How to Write a Nu-Metal song

[@NikNocturnal]

Smash like if you like RATATATA's and stream "Primal" here: open.spotify.com/album/24TVfZ7F5JAcDa9HZh171M

[@m3t4ldood]

now lets do a sad dad metal video {i.e staind ,cold,evans blue,ect HMU🤘🥴

[@Cyppress86]

OMG that sounds actually great!

[@cobrasys]

Nik, what are the chances of getting this published on YT Music and/or Tidal? Pretty please with some "ow-ah-ah-ah-ah"s on top?

[@cobrasys]

@@JajekXDD Ooh, nice. I'll take a look. Thanks!

[@andreaalesse6906]

The chorus 🤘🤘😍😍

[@jellyfishprime1]

Justin's vocals sound like an AI-generated average between Chester from Linkin Park, David from Disturbed, and Jonathan from Korn

[@gatling216]

It's a little freaky how neatly he balanced that.

[@TheGorgoth]

or like Eric Cartman)

[@zakfigueroa3751]

I was gonna say between Chester Bennington and Travis Ryan from Cattle Decapitation

[@MrDjfacepunch]

Sounds like Edsel Dope.

[@thedwightshrutefanclub4504]

​@@MrDjfacepunch the verses sound like the perfect combo of Edsel dope and David draimann

[@shadywhisper8455]

You know you've created the ultimate Nu metal song when it reminds you of 10 different Nu metal bands all at once

[@franciscs1604]

Holy F*€

[@CourtneyVarner]

If Disturbed, Linkin Park, Soulfly and Korn made a super group it would sound like this.

[@sy_0101]

Disoul Parkorn

[@lukelyall5879]

@@sy_0101 that sounds like a Pakistani/Indian actor

[@romanders6451]

Limp Bizkit too

[@Mrvegas6666]

facts

[@Tennessee_Plumbing]

soulfly.....😊 I havent heard a soulfly song in a fuckin minute.. youve influenced me to go back to the late 90's

[@bobroberts5273]

Justin doesn’t get the respect he deserves. He has so much range.

[@Zeagods-CyberShadow]

He is such a legend

[@LKonstantina915]

he sounds so much like Chester Bennington its scaryy

[@thephoenixking3242]

@@LKonstantina915 no

[@upsidedownpyramid7617]

@@LKonstantina915 I’ve always said Justin sounds like Chester on crack

[@upsidedownpyramid7617]

I’m saying, Justin is my favorite metal musician that nobody knows about, I found him through Jared Dines way back in the day, I hope he gets the deserved recognition from this

[@HungryLights]

Thanks for letting me be part of this zoometal banger! Love you, dude!

[@johnsaks6127]

Justin your vocals on this are so spot on

[@mr.unluckyoffical]

Absolutely ridiculous Justin you managed to channel at least five numetal artists 🤯

[@Unwedged]

ayyy

[@nielskoolstra]

Aww man, I saw that blurred image of you and I just knew it had to be you. You killed it man!

[@justanothershirerat7584]

Holy shit you are insane. these vocals are so on point and love how crazy you got before the Breakdown with that "Oh shit the Ayahuasca-induced Jungle shaman summoned the wrong spirit again" - shit

[@ZIMBO37333]

I'm impressed by how smooth the transition from Disturbed into Limp Bizkit and then into Linkin Park is.

[@chopsticks_8089]

and then somehow throwing in Korn too, this vocalist is insane

[@TheSalaho1]

Yeah I noticed that fred durst voice 😮

[@M._ky1]

Yeaahhhh He has all the votes. Chester, Fred, and Jonathan

[@M._ky1]

And david

[@Al-Buzart]

Nik in normal people eyes : just a talented dude Nik in his subscribers eyes : THE ONE MAN INDUSTRY

[@vincentalvarado7058]

Nocturnal Industries LLC

[@CuCbKu1]

7:00 this back and forth seamless transition between LP, Disturbed and Korn is amazing. Who would've thought that you can mix them so well?

[@jehanariyaratnam2874]

And LB

[@CasualViewer-t4f]

Nic I swear dude, in the past two weeks you have written more bangers than the industry has this year. Can’t get enough of these!

[@gabrielpenido3950]

I listened more nik's than other bands lately

[@Daffmeister187]

Don't be surprised if at the end of the year, Nik's parody album is the best/most listened to.

[@pixlplague]

It's 2004. This plays on the radio. It's a #1 on the weekly top 10 for AT LEAST a whole summer!!!!

[@corysingleton5370]

How is this my entire High School life all mixed up in 1 song? This is awesome

[@GeminiWoods]

Static x, Korn, Linkin Park, Dope and Soulfly rolled into something that somehow makes sense and bangs.

[@GeminiWoods]

@ELIJAHNUBOYD Some of his vocals sounded kinda like Wayne. To me, anyway.

[@GeminiWoods]

@ELIJAHNUBOYD True, even though they still won't come out and say it, lol. At least not that I have seen.

[@DrDipsh1t]

Right? Bout to go find my wallet chain, baggy pants, and spike my hair again.

[@TheBcoolGuy]

monke

[@vitobalo]

Every 90s kids dream. It sounds like old school Linkin Park colab with Korn. It was amazing. I am the only one who want a hole album? 😁 Great work Nik👍

[@JaredtheRabbit]

With David of Disturbed doing the verses.

[@daedalus5070]

I think Nik could make a serious bag being a ghost writer / producer for a whole bunch of bands, seriously.

[@krisumusic]

He is releasing like 2 tracks a week and prob gonna keep it up the whole year. He will make the bag :) I'm releasing 3 songs a month and that is also quite rough to manage. I can't even imagine twice that :O

[@KasbashPlays]

4:55 - Nik being nonchalant about Justin's distillation of Nu Metal, gives me proper band member energy.

[@LoganRonin-vn2we]

Now we need a song entirely made of fish noises since you mentioned BASS.

[@ottawanuck6048]

This comment made me think of Metalocalypse and their whole concept album of making metal for fish lol

[@Caring570]

Fish-core with George Fisher but he just makes death metal fish noises

[@mohammedaminefarid8389]

Now that you've mentioned it, what are fish noises? blub-blub-blub?

[@LoganRonin-vn2we]

@@mohammedaminefarid8389 Maybe Glub-Glub? xD

[@chupasaurus]

@@ottawanuck6048 Fish cover of Go Into the Water? Sounds brutal enough

[@phillyflyers27]

So sick to see Justin and his band Tallah getting some love. They're awesome live!

[@joshuahogues2221]

Hell yea Tallah is dope

[@chasejohnson96]

Dude. This is a fantastic channel direction. It’s easy to see that Nik is thriving again and the art reflects that reality. You are a national treasure for these projects. Holy crap.

[@Slypooch]

Looks like hes having more fun

[@phaaaze9984]

Yea I was getting tired of the same-y reaction content. This stuff is great and just shows his creativity and skill

[@tallulahraccoon3832]

This song is Nu-Metal perfection. It feels respectful, from the heart and like everything what makes Nu-Metal so awesome. Thank you Nik and Justin. I haven't felt this "at home" while listening to Nu-Metal in a long time. Thank you for giving me that feeling back. ❤❤❤

[@QQyoko]

Dude I friggin love the new era of Nik Nocturnal. Keep up the good work man.

[@borlandvit]

Yeah, it's really crazy! I thought that this guy is just a guy who makes reaction videos about other songs. But he is a genius producer!

[@BallisticStigmata]

Justin is such an underrated vocalist. Discovered him quite some time ago as a random YT suggestion doing vocal covers and he blew me away with his range.

[@nucygnet5881]

Justin was the perfect choice, he's the face of the Nu Metal Revival. Great fusion of Korn, Linkin Park, Disturbed and Limp Bizkit.

[@GingerKidCustoms]

This goes SO HAAARRD!!!! I love how we start the first verse with a Powerman 5000/Static X vibe, then Linkin Park enters the chorus, then it all progresses with some Korn vibes, a sprinkle of Disturbed and Limp Bizkit in there and maybe some Mudvayne flavour in there? I FXCKING LOVE THIS!! Side note, when's a metalcore song called Copy Pasta coming? I think it needs to be done haha

[@surfingthedarkness]

Plz tell him that idea on stream. That's great 🤣

[@GingerKidCustoms]

@@surfingthedarkness i always miss his streams 😭

[@biohazardousBiker]

Hard on the mudvayne!

[@dame9187]

major static-x vibes

[@matthewkerns4939]

This has all the feels. The higher chugawugas, the rappity roombopahdoies, the synthetiesynths, the prechorus to chorus sexy sauce and sweet breakdown, masterful guitar playing, and them vocals too. Keep it up!

[@Ackovs]

Nik literally writes songs for fun and YT/Twitch content that some bands would kill to get on their albums

[@JustennWolfe]

This fucking slaps more than anything you’ve written in the series. You really need to stop doubting how talented you are.

[@rickyricardo272]

NIC MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS! This man is a national treasure haha. Dude I was having a horrible day, and this song put the biggest smile on my face, you’re killing it bro!

[@NoSleepIsland]

As a big nu-meral fan, I couldn't help myself from smiling ear to ear hearing this come together. And the finished song made the hair on my neck stand up.

[@CameronsMusic]

These full versions are singles... An album is coming our way... Maybe...

[@ghosface353]

He got 6 so far, so half way through. If he keeps up with his there will be.

[@CameronsMusic]

@@ghosface353 Who's to say an album has to have 12 songs? It can have 10! Or 29!

[@fantraine7148]

@@CameronsMusic generally records cap album sizes at 12, so most bands do 12 songs per album.

[@CameronsMusic]

UPDATE: I CALLED IT!

[@LilKrobik]

This is one of the few really rememberable songs from this series and my favourite so far. I love Justin’s vocals here. He truly blessed this track

[@cReAtIvE42name]

No joke you should do more collabs with this dude, this was straight fire !!!🔥🔥🔥

[@Pufferzsola]

WOW! Justin has a really uniqe tone! Also made those defining nu-metal sounds great!

[@SuperWolfman9]

I KNEW this was going to be an absolute win when I saw it was Justin on vocals. Man is immense and for some reason is even better when he's the feature.

[@metalmikenz]

Sooo good. My go to song at the moment. Just killer killer song. Its also really enjoyable to see a talented person and their creative process. Love it! And in case it hadnt been said enough, Justins vocals are just spot on. What a crazy talented individual.

[@mikey13086]

You are killing it man. Id say your gamble to change your content style has paid off huge. Every video is a banger

[@childofthe_k0rn]

Hey, Nik. If you're reading this, I just wanted to let you know that when I'm having a bad day, I come to your channel. Today I played a few of your videos for my mom and now she's subscribed. You have gotten me into metal and I can't thank you enough. Keep rocking! 💗🤘

[@KaiserBruh]

in an alternate universe where Dave Mustaine reencarnated into a nu metal vocalist 💀

[@Spiderwolfer]

Lmao

[@crouchb15]

Fuck you I can't unhear that 😂😂😂😂

[@ultiseth]

Can't unhear it

[@acatacho]

That is exactly what I thought when i heard it lmao.

[@Tirryna]

4why....why.....😂.

[@evanblake5252]

Everything Justin touches turns to gold.

[@duffman9908]

That elephant is the perfect horn to reset off of. Well done Nik and Justin.

[@payton-xi8gq]

WOW. this would have 1000% been a hit back in 2000. I was transported back to my childhood

[@alexmajor6579]

This is the dopest nu metal song in existence! That vocalist is the shit! It's like all the bands and vocalists of my teenage years got together for 1 last banger!

[@Josue-qb7cq]

Dudes what a fucken awesome job, y'all basically summoned all of our Nu Metal faves from the nostalgiaverse to collab here and gave it to us on a savage beautiful platter. Another one for the playlist and great vocalist !

[@Werewolf914]

This is one of the greatest things ever I've heard I love Tallah and Nu Metal, this has huge Disturbed but in the Jungle vibes, it's just incredible and that Elephant made me laugh so hard.

[@Sclumsy]

“I’ve only got one life, I won’t let you take if from me.” Name a more nu metal sounding lyric than that. I’ll wait.

[@surfingthedarkness]

I don't get over how fucking good these songs turn out. I - unironically - looove this song so much 😂 then again i am a HUGE NuMetal fan so of course i do. I'm very mad it's not called ZuMetal though

[@Rain-hg4di]

It's official the world needs a full nu metal album done by you and justin.

[@exsanguinatedd]

I could tell it's Justin even with the blur and just about screamed

[@JorgeLRojas-95]

Just with that blur I KNEW that was Justin Bonitz. Biggest W

[@chuckl848]

This was 🔥 I think I listened to it about 10 times and can’t get enough!! Great stuff guys!!

[@jackratten3906]

I hope you make an album with these songs I’ve loved every single one you’ve made

[@skrounst]

Tallah has become one of my new favorites dude. Their new album goes HARD. "Telescope" might be the most intense/ crazy song I've ever heard. You can always tell when bands are just going through the motions/ their heart isnt in the music... Tallah is not like that.

[@The73rdSecret]

The elephant pre breakdown is genius!!! * Chef's kiss *

[@NiiRubra]

Nik, I've been loving these videos. I always enjoy your stuff, but I just want to come here and say that these viral music composing videos are great, the music is great, the energy is great, the editing is great, the humor is great, I can literally say that I came to your videos for the music and stayed because of you hahaha. Thanks for what you do!

[@metalgod542]

Yoooooo. This is beyond sick. Ngl I was little concerned with the animals noises, but damn that actually turned out dope. Another banger for the history books courtesy of the legend Nik (full props to Justin for the sick vocals too)

[@zalezmetal5150]

Amazing combination on this vocals. This track deserves to be on a super album!

[@mikewatts1533]

The Elephant worked!!! Thanks, Guys, for another great song.

[@asdrofllmao]

This is actually amazing, holy crap. Can we get a full album and a global tour? BTW the mix between guitars and vocals is a bit odd, wish the vocals poked out more.

[@noname-ng6sj]

fix your gear or go see a hearing doctor

[@Hadgerz]

​@@noname-ng6sj chill, all he said was that he wished the vocals poked out more.

[@xinner_sanctum9949]

Dude this track is such a top notch epitome of the nu metal era I grew up in! Killer Killer Job! Every thing you thought to add was brilliant. Justin's Vocals are God Tier, and Matt's mix filled the room with primal sauce.

[@Clint8813]

I was already jamming out to this last night. That riff that occurs around1:17 in the song is fantastic.

[@GT-qv1gl]

I love the subtle shit Justineezy does with the vox as references, like the Chester Figure 09 "GOOOoOoO!" adlibs in the breakdown

[@saradel9897]

why is this so good?! 🤯 my favorite so far ! the flow of pre-chorus to chorus turned out so great👏

[@enceladus-117]

This is definitely best song Nik has made so far. In the other songs the vocalists do an amazing job but Justin in this track was just phenomenal

[@nobicepz]

Skindred and Linkin Park made a baby here

[@edwardfordyce6174]

Wow, that was legitimately awesome and I had flashbacks to driving home from Bob Evans after closing and having the radio up and Korn, LP, and Disturbed and all those bands playing. Simpler time. Thank you

[@iCeleztial]

Nik makes everything awesome and Justin makes everything awesome so this duo is so powerful!

[@LunatikVision]

Niks face at 3:50. I keep thinking about this moment in this video. Aside from being funny it also is very inspiring to me. I know exactly how ma dude feels in this moment: the joy that you can only get from the process of creating something and in the moment you feel that its coming together. This is what any art is all about. Also meme dummy face lol

[@JimsMusicDungeon]

Casually dropping the best song of 2023, great work :)

[@mmurphy84]

Dude, I am a big fan of your reactions. It’s how I got to your channel. And when you said you were gonna slow that down and focus on more original content, I wasn’t sure what to think. But my dude. The shit you’ve been doing is so creative, so awesome, next level cool and entertaining. Keep it up!

[@buckdancer421]

"Don't be surprised when you die cuz you suck" is lyric of the year for sure

[@OneWolfe22]

that breakdown completely blew me the hell away, great job as always Nik. Justin blew the roof off too

[@Roobasu]

To be truly Nu Metal we needed full-body head bangs from the two of you and Nik to play his guitar all the way down at his ankles. Also, Justin has one hell of a voice!

[@supremelordoftheuniverse5449]

That "wrong" synth note at 3:03 actually was a dissonance that wouldnt be uncommon at all in a nü metal song. Very Korn-like

[@sandhan1t1zer]

Justin is one of my all time favourite vocalists so it’s great to see him get some of the recognition he deserves

[@kristopherray]

Bro your industry self awareness and ability to fuse that into gold production is amazing, I'm so glad this has become a thing for you ❤

[@Earthshadowtime]

Justin is such a talented guy. Seriously, check out his band hungry lights it's so freaking good!

[@HungryLights]

Thank you :')

[@joerivandevyver7868]

Dude, when it's literally a new song and I never heard it before and still be the first time I had a song pack together my entire childhood and hit me with a wave of nostalgia never seen of felt before

[@pinkdragon4830]

4:02 this goes HARD

[@ignaciomotion]

loving those harmonics in the verse too. man nu metal is my jam.

[@andrewwinslow9315]

I remember when Justin was hanging out with Rob Gavagan playing some indie game. Now he is bringing Nu Metal back. This guy is seriously living my dream

[@worshipguitardictionary7677]

Damn nik be grindin on youtube these days. Keep the goodies coming nik! 3:34 me trying to speak to my relatives in my own native language lmao 3:39 me running into my cave when someone knocks on the door. 3:51 dude thats literally how get hyped up after achieving the most dumbest thing ever possible

[@thefourthwritedjentleman3643]

I honestly don’t know what it is Nic - but I absolutely love your humour, facials and content But what I love most is how bloody talented you are on so many levels Shred on bro

[@davidwoods7221]

Banger after banger. I'm loving this new outlet Nik 🤘

[@heavymetalmixer91]

4:46 Tfw it's time to pay taxes

[@Nbrandon13]

I just found this channel and it’s awesome! Started at slipknot song and now I’m hooked, you’ve earned this sub

[@ShieldYoung]

He's casually making bangers in just mere hours man you're a sea of talent

[@Br0oham]

God this track fucks so hard. Nik slaps really hard, and Justin is an absolute beast. Justin's vocals will never not impress me

[@Scarab_ii]

Man is casually making the best music for every genre

[@eli1525]

Seeing this one year after it’s made on a random Friday night and it just slaps sooo hard - yesssss 🔥🔥🔥

[@TheObserverDMZ]

I heard this song before the video came out because of Apple Music's weird release schedule. pretty amazing stuff dude

[@GussyOSRS]

It's fucking awesome watching you make these man, the enjoyment you get from it is contagious. Well done, solid track! Can't wait for the next one!

[@Roguenjosh]

I am equally impressed, in love and offended by this song

[@kevinmorales1187]

Nik doing some certified bangers lately and I am so enthralled by the new content. Now he blessed us with some awesome Nu-Metal with Justin, one of my fav vocalist as of late with both Tallah and Hungry Lights. Both of you deserve the props!

[@jordymckibbs6613]

This was amazing! It's my favourite song from you. I love Justin so much. Great job!!!

[@xxTacolord]

Justin goes so hard, this is the colalb I've been waiting for! Crushed it!

[@chrismouton1985]

Bro...how? How did you manage to blend Korn, Disturbed, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit? It's masterful! Well done to the vocalist!

[@spfadden082711]

Justin is crazy talented. I’ve seen him on some other platforms and he’s really unique

[@andrw.-]

5:46 bro sounds like congested Chester Bennington

[@heighwaymusic]

Chester Cartman

[@jpump8007]

it's so cool! it would be cool to see collaborations with Justin more often! both of you are just fire!

[@what.if.god.doesnt.care.]

Makes we wanna wear my baggies, red cap, tribal-shirt and adidas-sneakers while listening to Limp Bizkit on my discman and rolling around on my skateboard.

[@matts0688]

You’re so official this song is on the bpm site and it’s 180 so this is definitely on my workout playlist. Already knew it’d rock hard with combining Nu Metal and Justin