Best And WORST Nu Metal Albums (From 2001)

[@deafworldstudios8644]

Chimaira’s Pass Out Of Existence was very underrated and heavy for the time it came out. The double bass drumming and low tuned aggressive riffs are definitely what made Chimaira a stronger band in my eyes of Nu Metal. In my personal opinion, “Pass Out Of Existence” has more of an “Underground” feel and really shows the potential Nu Metal has in the hands of great songwriters.

[@bryanlenihan5012]

Totally agreed Impo it was ahead of its time

[@Paleoprimal]

Still love this album. As dark and heavy Nu metal can get before venturing into other heavier genres.

[@sentenced03]

1999 to 2001 were the most formitive years of my life. I listened to every single one of these albums growing up.

[@arokowski]

Same... still revisit almost all of these albums regularly 🤘

[@sonarmass]

I’m not going to lie but sir after watching a lot of your views on. Metal reminds me of *Hipsters* … You honestly have no clue how brilliant some of the albums are.

[@metal_kitsune]

2001 was a good year. Toxicity and Iowa are both bangers. I agree with that ranking. But I did like Oracle a lot, I was pretty obsessed with them at the time while I was in high school, lol.

[@di9italdubster]

Skrape is the most underrated band on this list! Their lead singer formed a supergroup called Audiotopsy with members of Mudvayne. I had never seen clips of Skrape playing live until recently...it kinda blew my mind to see how they pulled off their songs in concert. I think their singer has a distinct voice compared to your typical "nu-metal" frontman. More of an MTV2 kinda band, but I think they deserve more recognition. I thought their second album "Up the Dose" was pretty rad, too! Oh, and Reveille is pronouced "Reh-vuh-lee" in American English. "Reveille" is what they play in the Army on the trumpet to wake up the troops in their barracks!

[@bryanlenihan5012]

Billy also formed a very short lived project with Tom from Nothingface called Blessed In Black right after Skrape broke up

[@Paleoprimal]

I was shocked it was put so low. Love this album.

[@superstan3290]

I fucking love Pass Out Of Existence, so overlooked and underrated

[@Cyanoblades]

Super fun album to jam on guitar to.

[@mikestanislaus1107]

I had that album years ago and sold it out. Then just recently I saw it at one of the local stores and decided to buy it. Now I enjoy it very much! Funny how that happens.

[@bryanlenihan5012]

It was honestly ahead of its time if you think about it

[@Themartinezjoeshow]

40 below summer was so underrated. An I feel the best album of the bunch. A true non skipper

[@bryanlenihan5012]

Top 3 album in the genre for me

[@masterknife8423]

So Nu Metal's golden years were 1997-2001 then...

[@LokiTricksterG]

I would stretch it out to 2003. The Mushroomhead and Nothingface albums released in 2003 were two of the best in the genre.

[@MrAaron194]

Il Nino and AHC would absolutely be S tier for me. I still listen to those albums alot. Great list

[@drabigorspins]

Yup! Those albums were fuckin great. I would knock staind down

[@ericfilante9436]

Came here to say exactly this.

[@joewar2028]

Oh man, Primer 55's second album is so good to me. Poignant lyrics, knowing what the singer was going through. It's top tier for me

[@gary240]

Huge Skrape fan, that placement killed me man lol

[@MetalTrenches]

Sorry

[@braggingrightsmusic]

What a great year we didn’t know how good we had it

[@dustin6528]

Most of these bands/songs still get played the most on my Spotify.

[@bryanlenihan5012]

My fav year for the genre

[@Nope-gu3ph]

That Forty Below Summer clip you attached has me interested. Might check it out

[@mikestanislaus1107]

I just got that album a few weeks ago myself. They will definitely be worth your time! Check em out!

[@dillon1058]

"Invitation to the Dance" has been a personal classic for years. "The Mourning After" is definitely worth your time as well.

[@bryanlenihan5012]

It's top 3 in the genre for me peak Nu-Metal right there

[@soulsvortex10]

Not sure that I would consider Kittie's Oracle nu metal. It's difficult to categorize but you can hear a lot of Pantera and 90s Machine Head influence in there. The songs may be less catchy than on Spit, but I think that was part of what they wanted to achieve. I recall that with Oracle they wanted to create a "real" metal album, and whether some people agree with calling it that or not they certainly made a very pissed off record that in my opinion is their finest moment.

[@thrashmetaldad]

Reville was just pronounced "Revel-ee" back when they were on the radio. Also absolutely criminal to put Oracle so far down the list. It's unbelievably heavy, bordering on death doom & heavy sludge.

[@braggingrightsmusic]

40 Below Summers album was slipped to me at my local CD shop and I never looked back. Shame they never quite captured this lightning in the bottle twice

[@bryanlenihan5012]

As much as I love 40BS I agree I do hold The Mourning After (2003) in high regard

[@garrysanderson9957]

Jammed so many of these BACK IN THE DAY. Break The Cycle, Machine, Digimortal, Toxicity, Iowa…. The War Of Art is definitely underrated. Saw the video for Just So You Know, a lot back when there were metal music channels.

[@quentinbringthenumetalchil5125]

Iowa, Toxicity, Invitation to the Dance, The War of Art, and Break the Cycle are essentials, in my eyes. I, also, find Adema and The Darker Side of Nonsense to be cool listens, as well.

[@bryanlenihan5012]

I prefer The Dead And Dreaming but Darker Side is another amazing album Cliff is a criminally underrated vocalist

[@HughMansonMD]

Because of a very obvious and certain event from that year, I'm really fascinated by art, and even more specifically music, from 2001-2005ish. Its like the concepts of fear and uncertainty were hyper-injected into the cultural fibers of America and popular media of the time, and being able to see and hear that, especially in hindsight, is just fascinating to me.

[@xwolfiegreenwoodx]

The War Of Art and Oracle are my personal favourites here by far. I still listen to both fairly regularly. I hope Downthesun makes the 2002 lost. Really wish we'd got more from those guys.

[@TyRich82]

What an incredible year it was. Chimaira Pass out of Existence was the first Album I purchased with my own money, had no idea who they were, I just liked the album art. And I've been a die hard ever since 🤘

[@JyStar]

Love to see the love for The War Of Art, one of those "long" nu metal records that just feels like it's worth sticking with end to end.

[@RayTheViking]

I was pretty surprised to see Skrape on here, I found them about 6 years ago. Literally only bought the album for Isolated........I also like Rake but I honestly can't be bothered for the rest of the album. Love Flaw, favorite track off the album is Whole. Machine (for me) is the best Retro Static-X album period. If the rules of inclusion are flexible enough I would of loved to have seen SOil on here for the album Scars (they have a Japanese bonus song called Center that absolutely slays) Also I'm glad to see you got Project 86 on the last list even if they weren't your favorite, Personally I love DBL because it was the first "heavy" album I purchased with my allowance (that I was allowed to anyway due to being raised in a born again Christian household). Without the nostalgia goggles on I would say "Truthless Heroes" (2002) and "Songs To Burn Your Bridges By" (2003) are much better releases, the ladder being my favorite overall from that era. I do hope that you get the chance to experience the rest of their discography in due time up till OMNI 1&2, I think that will make the excitement around the tone shift more palatable....... or alternatively since you now heard what was considered their "heaviest album" by the fan-base maybe now would be the perfect time to dive into OMNI as it isn't just heavy by P86 standards, but can easily hold it's ground in today's metal scene. Heaviest?.....no.......but undeniably Heavy, like in line with Fear Factory. In case I haven't sold you on the idea I recall you having an affinity for Metalcore and Industrial......OMNI is both.

[@VisuallyImpairedGamer1987]

Toxicity is an album that still gets regular rotation for me, and is my favourite on this list. I've grown to have a new appreciation for it because it takes me back to a time in my life where I was struggling, but my one constant positive was my son, and I loved having Toxicity blasting while I was playing soccer or ministicks in the basement with him. Adema is one I played a lot thanks in large part to "Giving In" and I now have a personal connection to Speculum, so it is a hard listen, but still a great song IMO. I also fondly remember blasting Iowa when it came out, and it still holds up well today.

[@J_Stamps86]

I was expecting to see Five Pointe O on here but checked and their album came out in 2002. Absolutely one of my all time favourite nu metal records. Slipknot's Iowa had a huge impact on 15 year old me and my first ever band covered Black and White by Static X when I was at the tender age of 16. What a time to be alive.

[@andrewhaffner5304]

I love five pointe 0!!!!

[@bryanlenihan5012]

Five Point O❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@braggingrightsmusic]

The War of Art is 🐐 for me it’s never been beaten!

[@mindful2864]

I got to admit that aside from 1999, 2001 may be one of the best years in Nu Metal. There was a ton of great releases to come out that year. Of the ones that I've heard, here would be my ranking: S - System of a Down - Toxicity, American Head Charge - The War of Art, Fear Factory - Digimortal, Slipknot - Iowa A+ - Sevendust - Animosity, Ill Nino - Revolution Revolucion, Drowning Pool - Sinner A - Dry Kill Logic - The Darker Side of Nonsense, Static-X - Machine, Kittie - Oracle, 40 Below Summer - Invitation to the Dance, Chimaira - Pass Out of Existence B - Powerman 5000 - Anyone for Doomsday?, Alien Ant Farm - Anthology, POD - Satellite, Staind - Break the Cycle C - Dope - Life D - Machine Head - Supercharger, Saliva - Every Six Seconds

[@IzunaSlap]

Anyone for Doomsday is too short with too much filler to rank in A Tier imo

[@mindful2864]

@@IzunaSlap I agree, which is why I put it in B-tier. Their previous album Tonight the Stars Revolt is better.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

Nobody ever talks about Misery Loves Company . Not quite nu metal really , but it came out around that time and had elements of. But I dug them and was just thinking about them at work yesterday .

[@skarrx2416]

Toxicity was always on full blast, when I was a senior in High school

[@MatthewDeBlasis]

Good list. I do dig it. Mudvayne pun intended. Keep up the great work as per usual. 2001 was a great year. Nice deep dive pick with American Head Charge's The War of Art.

[@adamlawson5021]

Toxicity and Satellite came out on September 11th of that year. I remember going to Circuit City to buy both CDs before I had to go to work that night. Kinda hard to forget that day.

[@gary240]

Toxicity came out on the 4th and went no 1 on 9/11

[@MrJacinto0512]

Dope list. Curious if you're still gonna do this for 2002 and 2003. 2003 especially was a weird year for nu metal. Almost feels like the year it "died" lol

[@lethybridtheorygolucastheo2191]

2003 was when the genre was on life support in mainstream popularity save for Meteora, Fallen, Take A Look In The Mirror, TDG's self titled & Shadow Zone alongside singles from Chevelle, P.O.D & the afromentioned Trapt meanwhile in 2002 Nu metal was still popular with albums like Korn's Untouchables, Papa Roach's lovehatetragedy and songs from Chevelle, SOAD & the afromentioned Puddle Of Mudd & Saliva although it began to decline in mainstream popularity

[@stockinganarchy4720]

i'd say 2004 is when it was pretty clear it was being replaced by -core genres

[@LokiTricksterG]

I never really considered System of a Down to be nu metal. They're more of a quirky alternative metal band like Faith No More or Dog Fashion Disco. I know you included them to be comprehensive, but I've never understood why they got stuck with the nu metal tag.

[@melvinfz0301]

I played that Adema album like a thousand times, I think I stopped listend to it by 2008 and still I know every word on it. By the way, you pronunced very well "niño" although it is an easier word than "piñata" which is always funny to listed to how it is pronunced by native english speakers. In retribution, if you listen how spanish speakers pronunced "Chimaira" you will be rolling on the floor lol.

[@MetalTrenches]

lol

[@superstarthomas]

Sermon is another great Track from the Bodies album. Also if I remember, I believe Chimaira doesn't like being labeled as Nu metal. Could be the reason why they went more groove metal in with later albums.

[@FuriousMetal1968]

I was much older than you when Nu- Metal got big, lol. I actually saw Skrape open up for StaticX and it was a pretty sick show🤘 I'm still a big fan of Dry Kill Logic. I love Cliff's haunting vocals especially their last two albums so I would put Darker Side of Nonsense at perfection along with 40 Below Summer. It may be a little biased but every time I go back and listen to those two albums it takes me "Back in the Day" 🤣🤣🤣

[@bryanlenihan5012]

I totally agree both must listens in the genre ITD is top 3 and DSON would probably be top 15-20

[@MatthewDeBlasis]

Does anyone remember the band 3rd Strike? They were on Ozzfest and made only one album and covered Paranoid by Black Sabbath. 🤷‍♂

[@bryanlenihan5012]

Yessss I fucking love 3rd Strike but No Angel came out in 02 not 01

[@MatthewDeBlasis]

@@bryanlenihan5012 I remember just wondering if people remember certain bands because there were so many around that time. I forgot about them, until recently.

[@patrickstar6247]

Came here just to see your thoughts on Adema and ANThology. Still really enjoy both albums.

[@mirkovolkov7636]

So many obscure bands. Linchpin is one of those songs i enjoyed a lot at the time and still is one of my favorites, although i only recently rediscovered it. Pure nostalgia.

[@ThierryRocksTV]

2001 was my birth year, so I didn't get into nu metal till I was a teen around 2015 and 2016 time. I really wish I could've experienced that era myself. Also will you do videos on 2002 and 2003 as well? They were still very strong years for the genre with releases like: Untouchables, Wonder What's Next, Lost Angel, Saturate, Welcome, Believe, The End of All Things to Come, The Lonely Position of Neutral, Steal This Album, Lovehatetragedy, Dark Days, Beyond the Calm of the Corridor, Fallen, Meteora, Take a Look in the Mirror, Results May Vary, The Mourning After, Self Destructive Pattern, Year of the Spider, Skeletons, Confession, Motograter's debut, Element Eighty's debut etc.

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

Sevendust, Skrape, Fear Factory, Primer 55, AHC, POD, Reveille, Slipkont, Ill Nino and Saliva are all perfection to me.

[@joerazz91]

What a year 2001 was for 10 year old me. My two favorite albums of all time were released. Toxicity and Iowa!

[@MrHellgate82]

Oh bro, what would I give to go back to 2001. This was the time when I really started to be a metalhead, buying CDs, t-shirts going to the gigs, hanging out with other people who loved metal. Ehhh.😢

[@metalboy27]

Break the Cycle and Toxicity were a few of the first CDs I ever bought. Although, I never really understood how Staind is "nu metal". They don't really have any of the hip-hop influence and are basically just post-grunge in my opinion.

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

American Head Charge The war of Art was my absolute favorite album for years. 16 songs. Every few months I would have a favorite new track.

[@Rev-Tones]

Dude thanks for checking out reveille still top 3 albums of all time good list there first album was more raw but bleed the sky is perfection. Edit : I never understood why chimaira is nu metal there groove metal right?

[@shamrock32]

Reveille (Rev.uh.lee) was a fantastic band, their debut album "Laced" is a masterpiece. Bleed the Sky is alright but way too commercial corn for me.

[@bryanlenihan5012]

I respect that I prefer BTS I feel like they honed their skills and made a damn near perfect rapcore album

[@trancegaffer]

“Cat Give Me Your Paw!”

[@est_2xx3]

No way I was just listening to the Adema self-titled and just thought about him doing a video on the 2001 Nu-Metal albums.. bro is Professor Strange.😅 Sucks being born in ‘03 I wasn’t able to catch the peak years of this music ugh.

[@Kered-9]

Dog Fashion Disco - Anarchists of Good Taste. I don't know if they fit into the Nu Metal genre but I love that album.

[@theaquariuschannel666]

I love The War Of Art and New Killer America, both of them are from start to finish listens with no skips. I'm glad I bought a copy of The War Of Art CD last year here since I don't see or hear many people own one here in Finland as far as I know and it's a bummer imo that New Killer America isn't listenable on Spotify at least in my country. And also Iowa is easily a no skip listen front to back, I've listened to it since 7th grade (4-5 years ago) when I got to the deeper cuts on the album

[@Dankdaddytyty]

Sinner at "ok" is a crime. There's so many great songs on there like bodies, mute, tear away, all over me, i am, reminded and sermon. Those banger of songs should put them on the fantastic section. I remember hearing reminded in one of dragon ball movies and got hooked immediately. Definitely should be much higher than ok

[@bryanlenihan5012]

I agree I wish we got another album with Dave

[@majornugzzz5424]

Ahhhh my senior year. Also the last year I stopped listening to Nu-Metal. Went the route of metalcore and whatever you classify In Flames as back then. Thanks for the memories!

[@drabigorspins]

Good to see Sevendust get some love.

[@bryanlenihan5012]

Yes Animosity is a masterpiece even tho I do prefer Home

[@VinMetal666]

Simon Says - Shut Your Breath, massively underrated nu-metal from 01

[@bryanlenihan5012]

Holy shit YESSSSS Top 10 album for me in the genre

[@jbsvikes]

I actually have fun with Saliva's Every Six Second album not only click click boom was kinda of a big track for a band some of their non single tracks got attention like superstar. Oh don't give me wrong they actually made theme song of PS2 game called Spyhunter back then.

[@superstan3290]

superstar was even in the first fast and furious movie

[@drokus]

I've always thought that digimortal was under rated, the problem was that it fallowed obsolete, and obsolete is my favorite album of all time

[@warriorthawitt9971]

1999-2001 was pretty much the golden three years of nu Metal. Similar to how 2004-2006 was for metalcore.

[@joaosuzart4882]

I am really the minority but I just really love Alien Ant Farm, sad they are an one hit wonder band ! Wish, Courage and Universe are peak Nu Metal songs for me and they are from this album,also Attitude, Happy Death Day and Calico are great tracks to listen. Anthology is a truly time travel machine to 2001, just a beautiful masterpiece ! Also, I would say they are more alternative rock with some Nu Metal/Alternative Metal songs, they had one album before it called Greatest Hits released on 1999 than is more closer to Metal, sounds like a lost 90s Deftones album. This album is only possible to listen on youtube on internet because some right license issues, it's not disponible on Spotify.

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

40 below, Chimera, Dry Kill, Machine Head, Drowning Pool and Static X all Fantastic for me.

[@laurisaarinen1126]

I love these lists but i have to respectfully disagree with some again, like The New Release by Primer 55. It's a pretty strong follow up to their great debut which even improves on some things. I don't get the success of Staind on the other hand, and i always considered them post-grunge. I also consider some of these bands industrial but i guess that's just semantics. Anyway, these videos introduced me to some great nu metal i never heard before, so thanks!

[@ebenezerspludge8369]

Surprised you didn't like Primer 55 more. I love the bluesy jazz and funk mixed with the heavy guitars on tracks like Lou Evil and Texas. Felt really different at the time, I've been listening to it for 23 years now ha ha.

[@joegallagher8234]

Metal for me was about 1999 so by this year I was so far in. Going back to these was so nostalgic but also some classics in there!

[@arokowski]

Love this video, big fan of the genre 23 years later.. this list is basically the soundtrack of my life hahah 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@arokowski]

Love to see Reveille, AHC, Ill Nino and Dry Kill Logic rank so high on this list!! although I love the Saliva album Every Six Seconds 'After Me ' especially.

[@funnyjacoby]

Genuine question: which genre would you classify bands such as Starset, Nothing More, and Gemini Syndrome?

[@jdg1120]

I believe "Reveille" is pronounced Reh-veh-lay. I spun their first album a bunch in college and definitely noticed its omission from that list. I only ever had ~7 of these, and only still have Iowa and Digimortal.

[@Wicked_Fox]

It's actually pronounced Rev-uh-lee

[@jdg1120]

@@Wicked_Fox I stand corrected. I took French in school but couldn't remember this one exactly...

[@Wicked_Fox]

@@jdg1120 i bought the laced album brand new and it had a sticker on the case telling you how to pronounce it. Its pronounced different in french and American. In english its pronunciation Rev-ah-lee or Rev-uh-lee

[@doomusrlc]

I also remember when the "Chop Suey!" video debuted. I was in northern Maine visiting my mom's family. And I mean *NORTHERN* Maine. Very rural. Music to my cousins and their friends up there was pop and country. I was hanging out with the older cousin and her friends (all my age), MTV was on the TV and the video came on. I'm losing my mind in excitement. My cousin's friends look at me like I'm the weirdo 😂 I knew the album was coming out, i had been excited for it because earlier that year I really got into SOAD because of the "Spiders" music video and had picked up the reissued s/t with the red hand cover that had a bonus disc with some live songs. I got the Best Buy exclusive version of Toxicity a few days after its release, which was a weird time in general for America.

[@DinoSoGreat5000]

Iowa was the last good Slipknot in my opinion. Everything after has been insufferable and either mid to very bad. And as a Fear Factory fan, I think Digimortal has aged poorly but it's still better than Transgressions

[@MetalTrenches]

Agreed

[@jonathananderson5135]

In fairness, most things are better than Transgression. There are Six Feet Under albums better than Transgression.

[@PolkCountyWIProgressive]

Seriously, people want to not put Slipknot as Nu Metal (especially Iowa) only because they know it shreds apart almost everyone else. That aggression is practically unbeatable even by the more extreme subgenres in Death, Black, etc.

[@bibiinspades1953]

Ah take me back to middle school when times were simple but you forgot CrazyTown bro that was on heavy rotation back then RIP Shifty 🙏🏽

[@MetalTrenches]

@@bibiinspades1953 This is 2001. Crazy Town had albums in 1999 and 2002

[@gegart01]

Toxicity and IOWA - yes! Absolutely loved albums of mine

[@samudrakashyapdadhara181]

I recently listened to break the cycle (some few were left) and the first thought that came to mind is this album sounds like if dirt era aic with some nu metal riffing. Lemme know if anyone agrees with me 😊

[@Vaygon]

Adema was goated

[@DeathUponYou133]

i love nu metal & definitely don't deny Slipknot being in that genre but with them sounding much heavier than the other nu metal bands, especially with what they are now since shifting away from the style in the mid-2000s, i'd put them under "extreme groove metal". also, i've not heard of Slipknot until a friend of mine at school got me into them back in late 2009. of course, he recommended Wait & Bleed & while it was good, it took some getting used to but not long after, i really got into them when i found People = Shit & i've been hooked since then.

[@Clintob]

AHC is actually my favorite album on this entire list.

[@Wicked_Fox]

Adema and Reveille are S tier for me

[@bryanlenihan5012]

Reveille is peak rapcore but Adema is good at least impo I'd put them in good or great

[@NMA666]

Reveille 🤴 👑

[@TheJoshuaborden]

That American Headcharge album is fantastic

[@gabix7488]

Also released in 2001 Tool - Lateralus Crossbreed - Synthetic Division Professional Murder Music - self titled Puddle of Mudd- Coming Clean Rammstein- Mutter Rob Zombie - Sinister Urge And why not, it was huge in 2001 Nickelback - Silver side up Can't stand POD, only 2 good songs on that album and thats it

[@MetalTrenches]

Most of those I would not consider nu metal, especially Tool and Rammstein. PoM is just butt rock.

[@gabix7488]

@@MetalTrenches I actually saw the " nu metal" in the title after i posted my comment. I decided not to delete the comment

[@sotsindustries1]

*Yet again* I'm agreeing with all the placements on this list *Metal T's* (no pun intended lm tail o) but I'd honestly put Pass Out of Existence ( *OG CHIMAIRA MY LOVE* ) in the *Fantastic* tier, Life (by Dope) at the bottom of the "good" tier ~ *American Apathy* - any version of it (2005) actually is *WAYYYY* tf better than the rest of their discography with Felons + Revolutionaries I suppose being their second-best album... *Sinner* (OG DP tho, *RIP* Dave Williams) deserves to be in the *great* tier imo (and maybe the same with Anthology by *AAF* and they're just on the "softer" side of nu metal I think), *NKA* (Skrape) should most definitely be in the *good* tier, and Digimortal by FF *SERIOUSLY* needs to be in the Perfection tier imho, *sir.* 🤌 🔥 🧐 🗣 🍻

[@azrielmyangel]

I'll never understand why every music streamer has industrial metal labeled as "Numetal".

[@HenryRuins]

If you do Nu Metal albums from 2002 you gotta have Five Pointe O their only album after the vocalist and their female guitarist (got married, they still are married to this day with 2 kids) left the band during their last tour with the band the album to me had a slight metalcore side to it and one song kinda had a similar part vocally kinda spoken wordy that Sikth have in some of their songs (they formed a shortlived metalcore band together)

[@gabriellongworth]

Dry Kill Logic next two albums were huge for me back in the day

[@kenplotzke86]

Adema neess to he in the fantastic category AT LEAST

[@SubArchitectDJ]

WAR OF ART ❤

[@scottburnside3218]

Fantastic album..I still have it

[@BrandonM.N]

Minnesota’s finest!! Love those guys. Tragic downfall 😢

[@SubArchitectDJ]

@@BrandonM.N agreed. I hope they manage to come back some how

[@derwilhelmovic1617]

I would have put that Flaw album much higher such an underrated band the second album was good too and their comeback album from 2016 also was surprisingly great

[@Rev-Tones]

There second album is there best haven't listen to anything else pass that just there first two

[@derwilhelmovic1617]

@@Rev-Tones their third album has some great tracks too my favorite being "live and breathe"

[@bryanlenihan5012]

​@Rev-Tones I highly suggest listening to their 3rd studio album Divided We Fall it's very good a modern feel without losing that Flaw sound

[@bryanlenihan5012]

​@@derwilhelmovic1617 Have you heard their independent stuff pre Through The Eyes it's really raw and heavy

[@derwilhelmovic1617]

@@bryanlenihan5012 only heard some of their songs from Home Grown Studio Sessions would need to check those out

[@stevenprice5681]

The fact these are all 24 years old

[@remiestronks]

Yeah! Digimortal is a great album!

[@chern_ap]

Probably best year for nu metal. Personally Ill Niño - Revolution Revolución, Drowning Pool - Sinner and Reveille - Bleed The Sky are my favorite nu metal albums of all time, I would also rank Dope - Life and Adema much higher.

[@bryanlenihan5012]

Revolution is GOATED it was honestly ahead of its time I know you had bands like POD/Nonpoint but no-one was doing what Ill Nino were doing in 2000-01

[@NickG8420]

Aw c'mon Skrapes debut was killer. Same with Flaw.

[@bryanlenihan5012]

Through The Eyes is my personal favorite Nu Metal album

[@DanzGmod565]

2002 and 2003 were also great! I can give some suggestions

[@DanzGmod565]

@@enemy1191 yup!

[@DanzGmod565]

2002 Stepa - Stepa Stoopi - Unspoken Word Helio - until I wake up bleeding Vacant Stare - vindication Design19 - trigger Aisling - Estrella Crooked - crooked Crazy town - darkhorse Afterfeedback - the first emotion Arizing - womb Dreadlock pussy - Tsumi V-mob - equilibrium Pleymo - medicine cake Armani death machine - geared Switched - subject to change 2003 Nervepitch - my sombre existence Nothingface - skeletons Element eighty - element eighty SiOP - it starts with one Sunk loto - between birth and death Folder - keep the flow As ashes fall - the implement Skribble - get dead Sublevel - mechanics of coping 22 even - Alexithymia Lo-pro - lo-pro Grade 8 - grade 8 Twin method - adjust and control Deadly medley - perfect 10

[@cowsdotricks]

The war of art is fucking awesome

[@beenalive1736]

Go up until 2005. Thats where the original run ended, so many albums to check until then

[@SubArchitectDJ]

Yeah that's when a lot of bands shit the bed and took like a decade to recover

[@MetalTrenches]

I dunno, it already starts getting kind of bad in 2002

[@TheDefton87]

Original Nu Metal died when Wes Borland left LB and specifically with the release of Behind Blue Eyes

[@beenalive1736]

@@TheDefton87 I'd say when he left a second time in 05, that was also around the time when Head left Korn and Soad broke up

[@SubArchitectDJ]

@@beenalive1736 all the above and manson was releasing absolutely trash

[@Voidsleep-hc6zf]

It’s funny to me that Anyone for Doomsday? Technically never released, the CD is extremely rare

[@ScarysReviews]

Static X- INDUSTRIAL, Fear Factory- INDUSTRIAL ( couple nu metal songs, just), Slipknot are more Industrial ( Iowa isn't a Nu metal album, nor is volume 3, all hope is gone - it's a mixed bag as are the rest of their albums) Toxicity, System has been labelled Blood metal in some write ups.

[@MetalTrenches]

@@ScarysReviews Slipknot are not even remotely industrial.

[@IzunaSlap]

Closeted Staind fan here. Yeah, they've been in the same boat as Trapt with their frontman going full MAGA, and they definitely slid downhill after 2001, but there's no denying their talent, nor the consistency of Tormented, Dysfunction and BTC.

[@benwebb4424]

I'm not an elitist of any sort, I'll give everything a fair shake. Nu-metal has mostly just never been my thing. However, I think I have the spiciest opinion and I've found exactly 0 people that agree with it. Not only do I not consider Slipknot a good representation of the genre, but I have the opposite opinion of the elitists apparently. It's not that I am trying to maintain a non-like of nu-metal while trying to subtly like Slipknot, no, I outright despise Slipknot. Especially self titled and Iowa. Which point one to how weird my opinion is, the albums I have the most hatred for are the 2 that most people consider their best work. But it isn't just not liking them, and to the bigger point, I find them physically hard to listen to. You know that visceral cringe most people have when they hear Brokencyde? Slipknot does that for me. No exaggeration, I cannot be in earshot to those 2 albums without feeling this weird deep embarrassment. I am not a spiritual person but the greatest argument I've found for religion is how badly hearing Slipknot hurts my non-existent soul. My innards contort just thinking about how dumb, contrived, and dorky songs like Heretic Anthem are. I've tried, and I just can't. Sorry to all Slipknot fans, but they managed to find the most bizarrely awful sound to me. I think most people have a band like that, and could probably relate to what I'm saying. But having that band be Slipknot places me way in the minority it seems.

[@metalheadjake3339]

Why can't more people be like you. Express your honest opinion but not come off as an insufferable blowhard. Respect. You're entitled to your opinion

[@LokiTricksterG]

I can understand that. The lyrics in particular have always been very cringe to me.

[@Cwin-ny6bp]

I couldn’t disagree more on Sinner. That’s one of the better front to back nu metal albums.

[@pourradass]

Supercharger was and remains a crime against humanity

[@gegart01]

Sinner is better than Okay!

[@MetalTrenches]

@@gegart01 the first half is…

[@dustin6528]

SA-SA-SASATELIITTTTTEEEE!!!!!

[@IzunaSlap]

KICK ME WHILE I'M DOWN, I WANT YOU TO! I CAN'T BE LIKE YOU! DON'T WANNA BE LIKE YOU!

[@dustin6528]

@@IzunaSlap Legendary. Soundtrack of my life.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

Spineshank had its great moments as well as some meh . But they were a talented band n one talks about . Kilgore was cool too with A Search for Reason but seemed to disappear . My friend said "what are you listening to ? This sounds like STP on crack ! " LOL