NU METAL 5th Albums RANKED (Linkin Park, Slipknot, & More!)

[@MetalTrenches]

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[@shawnacara1660]

Come on bro. Do A Manson ranking. He's got some great records.. Youre allowed to talk about his music.. I also think his last one didnt get enough love.

[@llm5095]

This is a landmark series for people of our musical genration. Thanks for your time and effort :) there's a lotta folks feeling seen thanks to you buddy x

[@MetalTrenches]

Always fun to do these

[@pauliewalnuts829]

All Hope is Gone barely had Craig and Sid on it. I like that they were featured way more on The Gray Chapter.

[@crunchysoupp]

Mudvayne has never made anything even comparable to LD.50 sadly :/

[@MetalTrenches]

It truly is sad. One and done basically

[@yg-dp7mo]

@@MetalTrenches i had liked end of all things to come and some of lost and found but those can be inconsistent at times ,LD50 really is their masterpiece

[@MetalNeverDieswithMarkA]

100%

[@Anti-ProEntertainment]

Imo The End of All Things to Come is better

[@crunchysoupp]

@@Anti-ProEntertainment you do you boo

[@M18-v4t]

To make a comment on the Gray Chapter I really enjoyed it. It was darker than their previous albums(excluding Iowa and Self Titled) and it hit harder. The atmosphere was great for the entire album

[@Eccentricjuices]

I agree

[@kodokushi4701]

Saturday Night Wrist is not only my favorite album on this list, but also my favorite Deftones album.

[@tnarockshard]

Hope you do a #6 in the future. As someone who’s massively influenced by Nü-Metal when it comes to writing and playing music, this series that you’ve been doing is a lot of fun and I dig your explanations for each band’s ranking.

[@SomeSong2]

There's a song on that self titled Mudvayne where Chad actually complains that CDs aren't selling anymore as an example of how little bite there is lyrically on this album. There's also that hilarious memory of seeing all the high priced glow in the dark editions of this disc at Best Buy when they came out.

[@monkehm]

It depresses me that the guy who wrote Death Blooms also wrote that steaming turd. Chad Gray didn't appreciate what Mudvayne was doing and the position they had and he threw it away for easy money and the brain-damaged gorilla concept of combining the words "alcohol" with the phrase "haulin ass".

[@michaelstewart4461]

Yeah, that's not a lyric on this album. That's a ridiculous interpretation of that line. I swear, it's not their best, but the derangement people have about some bands they used to like is so weird.

[@tnarockshard]

Also, it’d be cool to see ya do a tier list for all the modern Nü-Metal / Nü-Metalcore bands that’ve been popping up for the last decade. Love the revival of Nü-Metal going on rn!

[@amjreptx1]

Cannibal by Static X aged pretty well. Some of the solo's sound like Primus.

[@crimson-x1790]

Agreed

[@benchguy69420]

you know you are a static x fan when you recognize the cannibal album cover

[@thedogfromraditude5449]

“Saturday Night Wrist has no real duds.” Okay, I love that album, I think it’s easily one of the best on this list, and Cherry Waves might be one of my favorite songs ever. But I’m curious about your opinion on track 9, Pink Cellphone. That’s my ultimate example of a bad song on a great album. I honestly can’t stand that song and I immediately hit the skip button every time I play the album. But other than that, I agree with pretty much everything on here, move Untouchables up a tier and swap The Grey Chapter and Living Things and then it’s my ranking exactly. Great video as always, skeleton man.

[@MetalTrenches]

I've heard that a lot but for some reason I don't have a problem with that track

[@CFChristian]

Lucky You is somehow the better example of this type of style. Both strikeouts in my opinion.

[@secularspectator]

I love how people continue to use the word "wrong" when describing someone's opinion. Gets me every time. Great vid thanks for the laughs, as always :)

[@theovermatt]

Dark Ages is a big personal fave, great followup to Prophecy and set the stage for Soulfly's last few years, which I've found consistently good to great. Also agree with Cannibal and Hypnotize being pretty underrated, I'd take both over some of the "bigger" entries in those discographies.

[@pairofjeansreviews2034]

I really like that Kittie album! I remember when it came out me and my buddy were jamming the heck out of it

[@michaelstewart4461]

The Mudvayne slander is way too much, man. 1) the prior album was way more watered down and commercialized. 2) You can hear his bass on this album. Its right there. Its not as prominent as I like, but its not gone. 3) your highschool garage band must have been impressive It's like some people didnt hear the same album. Its still not a return to form, but it was a step back in the right direction.

[@42yearoldboy5]

I’ve enjoyed these videos but the static x cannibal recommendation is the icing on the cake! Forever I just went for death trip and machine but now I’ll be reaching for this! I really liked it!!!

[@MetalTrenches]

Cannibal is so underrated

[@ruddthreetrees1104]

There is a song on that hedpe album called beware for we go and I couldn’t stop listening to it when it came out. The outro it’s awesome

[@benolson1156]

That was an interesting list and I do hope that you do a nu metal 6th albums ranked list.

[@grimeyshred]

very enjoyable series of vids. Were you ever a nothingface fan? I didn't get into them until like 2008 and they arent the most easily digestible band but they were always an interesting listen. The mood on their Skeltons album is still so creepy and a fun one to revisit. I remember getting into Nothingface and 40 Below Summer - Invitation to the Dance around the same time.

[@MetalTrenches]

Never been but I’ve dabbled

[@edwardlindell7056]

Hypnotize is the best SOAD album imo, and SOAD is my favourite band. I'm not the biggest fan of she's like heroin and Dreaming but everything else is so damn good, many of their best songs.

[@jordanstuck747]

Basically agree with everything on this list lol. I REALLY hated Vol 3 and All Hope Is Gone so when Grey Chapter came out I actually loved it. Easily my 3rd favorite album from them albeit wayyyy to long. And Soulfly is just awesome. In my opinion they just keep getting better as the albums go.

[@MetalTrenches]

Soulfly tier list coming soon...

[@crazydud3380]

All Hope Is Gone gets out to an outstanding start with Gematria, Sulfur, and Psychosocial. Unfortunately, the rest of the album is just ok, save for Snuff. Vol. 3 is an album that is great upon first listen, but loses something with each replay, but has it's highlights, for sure. I agree that Grey Chapter is their most underrated album. I would probably place it 4th, under We Are Not Your Kind, but still solid. Slipknot has yet to release an album that is straight up bad.

[@AcidWaves80]

um as a huge korn fan untouchables shouldve been s tier! almost every song is a banger unlike even the albums before, but the rest of the ur list is spot on! keep rocking!

[@down1tone]

Any chance Mudvayne was knowingly phoning it in on album 4 and 5 just to finish their contract? I know 10 years did that with Feeding The Wolves. Actually 10 Years would’ve been a cool band to do in these tier lists. I almost wanna try to do a companion video series to this for some bands that didn’t make it on your lists. Anyways, always appreciating the videos, man! And totally agree about Static-X’s Cannibal. Such a rad album. Totally holds up.

[@Cwin-ny6bp]

Mudvayne’s self-titled was pretty solid and had a lot of the mathy elements of the first two albums. A New Game was kinda cringey.

[@Static-ash]

I remember when Cannibal dropped, I couldn't have been more excited!. I saw Static-x twice that year, on tour for the album then main stage at the free Ozzfest! I met them there! I love that album, and i love Cult of Static, both solid, front to back.

[@KrisTheKrisMan]

I like to think I can appreciate the more melodic stuff from Slipknot and I at least appreciate some more artsy lyrics but I think the grey chapter kind of falls short because they were trying to escape their sound while also maintaining a similar appeal while also attempting to bring in extra fans with devil in I and killpop. I don’t hate killpop by any means yet I think Slipknot’s symbolism and abstract lyrics are mostly just using a description of a girl that is representing the desired meaning, it feels like they need new metaphors because they are simply using the same type of abstract writing since vermillion (a song which I love, I find both the first part and part 2 rather emotional) which is growing into a method that just leaves me feeling like it’s lazily constructed.

[@markpalavosvrahotes5575]

I really missSystem of a Down. Have you heard anything about what they are doing now? Is a new album supposed to come out soon?

[@MetalTrenches]

I think they’ve been pretty outspoken that it’s probably not gonna happen

[@loganc1158]

I’m not really a nu metal fan, but I love Deftones and Slipknot, so for this tier list those would be S (both would be B tier for individual band discography tho)

[@stonerVEVO]

some statix-x appreciation! what are your thoughts on their current thing with the wayne impersonator?

[@MetalTrenches]

It’s definitely a little weird and kind of tasteless. Plus Edsel is kind of cringe to begin with. I’ll still be interested to see how it turns out but I don’t have high hopes

[@funky6663]

Is there any chances of a 6th nu metal albums? Jsjs, i'm new to your channel and i like it so far (sorry for my english)

[@SatanBled]

Agree on Deftones Static-X and Korn. The rest I didn’t even bother back then even!

[@bawitback]

S: Untouchables, Saturday Night Wrists A: Gold Cobra, Next, Savior Sorrow B: Chapter V, The Gray Chapter, Cannibal C: Back to Base X, Living Things, Asylum, Hypnotize D: ‎The Infection, Transmission Infrared, Dark Ages, In the Black F: No Regrets, Mudvayne, Blood Stained Love Story, No Apologies Have a soft-spot for Mushroomhead, also enjoy Staind commercial songs equally as their heavy shit. Also not super huge on Slipknot but in this case they are high up. dislike Disturbed and SOAD personally. Not of fan of the direction Kitten went, and added Trapt's 5th album to round it off.

[@zachdproductions123]

Saturday Night Wrist is definitely a different album for Deftones but it is good. Hole In The Earth is a solid song. Untouchables is probably one of my favorites from Korn. Stained I can’t stand. Not the worst band around, but they’re ehh... IMO

[@chancellorpalpatine1064]

Can you do the same series for the big Thrash bands plz?

[@MetalTrenches]

I may do at least one but demand for thrash in my audience has been lacking

[@crunchysoupp]

You should check out the new Wormrot album :)

[@MetalTrenches]

It’s a banger. It will be discussed in the end of month video

[@crunchysoupp]

@@MetalTrenches Alright man, thx :):):) I was just curious of how you thought of it

[@n.a.fgaming3038]

check out revolution revolucion by ill nino , amazing clean vocals !

[@mindful2864]

Here would be my tier-ranking of these 5th Nu metal albums, or at least the ones I've heard (I still need to check out Hed PE and 40 Below Summer): S - Dark Ages, Next, Hypnotize A - Saturday Night Wrist, Cannibal, 5: The Gray Chapter, The Infection B - Untouchables, In the Black, Asylum C - No Regrets, Savior Sorrow, Living Things, Mudvayne D - Chapter V, Bloodstained Love Story, Gold Cobra (EDIT: I've now delved into the discographies of both Hed PE and 40 Below Summer since I posted this. I would put Hed PE's Back 2 Base X at B-Tier and 40 Below Summer's Transmission Infrared in D-Tier.)

[@ezbgambler]

Hed PE is my favorite band of all time. Each album is pretty different so you'd have to give them a chance but they wouldn't disappoint

[@mindful2864]

@@ezbgambler I’ve heard good things about them and will be checking out their discography soon.

[@mindful2864]

@@ezbgambler I went through Hed PE's entire discography since then. Pretty underrated band, I love their first 3 albums the most.

[@ezbgambler]

@@mindful2864 damn that was fast af thats dope to hear tho

[@SomeSong2]

The common theme throughout this journey is that Max Cavalera has to be flown in like a superhero to make up for all the Sam Goody clearance bin cringe.

[@FPSJesus]

Thumbs up for the Mr. Burns Yes-men reference.

[@krispoole2829]

Oh man…so I checked out My Plague by Kittie and it’s basically LoG’s 11th Hour It’s uncanny.

[@Miniduck9013]

Dude I’m weird I don’t know why but I’ve always thought .5 the gray chapter was the best slipknot album I love every song and I love the emotion self titled is really close but I think it’s the best one

[@MetalTrenches]

To each their own 🤘🏻

[@Flugmorph]

saturday night wrist is my favorite deftones record.

[@venividivicichannel]

Life is Peachy will always be #1 to me. That's a super hard choice between their self titled but I've made my decision.

[@MetalTrenches]

Issues rules all

[@rogdawg123]

the path of totality is their best album said no one ever

[@ceedivine]

You should have an album from Ill Niño cuz there albums are great

[@hoovy1163]

6th part when bro

[@MetalTrenches]

Things get pretty ugly lol

[@hoovy1163]

@@MetalTrenches exactly why i wanna see it hahahaha

[@beenalive1736]

​@@MetalTrenchesNo tho? Korn-TALITM, Sevendust-Alpha, P.O.D.-Testify, Deftones-Diamond Eyes, Slipknot-WANYK, Limp Bizkit- Still Sucks (yeah that's debatable), Linkin Park- Living Things, Disturbed- Immortalized etc Id argue things get better

[@crimson-x1790]

I Love me some Good Static X I do agree with you That Cannibal Is Really Good But. Machine will always be my personal favourite Album from Static-X with Start A War being a Close Second.

[@MetalTrenches]

Not Wisconsin Death Trip? 😮

[@crimson-x1790]

@@MetalTrenches Wisconsin Death Trip is very good don't get me wrong but songs like Stem, Trance is the Motion and December are easily Skippable Tracks. Were as Machine has Songs that I can Listen to without Skipping. Start A War has Mostly Good Songs but towards the end it does feel Like it's Dragging out. Shadow Zone I find Highly Underrated like yea it is sorta like a Linkin Park Album but it has Definitely grown on me especially songs Like The Only, Invincible, So and Kill Your Idols. Cannibal and Cult of Static I would say are rather Similar and are Both just good Albums Jam too if your Bored. (I normally Jam to Cult of Static before Work). Also Metal Trenches I'm Surprised you Like Static X as this is a Band that Not a lot of People do videos on. And I'm glad you really Like to talk about em.

[@joerazz91]

Dang I love Mudvayne and all their albums. Of course LD50 is their only masterpiece that’s for damn sure. 😖

[@jeffreymercado2082]

Lost and Found was the last decent Mudvayne album ever released. If they do make a comeback, they REALLY need to get their shit together.

[@babyblue91105]

They’re trying to do a comeback but CHAD CANT EVEN FUCKING SING! His voice is shot. When I listen to the new concerts I can’t help but feel like the poor fucker needs to be put down, lol. I really hope he’s going for some voice therapy but in all honesty, is there any saving his voice? to think such a beautiful voice was squandered on such dogshit albums.

[@burning_hd_billboard]

Should've added Stainds album "Tormented"

[@MetalTrenches]

This is 5th albums

[@mobafan3713]

I mean, Living things was definitely better than most Linkin park's discography. I personally like this album the most out of everything they've done. I don't know what it is, but here the more melodic songs were absolutely amazing and that's my main hook with that band. The first 3 songs were really strong, then we had Lies greed misery, which is the only song I disliked. Other than that only amazing stuff! Castle of glass is really really good song, Roads untravelled has special place in my heard and has been my favourite Linkin park song ever since it's release. Victimized is a fun minute and something track, skin to bone is fun background song that I find rather catchy and honestly listen to it quite a lot, Until it breaks at first disliked, but it's all worth it for the Chester's parts. And lastly tye Tinfoil, Powerless duo. These two are one of my favourite Linkin park songs of all time aswell. Again, keep in mind that the softer stuff by them are my main hook so this album did cover all the points that I need for a good Linkin park album. That's surely just me tho 😅

[@Glasshexagon]

I didn't like Cannibal at first listen and it still hasn't grown on me either due to its "I can shred but cannot come up with a challenging riff" approach.

[@icebough4191]

Bro Album 5 Sheesh… Deftones and KoRn are about all you have to love here I’m so sorry you’re doing this to yourself lol

[@MetalTrenches]

I think this'll probably be it lol

[@oscarjohnston8293]

You should've ranked Nothingface Skeletons.

[@dynamo4543]

to rank Gold Cobra & Asylum higher than Savior sorrow & living things good gawd

[@MetalTrenches]

Not sorry

[@wormtrinity9818]

I walked into CD warehouse and stole a copy of Korn and Hed(pe) back in the day.I don't regret it.

[@scotty666tt]

That Korn album is a classic best one on this list

[@rustyshackleford2792]

Huge chimaira fan. Infection sucked. But they have a ton of bangers in their discography.

[@Hamptainment]

Face Off is a perfect film.

[@LeadMe2TheBliss]

Genres don't really matter, it's all about the music but I wouldn't consider Kittie, Linkin Park, Hed (PE), and Limp Bizkit nu metal...

[@MetalTrenches]

Limp Bizkit are like the DEFINITION of nu metal…

[@campbells0ups]

static x was great late on, cannibal was great and even cult of static was really good

[@joshalan5125]

Saturday Night Wrist is my still my least favorite Deftones album with Rats Rats Rats being my absolute least favorite Deftones song of all time. I absolutely HATE that song; I find it extremely irritating and lacking any sort of hook. I'm pretty sure Deftones just wrote that song to make all their emo fans happy. Aside from that, I thought Rapture, Beware and Combat were bangers.

[@MetalTrenches]

It’s not one of my favorites but it’s better than Gore imo. Probably better than the self titled too

[@joshalan5125]

@@MetalTrenches See, I'm in the minority and I really enjoyed Gore. I thought it was their best one since White Pony. I know, unpopular opinion.

[@sellmeoncraigslist4067]

Rats Rats Rats has more raw emotion and energy than any song off of Diamond Eyes or Gore imo

[@nick-r8o8w]

The Gray Chapter is definitely Slipknot's weakest album Mushroomhead has some good and even great songs but most of their discography is bland and boring. They have 8 members but they sound like a 4 piece band; some of the most basic and boring riffs you'll hear out of any genre of music, boring drumming, percussionists where? I keep trying to like them more than I do but holy fuck I don't think it's possible. Wasted potential. As for Mudvayne, I really liked their self titled album. I thought The New Game was their weakest but I understand if you don't like them that much after L.D. 50. I enjoy their entire discography except their EP is atrocious imo.

[@SomeSong2]

Still can't wrap my head around the fact that Mushroomhead had a song called Bwomp and Mudvayne had one called Poop Loser.

[@ezbgambler]

ok b tier for hed pe i mean its def s tier but ill let it slide

[@metalboy27]

No mention of Pink Cellphone on SNW?! Lol that track would be great without the girl talking about... whatever the hell she was going on about.

[@leonardolaleonardo4924]

HONEST.

[@thomaschanning6520]

Your Slipknot opinions are consistently wrong. I thought you were the chosen one! Lol

[@MetalTrenches]

I apologize for nothing lol

[@hoovy1163]

i dont agree with him but how tf is an opinion wrong

[@42yearoldboy5]

Saturday night wrist is not better than Deftones!!!! I guarantee you if you did a poll that asked which is better! I’m betting it’s going to be at least 80-20 for Deftones

[@MetalTrenches]

I don’t go by polls. This is my list, my opinion.

[@42yearoldboy5]

@@MetalTrenches yeah I know but a poll would let you know your opinion is wrong 😳😜😂

[@crazydud3380]

Wait, The Devil in I is a cringe track? I am a little confused as to what your cringe criteria is. If it has to do with lyrics, it isn't much more cringe than nearly all thrash, death, black, and obviously power metal, and I love all of those things.

[@MetalTrenches]

This comment is taking things WAY too seriously

[@deadtotheworld936]

Let's debate on Mudvane. Burn the bridge is a banger, strange and beautiful do encompass beautiful songwriting. I get it but I can argue that you're probably less than the age of 30 and have no musical background just musical opinions. Write a song, start to finish. Like drums, bass, guitar and lyrics with vocals. Smh

[@MetalTrenches]

I hate it so much when people pull the age or "do u even write music" cards. For the record, I am 37 and can sing, play the guitar, and have also played drums and piano. I'm by no means a superstar, but have written songs. Toss that all out the window though, because the reality is none of that really matters when we are talking about personal taste: if you listen to a broad variety of music, you are allowed to have an opinion on how something sounds to you. I listen to hundreds of albums a year at this point... I don't need a music degree to understand what I like and what I don't. Have you ever not enjoyed a meal? "Oh... are you a 5 star chef?" Have you ever been disappointed walking out of a movie? "What... where's YOUR directing Oscar?" Give me a break. You like that shitty song... more power to you. I think it sucks. No need to bring ad hominem into the argument. That's bad debate.

[@tonybaloney5922]

Lol no duds in SNW Pink cellphone would like to know your location

[@MetalTrenches]

Track is overhated for no good reason imo.

[@tonybaloney5922]

@@MetalTrenches If it was a hidden track like Damone on ATF I wouldn't hate it as much Just one of those songs in the middle of a pretty good album that just throws off the entire listening experience for me

[@MetalTrenches]

@@tonybaloney5922 I get that but personally it just never bothered me

[@jasonhobbs1345]

Well said killpop is the worst slipknot song ever ....that is until u hear Adderall on the new record

[@MetalTrenches]

Actually, I think Adderall is a good song. If you listen to a lot of 70's rock it's clearly influence by that. The problem is that it doesn't fit the album at all... especially as an opener.

[@jasonhobbs1345]

@@MetalTrenches that is a great way to put it that song just doesn't fit as a opener for a slipknot album but then again they opened with a slow song had the middle of the album slow song and closed with a slow song so maybe they thought it fit and like u said nobody told corey or clown no ....to many yes men 🤣🤣🤣🤣 can't wait for album review 🤟

[@ghostnote599]

Deftones is not Nu Metal they have their own unique sound. Don’t disgrace these legends and catalog them in such genre.

[@MetalTrenches]

Watch my video “What is Nu Metal”

[@TRANSRIGHTS88]

Staind=cringe

[@SatanBled]

Criiiiiinge!