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Nu metal

January 07, 2023

For the alloy, see mu-metal. For "new metal" music, see Heavy metal music § Recent styles: mid–late 2000s and 2010s.

Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, sometimes called aggro-metal) is a subgenre of alternative metal that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, alternative rock, funk, industrial, and grunge. Nu metal bands have drawn elements and influences from a variety of musical styles, including multiple genres of heavy metal. Nu metal rarely features guitar solos or other displays of technical competence; the genre is heavily syncopated and based on guitar riffs. Many nu metal guitarists use seven-string guitars that are down-tuned to produce a heavier sound. DJs are occasionally featured in nu metal to provide instrumentation such as sampling, turntable scratching and electronic backgrounds. Vocal styles in nu metal include singing, rapping, screaming and growling. Nu metal is one of the key genres of the new wave of American heavy metal.

Nu metal became popular in the late 1990s with bands and artists such as Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot and Kid Rock all releasing albums that sold millions of copies. Nu metal's popularity continued during the early 2000s, with bands such as Papa Roach, Staind, and P.O.D. all selling multi-platinum albums, and came to a peak with Linkin Park's diamond-selling album Hybrid Theory, which became the best-selling rock album of the 21st century. However, by the mid-2000s, the oversaturation of bands combined with the underperformance of several high-profile releases led to nu metal's decline, leading to the rise of metalcore and many nu metal bands disbanding or abandoning their established sound in favor of other genres.

During the 2010s, there was a nu metal revival; many bands that combine nu metal with other genres (for example, metalcore and deathcore) emerged, and some nu metal bands from the 1990s and early 2000s returned to the nu metal sound. Bands like Of Mice & Men, Emmure, Issues and My Ticket Home combined nu metal with metalcore or deathcore. Artists like Grimes, Poppy and Rina Sawayama integrated nu metal sounds into electronic pop music in the late 2010s and early 2020s.

Characteristics and fashion

 
"Falling Away from Me" by Korn (1999)
Tim Grierson of About.com wrote that "Falling Away from Me" by Korn showed hip-hop influence through the use of staccato rhythms, textured guitar hooks, and distorted power chords.[2]
"Surfacing" by Slipknot (1999)
Citing the lyrics of the song's chorus, Karan Pradhan of Firstpost called Slipknot's "Surfacing" the "best encapsulation of the aggression, attitude, simplicity and indeed, the spirit of nu metal".[3]
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Terminology and origins

Nu metal is also known as nü-metal[4][5] and aggro-metal.[6][7] It is a subgenre of alternative metal.[6][8] MTV states that the early nu metal group Korn "arrived in 1993 into the burgeoning alternative metal scene, which would morph into nü-metal the way college rock became alternative rock."[8] Stereogum has similarly claimed that nu metal was a "weird outgrowth of the Lollapalooza-era alt-metal scene".[9] Nu metal merges elements of heavy metal music[6][10][11] with elements of other music genres such as hip hop,[6][12] and alternative rock.[13]

Nu metal bands have been influenced by and have used elements of a variety of musical genres, including electronic music, funk, gothic rock, hardcore punk, punk rock, dance music, new wave, jazz, post-punk, symphonic rock and synth-pop.[6][10][14][15][16][17] Nu metal bands also are influenced by and use elements of genres of heavy metal music such as death metal, rap metal, groove metal, funk metal, and thrash metal.[6][10][14][18] Some nu metal bands, such as Static-X[19] and Dope,[20] made nu metal music with elements of industrial metal. In contrast with other heavy metal subgenres, nu metal tends to use the same structure of verses, choruses and bridges as those in pop music.[18][21][22]

Musical characteristics

Instrumentation

 
Korn bassist Fieldy (pictured) cites bassists such as Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Les Claypool of Primus as influences.[8][23]

Nu metal is heavily syncopated and is based mostly on guitar riffs.[5] Mid-song bridges and a general lack of guitar solos contrasts it with other genres of heavy metal.[5][24] Kory Grow of Revolver wrote, "... [i]n its efforts to tune down and simplify riffs, nu-metal effectively drove a stake through the heart of the guitar solo".[25] Another contrast with other heavy metal genres is nu metal's emphasis on rhythm, rather than on complexity or mood, often its rhythm sounds like that of groove metal.[10] The wah pedal is occasionally featured in nu metal music.[25] Nu metal guitar riffs occasionally are similar to those of death metal.[18]

Nu metal bassists and drummers are often influenced by funk and hip hop, respectively, adding to nu metal's rhythmic nature.[26][27] Blast beats, which are common in heavy metal subgenres such as black metal and death metal, are extremely rare in nu metal.[21] Nu metal's similarities with many heavy metal subgenres include its use of common time, distorted guitars, power chords and note structures primarily revolving around Dorian, Aeolian or Phrygian modes.[5] While loud and heavily distorted electric guitars are a core feature of all metal genres, nu metal guitarists took the sounds of "violence and destruction" to new levels with their overdriven guitar tone, which music journalists Kitts and Tolinski compared to the "...sound [of] a Mack truck being crushed by a collapsing skyscraper."[28]

Some nu metal bands use seven-string guitars[29] that are generally down-tuned,[21][30] rather than traditional six-string guitars.[14] Likewise, some bass guitarists use five-string and six-string instruments.[14][31] Bass guitar-playing in nu metal often features an emphasis on funk elements.[29] In nu metal music, DJs are sometimes featured to provide instrumentation such as sampling, turntable scratching and electronic backgrounds.[14] Nu metal tends to have hip hop grooves and rhythms.[24][18][29]

Vocals

Vocal styles used in nu metal music include singing,[18] rapping,[24][32] screaming[21][32] and growling.[32] Vocals in nu metal are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop.[33] While some nu metal bands, such as Limp Bizkit[34] and Linkin Park,[35][36] have rapping in their music, other nu metal bands, such as Godsmack[37] and Staind,[38] do not.

Nu metal bands occasionally feature hip hop musicians as guests in their songs; Korn's song "Children of the Korn" features the rapper Ice Cube, who performed on the band's 1998 Family Values Tour.[39][40] The hip hop musician Nas was featured on Korn's song "Play Me", which is on the band's album Take a Look in the Mirror.[41] Limp Bizkit has recorded with multiple hip hop musicians including Method Man,[42] Lil Wayne,[43] Xzibit,[44] Redman,[44] DMX[45] and Snoop Dogg.[46] Linkin Park collaborated with hip hop musician Jay-Z on their 2004 extended play Collision Course.[47] Kid Rock has recorded with hip hop musicians Eminem[48] and Snoop Dogg.[49] Trevor Baker of The Guardian wrote, "Bands such as Linkin Park, Korn and even the much reviled Limp Bizkit ... did far more to break down the artificial barriers between 'urban music' and rock than any of their more critically acceptable counterparts."[50]

Lyrics

Lyrics in nu metal songs are often angry or nihilistic;[18][29][32] many of the genre's lyrics focus on topics such as pain,[16][32] angst,[24][32] bullying,[3] emotional issues,[3][29] abandonment,[3][29] betrayal,[3] and personal alienation,[16][32] in a way similar to those of grunge.[3][16][32][51] Many nu metal lyrics that are about these topics tend to be in a very direct tone.[29] However, some nu metal songs have lyrics that are about other topics. P.O.D. have used positive lyrics about promise and hope.[52] The nu metal[53] song "Bodies" by Drowning Pool is about moshing.[54] The Michigan Daily wrote about Limp Bizkit's lyrics, writing that the band "used the nu-metal sound as a way to spin testosterone fueled fantasies into snarky white-boy rap. Oddly, audiences took frontman Fred Durst more seriously than he wanted, failing to see the intentional silliness in many of his songs".[29] Limp Bizkit's lyrics also have been described as misogynistic.[55] Dope's lyrics are usually about sex, drugs, parties, women, violence and relationships.[56] In contrast, according to Josh Chesler of the Phoenix New Times, the lyrics of Deftones, who were once considered a nu metal band, "tend to have complex allusions and leave the songs open to many different interpretations."[57]

Fashion

Nu metal clothing typically consists of baggy pants,[25][58][59][60] shirts, and shorts,[24][61] JNCO jeans,[62][63] Adidas tracksuits,[63] sports jerseys,[64] baseball caps,[65] baggy hoodies,[60] cargo pants, and sweatpants.[66] Nu metal hairstyles and facial hairstyles include dreadlocks,[66] braids,[67] spiky hair,[58][64] chin beards,[59][66] bald heads,[66][68] goatees,[66] frosted tips,[60] and bleached or dyed hair.[58][66] Common accessories in nu metal fashion include wallet chains,[24][64][68] tattoos,[24][61][68] and piercings,[24][25][61][66] especially facial piercings.[60][68] Nu metal fashion has been compared to hip hop fashion.[25]

Some nu metal bands such as Motograter,[69] Mushroomhead,[70] Mudvayne,[71][72] and Slipknot[68][73] wear masks, jumpsuits, costumes, face paint, corpse paint or body paint. A few nu metal bands, such as Coal Chamber,[74] Evanescence,[75] Kittie,[76] and Jack off Jill are known for having gothic appearances.

History

1980s–1993: Precursors and influences

 
Primus, a common influence to nu metal bands, uses elements of diverse genres such as speed metal, thrash metal, punk rock and funk.[77]

Many heavy metal, alternative metal, industrial, funk metal, alternative rock, rap metal, and industrial metal artists and bands of the 1980s and early 1990s have been credited with laying groundwork for the development of nu metal by combining heavy guitar riffs with pop music structures and drawing influences from subgenres of heavy metal and other music genres; Faith No More,[78][79] Primus,[78][80] Helmet,[81][82] Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.,[83] Tool,[84] Fear Factory,[85] 24-7 Spyz,[86] Hot Dawgz,[86] Fishbone,[86] Biohazard,[87] Suicidal Tendencies,[87] Infectious Grooves,[88] Godflesh,[89] Red Hot Chili Peppers,[78][90] Nine Inch Nails,[91][92] White Zombie,[91] Mr. Bungle,[78] Prong,[93] Rage Against the Machine,[78] and Ministry[94] all have been highlighted as examples of this.

Groove metal and thrash metal bands of the same period such as Machine Head,[86] Sepultura,[79][95] Metallica,[11][1] Pantera,[96] Slayer,[1] and Anthrax[1] all have been cited as influential to nu metal as well. For example, Anthrax pioneered the rap metal genre by combining hip hop and rap with heavy metal on their 1987 EP I'm the Man,[97] which laid groundwork for nu metal's development.[65] Korn's lead vocalist Jonathan Davis said about Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell, "if there was no Dimebag Darrell, there would be no Korn".[98]

 
Producer Rick Rubin helped create rap rock in the 1980s with hip hop groups such as the Beastie Boys and Run-D.M.C.[99]

In the 1990s, bands described as "neo-metal" by the author Garry Sharpe-Young emerged; these bands include Pantera, Strapping Young Lad, Machine Head, Biohazard and Fear Factory. Sharpe-Young wrote that these bands "had chosen to strip metal down to its raw, primal element" and that "neo-metal paved the way for nu-metal".[100]

Nu metal is often influenced by hip hop.[12] Rappers Dr. Dre and Ice Cube have been a big influence on nu metal pioneers Korn;[101][102] guitarist Munky said the band were trying to emulate the samples of Dr. Dre's 1992 album The Chronic.[102] Munky and fellow Korn guitarist Head also said they tried to emulate samples by the hip hop group Cypress Hill.[101][103] Both the Geto Boys and N.W.A. also have been a major influence on Korn.[103] Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit has cited the hip hop group The Fat Boys as a major influence on him.[104] Shifty Shellshock of the nu metal band Crazy Town cited Run–D.M.C. and Beastie Boys as influences.[105] Josey Scott of the nu metal band Saliva cited Run–D.M.C., LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, N.W.A., Chuck D, Doug E. Fresh, and Whodini as influences.[106] Sonny Sandoval of the nu metal band P.O.D. cited hip hop groups Boogie Down Productions and Run–D.M.C. as influences.[107] Linkin Park member Mike Shinoda's hip hop influences include Boogie Down Productions, Public Enemy, N.W.A., and the Juice Crew.[108] Chester Bennington, another member of Linkin Park, cited A Tribe Called Quest, KRS-One, Run–D.M.C., Public Enemy, N.W.A., Beastie Boys, and Rob Base as influences.[109] Beastie Boys are a hip hop music group that influenced nu metal.[110] Hip hop group Run–DMC was one of the first groups to combine rap with rock,[111][112] paving the way for nu metal.[113]

1993–1998: Early development and rise

Joel McIver acknowledged Korn as the band that created and pioneered the nu metal genre with its demo Neidermayer's Mind, which was released in 1993.[114][115] McIver also acknowledged Korn as the band that started the new wave of American heavy metal,[114] which is a heavy metal music movement that started in the 1990s.[116][117] The aggressive riffs of Korn, the rapping of Limp Bizkit, and the melodic ballads of Staind created the sonic template for nu metal.[84] The origins of the term "nu metal" are often attributed to the work of producer Ross Robinson, who has been called "The Godfather of Nu Metal" between producers.[118] Robinson has produced for nu metal bands such as Korn,[119][120] Limp Bizkit[121] and Slipknot.[122][123] Many of the first nu metal bands, such as Korn[124] and Deftones,[125] came from California; however, the genre soon spread across the United States and many bands arose from various states, including Limp Bizkit from Florida,[84] Staind from Massachusetts,[126] and Slipknot from Iowa.[127] In the book Brave Nu World, Tommy Udo wrote about the nu metal band Coal Chamber, "There's some evidence to suggest that Coal Chamber were the first band to whom the tag 'nu metal' was actually applied, in a live review in Spin magazine."[128]

 
"Headup" by Deftones featuring Max Cavalera (1997)
"Headup" by Deftones features Max Cavalera and was described by Decibel as Around the Fur's "most nü-metal track".[63]
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In 1994, Korn released their self-titled debut album, which is widely considered the first nu metal album.[101][129][130] Korn had experienced underground popularity at this time; their debut album peaked at number 72 on the Billboard 200.[131] However, earlier the same year, P.O.D.'s album Snuff the Punk was also released, which was later recognized as the first nu metal album.[132] In 1995, the band Sugar Ray released its debut studio album Lemonade and Brownies, an album described as both funk metal and nu metal.[133][134] In 1995, Deftones released their debut album Adrenaline. The album peaked at number 23 on the Heatseekers Albums chart on October 5, 1996.[135] Deftones also were temporarily controversial in 1996 when their vocalist Chino Moreno was blamed by TV news reports for a riot that occurred at the 1996 U-Fest festival.[136] Deftones' 1997 album Around the Fur peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200 on November 15, 1997.[137] Both Adrenaline and Around the Fur were certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the summer of 1999. Adrenaline and Around the Fur were certified platinum by the RIAA in September 2008 and June 2011, respectively.[138][139]

Sepultura's 1996 album Roots features nu metal elements that were considered influential to the genre,[95][140] while Roots itself was influenced by Korn's self-titled debut album.[95][141][142] Few bands were playing nu metal until 1997 when bands such as Coal Chamber,[143] Limp Bizkit,[144] and Papa Roach[145] all released their debut albums. Attention through MTV and Ozzy Osbourne's 1995 introduction of Ozzfest was integral to the launching of the careers of many nu metal bands, including Limp Bizkit in 1998.[146]

Nu metal began to rise in popularity when Korn's 1996 album Life Is Peachy peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200[131][147] and sold 106,000 copies in its first week of release.[148] In 1997, Sugar Ray released its second studio album Floored. The album achieved mainstream success very quickly and was certified 2× platinum by the RIAA on February 20, 1998.[149] Although Floored is a nu metal album,[150] the only song from the album that achieved chart success was the song "Fly",[151] which is instead a reggae song.[152] Although Sugar Ray continued to be extremely popular,[151] the band abandoned the nu metal genre and became a pop rock band with its 1999 studio album 14:59.[153]

1998–2003: Mainstream popularity

 
Korn (pictured) helped launch nu metal into the mainstream.

In 1998, nu metal became one of the most mainstream genres of music when Korn's third album Follow the Leader peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200,[131] was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA,[154] and paved the way for other nu metal bands.[50] At this point, many nu metal bands were signed to major record labels,[6] and were playing combinations of heavy metal, hip hop, industrial, grunge and hardcore punk styles.[6] Hip hop artists Vanilla Ice[155][156] and Cypress Hill,[157] along with heavy metal bands Sepultura,[95][140][155] Primus,[158][159] Fear Factory,[155][160] Machine Head,[161][162] and Slayer[163] released albums that draw from the nu metal genre. In 1999, Korn's fourth studio album Issues peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200.[131][164] The album was certified 3× platinum by the RIAA in one month.[165] The album sold at least 573,000 copies in its first week of release.[164] During the late 1990s and early 2000s, multiple nu metal bands such as Korn,[166][167] Limp Bizkit[168][169] and P.O.D.[170][171] appeared repeatedly on MTV's Total Request Live.

The Woodstock 1999 festival featured multiple nu metal artists and bands such as Korn, Kid Rock, Godsmack, Limp Bizkit and Sevendust.[172][173][174] During and after Limp Bizkit's performance at the festival, violence occurred and people tore plywood from the walls during the performance of the band's song "Break Stuff".[175][176] Several sexual assaults were reported to have happened during the festival;[177] a rape that was reported during Limp Bizkit's performance, and gang rape was reported to have occurred during Korn's set at the festival.[178] Despite the incidents at the festival, Limp Bizkit's popularity and the sales of their then-recent album Significant Other were not affected.[175] The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 643,874 copies in its first week of release, topping over one million sold in two weeks,[179] and eventually being certified 7× platinum in 2001.[180] Significant Other sold at least 7,237,123 copies in the United States.[181]

 
The nu metal band Slipknot performing in Buenos Aires in 2005

Other nu metal bands began to emerge or achieve mainstream popularity in 1999. Godsmack's self-titled debut album was released in 1998 and was certified 4× platinum.[182] In April 1999, Kid Rock's album Devil Without a Cause was certified by gold by the RIAA.[183] The following month, Devil Without a Cause, as Kid Rock predicted, went platinum.[183] Eventually, the album sold at least 9,300,000 copies in the United States[184] and was certified 11× platinum.[183] In 1999, Slipknot emerged with an extremely heavy nu metal sound, releasing their self-titled album, which was certified platinum in 2000 and 2× platinum in 2005.[185] In a review of the band's self-titled album, Rick Anderson of AllMusic wrote about Slipknot, "You thought Limp Bizkit was hard? They're the Osmonds. These guys are something else entirely." Anderson noted the death metal influence on the album.[186] Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, noted by Anderson for his death metal-influenced drumming,[186] said of Slipknot's music: "The roots are death metal, thrash, speed metal, and I could go on and on about all those bands."[187]

 
Disturbed performing in 2005

In 1999, Staind's second album Dysfunction was released; the track "Mudshovel" peaked at number 10 on the Mainstream Rock chart.[188] Dysfunction was certified platinum by the RIAA in 2000 and 2× platinum in 2004.[189] In 2000, Limp Bizkit's third studio album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water set a record for highest week-one sales of a rock album, selling over 1,000,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release—400,000 of which sold on its first day of release, making it the fastest-selling rock album ever and breaking the world record held for seven years by Pearl Jam's Vs.[190] Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit was certified 6× platinum by the RIAA.[191] That same year, both Papa Roach's second studio album Infest[192] and Disturbed's debut studio album The Sickness[193] were released. Both albums became multi-platinum hits.[194][195] In 2000, P.O.D.'s album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown went platinum in the United States[196] and was the 143rd best-selling album of 2000.[197] The album's song "Rock the Party (Off the Hook)" went to number 1 on MTV's Total Request Live.[198] At the turn of the millennium at the time, many nu metal bands performed at Ozzfest, including Kittie, Disturbed, Mudvayne, Linkin Park, Slipknot, Papa Roach, Otep, Static-X, Methods of Mayhem, Taproot and Drowning Pool.[199][200] Ozzfest was successful, with Ozzfest 2000, for example, selling out and having 19,000 audience members.[200] During that same year, nu metal bands like Papa Roach and Limp Bizkit joined rappers like Eminem and Xzibit on Eminem's Anger Management Tour, which had sold-out concerts.[201]

 
Linkin Park in 2006

Late in 2000, Linkin Park released their debut album Hybrid Theory, which was the best-selling debut album by any artist of any genre in the 21st century.[202] The album was also the best-selling album of 2001,[203] selling more than albums such as Celebrity by NSYNC and Hot Shot by Shaggy.[204] Linkin Park earned a Grammy Award for their second single "Crawling".[205] Their fourth single, "In the End", was released late in 2001 and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 2002.[206][207] In 2001, Linkin Park's album Hybrid Theory sold 4,800,000 copies in the United States, making it the highest-selling album of the year.[203][204] Linkin Park's album Hybrid Theory was certified 12× platinum (diamond) by the RIAA[208] and sold at least 10,222,000 copies in the United States.[209] In 2000, Godsmack released their second studio album Awake, which was certified double platinum.[210] The album's title track peaked at number 1 on the Mainstream Rock chart.[211] Both the album's title track and the song "Sick of Life" have been featured on the United States Navy's television commercials.[212]

 
Aaron Lewis, the vocalist of Staind, performing in August 2001

Crazy Town's debut album The Gift of Game peaked at number 9 on the Billboard 200,[213] went platinum in February 2001,[214] and sold at least 1,500,000 copies in the United States.[215] Worldwide, the album sold at least 2,500,000 copies.[216] Staind's 2001 album Break the Cycle debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200[188] with at least 716,000 copies sold in its first week of release,[126][217] selling more than albums such as Survivor by Destiny's Child, Lateralus by Tool and Miss E... So Addictive by Missy Elliott.[217][218] Break the Cycle by Staind was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA,[219] with 4,240,000 copies sold in 2001 in the United States.[204] Although the album featured nu metal tracks, a lot of the album showed Staind moving to a softer sound.[220] Noting Staind's change in style to a softer sound, Tommy Udo of Brave Nu World wrote: "It's often said that nobody over the age of 24 could possibly like Limp Bizkit or Korn, but Staind are a more mainstream band and their songs are likely to appeal to a much bigger fanbase."[221]

In August 2001, Slipknot released their album Iowa, which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200[222] and went platinum in October 2001.[223] Critic John Mulvey called the album the "absolute triumph of nu metal".[224] P.O.D.'s 2001 album Satellite went triple-platinum[225] and peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200.[226] P.O.D.'s popularity continued in the year 2002.[227] On June 5, 2001,[228] Drowning Pool released a nu metal album[229] titled Sinner, which features the song "Bodies".[230] The album went platinum on August 23, 2001[228] and its song "Bodies" became one of the most frequently played videos on MTV for new bands.[231] "Bodies" went to number 6 on the Mainstream Rock chart.[232] In 2001, System of a Down's album Toxicity peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200.[233] In July 2022, Toxicity was certified 6× platinum by the RIAA.[234] System of a Down blended nu metal with occasional influences of Middle Eastern music, Greek music, Armenian music, and jazz music,[235] and the band featured political lyrics.[236]

In 2003, MTV wrote that nu metal's mainstream popularity was declining, citing that Korn's fifth album Untouchables and Papa Roach's third album Lovehatetragedy both sold less than the bands' previous releases.[237] Korn's lead vocalist Jonathan Davis believed music piracy was the reason for the lower amount of sales of Untouchables compared to Follow the Leader and Issues because Untouchables had been leaked to the Internet more than four months before its official release date.[238][239] MTV also wrote that nu metal bands were played less frequently on radio stations and MTV began focusing on other musical genres.[33][237] MTV wrote that Papa Roach's third album Lovehatetragedy has less hip hop elements than the band's previous album Infest[237] and also said that Saliva's 2002 album Back into Your System has less hip hop elements than the band's 2001 album Every Six Seconds.[4] MTV also wrote that Crazy Town's second album Darkhorse had no hit singles and sold less than the band's previous album The Gift of Game.[4] MTV wrote that although Kid Rock's album Cocky had characteristics of the musician's 1998 album Devil Without a Cause, Cocky's song "Forever", which featured the style of Kid Rock's nu metal[57] song "Bawitdaba", was not as popular as Cocky's country song "Picture".[4] MTV also wrote, "Another cause for nü-metal and rap-rock's slip from the spotlight could be a diluted talent pool caused by so many similar-sounding bands. American Head Charge, Primer 55, Adema, Cold, the Union Underground, Dope, Apartment 26, Hed (Planet Earth) and Skrape—all of whom released albums between 2000 and 2001—left more of a collective impression than individual ones".[4] Despite what MTV wrote, the RIAA certified Korn's album Untouchables platinum in July 2002,[240] and one of the album's singles, "Here to Stay", received a lot of radio play[237] and peaked at number one on MTV's Total Request Live twice.[241] Untouchables sold at least 434,000 copies in first week of release and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200.[242][243] However, Untouchables still did not sell as many copies as Korn's most commercially successful album, Follow the Leader.[63][237]

 
Evanescence is known for combining nu metal with elements of gothic rock.[244]

Despite the MTV report that nu metal was declining, nu metal remained extremely popular with bands such as Linkin Park, Godsmack, and Evanescence. Linkin Park's remix album Reanimation was released in July 2002[245] and sold more than a million copies that year, which MTV described as "impressive for a remix album".[227] Canadian newcomers Three Days Grace had also taken a turn in the spotlight of the genre with their hit single I Hate Everything About You peaking at number 4 on the Billboard rock charts during the summer of 2003.[246] Evanescence's debut album Fallen was released in March 2003. Johnny Loftus of AllMusic noted the nu metal sound of the album.[244] Fallen's Grammy Award-winning[247][248] lead single "Bring Me to Life" peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[249] and number 1 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart.[250] In 2003, Linkin Park's album Meteora peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200[251] and sold at least 810,000 copies in its first week of being released.[252] Meteora by Linkin Park and Fallen by Evanescence ranked third and fourth respectively on the best-selling albums of 2003.[253] Both Linkin Park and Evanescence released high-charting singles throughout 2003 to mid-2004.[207][249] Fallen by Evanescence was certified diamond by the RIAA[254] and sold at least 7,600,000 copies in the United States[255] and Meteora by Linkin Park was certified 7x platinum by the RIAA[256] and sold at least 6,100,000 copies in the United States.[257] That same year, Godsmack released their third studio album Faceless, which peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200[258][259] and was certified platinum by the RIAA in its first five weeks of being released.[259]

2003–2010: Decline in popularity

Most of nu metal's mainstream popularity sharply declined in 2003 and 2004.[63][260][261] After a period of mainstream success with bands such as Godsmack, Linkin Park and Evanescence, nu metal declined in popularity. Limp Bizkit's 2003 album Results May Vary, which features alternative rock music[262] and nu metal music,[263] peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200,[264] with sales of at least 325,000 copies in its first week of being released.[265] In three weeks of being released, the album had sold at least 500,000 copies.[265] In 2004, Blabbermouth.net reported that, according to Nielsen SoundScan, Results May Vary sold 1,337,356 copies in the United States.[266] However, the album garnered very poor critical reception[267] and consequently performed much weaker than previous Limp Bizkit albums such as Significant Other and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water.[260] Korn's 2003 album Take a Look in the Mirror sold less than previous Korn albums like Issues and Untouchables.[260] In 2004, 1970s and 1980s-inspired rock bands such as Jet and The Darkness were achieving mainstream success as the popularity of nu metal declined.[260] During the mid-2000s, the popularity of emo exceeded the declining popularity of nu metal.[16] Also, during the mid-2000s, metalcore, a fusion of extreme metal and hardcore punk, became one of the most popular genres in the new wave of American heavy metal.[268]

"We've really moved away from anything that sounds like nu-metal. I know that we kind of helped create, I guess, the sound of that genre, but I hate that genre. I'm not going to speak for everyone, but I can personally tell you that I am not a big fan of almost everybody in that category. There are a few bands that I don't really believe belong in there, and we're one of those bands."

Chester Bennington of Linkin Park on the style of Minutes to Midnight.[269]

In the mid-to-late 2000s, many nu metal bands experimented with other genres and sounds. Linkin Park's third studio album Minutes to Midnight, released in 2007, was noted for its complete departure from the band's nu metal sound.[270] Nu metal bands such as Disturbed[271][272] and Drowning Pool[229] moved to a different sound away from nu metal. Slipknot also departed from their nu metal sound[273] and included elements of groove metal, death metal and thrash metal into their music.[274][275] Staind and Papa Roach moved to lighter sounds.[276][277] Staind's 2003 album 14 Shades Of Grey was significantly less heavy than previous albums[278] and shows the band's departure from nu metal and a movement towards a lighter sound.[279] Papa Roach abandoned the nu metal genre with their 2004 album Getting Away with Murder,[280] moving to a hard rock style.[281][282] System of a Down released two albums in 2005, Mezmerize and Hypnotize. Both did well commercially and critically, but the band took a more alternative metal approach to the two albums compared to their past three efforts.[283] In 2005, Limp Bizkit released a record called The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) without promoting and advertising the record.[284] The album was not very popular;[285] its sales fell 67% during its second week of release.[286] In 2006, Limp Bizkit went on hiatus.[284] In 2012, vocalist Fred Durst said:

"Here's the deal: say in 2000, there were 35 million people who connected to this band. Twelve years later, lots of those people have moved on. We were a moment in time and it's over."[287]

In 2004, the popularity of nu metal was gone, and metalcore replaced nu metal as the most prominent heavy metal genre with the success of bands like Killswitch Engage and Shadows Fall. Other metalcore bands, including God Forbid, Unearth, Trivium, and Bullet for My Valentine, were also popular. Groove metal band Lamb of God also became successful in the heavy metal genre. Stephen Hill of Louder Sound called the rise of metalcore after the decline of nu metal "the metalcore revolution".[288]

2011–present: Revivals and fusion with other genres

 
Of Mice & Men is one of several metalcore bands that added elements of nu metal to later albums.

During the mid-2010s, there was a discussion within media of a possible nu metal revival because of bands fusing nu metal with other genres.[289] Despite the lack of radio play and popularity, some nu metal bands recaptured some of their former popularity as they released albums in a nu metal style. Many metalcore and deathcore groups[290] such as My Ticket Home,[291] Stray from the Path,[291] Emmure,[292][293][294] Of Mice & Men,[295][296][297] Suicide Silence,[298][299] and Issues,[300][301] all gained moderate popularity in the 2010s and used elements from nu metal. This fusion has sometimes been referred to as "nu metalcore".[302] Suicide Silence's 2011 album The Black Crown, which features elements of nu metal and deathcore,[298] peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200.[303][304] In 2014, Issues' self-titled debut album peaked at number 9 on the same chart.[305] The album features elements of metalcore, nu metal, pop and R&B.[306] Of Mice & Men's 2014 album Restoring Force, which features elements of nu metal,[296] peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200.[307] Bring Me the Horizon, often described as a metalcore band, released their fifth album That's the Spirit, which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200, in 2015.[308] The album draws from multiple genres including nu metal[309][310] and would experiment further with nu metal on their 2020 album Post Human: Survival Horror. The band's keyboardist has described them as a nu metal band.[311]

A nu metal revival began in the mid-2010s, with groups like Blood Youth, Cane Hill[312] Sworn In, DangerKids and Islander.[313] Within this movement, nu metalcore became increasingly prominent through the popularity of groups like Vein.fm, Loathe and Code Orange. According to PopMatters writer Ethan Stewart, Code Orange's 2017 album Forever led to nu metalcore becoming "one of the most prominent flavors of contemporary metal".[312] In contrast, Metal Hammer writer Dannii Leivers cited the aforementioned groups as simplifying hinting towards a revival, instead claiming a revival began in 2021, "a crop of young revivalists... looking to put a brand-new spin on the music of their formative years", namely Tetrarch.[314] In the mid–late 2010s, nu metal-influenced genres like emo rap and trap metal emerged.[315][316]

 
Poppy incorporated nu metal into electropop on her albums I Disagree and Am I a Girl?.

Electronic and art pop singer-songwriters incorporated nu metal into their sound in the late 2010s and 2020s.[317][318][319] Poppy has incorporated nu metal on her albums Am I a Girl?[320] and I Disagree,[321] Grimes on album Miss Anthropocene[322] and Rina Sawayama on Sawayama.[323] The songs "We Appreciate Power" and "Play Destroy" were pioneering examples.[324][320] Poppy has described this fusion as "nu-Poppy" or "Poppymetal".[325] I Disagree received critical acclaim for this fusion, with single "Bloodmoney" nominated for the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, making her the first female solo artist to be nominated for the award in its history.[326] Dorian Electra incorporated nu metal influences on their album My Agenda,[327] as did Ashnikko on Demidevil, particularly on single "Cry".[317][328] The Guardian noted that these mostly female artists have revived nu metal, a mostly male genre, and successfully adapted it to showcase a female perspective. Rina Sawayama said "metal itself lends itself to toxic masculine tropes, but it’s also almost taking the piss out of a very masculine expression of emotion”.[329]

Criticisms and controversies

Despite its popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s, nu metal has often been criticized by many fans of heavy metal music,[50][58] often being labelled with derogatory terms such as "mallcore" and "whinecore".[18] Gregory Heaney of AllMusic called nu metal "one of metal's more unfortunate pushes into the mainstream".[330] Lucy Jones of NME called nu metal "the worst genre of all time".[65] In Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death ... , Garry Sharpe-Young described nu metal as "a dumbed-down and—thankfully short[-]lived exercise".[100] When Machine Head moved to the nu metal genre with their album The Burning Red and their vocalist Robb Flynn spiked his hair in the fashion of many nu metal musicians, the band were accused of "selling out" and many fans criticized their change of appearance and musical style.[161][331] Machine Head's drummer Dave McClain said, "Pissing people off isn't a bad thing, you know? For people to be narrow-minded is bad ... [i]t doesn't bother us at all, we know we're going to piss people off with this record, but some people hopefully will actually sit down and listen to the whole record".[161] Robb Flynn, Machine Head's vocalist, said

"There's a minute and a half of rapping on that album. The other 53 minutes of the record are like a giant scar being ripped open while I projectile-vomit through it. If all that people got out of [The Burning Red] was rap-metal, then they didn't fucking listen to it".[161]

Jonathan Davis, the vocalist of Korn, spoke about the criticism of nu metal from heavy metal fans, saying:

"There's a lot of closed-minded metal purists that would hate something because it's not true to metal or whatever, but Korn has never been a metal band, dude. We're not a metal band. We've always been looked at as what they called the nu-metal thing. But we've always been the black sheep and we never fitted into that kind of thing so ... We're always ever evolving, and we always piss fans off and we're gaining other fans and it is how it is."[332]

Lamb of God's vocalist Randy Blythe criticized the nu metal genre and spoke about its loss of popularity in 2004, saying: "Nu-metal sucks, so that's why that's dying off. And I think... people are ready for angrier music. I think people are ready for something that's real, not, you know, 'I did it all for the nookie.'"[333] Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine said he would "rather have his eyelids pulled out" than listen to nu metal.[334] Guitarist Gary Holt of Exodus and Slayer said that he "was so glad about" the decline of nu metal.[335]

Criticism from musicians who inspired nu metal

"Nu-metal makes my stomach turn. Don't blame that poo poo on us, blame it on their mothers! Do you think I listen to any of that stuff at all? No, it's for 13-year-old morons! Believe me, we'll all be laughing about nu-metal in a couple of years. Heck, I'm actually laughing at it now!"

Mike Patton criticizing nu metal in 2002.[78]

Some musicians who influenced nu metal have tried to distance themselves from the subgenre and its bands. Mike Patton, the vocalist of Faith No More and Mr. Bungle, tried to distance himself from the subgenre and criticized it, even though he is featured on the song "Lookaway" on Sepultura's album Roots, which is often considered a nu metal album.[336] Patton said of his music's influence on nu metal, "I feel no responsibility for that, it's their mothers' fault, not mine".[337] Helmet frontman Page Hamilton said, "It's frustrating that people write [us] off because we're affiliated with or credited with or discredited with creating nu-metal and rap metal ... which we sound nothing like".[338]

Although Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails has said he knows some Korn members and that he thinks they are "cool guys",[339] he also criticized nu metal, saying:

"When I'm asked what do I think of a lot of the nu-metal bands that are out there, my response is that it seems really insincere to me. 'I've had a really shitty childhood and I'm really upset and I'm really ugly and I've put a lot of make-up on and I'm harder and faster and my voice sounds more like the cookie monster's than yours does'. To me it all comes across as being comical, as being a parody of itself."[340]

In response to reports that Fred Durst, lead singer of Limp Bizkit, is a big fan of Tool, the latter's vocalist Maynard James Keenan said, "If the lunch-lady in high school hits on you, you appreciate the compliment, but you're not really gonna start dating the lunch-lady, are ya?"[341] While Durst has cited Rage Against the Machine as a major influence,[342][343] Rage Against the Machine's bassist Tim Commerford is open about his hatred of Limp Bizkit, describing them as "one of the dumbest bands in the history of music".[344] At the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, Limp Bizkit won the Best Rock Video category for their song "Break Stuff", beating Rage Against the Machine's "Sleep Now in the Fire".[343] When Limp Bizkit accepted their award, Commerford went on stage and climbed 20 ft (6 m) up a backdrop, rocking back and forth.[343][345] After the incident, Commerford was arrested and spent a night in jail.[343][344] Commerford said in 2015, "I do apologize for Limp Bizkit. I really do. I feel really bad that we inspired such bullshit ... They're gone, though. That's the beautiful thing."[342][343]

Rejection of nu metal label from nu metal musicians

Some nu metal musicians have rejected the label nu metal and have tried to distance themselves from it. Slipknot prefer to distance themselves from other nu metal groups, describing their own music as "metal metal" and equate their link to nu metal as a coincidence of their time of emergence.[346]

Jonathan Davis has rejected the nu metal label, saying "We're not 'rap rock,' we're not 'nu-metal ... We might have invented a new genre of heavy music or rock, but I believe the term 'nu-metal' was made up for all the bands that followed us. Those guys to me are nu-metal. And we're just Korn."[33] In 2014, Davis spoke about the nu metal label, saying:

"I've always rejected [Korn's pigeonholing] into some kind of genre that we helped create. It seems like when a band comes out and we do something new and something different, that's all great. When a whole bunch of bands jump on the bandwagon and start copying what that one band did, then it gets called something and those bands are cheap knockoffs of what the original thing was. So, to me, that's why I never liked the 'nu metal' term."[347]

Davis has since become more accepting of the term. In a 2019 interview, he remarked, "if we invented nu-metal then fuck yeah, cool. It’s pretty cool to say we helped invent some kind of movement, that’s pretty insane."[348]

Staind's vocalist Aaron Lewis rejected the nu metal label, saying, "if we get called a 'nu metal' band one more time, I don't even know what I'm going to do!"[38] In 2003, Chino Moreno, vocalist of Deftones, rejected the nu metal label saying "We told motherfuckers not to lump us in with nu metal because when those bands go down we aren't going to be with them".[349] As Deftones abandoned the nu metal sound of their early work, Moreno tried to distance himself from nu metal bands and began to criticize the bands and their albums, including Korn's 2002 album Untouchables; he said, "As Korn go on, it's the same things—bad childhoods and mean moms. It gets too old after a while. How old is Jonathan [Davis]? Thirty? How long has it been since he lived with his parents?"[350][351] Davis responded saying, "Obviously, Chino hasn't listened to the words on the rest of my albums because they're nothing about my parents or my childhood."[351] Moreno also said, "A big problem for me was opening for Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park, two bands that wouldn't exist if it weren't for me, straight up!".[350] Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park spoke about the nu metal label in an interview with NME, saying "We never held the flag for nu-metal—it was associated with frat rock. Arrogant, misogynistic, and full of testosterone; we were reacting against that."[352][353] Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit said that he "never liked or condoned" the term "nu metal" in any way, and said he does not understand "how so many bands that sound nothing alike can be put into" the nu metal genre.[354] Mike Wengren of Disturbed said that he doesn't think Disturbed "were ever a nu-metal band to begin with".[355]

Support and legacy

Jody MacGregor of FasterLouder called nu metal "music's most hated genre" conversely, he also wrote that nu metal is "not as bad as people think", praising several examples of the genre.[356] Despite the fact that multiple nu metal musicians rejected the nu metal label, Limp Bizkit's vocalist Fred Durst defended it, saying "Nu metal let people open up and it meant something to people. It really did."[357] Slipknot's vocalist Corey Taylor, also defended nu metal, saying "I’d like to think that that whole nu-metal wave was so important to that next wave of American heavy metal, to be honest."[358] Coal Chamber's vocalist Dez Fafara also defended nu metal. He said he is proud to be associated with the subgenre[13] and that nu metal bands "broke new musical ground" saying, "I think 'hair metal' was cheesy. [But] I think 'nu metal' was different. I think what's beautiful about 'nu metal' is it's different. And you've got so many different influences."[359] The Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan praised nu metal, saying "I think it’s fantastic. I think the more people are cross-pollenating between different musical styles… it not only has musical implications but it has cultural ones as well."[360] Chester Bennington of Linkin Park said he accepted the nu metal label, saying:

"I think for the first time in our history, we're actually OK with being recognized as a nu metal band, especially for what we did early in our careers, because the truth is that when we were first doing it, nobody else really was, especially in terms of the hip-hop thing."[361]

Jack Porter of The Michigan Daily defended nu metal, writing

"Unfortunately, some barriers prevent listeners from understanding nu-metal bands apart from the identity that genre label has given them—picture a bone-headed suburban white kid sporting a backwards baseball cap. What used to be a descriptor for a specific strain of alternative metal turned into a ghetto for every band that a) plays extremely heavy yet radio-friendly music and b) sucks. Because the genre came to be defined by its lack of quality, many 'serious' music fans have missed out on what it has to offer."[29]

"After Korn's 'Follow the Leader' blew the whole movement into orbit in 1998, nu-metal produced some ridiculous bands, to be sure. And to be fair, plenty of them dwelled in the realms of corny rap-rock and dull alternative radio rock with the occasional heavy riff or tendency to scream, making their designation as 'metal' quite dubious indeed ... [b]ut the movement also produced plenty of heavier bands with primarily metal influences".

Metal Underground on nu metal's association with heavy metal.[362]

Association with heavy metal

In addition to criticizing nu metal, many heavy metal musicians have rejected nu metal as a legitimate subgenre of heavy metal, saying it is not "true heavy metal".[362][363] Some nu metal musicians have tried to distance themselves from being heavy metal at all. For example, Korn's Jonathan Davis rejected the "heavy metal" label.[332][364][365] When talking with Vice, Davis spoke about Korn being called a heavy metal band, saying, "I never thought of us to be metal to begin with. Yeah, we're heavy and downtuned, but metal, to me, is like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. That's metal, man. I always thought of us as a funk band. That funky, groovy shit."[364] Godsmack's vocalist Sully Erna also rejected the "heavy metal" label and said he views Godsmack as a hard rock band.[366][367] Though he was originally more tolerant of the concept,[361] Linkin Park's vocalist Chester Bennington later expressed some disagreement with his band being labeled a heavy metal group because he felt the term limited the scope of the band's actual style. He elaborated:

"[We] wanted to make clear from the very beginning when we were kind of tagged as a 'nu metal' band. Not that we have anything against metal ... [w]e aren't just one thing. So there are elements of the band that are metal, there are elements of the band that are pop, there are elements that are electronic, and hip-hop as well. And we've kind of always felt like we weren't bound to just one genre. So after we made Hybrid Theory and Meteora, we really wanted to take risks beyond what we had already done on those first two records, creatively, and show the world that we can do a lot more than just make nu-metal songs."[368]

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For the alloy see mu metal For new metal music see Heavy metal music Recent styles mid late 2000s and 2010s Nu metal sometimes stylized as nu metal sometimes called aggro metal is a subgenre of alternative metal that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop alternative rock funk industrial and grunge Nu metal bands have drawn elements and influences from a variety of musical styles including multiple genres of heavy metal Nu metal rarely features guitar solos or other displays of technical competence the genre is heavily syncopated and based on guitar riffs Many nu metal guitarists use seven string guitars that are down tuned to produce a heavier sound DJs are occasionally featured in nu metal to provide instrumentation such as sampling turntable scratching and electronic backgrounds Vocal styles in nu metal include singing rapping screaming and growling Nu metal is one of the key genres of the new wave of American heavy metal Nu metalStylistic originsAlternative metal hip hop rap metal industrial metal groove metal thrash metal 1 alternative rock hardcore punk grunge funk metalCultural originsEarly to mid 1990s California U S Derivative formsEmo raptrap metalFusion genresNu metalcoreRegional scenesUnited StatesOther topicsNew wave of American heavy metalNu metal became popular in the late 1990s with bands and artists such as Korn Limp Bizkit Slipknot and Kid Rock all releasing albums that sold millions of copies Nu metal s popularity continued during the early 2000s with bands such as Papa Roach Staind and P O D all selling multi platinum albums and came to a peak with Linkin Park s diamond selling album Hybrid Theory which became the best selling rock album of the 21st century However by the mid 2000s the oversaturation of bands combined with the underperformance of several high profile releases led to nu metal s decline leading to the rise of metalcore and many nu metal bands disbanding or abandoning their established sound in favor of other genres During the 2010s there was a nu metal revival many bands that combine nu metal with other genres for example metalcore and deathcore emerged and some nu metal bands from the 1990s and early 2000s returned to the nu metal sound Bands like Of Mice amp Men Emmure Issues and My Ticket Home combined nu metal with metalcore or deathcore Artists like Grimes Poppy and Rina Sawayama integrated nu metal sounds into electronic pop music in the late 2010s and early 2020s Contents 1 Characteristics and fashion 1 1 Terminology and origins 1 2 Musical characteristics 1 2 1 Instrumentation 1 2 2 Vocals 1 2 3 Lyrics 1 3 Fashion 2 History 2 1 1980s 1993 Precursors and influences 2 2 1993 1998 Early development and rise 2 3 1998 2003 Mainstream popularity 2 4 2003 2010 Decline in popularity 2 5 2011 present Revivals and fusion with other genres 3 Criticisms and controversies 3 1 Criticism from musicians who inspired nu metal 3 2 Rejection of nu metal label from nu metal musicians 3 3 Support and legacy 3 4 Association with heavy metal 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksCharacteristics and fashion Edit Falling Away from Me by Korn 1999 source source Tim Grierson of About com wrote that Falling Away from Me by Korn showed hip hop influence through the use of staccato rhythms textured guitar hooks and distorted power chords 2 Surfacing by Slipknot 1999 source source Citing the lyrics of the song s chorus Karan Pradhan of Firstpost called Slipknot s Surfacing the best encapsulation of the aggression attitude simplicity and indeed the spirit of nu metal 3 Problems playing these files See media help Terminology and origins Edit Nu metal is also known as nu metal 4 5 and aggro metal 6 7 It is a subgenre of alternative metal 6 8 MTV states that the early nu metal group Korn arrived in 1993 into the burgeoning alternative metal scene which would morph into nu metal the way college rock became alternative rock 8 Stereogum has similarly claimed that nu metal was a weird outgrowth of the Lollapalooza era alt metal scene 9 Nu metal merges elements of heavy metal music 6 10 11 with elements of other music genres such as hip hop 6 12 and alternative rock 13 Nu metal bands have been influenced by and have used elements of a variety of musical genres including electronic music funk gothic rock hardcore punk punk rock dance music new wave jazz post punk symphonic rock and synth pop 6 10 14 15 16 17 Nu metal bands also are influenced by and use elements of genres of heavy metal music such as death metal rap metal groove metal funk metal and thrash metal 6 10 14 18 Some nu metal bands such as Static X 19 and Dope 20 made nu metal music with elements of industrial metal In contrast with other heavy metal subgenres nu metal tends to use the same structure of verses choruses and bridges as those in pop music 18 21 22 Musical characteristics Edit Instrumentation Edit Korn bassist Fieldy pictured cites bassists such as Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Les Claypool of Primus as influences 8 23 Nu metal is heavily syncopated and is based mostly on guitar riffs 5 Mid song bridges and a general lack of guitar solos contrasts it with other genres of heavy metal 5 24 Kory Grow of Revolver wrote i n its efforts to tune down and simplify riffs nu metal effectively drove a stake through the heart of the guitar solo 25 Another contrast with other heavy metal genres is nu metal s emphasis on rhythm rather than on complexity or mood often its rhythm sounds like that of groove metal 10 The wah pedal is occasionally featured in nu metal music 25 Nu metal guitar riffs occasionally are similar to those of death metal 18 Nu metal bassists and drummers are often influenced by funk and hip hop respectively adding to nu metal s rhythmic nature 26 27 Blast beats which are common in heavy metal subgenres such as black metal and death metal are extremely rare in nu metal 21 Nu metal s similarities with many heavy metal subgenres include its use of common time distorted guitars power chords and note structures primarily revolving around Dorian Aeolian or Phrygian modes 5 While loud and heavily distorted electric guitars are a core feature of all metal genres nu metal guitarists took the sounds of violence and destruction to new levels with their overdriven guitar tone which music journalists Kitts and Tolinski compared to the sound of a Mack truck being crushed by a collapsing skyscraper 28 Some nu metal bands use seven string guitars 29 that are generally down tuned 21 30 rather than traditional six string guitars 14 Likewise some bass guitarists use five string and six string instruments 14 31 Bass guitar playing in nu metal often features an emphasis on funk elements 29 In nu metal music DJs are sometimes featured to provide instrumentation such as sampling turntable scratching and electronic backgrounds 14 Nu metal tends to have hip hop grooves and rhythms 24 18 29 Vocals Edit Vocal styles used in nu metal music include singing 18 rapping 24 32 screaming 21 32 and growling 32 Vocals in nu metal are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop 33 While some nu metal bands such as Limp Bizkit 34 and Linkin Park 35 36 have rapping in their music other nu metal bands such as Godsmack 37 and Staind 38 do not Nu metal bands occasionally feature hip hop musicians as guests in their songs Korn s song Children of the Korn features the rapper Ice Cube who performed on the band s 1998 Family Values Tour 39 40 The hip hop musician Nas was featured on Korn s song Play Me which is on the band s album Take a Look in the Mirror 41 Limp Bizkit has recorded with multiple hip hop musicians including Method Man 42 Lil Wayne 43 Xzibit 44 Redman 44 DMX 45 and Snoop Dogg 46 Linkin Park collaborated with hip hop musician Jay Z on their 2004 extended play Collision Course 47 Kid Rock has recorded with hip hop musicians Eminem 48 and Snoop Dogg 49 Trevor Baker of The Guardian wrote Bands such as Linkin Park Korn and even the much reviled Limp Bizkit did far more to break down the artificial barriers between urban music and rock than any of their more critically acceptable counterparts 50 Lyrics Edit Lyrics in nu metal songs are often angry or nihilistic 18 29 32 many of the genre s lyrics focus on topics such as pain 16 32 angst 24 32 bullying 3 emotional issues 3 29 abandonment 3 29 betrayal 3 and personal alienation 16 32 in a way similar to those of grunge 3 16 32 51 Many nu metal lyrics that are about these topics tend to be in a very direct tone 29 However some nu metal songs have lyrics that are about other topics P O D have used positive lyrics about promise and hope 52 The nu metal 53 song Bodies by Drowning Pool is about moshing 54 The Michigan Daily wrote about Limp Bizkit s lyrics writing that the band used the nu metal sound as a way to spin testosterone fueled fantasies into snarky white boy rap Oddly audiences took frontman Fred Durst more seriously than he wanted failing to see the intentional silliness in many of his songs 29 Limp Bizkit s lyrics also have been described as misogynistic 55 Dope s lyrics are usually about sex drugs parties women violence and relationships 56 In contrast according to Josh Chesler of the Phoenix New Times the lyrics of Deftones who were once considered a nu metal band tend to have complex allusions and leave the songs open to many different interpretations 57 Fashion Edit Nu metal clothing typically consists of baggy pants 25 58 59 60 shirts and shorts 24 61 JNCO jeans 62 63 Adidas tracksuits 63 sports jerseys 64 baseball caps 65 baggy hoodies 60 cargo pants and sweatpants 66 Nu metal hairstyles and facial hairstyles include dreadlocks 66 braids 67 spiky hair 58 64 chin beards 59 66 bald heads 66 68 goatees 66 frosted tips 60 and bleached or dyed hair 58 66 Common accessories in nu metal fashion include wallet chains 24 64 68 tattoos 24 61 68 and piercings 24 25 61 66 especially facial piercings 60 68 Nu metal fashion has been compared to hip hop fashion 25 Some nu metal bands such as Motograter 69 Mushroomhead 70 Mudvayne 71 72 and Slipknot 68 73 wear masks jumpsuits costumes face paint corpse paint or body paint A few nu metal bands such as Coal Chamber 74 Evanescence 75 Kittie 76 and Jack off Jill are known for having gothic appearances History Edit1980s 1993 Precursors and influences Edit Primus a common influence to nu metal bands uses elements of diverse genres such as speed metal thrash metal punk rock and funk 77 Many heavy metal alternative metal industrial funk metal alternative rock rap metal and industrial metal artists and bands of the 1980s and early 1990s have been credited with laying groundwork for the development of nu metal by combining heavy guitar riffs with pop music structures and drawing influences from subgenres of heavy metal and other music genres Faith No More 78 79 Primus 78 80 Helmet 81 82 Boo Yaa T R I B E 83 Tool 84 Fear Factory 85 24 7 Spyz 86 Hot Dawgz 86 Fishbone 86 Biohazard 87 Suicidal Tendencies 87 Infectious Grooves 88 Godflesh 89 Red Hot Chili Peppers 78 90 Nine Inch Nails 91 92 White Zombie 91 Mr Bungle 78 Prong 93 Rage Against the Machine 78 and Ministry 94 all have been highlighted as examples of this Groove metal and thrash metal bands of the same period such as Machine Head 86 Sepultura 79 95 Metallica 11 1 Pantera 96 Slayer 1 and Anthrax 1 all have been cited as influential to nu metal as well For example Anthrax pioneered the rap metal genre by combining hip hop and rap with heavy metal on their 1987 EP I m the Man 97 which laid groundwork for nu metal s development 65 Korn s lead vocalist Jonathan Davis said about Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell if there was no Dimebag Darrell there would be no Korn 98 Producer Rick Rubin helped create rap rock in the 1980s with hip hop groups such as the Beastie Boys and Run D M C 99 In the 1990s bands described as neo metal by the author Garry Sharpe Young emerged these bands include Pantera Strapping Young Lad Machine Head Biohazard and Fear Factory Sharpe Young wrote that these bands had chosen to strip metal down to its raw primal element and that neo metal paved the way for nu metal 100 Nu metal is often influenced by hip hop 12 Rappers Dr Dre and Ice Cube have been a big influence on nu metal pioneers Korn 101 102 guitarist Munky said the band were trying to emulate the samples of Dr Dre s 1992 album The Chronic 102 Munky and fellow Korn guitarist Head also said they tried to emulate samples by the hip hop group Cypress Hill 101 103 Both the Geto Boys and N W A also have been a major influence on Korn 103 Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit has cited the hip hop group The Fat Boys as a major influence on him 104 Shifty Shellshock of the nu metal band Crazy Town cited Run D M C and Beastie Boys as influences 105 Josey Scott of the nu metal band Saliva cited Run D M C LL Cool J Beastie Boys Public Enemy N W A Chuck D Doug E Fresh and Whodini as influences 106 Sonny Sandoval of the nu metal band P O D cited hip hop groups Boogie Down Productions and Run D M C as influences 107 Linkin Park member Mike Shinoda s hip hop influences include Boogie Down Productions Public Enemy N W A and the Juice Crew 108 Chester Bennington another member of Linkin Park cited A Tribe Called Quest KRS One Run D M C Public Enemy N W A Beastie Boys and Rob Base as influences 109 Beastie Boys are a hip hop music group that influenced nu metal 110 Hip hop group Run DMC was one of the first groups to combine rap with rock 111 112 paving the way for nu metal 113 1993 1998 Early development and rise Edit Joel McIver acknowledged Korn as the band that created and pioneered the nu metal genre with its demo Neidermayer s Mind which was released in 1993 114 115 McIver also acknowledged Korn as the band that started the new wave of American heavy metal 114 which is a heavy metal music movement that started in the 1990s 116 117 The aggressive riffs of Korn the rapping of Limp Bizkit and the melodic ballads of Staind created the sonic template for nu metal 84 The origins of the term nu metal are often attributed to the work of producer Ross Robinson who has been called The Godfather of Nu Metal between producers 118 Robinson has produced for nu metal bands such as Korn 119 120 Limp Bizkit 121 and Slipknot 122 123 Many of the first nu metal bands such as Korn 124 and Deftones 125 came from California however the genre soon spread across the United States and many bands arose from various states including Limp Bizkit from Florida 84 Staind from Massachusetts 126 and Slipknot from Iowa 127 In the book Brave Nu World Tommy Udo wrote about the nu metal band Coal Chamber There s some evidence to suggest that Coal Chamber were the first band to whom the tag nu metal was actually applied in a live review in Spin magazine 128 Headup by Deftones featuring Max Cavalera 1997 source source Headup by Deftones features Max Cavalera and was described by Decibel as Around the Fur s most nu metal track 63 Problems playing this file See media help In 1994 Korn released their self titled debut album which is widely considered the first nu metal album 101 129 130 Korn had experienced underground popularity at this time their debut album peaked at number 72 on the Billboard 200 131 However earlier the same year P O D s album Snuff the Punk was also released which was later recognized as the first nu metal album 132 In 1995 the band Sugar Ray released its debut studio album Lemonade and Brownies an album described as both funk metal and nu metal 133 134 In 1995 Deftones released their debut album Adrenaline The album peaked at number 23 on the Heatseekers Albums chart on October 5 1996 135 Deftones also were temporarily controversial in 1996 when their vocalist Chino Moreno was blamed by TV news reports for a riot that occurred at the 1996 U Fest festival 136 Deftones 1997 album Around the Fur peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200 on November 15 1997 137 Both Adrenaline and Around the Fur were certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA in the summer of 1999 Adrenaline and Around the Fur were certified platinum by the RIAA in September 2008 and June 2011 respectively 138 139 Sepultura s 1996 album Roots features nu metal elements that were considered influential to the genre 95 140 while Roots itself was influenced by Korn s self titled debut album 95 141 142 Few bands were playing nu metal until 1997 when bands such as Coal Chamber 143 Limp Bizkit 144 and Papa Roach 145 all released their debut albums Attention through MTV and Ozzy Osbourne s 1995 introduction of Ozzfest was integral to the launching of the careers of many nu metal bands including Limp Bizkit in 1998 146 Nu metal began to rise in popularity when Korn s 1996 album Life Is Peachy peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 131 147 and sold 106 000 copies in its first week of release 148 In 1997 Sugar Ray released its second studio album Floored The album achieved mainstream success very quickly and was certified 2 platinum by the RIAA on February 20 1998 149 Although Floored is a nu metal album 150 the only song from the album that achieved chart success was the song Fly 151 which is instead a reggae song 152 Although Sugar Ray continued to be extremely popular 151 the band abandoned the nu metal genre and became a pop rock band with its 1999 studio album 14 59 153 1998 2003 Mainstream popularity Edit Korn pictured helped launch nu metal into the mainstream In 1998 nu metal became one of the most mainstream genres of music when Korn s third album Follow the Leader peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200 131 was certified 5 platinum by the RIAA 154 and paved the way for other nu metal bands 50 At this point many nu metal bands were signed to major record labels 6 and were playing combinations of heavy metal hip hop industrial grunge and hardcore punk styles 6 Hip hop artists Vanilla Ice 155 156 and Cypress Hill 157 along with heavy metal bands Sepultura 95 140 155 Primus 158 159 Fear Factory 155 160 Machine Head 161 162 and Slayer 163 released albums that draw from the nu metal genre In 1999 Korn s fourth studio album Issues peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200 131 164 The album was certified 3 platinum by the RIAA in one month 165 The album sold at least 573 000 copies in its first week of release 164 During the late 1990s and early 2000s multiple nu metal bands such as Korn 166 167 Limp Bizkit 168 169 and P O D 170 171 appeared repeatedly on MTV s Total Request Live The Woodstock 1999 festival featured multiple nu metal artists and bands such as Korn Kid Rock Godsmack Limp Bizkit and Sevendust 172 173 174 During and after Limp Bizkit s performance at the festival violence occurred and people tore plywood from the walls during the performance of the band s song Break Stuff 175 176 Several sexual assaults were reported to have happened during the festival 177 a rape that was reported during Limp Bizkit s performance and gang rape was reported to have occurred during Korn s set at the festival 178 Despite the incidents at the festival Limp Bizkit s popularity and the sales of their then recent album Significant Other were not affected 175 The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200 selling 643 874 copies in its first week of release topping over one million sold in two weeks 179 and eventually being certified 7 platinum in 2001 180 Significant Other sold at least 7 237 123 copies in the United States 181 The nu metal band Slipknot performing in Buenos Aires in 2005 Other nu metal bands began to emerge or achieve mainstream popularity in 1999 Godsmack s self titled debut album was released in 1998 and was certified 4 platinum 182 In April 1999 Kid Rock s album Devil Without a Cause was certified by gold by the RIAA 183 The following month Devil Without a Cause as Kid Rock predicted went platinum 183 Eventually the album sold at least 9 300 000 copies in the United States 184 and was certified 11 platinum 183 In 1999 Slipknot emerged with an extremely heavy nu metal sound releasing their self titled album which was certified platinum in 2000 and 2 platinum in 2005 185 In a review of the band s self titled album Rick Anderson of AllMusic wrote about Slipknot You thought Limp Bizkit was hard They re the Osmonds These guys are something else entirely Anderson noted the death metal influence on the album 186 Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison noted by Anderson for his death metal influenced drumming 186 said of Slipknot s music The roots are death metal thrash speed metal and I could go on and on about all those bands 187 Disturbed performing in 2005 In 1999 Staind s second album Dysfunction was released the track Mudshovel peaked at number 10 on the Mainstream Rock chart 188 Dysfunction was certified platinum by the RIAA in 2000 and 2 platinum in 2004 189 In 2000 Limp Bizkit s third studio album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water set a record for highest week one sales of a rock album selling over 1 000 000 copies in the United States in its first week of release 400 000 of which sold on its first day of release making it the fastest selling rock album ever and breaking the world record held for seven years by Pearl Jam s Vs 190 Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit was certified 6 platinum by the RIAA 191 That same year both Papa Roach s second studio album Infest 192 and Disturbed s debut studio album The Sickness 193 were released Both albums became multi platinum hits 194 195 In 2000 P O D s album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown went platinum in the United States 196 and was the 143rd best selling album of 2000 197 The album s song Rock the Party Off the Hook went to number 1 on MTV s Total Request Live 198 At the turn of the millennium at the time many nu metal bands performed at Ozzfest including Kittie Disturbed Mudvayne Linkin Park Slipknot Papa Roach Otep Static X Methods of Mayhem Taproot and Drowning Pool 199 200 Ozzfest was successful with Ozzfest 2000 for example selling out and having 19 000 audience members 200 During that same year nu metal bands like Papa Roach and Limp Bizkit joined rappers like Eminem and Xzibit on Eminem s Anger Management Tour which had sold out concerts 201 Linkin Park in 2006 Late in 2000 Linkin Park released their debut album Hybrid Theory which was the best selling debut album by any artist of any genre in the 21st century 202 The album was also the best selling album of 2001 203 selling more than albums such as Celebrity by NSYNC and Hot Shot by Shaggy 204 Linkin Park earned a Grammy Award for their second single Crawling 205 Their fourth single In the End was released late in 2001 and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 2002 206 207 In 2001 Linkin Park s album Hybrid Theory sold 4 800 000 copies in the United States making it the highest selling album of the year 203 204 Linkin Park s album Hybrid Theory was certified 12 platinum diamond by the RIAA 208 and sold at least 10 222 000 copies in the United States 209 In 2000 Godsmack released their second studio album Awake which was certified double platinum 210 The album s title track peaked at number 1 on the Mainstream Rock chart 211 Both the album s title track and the song Sick of Life have been featured on the United States Navy s television commercials 212 Aaron Lewis the vocalist of Staind performing in August 2001 Crazy Town s debut album The Gift of Game peaked at number 9 on the Billboard 200 213 went platinum in February 2001 214 and sold at least 1 500 000 copies in the United States 215 Worldwide the album sold at least 2 500 000 copies 216 Staind s 2001 album Break the Cycle debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 188 with at least 716 000 copies sold in its first week of release 126 217 selling more than albums such as Survivor by Destiny s Child Lateralus by Tool and Miss E So Addictive by Missy Elliott 217 218 Break the Cycle by Staind was certified 5 platinum by the RIAA 219 with 4 240 000 copies sold in 2001 in the United States 204 Although the album featured nu metal tracks a lot of the album showed Staind moving to a softer sound 220 Noting Staind s change in style to a softer sound Tommy Udo of Brave Nu World wrote It s often said that nobody over the age of 24 could possibly like Limp Bizkit or Korn but Staind are a more mainstream band and their songs are likely to appeal to a much bigger fanbase 221 In August 2001 Slipknot released their album Iowa which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 222 and went platinum in October 2001 223 Critic John Mulvey called the album the absolute triumph of nu metal 224 P O D s 2001 album Satellite went triple platinum 225 and peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 226 P O D s popularity continued in the year 2002 227 On June 5 2001 228 Drowning Pool released a nu metal album 229 titled Sinner which features the song Bodies 230 The album went platinum on August 23 2001 228 and its song Bodies became one of the most frequently played videos on MTV for new bands 231 Bodies went to number 6 on the Mainstream Rock chart 232 In 2001 System of a Down s album Toxicity peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200 233 In July 2022 Toxicity was certified 6 platinum by the RIAA 234 System of a Down blended nu metal with occasional influences of Middle Eastern music Greek music Armenian music and jazz music 235 and the band featured political lyrics 236 In 2003 MTV wrote that nu metal s mainstream popularity was declining citing that Korn s fifth album Untouchables and Papa Roach s third album Lovehatetragedy both sold less than the bands previous releases 237 Korn s lead vocalist Jonathan Davis believed music piracy was the reason for the lower amount of sales of Untouchables compared to Follow the Leader and Issues because Untouchables had been leaked to the Internet more than four months before its official release date 238 239 MTV also wrote that nu metal bands were played less frequently on radio stations and MTV began focusing on other musical genres 33 237 MTV wrote that Papa Roach s third album Lovehatetragedy has less hip hop elements than the band s previous album Infest 237 and also said that Saliva s 2002 album Back into Your System has less hip hop elements than the band s 2001 album Every Six Seconds 4 MTV also wrote that Crazy Town s second album Darkhorse had no hit singles and sold less than the band s previous album The Gift of Game 4 MTV wrote that although Kid Rock s album Cocky had characteristics of the musician s 1998 album Devil Without a Cause Cocky s song Forever which featured the style of Kid Rock s nu metal 57 song Bawitdaba was not as popular as Cocky s country song Picture 4 MTV also wrote Another cause for nu metal and rap rock s slip from the spotlight could be a diluted talent pool caused by so many similar sounding bands American Head Charge Primer 55 Adema Cold the Union Underground Dope Apartment 26 Hed Planet Earth and Skrape all of whom released albums between 2000 and 2001 left more of a collective impression than individual ones 4 Despite what MTV wrote the RIAA certified Korn s album Untouchables platinum in July 2002 240 and one of the album s singles Here to Stay received a lot of radio play 237 and peaked at number one on MTV s Total Request Live twice 241 Untouchables sold at least 434 000 copies in first week of release and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 242 243 However Untouchables still did not sell as many copies as Korn s most commercially successful album Follow the Leader 63 237 Evanescence is known for combining nu metal with elements of gothic rock 244 Despite the MTV report that nu metal was declining nu metal remained extremely popular with bands such as Linkin Park Godsmack and Evanescence Linkin Park s remix album Reanimation was released in July 2002 245 and sold more than a million copies that year which MTV described as impressive for a remix album 227 Canadian newcomers Three Days Grace had also taken a turn in the spotlight of the genre with their hit single I Hate Everything About You peaking at number 4 on the Billboard rock charts during the summer of 2003 246 Evanescence s debut album Fallen was released in March 2003 Johnny Loftus of AllMusic noted the nu metal sound of the album 244 Fallen s Grammy Award winning 247 248 lead single Bring Me to Life peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 249 and number 1 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart 250 In 2003 Linkin Park s album Meteora peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200 251 and sold at least 810 000 copies in its first week of being released 252 Meteora by Linkin Park and Fallen by Evanescence ranked third and fourth respectively on the best selling albums of 2003 253 Both Linkin Park and Evanescence released high charting singles throughout 2003 to mid 2004 207 249 Fallen by Evanescence was certified diamond by the RIAA 254 and sold at least 7 600 000 copies in the United States 255 and Meteora by Linkin Park was certified 7x platinum by the RIAA 256 and sold at least 6 100 000 copies in the United States 257 That same year Godsmack released their third studio album Faceless which peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200 258 259 and was certified platinum by the RIAA in its first five weeks of being released 259 2003 2010 Decline in popularity Edit Most of nu metal s mainstream popularity sharply declined in 2003 and 2004 63 260 261 After a period of mainstream success with bands such as Godsmack Linkin Park and Evanescence nu metal declined in popularity Limp Bizkit s 2003 album Results May Vary which features alternative rock music 262 and nu metal music 263 peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 264 with sales of at least 325 000 copies in its first week of being released 265 In three weeks of being released the album had sold at least 500 000 copies 265 In 2004 Blabbermouth net reported that according to Nielsen SoundScan Results May Vary sold 1 337 356 copies in the United States 266 However the album garnered very poor critical reception 267 and consequently performed much weaker than previous Limp Bizkit albums such as Significant Other and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water 260 Korn s 2003 album Take a Look in the Mirror sold less than previous Korn albums like Issues and Untouchables 260 In 2004 1970s and 1980s inspired rock bands such as Jet and The Darkness were achieving mainstream success as the popularity of nu metal declined 260 During the mid 2000s the popularity of emo exceeded the declining popularity of nu metal 16 Also during the mid 2000s metalcore a fusion of extreme metal and hardcore punk became one of the most popular genres in the new wave of American heavy metal 268 We ve really moved away from anything that sounds like nu metal I know that we kind of helped create I guess the sound of that genre but I hate that genre I m not going to speak for everyone but I can personally tell you that I am not a big fan of almost everybody in that category There are a few bands that I don t really believe belong in there and we re one of those bands Chester Bennington of Linkin Park on the style of Minutes to Midnight 269 In the mid to late 2000s many nu metal bands experimented with other genres and sounds Linkin Park s third studio album Minutes to Midnight released in 2007 was noted for its complete departure from the band s nu metal sound 270 Nu metal bands such as Disturbed 271 272 and Drowning Pool 229 moved to a different sound away from nu metal Slipknot also departed from their nu metal sound 273 and included elements of groove metal death metal and thrash metal into their music 274 275 Staind and Papa Roach moved to lighter sounds 276 277 Staind s 2003 album 14 Shades Of Grey was significantly less heavy than previous albums 278 and shows the band s departure from nu metal and a movement towards a lighter sound 279 Papa Roach abandoned the nu metal genre with their 2004 album Getting Away with Murder 280 moving to a hard rock style 281 282 System of a Down released two albums in 2005 Mezmerize and Hypnotize Both did well commercially and critically but the band took a more alternative metal approach to the two albums compared to their past three efforts 283 In 2005 Limp Bizkit released a record called The Unquestionable Truth Part 1 without promoting and advertising the record 284 The album was not very popular 285 its sales fell 67 during its second week of release 286 In 2006 Limp Bizkit went on hiatus 284 In 2012 vocalist Fred Durst said Here s the deal say in 2000 there were 35 million people who connected to this band Twelve years later lots of those people have moved on We were a moment in time and it s over 287 In 2004 the popularity of nu metal was gone and metalcore replaced nu metal as the most prominent heavy metal genre with the success of bands like Killswitch Engage and Shadows Fall Other metalcore bands including God Forbid Unearth Trivium and Bullet for My Valentine were also popular Groove metal band Lamb of God also became successful in the heavy metal genre Stephen Hill of Louder Sound called the rise of metalcore after the decline of nu metal the metalcore revolution 288 2011 present Revivals and fusion with other genres Edit Of Mice amp Men is one of several metalcore bands that added elements of nu metal to later albums During the mid 2010s there was a discussion within media of a possible nu metal revival because of bands fusing nu metal with other genres 289 Despite the lack of radio play and popularity some nu metal bands recaptured some of their former popularity as they released albums in a nu metal style Many metalcore and deathcore groups 290 such as My Ticket Home 291 Stray from the Path 291 Emmure 292 293 294 Of Mice amp Men 295 296 297 Suicide Silence 298 299 and Issues 300 301 all gained moderate popularity in the 2010s and used elements from nu metal This fusion has sometimes been referred to as nu metalcore 302 Suicide Silence s 2011 album The Black Crown which features elements of nu metal and deathcore 298 peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200 303 304 In 2014 Issues self titled debut album peaked at number 9 on the same chart 305 The album features elements of metalcore nu metal pop and R amp B 306 Of Mice amp Men s 2014 album Restoring Force which features elements of nu metal 296 peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200 307 Bring Me the Horizon often described as a metalcore band released their fifth album That s the Spirit which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 in 2015 308 The album draws from multiple genres including nu metal 309 310 and would experiment further with nu metal on their 2020 album Post Human Survival Horror The band s keyboardist has described them as a nu metal band 311 A nu metal revival began in the mid 2010s with groups like Blood Youth Cane Hill 312 Sworn In DangerKids and Islander 313 Within this movement nu metalcore became increasingly prominent through the popularity of groups like Vein fm Loathe and Code Orange According to PopMatters writer Ethan Stewart Code Orange s 2017 album Forever led to nu metalcore becoming one of the most prominent flavors of contemporary metal 312 In contrast Metal Hammer writer Dannii Leivers cited the aforementioned groups as simplifying hinting towards a revival instead claiming a revival began in 2021 a crop of young revivalists looking to put a brand new spin on the music of their formative years namely Tetrarch 314 In the mid late 2010s nu metal influenced genres like emo rap and trap metal emerged 315 316 Poppy incorporated nu metal into electropop on her albums I Disagree and Am I a Girl Electronic and art pop singer songwriters incorporated nu metal into their sound in the late 2010s and 2020s 317 318 319 Poppy has incorporated nu metal on her albums Am I a Girl 320 and I Disagree 321 Grimes on album Miss Anthropocene 322 and Rina Sawayama on Sawayama 323 The songs We Appreciate Power and Play Destroy were pioneering examples 324 320 Poppy has described this fusion as nu Poppy or Poppymetal 325 I Disagree received critical acclaim for this fusion with single Bloodmoney nominated for the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance making her the first female solo artist to be nominated for the award in its history 326 Dorian Electra incorporated nu metal influences on their album My Agenda 327 as did Ashnikko on Demidevil particularly on single Cry 317 328 The Guardian noted that these mostly female artists have revived nu metal a mostly male genre and successfully adapted it to showcase a female perspective Rina Sawayama said metal itself lends itself to toxic masculine tropes but it s also almost taking the piss out of a very masculine expression of emotion 329 Criticisms and controversies EditDespite its popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s nu metal has often been criticized by many fans of heavy metal music 50 58 often being labelled with derogatory terms such as mallcore and whinecore 18 Gregory Heaney of AllMusic called nu metal one of metal s more unfortunate pushes into the mainstream 330 Lucy Jones of NME called nu metal the worst genre of all time 65 In Metal The Definitive Guide Heavy NWOBH Progressive Thrash Death Garry Sharpe Young described nu metal as a dumbed down and thankfully short lived exercise 100 When Machine Head moved to the nu metal genre with their album The Burning Red and their vocalist Robb Flynn spiked his hair in the fashion of many nu metal musicians the band were accused of selling out and many fans criticized their change of appearance and musical style 161 331 Machine Head s drummer Dave McClain said Pissing people off isn t a bad thing you know For people to be narrow minded is bad i t doesn t bother us at all we know we re going to piss people off with this record but some people hopefully will actually sit down and listen to the whole record 161 Robb Flynn Machine Head s vocalist said There s a minute and a half of rapping on that album The other 53 minutes of the record are like a giant scar being ripped open while I projectile vomit through it If all that people got out of The Burning Red was rap metal then they didn t fucking listen to it 161 Jonathan Davis the vocalist of Korn spoke about the criticism of nu metal from heavy metal fans saying There s a lot of closed minded metal purists that would hate something because it s not true to metal or whatever but Korn has never been a metal band dude We re not a metal band We ve always been looked at as what they called the nu metal thing But we ve always been the black sheep and we never fitted into that kind of thing so We re always ever evolving and we always piss fans off and we re gaining other fans and it is how it is 332 Lamb of God s vocalist Randy Blythe criticized the nu metal genre and spoke about its loss of popularity in 2004 saying Nu metal sucks so that s why that s dying off And I think people are ready for angrier music I think people are ready for something that s real not you know I did it all for the nookie 333 Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine said he would rather have his eyelids pulled out than listen to nu metal 334 Guitarist Gary Holt of Exodus and Slayer said that he was so glad about the decline of nu metal 335 Criticism from musicians who inspired nu metal Edit Nu metal makes my stomach turn Don t blame that poo poo on us blame it on their mothers Do you think I listen to any of that stuff at all No it s for 13 year old morons Believe me we ll all be laughing about nu metal in a couple of years Heck I m actually laughing at it now Mike Patton criticizing nu metal in 2002 78 Some musicians who influenced nu metal have tried to distance themselves from the subgenre and its bands Mike Patton the vocalist of Faith No More and Mr Bungle tried to distance himself from the subgenre and criticized it even though he is featured on the song Lookaway on Sepultura s album Roots which is often considered a nu metal album 336 Patton said of his music s influence on nu metal I feel no responsibility for that it s their mothers fault not mine 337 Helmet frontman Page Hamilton said It s frustrating that people write us off because we re affiliated with or credited with or discredited with creating nu metal and rap metal which we sound nothing like 338 Although Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails has said he knows some Korn members and that he thinks they are cool guys 339 he also criticized nu metal saying When I m asked what do I think of a lot of the nu metal bands that are out there my response is that it seems really insincere to me I ve had a really shitty childhood and I m really upset and I m really ugly and I ve put a lot of make up on and I m harder and faster and my voice sounds more like the cookie monster s than yours does To me it all comes across as being comical as being a parody of itself 340 In response to reports that Fred Durst lead singer of Limp Bizkit is a big fan of Tool the latter s vocalist Maynard James Keenan said If the lunch lady in high school hits on you you appreciate the compliment but you re not really gonna start dating the lunch lady are ya 341 While Durst has cited Rage Against the Machine as a major influence 342 343 Rage Against the Machine s bassist Tim Commerford is open about his hatred of Limp Bizkit describing them as one of the dumbest bands in the history of music 344 At the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards Limp Bizkit won the Best Rock Video category for their song Break Stuff beating Rage Against the Machine s Sleep Now in the Fire 343 When Limp Bizkit accepted their award Commerford went on stage and climbed 20 ft 6 m up a backdrop rocking back and forth 343 345 After the incident Commerford was arrested and spent a night in jail 343 344 Commerford said in 2015 I do apologize for Limp Bizkit I really do I feel really bad that we inspired such bullshit They re gone though That s the beautiful thing 342 343 Rejection of nu metal label from nu metal musicians Edit Some nu metal musicians have rejected the label nu metal and have tried to distance themselves from it Slipknot prefer to distance themselves from other nu metal groups describing their own music as metal metal and equate their link to nu metal as a coincidence of their time of emergence 346 Jonathan Davis has rejected the nu metal label saying We re not rap rock we re not nu metal We might have invented a new genre of heavy music or rock but I believe the term nu metal was made up for all the bands that followed us Those guys to me are nu metal And we re just Korn 33 In 2014 Davis spoke about the nu metal label saying I ve always rejected Korn s pigeonholing into some kind of genre that we helped create It seems like when a band comes out and we do something new and something different that s all great When a whole bunch of bands jump on the bandwagon and start copying what that one band did then it gets called something and those bands are cheap knockoffs of what the original thing was So to me that s why I never liked the nu metal term 347 Davis has since become more accepting of the term In a 2019 interview he remarked if we invented nu metal then fuck yeah cool It s pretty cool to say we helped invent some kind of movement that s pretty insane 348 Staind s vocalist Aaron Lewis rejected the nu metal label saying if we get called a nu metal band one more time I don t even know what I m going to do 38 In 2003 Chino Moreno vocalist of Deftones rejected the nu metal label saying We told motherfuckers not to lump us in with nu metal because when those bands go down we aren t going to be with them 349 As Deftones abandoned the nu metal sound of their early work Moreno tried to distance himself from nu metal bands and began to criticize the bands and their albums including Korn s 2002 album Untouchables he said As Korn go on it s the same things bad childhoods and mean moms It gets too old after a while How old is Jonathan Davis Thirty How long has it been since he lived with his parents 350 351 Davis responded saying Obviously Chino hasn t listened to the words on the rest of my albums because they re nothing about my parents or my childhood 351 Moreno also said A big problem for me was opening for Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park two bands that wouldn t exist if it weren t for me straight up 350 Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park spoke about the nu metal label in an interview with NME saying We never held the flag for nu metal it was associated with frat rock Arrogant misogynistic and full of testosterone we were reacting against that 352 353 Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit said that he never liked or condoned the term nu metal in any way and said he does not understand how so many bands that sound nothing alike can be put into the nu metal genre 354 Mike Wengren of Disturbed said that he doesn t think Disturbed were ever a nu metal band to begin with 355 Support and legacy Edit Jody MacGregor of FasterLouder called nu metal music s most hated genre conversely he also wrote that nu metal is not as bad as people think praising several examples of the genre 356 Despite the fact that multiple nu metal musicians rejected the nu metal label Limp Bizkit s vocalist Fred Durst defended it saying Nu metal let people open up and it meant something to people It really did 357 Slipknot s vocalist Corey Taylor also defended nu metal saying I d like to think that that whole nu metal wave was so important to that next wave of American heavy metal to be honest 358 Coal Chamber s vocalist Dez Fafara also defended nu metal He said he is proud to be associated with the subgenre 13 and that nu metal bands broke new musical ground saying I think hair metal was cheesy But I think nu metal was different I think what s beautiful about nu metal is it s different And you ve got so many different influences 359 The Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan praised nu metal saying I think it s fantastic I think the more people are cross pollenating between different musical styles it not only has musical implications but it has cultural ones as well 360 Chester Bennington of Linkin Park said he accepted the nu metal label saying I think for the first time in our history we re actually OK with being recognized as a nu metal band especially for what we did early in our careers because the truth is that when we were first doing it nobody else really was especially in terms of the hip hop thing 361 Jack Porter of The Michigan Daily defended nu metal writing Unfortunately some barriers prevent listeners from understanding nu metal bands apart from the identity that genre label has given them picture a bone headed suburban white kid sporting a backwards baseball cap What used to be a descriptor for a specific strain of alternative metal turned into a ghetto for every band that a plays extremely heavy yet radio friendly music and b sucks Because the genre came to be defined by its lack of quality many serious music fans have missed out on what it has to offer 29 After Korn s Follow the Leader blew the whole movement into orbit in 1998 nu metal produced some ridiculous bands to be sure And to be fair plenty of them dwelled in the realms of corny rap rock and dull alternative radio rock with the occasional heavy riff or tendency to scream making their designation as metal quite dubious indeed b ut the movement also produced plenty of heavier bands with primarily metal influences Metal Underground on nu metal s association with heavy metal 362 Association with heavy metal Edit In addition to criticizing nu metal many heavy metal musicians have rejected nu metal as a legitimate subgenre of heavy metal saying it is not true heavy metal 362 363 Some nu metal musicians have tried to distance themselves from being heavy metal at all For example Korn s Jonathan Davis rejected the heavy metal label 332 364 365 When talking with Vice Davis spoke about Korn being called a heavy metal band saying I never 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