So, many bands that came up in the mid-to-late 1990s followed some of these trends, and thus, were lumped into the nu-metal category. And a lot of them hated it.

Grunge fans are having a discussion about how they felt about nu-metal when it became popular on Reddit.. The Seattle rock scene exploded by the end of 1991, so bands such as Alice In Chains ...

Musician Garry Brents has been a prolific creator of extreme metal for years, but his latest project returns to his first love, '90s nu metal, through a dystopian lens.

“Hands Held High,” one of the most powerful songs on Linkin Park’s new album, includes lyrics about bombs blowing up mosques, a bumbling leader, high gas prices and general world confusion ...

For Asher Nevélle, listening to nu metal is inspiring. “You feel like you can do anything,” said Mr. Nevélle, 25, a musician based in Los Angeles who performs under the stage name Freak.

It always felt like Bizkit’s place in nu metal was that they brought a sense of fun. “There was always a lot of pain in my life. Mental and physical abuse happens regularly in my life.

Linkin Park co-founder Mike Shinoda believes that metal felt “too white” until the popularisation of nu metal, pointing the finger primarily at the hair metal subgenre.. Shinoda, who is of ...

Hair metal felt like very white music and I was growing up in a very diverse city so I didn’t gravitate to it. That didn’t resonate with me. And it wasn’t just about race.

As someone who remembers buying L.D. 50 when it came out all those years ago, it’s wild to see Mudvayne back out on the road and making headlines in 2023. But nostalgia’s in these days, it seems, and ...

System of a Down (935 votes) Popularized through their politically charged music during the Bush era and accepted by the youth thanks to both guitarist Daron Malakian and vocalist Serj Tankian’s ...