’s label Interscope while looking for a record deal – and frontman Fred Durst wasn’t very happy about it

Interviews
Fred Durst and Christina Aguilera on stage together, Slipknot, plus Amy Lee holding two Grammys
10 times nu metal gloriously gatecrashed mainstream TV

By Matt Mills Published

From Slipknot smashing TFI Friday to bits to Evanescence beefing with 50 Cent at the Grammys, the 2000s had it all

Bands & Artists
The art for the single Gotta Catch Em All by 50 Grind, featuring Pikachu and Mewtwo
In 2001, Nintendo approved a Pokémon nu metal song, and it’s honestly worse than you could ever imagine

By Matt Mills Published

50.Grind’s Gotta Catch ’Em All is the worst thing we’ve heard in an eternity

Tracks & Singles
Photos of a cemetery and Wes Borland
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

By Matt Mills Published

To promote Killswitch Engage’s Alive Or Just Breathing, Roadrunner Records Australia put turntables and baseball caps in a coffin and buried it on camera

Albums
Fred Durst, Dez Fafara, Shifty Shellshock and Mark Chavez
10 terrible nu metal albums with one classic song

By Merlin Alderslade Published

Nu metal gave us countless rock club anthems...but many of the albums they came from just didn't cut it

Albums
Sick New World 2023
"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

By Mörat Published

With headliners System Of A Down alongside new bands Turnstile, Spiritbox and Loathe, Sick New World was supposed to be the ultimate nu metal celebration. But could it live up to hype?

Music Festivals
Benji Webbe in 2023
"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

By Rich Hobson Published

We find out what makes irrepressible Skindred frontman Benji Webbe tick

Interviews
Various nu metal legends
10 times nu metal got surprisingly emotional

By Merlin Alderslade Published

From stirring covers of classic ballads to team-ups that made our hearts sing, here's all the proof you need that nu metal can hit us right in the feels

Bands & Artists
Papa Roach in 2006
...To Be Loved: Why Papa Roach ditched nu metal and went glam to save their career

By Dannii Leivers Published

Papa Roach swapping chains and baggy jeans for feathered hair and eyeliner was a gamble, but it paid off handsomely

Interviews
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Archives