Recommendations of the editorial team
1. Linkin Park = best
Linkin Park are the most successful band from the spectrum of Nu-Metal, which is a soup from metal, hard rock, hip-hop, alternative, grunge and DJ-gebere, and they are also the best (but chester, we love you!). Otherwise, many were still good (are considered founders), Limp Bizkit (terrible), System of a Down (do not check: r), pod (Weirde Christian band), deftones (who has ever been at a festival), Papa Roach (“Cut My Life into Pieces, people!”) And two, three, but not many more.
2. The hits and topics in quick run
Megahits were: “Smooth Criminal” (Alien Ant Farm), “She Hates Me” (Puddle of Mudd), “Youth of the Nation” (Pod), “Rollin ‘” (Limp Bizkit), “Last Resort” (Papa Roach), “Chop Suey!” (System of a down), everything from Linkin Park or “Butterfly” (Crazy Town). Topics were hanging, having horny time and showing women.
3. That reminds of that
The famous guitar reef from “Butterfly” (the song that today reminds of a text, which is drunk on a drunk guy at night) is a sample of a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers (“Pretty Little Ditty”), another misery band.
4. What the whole thing looked like
Nu-metal types used a lot of hip-hop and made it as well known as it was possible. Stylish were popular: Yankees Cap, wallet chains on the jeans baggies, fat-out skate shoes and sit in the car.
5. Latings are out
Burger King published an advertisement with a masked band called “Coq Roq” in 2004 and was sued by Slipknot. Burger King replied that Slipknot had only copied the mask wearing from Mushroomhead and others – the ad was dropped.
6. The lyrics
Papa Roach opened her successful album Infest with the words: “My name’s Coby Dick / Mr. Dick if you’re nasty”.
7. Woodstock 1999
What happens if you give Mackern and later incels a commercial rage rite festival, you saw in the 1999 in Rome, New York, which was musically shaped by Nu-Metal. During the Limp Bizkit concert, a woman was raped by several men right in front of the stage after Fred Durst called for rioting. To this day, women who have experienced something similar there.
8. The women of the genre
Evanescence released a very good album in 2003. The song “Bring Me To Life” is with a feature by Paul McCoy because singer Amy Lee was said that nobody would buy him if just a woman could be heard. Nu metal fans still tell today, who otherwise like to be roared that Lee’s voice is so annoying. You should also not forget the feminist Nu Metal band Kittie (Spit).
9. The sponge
In metal forums or podcasts you learn that there was not a single real Nu metal band. Your own favorite band is saved into the good genres and Nu-Metal only works as an insult. The term is vague, actually everything is crossover. It is agreed that it is about a certain time – the between Rage Against The Machine and Coldplay, with which the masculinity finally died.
10. The new
Generation Y/Z even creates something positive out of this dung heap and so there is surprisingly current, great, diverse, nu-metal-inspired acts that you can pull in.
Loathe, Cassyette, Nova Twins, Yonaka, Tetrarch, Ashnikko, Rina SaWayama, Wargasm – and still evanescence.