In a decade now best remembered for trends that suffocatingly enveloped one another, nu metal may well be the most infamous of them all. Filled with baggy-jeaned, backwards-hat-wearing types ...

Nu metal, the subsect of alternative music that was bred out of JNCOs and douchebags, has been cautiously following the pop-punk revival of the 2020s to varying levels of success. Many have claimed to ...

With nu-metal making a resurgence, one poster on Reddit asked for suggestions on the best modern nu-metal acts that are helping keep the genre thriving in 2024. The most upvoted comment threw out ...

Originally emerging from the music scene in the late 1990s and early 2000s, nu metal established a new wave of alternative music that blended elements of heavy metal with hip-hop and a variety of ...

The first coming of nu metal, as much a subgenre as a suburban raison d'être, both overpromised and overdelivered on its hostile id. The riffs? Sloppy and sloshy. The bass? No less than five ...

Here are the five best nu-metal drummers, chosen by Alpha Wolf drummer Mitch Fogarty. On their new record, Half Living Things, the group breaks free from their metalcore-leaning origins and ...

Bands like Deftones and Slipknot are resonating with younger fans, thanks to TikTok, the Y2K revival and, of course, enduring teenage angst. By Jasmine Li When Deftones’s hit “Change (In the ...

And then, in late October, I learned that the nu metal band Korn—yes, the Freaks on a Leash themselves—had linked up with Adidas on a full-fledged capsule of apparel and footwear, including a ...

For the past 20 years, the rock community has done their best to christen nu metal as one of the ugliest genres imaginable. There may have been some real pain and anger in between those dropped ...