NU METAL was actually Good?

Spotify's top Nu Metal songs playlist proving that Nu Metal was actually good?
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[@Moz96]

People can say what they want about Limp Bizkit but they can't deny the fact that Wes Borland is an absolute riff monster. Hot Dog is a prime example of this.

[@RollingDutchmann]

It's more about Fred than the band I think

[@alexburchell1891]

@@RollingDutchmann I'd agree. I think the same could be said about Nickelback too. Some of the riffs are banger, but Chad can be a real idiot

[@emilybrooks4016]

too bad the lyrics and singing is absolute shit

[@Seven7Pain1]

Yes his tapping is legendary to us guitarist think mostly musicians appreciate wes skills

[@unicestwiacznoworodkow7]

Hot Dog has some excellent riffs but you should listen to Three Dollar Bill Yall. I personally think it has a lot of the best LB riifs ever.

[@Malum09]

Korn, Deftones, Slipknot, Static-x, SOAD, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Disturbed, Evanescence they all go hard still today

[@jonathangreenwell5540]

You bring up Evanescence, and it still makes me laugh that Amy Lee and Shaun Morgan (Seether) both elevated their career to insane heights by shitting on each other via song. Regardless, great bands.

[@Malum09]

@@jonathangreenwell5540 break up songs will always draw big crowds, look at Taylor Swift’s career!

[@NicolaHoffman15]

And Pushmonkey

[@notyoaveragesouthernmama5734]

​@@jonathangreenwell5540Their relationship gave us Broken, Call Me When You're Sober, and Breakdown (tho Shaun denies it as it was written before). So I am not complaining. Evanescence introduced countless people to metal and symphonic metal that otherwise wouldn't have.

[@matt79hz]

Incubus

[@DookieSh0es]

Nu Metal is such an understated genre in the history of music. It bridged the gap between punk, hardcore, metal and emo. Are some of the songs and some of the bands cringe? Yes. But that genre is as influential as grunge in the 90s.

[@76isthenumberofeverything76]

Nu metal is also influenced by hip-hop and funk metal.

[@johnindigo5477]

Nu metal was really an amalgamation of all 90s alternative trends.

[@angel_of_rust]

Nu metal was 100 gecs for would-be boomer metalheads

[@treyspace7806]

Nu metal didn’t really have anything to do with emo. It was definitely a blend of everything cool and counterculture in the 90s (grunge, rave/techno/industrial, hip hop, metal, hardcore, goth, reggae) but emo wasn’t really poppin yet until bands like Glassjaw, Far, The Used and 36 Crazyfists kinda bridged the gap.

[@joshuareddington1999]

​@@treyspace7806 Linkin Park definitely had some emo elements in their music, and they were arguably the most successful nu metal band

[@renzotorr537]

STATIC-X IS UNDERRATED AF. they were visionaries. wayne called their music "evil disco", and said he was inspired by house music. and on the debut album IT SHOWS. it really is evil disco

[@TobikunOuO]

Are, they are still around.

[@J_JetClips]

My favorite band from this era...I really miss Wayne

[@niles8102]

@@TobikunOuO Yes. The frontman of Dope is doing his "Ghost tribute" for Wayne Static (RIP)

[@melancholyeel]

Wisconsin Death Trip, Machine and Shadow Zone have been some of my favorite albums for over a decade. I'm so glad I got to see them once before we lost Wayne.

[@nazikgoncharik5645]

I actually hate when people call them nu metal,because it's not exactly. They using a lot of different electronic sounds,samples and stuff. I am rather call them industrial metal than just casually nu metal. No hate tho,just my opinion.

[@DelusionalReality1914]

I owe everything I am to Nu Metal. These bands were the first step of my metal journey and the inspiration for me to pick up a guitar and start playing. Now being a metalhead is 98 percent of my personality.

[@Vanessa-ru8xw]

same

[@sylosismic3621]

Me too

[@bluewhale2163]

What’s the other 2%?

[@asschomp]

Dude same it's like 50% of my personality 😩

[@DelusionalReality1914]

@@bluewhale2163 post-rock I guess

[@danielescobardiaz]

Ill Niño, Soulfly, Deftones, Mushroomhead, Mudvayne, Dry Kill Logic, Coal Chamber, Kittie, Limp Bizkit, Soil, Static-X, Snot, Sevendust, Disturbed, KORN, SOAD... We just had a golden era that I couldn't live :'(

[@Matt-yj1lz]

Solitaire unraveling is a classic. Loved the nu metal era of mushroomhead

[@DrDipsh1t]

@@Matt-yj1lz Jason jmann era of mushroomhead is the goat. Don't get me wrong, Waylon was alright, but something about Jason's delivery was just something else like in Bwomp. Man could spit fast without getting tongue tied and had a very unique sound to his harsh vocals

[@PLNKYELLOWBLACK]

It was so unnecessarily hated because everyone was such an elitist

[@dustinross2618]

Snot is such a sleeper.

[@toecutterjones]

Wisconsin Death Trip is an amazing album front to back.

[@unhelpable977]

Nu metal was huge here in South America, it wasn't as conflicting of a concept because our main attraction to it wasn't the silly, corny, cheesy lyrics, because we didn't understand them, we just heard the groovy sound and saw the weird aesthetics and thought it was cool, it even created a whole new sub-genre called Aggro Metal with much deeper themes and lyrics but using that same sound and image

[@edgehc3193]

South América?

[@argpalauanbruh]

@@edgehc3193 believe us,south anerican nu metal was sonething else

[@Zeagods-CyberShadow]

Same with me here in Faroe Islands

[@An0xymoron127]

Sepultura was one of my favorites for a time but I never went deeper, any recommendations?

[@argpalauanbruh]

@@An0xymoron127 Rekiem,Bushido,Candy66,A.N.I.M.A.L,Carajo,Resorte etc

[@luchagain3424]

Here’s the thing. Listen to whatever is your jam. Whether it’s nu metal or 1940s jazz. If you’re not listening to something because somebody else says it sucks then you are depriving yourself of so much good music for your soul. And if you think something blows, and everybody else likes it, who cares? Don’t be that guy telling people what sucks either. This is your life. This is your soul and emotions. You do you! Never forget! Be kind, love each other, and listen to Limp Bizkit if you want to.

[@monstergrind5572]

Are you a Floridian by any chance?

[@LexiPixeL_]

Truth spoken like a champ.

[@luchagain3424]

@@monstergrind5572 San Diego. Born And raised. You?

[@darmakx99]

Wait, but I have to satisfy my craving to be right, and to shout it to the whole world. And shout down anyone with dissenting ideas! How can I do that if I don't tell them whatever it is they like completely fuckin sucks? 🤔

[@LexiPixeL_]

@@darmakx99 You can find the answer if you only search your heart something something beauty and the beast. 🎵

[@lewisharwood3870]

NU Metal has played a massive influence on my passion for music and drums!

[@LakelandMusic]

Amen bro. John Otto is a beast and my idol since i was 8yrs old

[@hummus3011]

Same.

[@HugoStiglitz88]

Well then you are aware of the fact that Matt McDonough is the best nu metal drummer hands down then. Just like Ryan Martinie is the best bass player in metal PERIOD. Mudvayne has the best rhythm section in nu metal hands down. I mean cmon, BRR BRR DENG. nuff said.

[@LalleMangaming]

same here budd \o/ i miss the 90's metal

[@DVRKKNIGHT]

Same here bro. Joey Jordison will always be my goat.

[@Sol-cf9ko]

Wouldn’t be here without Linkin Park, I owe them my life and sanity

[@PLNKYELLOWBLACK]

Figure 9/breaking the habit got me through some shit

[@jerseygrit5402]

Lol

[@picax8398]

@@jerseygrit5402 how is that funny...

[@soggyfroggy22]

@Sol Same

[@firdauszainudin7118]

Until Meteora only

[@miniDwarfB0y]

People can say what they like, but Slipknot’s first two records are absolutely fantastic in every way.

[@heinzketchup4558]

Also their demo tape, this stuff was so brutal.

[@nicholaslittlefield4424]

Some riffs borderline death metal and grindciore. Very heavy shit for nu metal for sure.

[@Skeware]

I will always "fight" the notion that people have that Slipknot was Nu-metal... I've never felt like they fit in that genre, and I am a fan since 1999. To me they are a mix of quite a few metal genres and don't actually fit with the Nu-metal sound of the time.

[@Meetmountain]

@@Skeware Slipknot did nt really fit in any category so it was easy to mention them with the nu genre that came up.

[@lyndonbauer1703]

@@Skeware I think they still fit the category well. A hallmark of nu metal is it's hip hop influence amongst others, but I think the issue is simply how broad the genre is as a whole. It translates to nu(new) metal (heavy metal), new heavy metal. Kinda like if someone asked you to play a metal song, it could be a million songs with a million different characteristics due to it's broad nature.

[@randommexican5664]

That entire Around the Fur album is bangers. Deftones killed it like three albums in a row tbh. Love em

[@Callsign_Neuro]

Okay, I have to ask: does Deftones really give off horny vibes? I never get that impression. I just hear great music with catchy riffs that I can just vibe to. Why does everyone get that vibe that Deftones gives off a sexual energy?

[@Anonymous_Identity246]

White pony is also full of bangers 🤘

[@raedenu5201]

@@Callsign_Neuro i think it might be the moaning

[@ellagallagher4590]

Are we just gonna ignore that Soulfly’s Jumpdafuckup was on that playlist? Fuckin love them. They’re so underrated. I’m seeing them at a music festival this December and I can’t wait!

[@zero_zero107]

Been on their concert it was free lmao. Energy was fantastic music was bland.

[@kameronpan2939]

Damn I found another Good Things Festival attendee out in the wild, that's crazy

[@ellagallagher4590]

@@kameronpan2939 oh my god no way haha!!

[@fscorpion678]

@@zero_zero107 L

[@Misceletric]

I absolutely adored deftones as a teen and now …I still do. 😅

[@decepticonmecha]

Their older stuff is great, but their newer stuff is waaaaay better. Saturday Night Wrist is a personal favorite album of mine. But pretty much all the rest of the albums, post White Pony (where they tried some new stuff) are great. Even Gore is pretty solid, even though it seems like one of the most divisive albums.

[@lindugger4781]

@@decepticonmecha Agree. Dreamy, melancholic Deftones is the best Deftones.

[@py16667]

@@decepticonmecha I agree, in my opinion Ohms is their best. Back with Terry Date, the production has never sounded better & it sounds like the best of all their previous work in one

[@decepticonmecha]

@Elijah Boyd It's just a different vibe. They were going with a more aggressive sound back then.

[@decepticonmecha]

@@py16667Ohms was a solid album, through and through. Especially the title track. It felt like that track resonated with me because of the lock down and that there is still hope on the horizon that we'll meet again, somewheeeeeerrrrreeee.

[@GANON13467]

Deftones is my favorite ever. Loathe and Moodring are some among others taking inspiration from them and entering the shoegazey stuff. I could not love it more.

[@posteveryside-beatsnews]

Deftones are majestic

[@rolandgreco5850]

Loathe rule

[@caleber.p2069]

Man, moodring ❤️

[@westcoastbrotha]

Numetal is literally the main reason I am a metal head. To this day, I play that genre more than anything else. I literally grew up on Adema, Papa Roach, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Fear Factory, I’ll Nino, Spineshank, Sevendust, One Minute Silence, 40 below summer, Deftones, P.O.D, Staind, Static-X, Disturbed, Mudvayne, Cold, Linkin Park, and 3rd Strike.

[@soggyfroggy22]

Same

[@TobikunOuO]

Uhh Fear Factory are industrial metal.

[@schwann145]

Static-X is also industrial metal. People call everything from the 90s and 00s numetal even when it's not.

[@suicidenotept.666]

@Elijah Boyd most ? Nah you trippin

[@LexiPixeL_]

Seeing someone rep Adema, 40 Below Summer, Cold, and motherfuckin 3rd Strike. Yes, my dude.

[@andrewpappas9311]

I mean, Nu-Metal had System of a Down, Slipknot, Linkin Park, Korn, Deftones and Disturbed to name a few bands. I’d say that’s a pretty damn good lineup

[@zacharyengle4256]

Godsmack, Breaking Benjamin and Evanescence's first albums were nu metal too. That's three other great bands, even if they all abandoned nu metal pretty quickly in favor of heavy metal, alt-metal+post-grunge, and symphonic metal, respectively.

[@gergoretvari6373]

@@zacharyengle4256 i Dont know about breakdown Benjamin sounding nu metal at first, they were always a post grunge band to me (i love them). As for godsmack, 100 % agreed. I would also bring up Chevelle, Just because they are very underrated.

[@zacharyengle4256]

@@gergoretvari6373 it's mainly songs like Sugarcoat that were nu metal-ish, because of the riffs and Ben's growls. But yeah, agreed on Chevelle I knew I missed somebody.

[@xAlexTobiasxB]

@@gergoretvari6373 some of Breaking Benjamin songs defintiely have Nu-Metal style/influence, such as *_"Breakdown"_* and *_"Blow Me Away"_* being the most obvious examples. These songs literally have breakdowns with heavy growling screams which you usually only find in heavy Metal genres such as Metalcore. Also the song *_"Diary of Jane"_* uses *Drop A tuning* riffs, which is literally Nu-Metal tier tuning (in fact even Metalcore / Hardcore tuning equivalent)... and again with heavy breakdown and heavy growling scream (although only a very short sequence but it still counts) Even if most of their other songs are "normal" Alternative-Rock/Metal (Post-grunge) still doesn't change the fact that at least these mentioned songs above have clearly Nu-Metal influence.

[@gergoretvari6373]

@@xAlexTobiasxB Diary Of Jane is in Drop A#, not Drop A. (I think Drop C is more common in these genres tho.) As for influence, yeah i see what you mean by that. Still i don't really think of Nu-metal when i think of them, just because their sound is different. However i wouldn't call them butt rock either, because their music is far superior than that.

[@jordanuinu1638]

Nu Metal will never die! It ages like fine wine... in a box.

[@MyDixieWrecked247]

That's actually an oddly accurate statement.

[@breakD1134]

Facts

[@blackbucciarati]

I wasn’t gonna like this until I got to the “in a box” part lol

[@thxrnmusic]

Wait and Bleed was my first Slipknot song as well. It really was what shaped my taste in metal overall.

[@thehypest6118]

Before Wait and Bleed I'd only ever heard Pop music off the radio when my mum drove me to school and back and I just assumed I didn't like "music", Wait and Bleed led to Duality, Duality led to Psychosocial the rest is history

[@Infernoblade1010]

Yes, yes it was. The surviving bands are amazing and stood the test of time. KoRn, Disturbed, Deftones, Slipknot all pioneers of metal.

[@Pundit07]

What about SOAD?

[@NEEDbacon]

Even Limp Bizkit is still around.

[@1tsmyst1c21]

@@Pundit07 they've released 2 songs in 17 years

[@xDamageProducer]

Pioneers of Nu Metal. They weren’t around for the pioneering years of metal.

[@centigoat3189]

@@1tsmyst1c21 They don't need new songs. It might ruin their streak of bangers everytime

[@Dwoalin]

Nu Metal was the genre that helped me segway into Metalcore and Metal in general. Queen of the Damned and Freddy vs Jason soundtracks were such staple soundtracks for me. Disturbed, Static-X, System of A Down, Kittie, KoRn, Drowning Pool, Flaw, Ill Nino, Slipknot, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Mudvayne, Deftones, etc. I've always loved Nu Metal

[@danielescobardiaz]

What about Snot?

[@Dwoalin]

@@danielescobardiaz Sadly, I never got into Snot 🥹

[@picax8398]

@@danielescobardiaz "tell the people how you feel?"

[@JR-90]

Soundtracks back in the day were as dope as it could be. There’s a movie called “Grind”, which was about skateboarding, and it had a great tracklist. Even Dragon Ball Z movies had great songs.

[@LexiPixeL_]

Yessss Flaw. Through The Eyes is one of my favorite nu metal albums of all time. Great from front to back.

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

The majority of these bands really got me through a lot growing up and I still love them! Glad you did this! Cool video!

[@radamtv4779]

Nu Metal was the (very) first Rock/Metal sub genre that I felt in love with. Linkin Park was the first international band I ever knew. Slipknot was the first band that got me into "extreme" music and Korn showed me how emotional Rock/Metal can be. If Nu Metal never existed I probably would be a different person today. Thank you Nu Metal 😁💪

[@Sun-Eater616]

Majority of Deftones still holds up today and are some of my favourite albums!

[@introverttechnologist8899]

I love how Chino didn't want to be labeled nu metal yet they have 2 in top 5 songs on this play list. Deftones always my fav band, but i grew up late 90's early 00's so this is all my high school jams

[@northtimo666]

I guess he/them got tired of getting constantly compared to other bands like Korn etc. He always wanted to stay a touch more artistic in a sense than basic mainstream or goofy stuff.

[@user-fx2sk3yk8o]

well i guess you can call adrenaline nu metal but not so sure about atf. anything after that is not nu metal for sure

[@DrDipsh1t]

How's he feel about Varials taking their style? 😂

[@py16667]

I think he’s softened on his hatred for the genre lol he knows the association will always be there, at least with their early work

[@MiguelRamirez-cr7gh]

@@DrDipsh1t you think Varials is bad? Go and listen to Come to Dolly, Holy Figures, or Askysoblack , straight ripping off the style (and riffs)

[@ShellShock794]

Nu Metal laid the foundation for my entire personality

[@confessorsedai]

Kittie’s Oracle is one of the most underrated album from that era. Their 2009 album In the Black is more melodic thrash metal but one of their best albums. Ironic the one they’re most popular for was their debut Spit which, imo, was written when they were 12-14 & my least favorite.

[@PLNKYELLOWBLACK]

Brackish is a classic

[@JR-90]

Never really got into this band. I used to like Otep better, which was probably the heaviest nu metal band fronted by a female.

[@mattybyzf]

Oracle still shreds!! Their live performance/reunion documentary on Amazon Is really cool!

[@scaredeecat]

@@JR-90 I think Otep was actually nu metal. Kittie had like one nu metal song, and everything else was just metal from oracle and onward.

[@barbaricbarbosa]

@@scaredeecat death metal was their sound or black metal.. after the album spit they changed their sound totally different but I loved it more!

[@imperfect_cliche]

Duality was what got me into slipknot. A game called ATV offroad fury 3 on PS2 had it as an opening song when i was a kid and i was hooked after hearing it. Honestly, a lot of games i played as a kid that were racing or action sport games had a lot of Nu Metal and older metalcore in their sound tracks and they were all straight bangers.

[@shadowsmustfall1]

How you gonna skip Death Blooms? That song goes hard AF. Deftones, System, and Mudvayne were legit awesome. Even now, Mudvayne's LD 50 is a total banger, so many killer songs on that album. Honestly, metalheads can bitch all they want but Mudvayne and Slipknot were sort of the transition for a lot of fans into metalcore and metal as it is today...they started using more complex rhythmic elements, more double bass, palm muted guitar riffs, and were the beginning of the repopularizing of faster, more technical musicianship in general (even the more aggressive vocal style). Sure, it's not Archspire, but they were the beginning of pulling away from the nu-metal characteristics toward what we see today. Millions of fans went from Korn, to Slipknot, to Mudvayne, to KSE etc, in our younger days, myself included. I wouldn't listen to Korn now, but Wait and Bleed and Death Blooms are still bangers that I occasionally jam to and STILL sound pretty fucking heavy even by today's standards...not bad for like 23 years ago.

[@omegashinra7672]

Death Blooms is by far Mudvayne's best song too, such a banger.

[@marrybichaelmore3372]

Still bang the Mudvayne me, 22 years since I first heard them, there's some really good songs in their back catalogue

[@inflameslp311]

Just listened to this yesterday, after a few years. Totally holds up as one of their best.

[@Luna-dh6yt]

Short answer: yes

[@Eichro]

If I was introduced to the band with Death Blooms rather than Dig, I'd probably get into the band a lot sooner.

[@azraelcales]

Hell yeah it's nice to see Snot on there. Very underrated band that sadly ended too early when the lead singer passed away.

[@Pundit07]

Along with his dog (that was featured on one of the album covers) in a car accident. Tragic

[@azraelcales]

@@Pundit07 Correct. Dobs was a handsome boy too. He was on their first and only full album.

[@cagedhercules5649]

Deftones has aged the best for sure, and still making great music too

[@Jaxsin7]

Cool to see Earshot get a little highlight. They were that band that I listened to constantly in high school and no one else I knew was into.

[@trowabarton222]

Man, Sevendust was my first metal show back around 2002 and they were amazing live. Kinda shows my age when I remember e-town concrete and 40 below summer.

[@Snake-filledChimp]

Same here man! Maybe we were at the same show in 2002 at the House of Blues in Anaheim? Killer show.

[@Jaepo33]

Sevendust was my first show as well!! They killed it and definitely brought goosebumps to my skin! I still remember being pulled into the pit when they opened with splinter! Definitely a hell of a show!

[@trowabarton222]

My show was at a small club called Rafters in Johnson City, TN

[@incface]

People who dunked on nu-metal were always just closeminded individuals. I grew up through the 90s and early 00s and nu-metal popped off big time. It resulted in rock and metal having a massive influx of new fans.

[@lethybridtheorygolucastheo2191]

"Early Grave" The same people that bashed on Nu Metal other than closeminded individuals were people who thought Rock music died in 1994 and came back in 2001 with The Strokes when in reality Rock was still alive between those years and had airplay on Pop Radio Stations. And speaking of that, Nu Metal lasted another 2 years in the mainstream before falling off in 2004 compared to the Garage Rock/Post Punk Revival and although it influenced a lot of Indie music in the 21'st century, it was more of a niche genre (Unless you lived in the UK) despite songs like The Vines's Get Free, The White Stripes's Seven Nation Army, Jet's Are You Gonna Be My Girl, The Hives's Hate to Say I Told You So, Franz Ferdinand's Take Me Out etc getting popular. Plus, the next rock genre to get popular after that was Emo Pop along with the continuation of Post Grunge before Rock music crashed and burned in the mainstream around 2008-2009

[@user-ok1ek9qx3g]

Mainstream media journalists and most music critics are urban dwelling hipsters who live at coastal states who don’t want anything to do suburban areas and Middle America, which is why they claimed rock music “died” or was “life support” after Nirvana. They always drop the ball when they criticized unfairly, until they exposed themselves how out of touch they are to the public general.

[@adayinforever]

Papercut by Linkin Park was my favorite song by them. That was my anthem for when my license got suspended and my registration was expired. I was always paranoid and it got worse when the sun went down.

[@joshualuciani3896]

I always thought i was a black sheep loving the heck out of Ill Nino but i'm super happy to know other people liked them just as much. Sevendust STILL keeps putting out good stuff too with absolutely ZERO degradation to their style. Definitely a personal golden era for music for me

[@M4RCi92]

Even though the mixed Spanish-English lyrics are funny to me now, I just can't deny that Ill Nino has so many bangers on their first 3 albums. If You Still Hate Me was the first song I heard from them, and I almost shat my pants as a 10-year-old because of how heavy and pissed off it was.

[@mpls1982]

I'll Nino is awesome. They still tour with a new singer.

[@thebiitz]

When that name popped up I instantly realized how fucking good my music taste was back then, for a 10-12 year old kid that is surrounded by 0 ppl that listen to any kind of rock or metal. I can't even remember how hard it must have been for me to get a grip on this music. Living in a town where every 3 hours a bus drives by to get to the next bigger city, no youtube to find new stuff, barely any websites that are really able to inspire you... Sounds like a grandpa story telling about the war lol

[@DarkestofTimes]

sevendust is sick

[@decepticonmecha]

I should get more into Sevendust. Some of the stuff I've heard of them were bangers, but I've either forgot about them or I don't have the time. Korn and Slipknot have pretty much been a part of my world for much of my life, with Chevelle (not nu metal) and Deftones joining the ranks.

[@BiteTheHook]

Dude 40 Below Summer is sick. Glad to hear them get a mention here. Will check back later if he mentions Primer 55

[@ericduke2318]

Introduction To Mayhem should be required content for anyone that likes rap and metal

[@kolbyjohnson2881]

I’m black and I came up listening to mostly hip hop and rnb, it wasn’t till my 9th birthday were I got a portable cd player and some money, I bought white pony and hybrid theory out of the bargain bin at Walmart for like 5 bucks each and changed my life forever 🤘🏾

[@christiankennethdesalin5749]

Credits to bands like LP, Limp, SOAD, Papa roach, Slip, Deftones, Disturbed, RATM etc. For making the genre mainstream

[@mayzilla1174]

As a part of the Nu-Metal movement back in the day i can say that it wasn't only good but brilliant.....and actually the last time I witnessed a music style becoming ultra big in the most natural way without the media forcing it on us but us actually forcing it to the mainstream media by buying those albums and requesting those songs like crazy on radio 💪

[@kellendobmeier9876]

The very first Flaw album, Through the Eyes, is easily my favorite Nu metal album. And tbe follow up, Endangered Species, is a lot better than some people think. Flaw were so underrated. That guitar sound on those 2 albums, so damn heavy.

[@jasonharrison8965]

Not Enough and Recognize are great, Final Cry and You've Changed go hard, but Wait For Me is too soft for their sound, although lyrically substantial.

[@LexiPixeL_]

Absolutely fucking agreed. Through the Eyes is *probably* my favorite as well, though there are a lot of great ones. Shame that Chris Volz is such a difficult person for the rest of his bandmates to be around, not to mention being low key kind of racist.

[@tomasbskk]

we,ve noticed that these spotify made lists differ through personal listening history. We’ve compaired this list (and others) with friends and have totally different songs in them.

[@ryanlennon6269]

100% I'll cop the same songs over and over on different playlists Pretty annoying cos I'm trying to find new music and they keep feeding me the same stuff over and over haha

[@LiquidShadows]

My first introduction to Deftones was in 1999 when my roommate (I was in the hospital) let me listen to his "Adrenaline" CD. "Engine No. 9" blew my mind! Then when I heard "My Own Summer" during the end credits of "The Matrix" that cemented me as a lifelong fan. It took me a little while to get into "Ohms", but everything before that is just 🤌. Deftones are in a category all their own.

[@nissyenarts]

53 - Pulse Ultra - Build your Cages - Such an underrated jam that was. The whole record blew my mind back in the days. Still listen to it from time to time. ❤️ Sad that it only lasted for one record...

[@louistrevino6710]

I only knew this song from Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 (the ps2 version) 😂

[@michaelvandeginste3497]

"Never the Culprit" and "Despot" were my faves.

[@thundervex84]

@@michaelvandeginste3497 same

[@Mainroad.Manjis101]

Nu metal got me into metal. System Of A Down was the first metal band I got into, followed by Slipknot and many more bands like Korn, Disturbed etc

[@looksirdroids9134]

Slipknot has never been metal

[@TheObserverDMZ]

@@looksirdroids9134 wow look! An L take in the wild!

[@TheObserverDMZ]

SOAD got me into metal. When I was like six I distinctly remember that I would remember Aerials whenever dad put it on. I asked dad what the band was and I fell in love with their music.

[@james737er]

@@looksirdroids9134 What makes you think that?

[@danielescobardiaz]

Rt

[@mg682]

Idc how much shit Nu-metal gets, that genre was my childhood!! Nu-metal was my huge gateway into metal music and growing up watching amvs was the best time of my life! I'd do anything to relive that era and more!

[@bribri1657]

I'm 38 now and was in high school from 99-03. I literally have heard of every one of those nu metal bands and listen to them all through high School and still do now. The 90s to early 2000s was when these seemed to blow up. I will admit there was one that I completely missed. A German band called Guano Apes. Check out a song called "open your eyes" by them.

[@It-b-Blair]

Yes, def a banger

[@CommanderCodyChipless]

That is absolutely insane. I just started to explore nu metal again and finding it to be more enjoyable than I remember. System of a downs first album is so groovy

[@tothpeter2296]

Spineshank were underrated They were actually good in mixing industrial metal with nu metal

[@bjaanderson]

The Height of Callousness was the first album I ever bought. I still remember every song on it to this day.

[@inflameslp311]

Synthetic was one of my favorite songs of the era. And Self-Destructive Pattern reminds me of my of my first semester of college.

[@xAlexTobiasxB]

Yes I agree, _"Smothered"_ is definitely one of the best and most energetic Nu-Metal songs ever recorded ! Just the first 10 seconds of this song already get you pumped up! It's also a little bit emotional too, which is what most other Nu-Metal bands are lacking completely

[@Megaalith]

One of the first internet videos I remember was Mario vs Sonic with New Disease playing in the background

[@Graveyardgirl33]

my first numetal song was "numb" by linkin park when i was 8. ive been listening to metal for 7 years. i appreciate numetal for being a gateway drug to metal

[@MightyGodlikeG]

I got into metal through Nu Metal and to this day, more than 20 years later, there still is nothing that has a similar meaning to me musically like those bands i listened to back then. Nu Metal, especially limp Bizkit, SOAD and the old Linkin park stuff, have a special place in my heart

[@orboflightning]

“Large quantities of obvious” 🤣🤣 Bro, I love your videos like these. I’m learning, reminiscing, and laughing my ass off at times because of your humor

[@swarthygiant1463]

Why is there a question mark on this title

[@NikNocturnalTwitchClips]

Nu metal was my entire childhood listening to bangers on GTA:SA radio, it was the shit - Caleb

[@soggyfroggy22]

That was my era of music. I was 11 one I got into nu metal, now I’m 34 and still listening to nu metal.

[@PLNKYELLOWBLACK]

Nu Metal also had such a nice branch of multiple subgenres like pitchshifter is such an amazing band and soad is iconic and unique.

[@rk_19]

Linkin park is what got me in metal when i was 6, I can say that I love nu metal, although here in Brazil we never cared much about whether it was good or bad, we just listen😂

[@joshnc101]

I was 12-13 when I started acquiring my musical tastes and it was right at the height of nu-metal in 2000. That was a great time. I'm glad that unlike a lot of other music genres, heavy rock/metal hasn't changed much in sound over the last 20+ years.

[@ninosalvati379]

Crawling in the dark - Hoobastank...such a classic and the first 2 albums are soo underated...should have been on the list surely

[@jacobwalker8999]

I was late to the Sevendust train too. Now they are definitely one of my favorite bands.

[@mpls1982]

I'm 39. Nu metal was absolutely massive growing up.

[@KAIZERGAMES-HD]

Nu Metal saved Metal back in it’s day and no genre was as much impactful as it is till this day

[@ThorsShadow]

I mean, literally Heavy Metal in the 70s and 80s was more impactful? Like, without Black Sabbath and others paving the road, we probably wouldn't be able to listen to these other, modern bands today. Don't get me wrong, Nu Metal is what got me into more extreme forms of Metal in the first place and Chester Bennington's lyrics and screams helped me keeping my sanity in school back in the day. But saying, that no other genre (of Metal, I'd assume) was as impactful is uneducated about the history of Metal at best and ignorant and dumb at worst. Don't be dumb and ignorant please. Have a nice day.

[@KAIZERGAMES-HD]

@@ThorsShadow 70’s and 80’s was before Nu Metal, are you understanding this backwards? I said there hasn’t been a more impactful genre (EVER SINCE) to be clearer

[@mrconfusion87]

​@@KAIZERGAMES-HDFor me, it was Sabbath and the NWOBHM, then the American Thrash Metal movement, then the Nu-Metal wave that were the true great waves of metal music!

[@itsgenious1817]

Yeah, metalcore has been more impactful than nu metal. Literally progressive metalcore started 90% of modern metal, not saying it’s worse or better than nu metal, just saying a fact

[@KAIZERGAMES-HD]

@@itsgenious1817 modern metal aint even successful bro, nu metal was everywhere on video games, movies, everything

[@basilisktheory7781]

Wait and Bleed was also my first Slipknot song, and what an absolute banger of an intro to a band it was

[@jerrycantrellsgirl]

ive been getting into metal now for the past few months and now im in my nu metal phase, i love kittie, korn, soad, deftones and im still trying to get into more

[@mistergorgonmusic]

Dude you skipped Deftones 7 words. One of the sickest nu metal breakdowns ever. It blew my 13 year old mind when it came out.

[@nefrion927]

Господи, храни Nu Metal

[@89popov]

I've been waiting 20 years for this! Listening to Nu Metal this whole time not stop

[@Shiroh07]

Such a nostalgic video. Love the majority of the songs until today, and listen to it until today too. Love Nu Metal always and forever! There's no best "SadAngry" type of music for me.

[@rafx2014]

Spineshank's "Height of Callousness" is very underrated

[@stormwarning6219]

The Dead and the Dreaming (Dry Kill Logic) was my segway from nu metal to metalcore. I really loved paper tiger after a friend sent it to me back in the MSN messenger days.

[@chaddawg1084]

It’s segue...

[@stormwarning6219]

@@chaddawg1084 I'm actually normally excellent at spelling, and I 100% agree with you, that is the correct spelling, but I'm hella pregnant and can barely remember how to spell my own name right now. The other day I spent several minutes searching a fridge for gloves. I'm going to give myself a pass on that one, call it my "dumb of the day" and pretend it didn't happen, okay? Okay.

[@VaGdude]

For a person born in 1989 I am than more Grateful and Lucky af growing up experiencing and feeling the whole Nu-Metal era to the core then Metalcore Deathcore and now Djent

[@mpls1982]

Limp biskit, Korn, sevendust, deftones are still putting on great shows. You really should dive into sevendust. Probably the most underrated metal band out there. Also STUCK MOJO is an OG nu metal band, friends with sevendust.

[@Snake-filledChimp]

First concert I ever went to was Sevendust, shortly after Animosity dropped, I think 2002... absolutely incredible. I love their work all throughout the 00's. I never really thought of them as nu metal though, and I still don't think that label fits - maybe something like alt metal/hard rock with shades of industrial. Great band.

[@Ivanboyan]

These songs never get old. And they sound just as cool every time is like the first time.

[@L3THALFORC3]

I rate you man, awesome as always!, you make me smile!!!

[@Brockmon]

You should make your own Nu Metal playlist. Would love to see what you do

[@JTTest]

lll Niño, and especially Sevendust are so good. I wish they had more recognition during that time

[@zachhenderson7982]

Ill Nino is one of my favorites ever

[@mort3562]

I like modern sevendust more than their more nu-metal era, but I'd be lying out my ass if I said they didn't make some bangers back then

[@scareyaf]

Sevendust absolutely slaps. Criminally underrated.

[@danielescobardiaz]

Ill niño is the most UNDERRATED NU-METAL BAND

[@stormwarning6219]

The new Ill Niño, Lions at the gate (most of the former members) has some great songs! Just hearing that voice freaking transported me back to those years. And I used to listen to Vulgar Display of power a lot back when I worked in a vineyard, my phone could store 8 hours of compressed mp3's, almost got me though a whole shift!

[@sfdxsm]

You need to do a deep dive into the Sevendust disco. One of my favorite bands for sure. Lajon changed my perception of a metal vocalist and I suspect influenced a lot of kids.

[@jase88rose]

I’d go so far to say that Sevendust was sorta djenty on their first two albums

[@bre3108]

👍👍👍

[@Megaalith]

Sevendust is a fringe nu-metal band, always felt they belonged in the groove metal subgenre more than anything.

[@Megaalith]

Great band regardless though

[@jase88rose]

@Elijah Boyd yea…but you can’t deny that all the palm muted chugs in sync with the drums aren’t djent adjacent at least

[@mathewlombardo3876]

Powerman 5000 was always great. Bombshell, supernova goes pop, wake up, show me what you've got, so many songs that have a permanent place on my gym playlists.

[@bhamden84]

Oh man, Pulse Ultra - Build Your Cages was the summer vibe for just 2002 lol. They were there, played Ozzfest and then gone.

[@EV87_]

Omg this guy is so young. This music was beyond massive 20 years ago. I guess you just had to be there.

[@candirenee74]

That’s what I was just thinking. It was what brought us out of the dreary ‘90’s of Grunge (great bands great songs but c’mon) into what ‘98? Definitely by ‘99. I don’t some of the smaller bands but knew most on this list, with some bands needing more songs on their. Nu metal in THE beginning was initially called rap rock but was renamed. I loved it. Blaring Korn and Limp Biskit…and so many others. Than Linkin Park happened and they were a GAME CHANGER. It was what, in my opinion, help usher in metal core. I tuned into rock at 11 in ‘86 with Judas Priest and Quiet Riot and definitely enjoyed my late ‘80’s glam bands along with bands like Metallica (which at the time had never made a video until One). Music evolves. I’d rather it evolve than it all sounding the same

[@ThorsShadow]

@@candirenee74 We need more people like you in the Metal community and less elitist gatekeeping idiots. Bless your heart.

[@Megaalith]

@@candirenee74 Most of those smaller bands were ass and probably a big reason nu metal got shit on (aside from Rolling Stone and Spin doing it to Korn and Limp Bizkit when they were first came out)

[@candirenee74]

@@ThorsShadow thank you! I used to really know my music. Memory is getting me. But if I didn’t care for a band I damn well respected what they did. Like I wasn’t a big Rage Against the Machine person. Their sound just wasn’t for me except for 1 song. We all have our favorites. And it always seems to be a competition on who’s into the heaviest shit is the baddest mf’er. I love some heavy stuff but not all day 😂 but it is for others. I just found Falling in Reverse and went down a very pleasant rabbit hole. I had pigeon holed them as “some emo band”. I know better. I’m kicking myself. But not just them, but other bands old and new. I think Eddie Trunk’s comments get me going. I kinda figured they did NOT lip sync, but ppl misunderstood what “tracks” are. I grew up admiring Bach’s vocals on their 2nd album, so his take was an eye roll and made me take Ronnie’s side. I really don’t like elitist or elitism. Music is for everyone. Rock and metal is supposed to be for everyone not just those who feel outcast by society. Glam “metal”, as they called it, used to rule the world. I don’t want all of our favorite bands to stay underground. I’d love for them to blow up and have everyone enjoy them, whether it’s Metallica, or Def Leppard to Sleeping w Sirens to Avenged Sevenfold. I used to watch Pop Up videos on VH1; that’s how we all got random trivia on the bands pre-internet. I used to know the most random things.

[@candirenee74]

@@Megaalith 😂 so I wasn’t missing much?? That’s awesome 😂. Journalist always stuck with THEIR favorites and usually out of touch with the rest of us. From glam to grunge, to rap/rock aka nu metal, to post-hardcore…(was there a hardcore I missed?? Lol) and punk, they tended to pick the wtf’s and crap on bands like Korn and Limp Biskit. I still blast LP. And I bet the bands they loved out were flash in the pans. When I was younger we had Metal Edge. It’s where I got most of my posters 😂 cuz I was poor. It covered what we liked. But, yeah the bigger ones will NEVER give recognition until 3 decades later to beat up on them again

[@wrench1674]

the fact that trust company made it to this list makes me happy, they were super underrated back then

[@MiguelRamirez-cr7gh]

I fucking loved TrustCompany, it wasn’t until this year when I realized the were very influenced by Deftones 😂

[@intheabyss]

Yesss trust company were great

[@zabacinjsh]

Love to see some bands bringin the eclectic experimental vibe back some tho seem to be more into imitation than their own sound and imo a lot of nu metal bands that were IT at the time each had their unique sound that could be easily identified in the first 10 seconds

[@ismaeljrp1]

great to see Nu Metal getting some love. Some newer bands out there still keeping it alive too, just gotta look for them.

[@thanebear]

I still listen to Deadsy - Commencement (album) on the way home after every show I play. its just easy on the ears after 5/7 bands. It's a masterpiece

[@Hlep-kc5oc]

Totally agree, their music is excellent. Such a shame that they're so underrated

[@SgtZook]

such an interesting unique album. it's barely nu-metal, just usually gets compared to them cause they were on korn's label

[@whatsinameme5258]

Yes. I think the last couple years have accelerated an inevitable longing for the early 2000s. Kind of like how the early 2000s had lots of 80s nostalgia.

[@ehdub7518]

thanks for introducing me to a ton of new bands/music.

[@laurabraga9446]

That Tongo Chop Suey cover used to be on MTV Brazil. Good times.

[@jacksoncastle]

Nu Metal will always have a special place in my heart.

[@zombne]

Nu-Metal had always been one of my favorite genres.

[@Waas]

5:23 E-Town Concrete "Mandibles" was the Headbangers Ball double CD back in the day. That song fucking slaps.

[@Murlo]

Haha, thanks for including Five Pointe O. I always wondered if people know about them and why they wouldn't turn up in videos, then stumbled upon this. Their album was nuts, they were insanely young when forming the band. So many great things about them and many other bands that crashed after their debut album.

[@theangelbelow88]

There was a band named Sylar that came out a few years back that was like Limp Bizkit and Saosin put together, they were great, a nu metal post hardcore fusion and yet they never really got any traction, which was a shame... I actually highly recommend you check them out if you love any of those two genres.

[@LexiPixeL_]

Sylar is dope. Their cleans are so, so good.

[@emily3805]

Linkin Park is bae

[@chazhartwayne6493]

absolutely.

[@xAlexTobiasxB]

Yes Emily 😄💕

[@dave2808]

In Weymouth, England, there’s this bar called Finn’s and the juke box it’s a lot of old school nu metal along with other metal/rock. Some days when I didn’t want to stay out late, I’d go there for a pint to fill time while waiting for the bus. The days I stayed, just be there from 6/7 and leave at like 2 in the morning, just jamming out with the locals. Fuck I love that place. Met some cool people there

[@RigorMortisItrium]

Dude, while reacting to Nu Metal tracks, please check out the soundtrack for Queen of The Dammned. This is such a movie of the era with a soundtrack to match.

[@dastardlygonzo]

Every song on here reminds me of a specific time in my life.

[@timloss87]

Okay, 40 below summer came probably more at the end of nu metal's peak. Yet a highly underrated band that's a hidden gem to anyone that loves the genre. The music i will admit is relatable or common to other bands.... THE VOCALS set this band apart from the rest. SEE ALSO Boyhitcar.

[@LexiPixeL_]

40 Below Summer leans on the hardcore side of numetal, it's where they got their start, and it's a great combination of sounds. Max's voice is hit or miss for some, but I love it tbh. Also, fun story. My old band ran/played a show with Boyhitscar. Very, very nice dudes. They were in the crowd for most of the show, definitely during our set and had nothing but nice things to say about our band (despite the fact that we low key kinda sucked lol)

[@thomassmith1148]

Bro IEAIAEO was my ring tone in high school. Completely forgot about it till just now. Thank you

[@sniler5072]

5:45 did anyone here gen Manifest - Impossible vibes after hearing E-Town If you a Sasuke vs Killer Bee homie, you know...