Nu metal
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Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, with a metal umlaut) is a subgenre of Template:Nowrap that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, funk, industrial, and grunge. Nu metal rarely features guitar solos or other displays of musical technique and emphasizes rhythm with instrumentation that is heavily syncopated. Nu metal guitarists typically use seven-string guitars that are down-tuned to produce a heavier sound. Vocal styles are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop, and include singing, rapping, screaming and sometimes growling. DJs are occasionally featured to provide instrumentation such as sampling, turntable scratching and electronic background music. Nu metal is one of the key genres of the new wave of American heavy metal.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, bands like Pantera, Helmet, and Faith No More were influential in the development of nu-metal with their groove metal and alternative metal styles. Korn is often credited as pioneering the subgenre in the mid-1990s with their self-titled debut album. Nu metal became popular in the late 1990s, with bands and artists such as Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Slipknot all releasing albums that sold millions of copies. Its popularity continued through the early 2000s, with bands such as Papa Roach, Staind, and P.O.D. all selling multi-platinum albums. The popularity of nu metal came to a peak in 2001 with Linkin Park's diamond-selling album Hybrid Theory. By the mid-2000s, however, the oversaturation of bands combined with the underperformance of several high-profile releases led to the subgenre's decline, leading to the rise of metalcore and many nu-metal bands disbanding or abandoning their established sound in favor of other genres.
The 2010s brought a nu-metal revival; many bands that combined it with other genres (for example, metalcore and deathcore) emerged, and some nu-metal bands from the 1990s and early 2000s returned to the nu-metal sound. Bands such as Of Mice & Men, Emmure, Issues, My Ticket Home, and Bring Me the Horizon combined nu metal with metalcore or deathcore. Artists like Grimes, Poppy, and Rina Sawayama integrated nu-metal sounds into electronic pop music in the late 2010s and early 2020s, and interest in nu metal rose in the early 2020s.
Characteristics and fashionEdit
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Terminology and originsEdit
Nu metal is a subgenre of alternative metal.<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="mollylambert">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Sometimes stylized as nü-metal,<ref name=DAngeloMTV3 /><ref name="daddy">Template:Cite journal</ref> the genre has also been dubbed aggro-metal.<ref name="Allmusic">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> MTV states that the early nu metal group Korn "arrived in 1993 into the burgeoning alternative metal scene, which would morph into nü-metal the way college rock became alternative rock."<ref name="mollylambert"/> Stereogum similarly said that nu metal was a "weird outgrowth of the Lollapalooza-era alt-metal scene".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nu metal merges elements of heavy metal music<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="horror">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="descent">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with elements of other music genres such as hip hop,<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="Chad Bowar">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> grunge, funk,<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="horror"/>Template:Sfn<ref name=Citron>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="KahnHarris">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and alternative rock according to Blabbermouth.net.<ref name=Dez/> Nu metal bands use many elements of heavy metal genres such as rap metal, groove metal, and funk metal.<ref name="Allmusic"/>Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Harvnb: "Nu metal most commonly describes a wave of bands, exclusively American, heavily influenced by late-'80s and early 90s pioneers like Faith No More, Fear Factory, Rage Against The Machine and Biohazard, who fuse rap, metal and punk, lathered in furious teenage-angst rants and ultra-violent pronouncements delivered at high volume. Guitars are heavily distorted, the riffs are muted, and hip-hop influenced bass and percussion fills the sound."</ref> Some nu metal bands, such as Static-X<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and Dope,<ref name="NoRegrets">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> made nu metal music with elements of industrial metal. In contrast with other heavy metal subgenres, nu metal tends to use the same structure of verses, choruses, and bridges as those in pop music.Template:Sfn<ref name="Oxford" /><ref>Buts, Jeroen. "5.1". The Thematical and Stylistic Evolution of Heavy Metal Lyrics and Imagery From the 70s to Present Day. p. 80. "Also, the genre combined a low-tuned guitar sound and many other thrash, industrial, and death metal traits within a structure that was much more traditional and akin to Pop music (e.g. intro-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus-outro)."</ref>
Musical characteristicsEdit
InstrumentationEdit
Instrumentation in nu metal is heavily syncopated and is based mostly on guitar riffs, with riffs often being inspired by groove metal.<ref name="daddy"/> Mid-song bridges and a general lack of guitar solos contrasts it with other genres of heavy metal.<ref name="daddy"/><ref name=Sam /> Kory Grow of Revolver wrote, "... [i]n its efforts to tune down and simplify riffs, Template:Nowrap effectively drove a stake through the heart of the guitar solo".<ref name="FinalSix">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Another contrast with other heavy metal genres is nu metal's emphasis on rhythm, rather than on complexity or mood.<ref name="horror"/> The wah pedal is occasionally featured in nu metal music.<ref name="FinalSix" />
Nu metal bassists and drummers are often influenced by funk and hip hop, respectively, adding to nu metal's rhythmic nature.<ref name="crhythm">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="McIver2008">Template:Cite book</ref> Blast beats and double bass drumming, which are both common in heavy metal subgenres such as black metal, thrash metal and death metal, are uncommon in nu metal,<ref name="Oxford">Template:Cite book</ref> with drummers such as Slipknot's Joey Jordison and Mudvayne's Matt McDonough being notable exceptions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nu metal's similarities with many heavy metal subgenres include its use of common time, distorted guitars, and power chords and note structures primarily revolving around Dorian, Aeolian or Phrygian modes.<ref name="daddy"/> While loud and heavily distorted electric guitars are a core feature of all metal genres, nu metal guitarists took the sounds of "violence and destruction" to new levels with their overdriven guitar tone, which music journalists Kitts and Tolinski compared to the "...sound [of] a Mack truck being crushed by a collapsing skyscraper."<ref>Whitehead, Neil L. Virtual War and Magical Death: Technologies and Imaginaries for Terror and Killing. Duke University Press, 2013. p. 221</ref>
Some nu metal bands use seven-string guitars<ref name="MichiganDaily" /> that are generally down-tuned,<ref name="Oxford" /><ref name="ozzfest2">Template:Cite book</ref> rather than traditional Template:Nowrap Likewise, some bass guitarists use five-string and six-string instruments.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Template:Nowrap in nu metal often features an emphasis on funk elements.<ref name="MichiganDaily" /> In nu metal music, DJs are sometimes featured to provide instrumentation such as sampling, turntable scratching and electronic backgrounds.Template:Sfn Template:Nowrap tends to have hip hop grooves and rhythms.<ref name="Sam">Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Sfn<ref name="MichiganDaily">Template:Cite news</ref>
VocalsEdit
Vocal styles used in nu metal music include singing,Template:Sfn rapping,<ref name="Sam" /><ref name="RockNAmerica" /> screaming<ref name="Oxford" /><ref name="RockNAmerica" /> and growling.<ref name=RockNAmerica>Template:Cite book</ref> Vocals in nu metal are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop.<ref name=Utsandiego /> While some nu metal bands, such as Limp Bizkit<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Linkin Park,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> have rapping in their music, other nu metal bands, such as Godsmack<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Staind,<ref name="StaindArtistDirect" /> do not.
Nu metal bands occasionally feature hip hop musicians as guests in their songs; Korn's song "Children of the Korn" features the rapper Ice Cube, who performed on the band's 1998 Family Values Tour.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The hip hop musician Nas was featured on Korn's song "Play Me", which is on the band's album Take a Look in the Mirror.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Limp Bizkit has recorded with multiple hip hop musicians including Method Man,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lil Wayne,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Xzibit,<ref name="Chocolate">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Redman,<ref name="Chocolate" /> DMX<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Snoop Dogg.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Linkin Park collaborated with hip hop musician Jay-Z on their 2004 extended play Collision Course.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kid Rock has recorded with hip hop musicians Eminem<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and Snoop Dogg.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Trevor Baker of The Guardian wrote, "Bands such as Linkin Park, Korn and even the much reviled Limp Bizkit ... did far more to break down the artificial barriers between 'urban music' and rock than any of their more critically acceptable counterparts."<ref name="guardian">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
LyricsEdit
Lyrics in nu metal songs are often angry or nihilistic;Template:Sfn<ref name="MichiganDaily" /><ref name=RockNAmerica /> many of the genre's lyrics focus on topics such as pain,<ref name="KahnHarris"/><ref name=RockNAmerica /> angst,<ref name="Sam" /><ref name=RockNAmerica /> bullying,<ref name="firstpost-anatomy" /> emotional issues,<ref name="firstpost-anatomy" /><ref name="MichiganDaily" /> abandonment,<ref name="firstpost-anatomy" /><ref name="MichiganDaily" /> betrayal,<ref name="firstpost-anatomy" /> and personal alienation,<ref name="KahnHarris"/><ref name=RockNAmerica /> in a way similar to those of grunge.<ref name="firstpost-anatomy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="KahnHarris"/><ref name=RockNAmerica /><ref name=slayer>Template:Cite book</ref> Many nu metal lyrics that are about these topics tend to be in a very direct tone.<ref name="MichiganDaily" /> However, some Template:Nowrap songs have lyrics that are about other topics. P.O.D. has used positive lyrics about promise and hope.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The nu metal<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> song "Bodies" by Drowning Pool is about moshing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Michigan Daily wrote about Limp Bizkit's lyrics, writing that the band "used the nu-metal sound as a way to spin testosterone fueled fantasies into snarky white-boy rap. Oddly, audiences took frontman Fred Durst more seriously than he wanted, failing to see the intentional silliness in many of his songs".<ref name="MichiganDaily" /> Limp Bizkit's lyrics have also been described as misogynistic.Template:Sfn Dope's lyrics are usually about sex, drugs, parties, women, violence, and relationships.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In contrast, according to Josh Chesler of the Phoenix New Times, the lyrics of Deftones, who were once considered a nu metal band, "tend to have complex allusions and leave the songs open to many different interpretations."<ref name="JoshChesler" />
FashionEdit
Nu metal clothing typically consists of baggy pants,<ref name=FinalSix /><ref name=VH1 /><ref name="metalsux" /><ref name=vice>Template:Cite magazine</ref> shirts, and shorts,<ref name="Sam" /><ref name=NM-gurus>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> JNCO jeans,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Decibel /> Adidas tracksuits,<ref name=Decibel /> sports jerseys,<ref name=28bands>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> baseball caps,<ref name="Lucy" /> baggy hoodies,<ref name=vice /> cargo pants, and sweatpants.<ref name=houston /> Nu metal hairstyles and facial hairstyles include dreadlocks,<ref name=houston>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> braids,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> spiky hair,<ref name=VH1 /><ref name="28bands" /> chin beards,<ref name=metalsux>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="houston" /> bald heads,<ref name="houston" /><ref name="fashion-guide" /> goatees,<ref name="houston" /> frosted tips,<ref name=vice /> and bleached or dyed hair.<ref name=VH1 /><ref name="houston" /> Common accessories in nu metal fashion include wallet chains,<ref name="Sam" /><ref name="28bands" /><ref name=fashion-guide>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> tattoos,<ref name="Sam" /><ref name="NM-gurus" /><ref name="fashion-guide" /> and piercings,<ref name="Sam" /><ref name=FinalSix /><ref name="NM-gurus" /><ref name="houston" /> especially facial piercings.<ref name=vice /><ref name="fashion-guide" /> Nu metal fashion has been compared to hip hop fashion.<ref name=FinalSix />
Some nu metal bands such as Motograter,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Mushroomhead,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Mudvayne,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Hay">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and Slipknot<ref name="fashion-guide" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> wear masks, jumpsuits, costumes, face paint, corpse paint or body paint. A few nu metal bands, such as Coal Chamber,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Kittie<ref name=RS>Template:Cite magazine</ref> are known for having gothic appearances.
HistoryEdit
1980s–1993: Precursors and originsEdit
Thrash metal band Anthrax<ref name=HarvardCrimson>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was an influence on nu metal by combining hip hop and rap with heavy metal on their 1987 EP I'm the Man;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> this laid groundwork for Template:Nowrap development.<ref name=Lucy /> Nu metal bands often borrowed their heavy metal influence from Pantera, with the pioneering nu metal band Korn's lead vocalist Jonathan Davis said about Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell, "if there was no Dimebag Darrell, there would be no Korn".<ref name=Dimebag>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1993–1997: Early yearsEdit
Joel McIver acknowledged Korn as the band that created and pioneered the nu metal genre with its demo Neidermayer's Mind, which was released in 1993.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn McIver also acknowledged Korn as the band that started the new wave of American heavy metal,Template:Sfn which is a heavy metal music movement that started in the 1990s.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The aggressive riffs of Korn, the rapping of Limp Bizkit, and the melodic ballads of Staind created the sonic template for nu metal.<ref name="Grierson Alt-Metal"/> The origins of the term "nu metal" are often attributed to the work of producer Ross Robinson, who has been called "The Godfather of Nu Metal" between producers.Template:Sfn Robinson has produced for nu metal bands such as Korn,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Limp Bizkit<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Slipknot.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Many of the first nu metal bands, such as Korn<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and Deftones,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> came from California; however, the genre soon spread across the United States and many bands arose from various states, including Limp Bizkit from Florida,<ref name="Grierson Alt-Metal">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Staind from Massachusetts,Template:Sfn and Slipknot from Iowa.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the book Brave Nu World, Tommy Udo wrote about the nu metal band Coal Chamber, "There's some evidence to suggest that Coal Chamber were the first band to whom the tag 'nu metal' was actually applied, in a live review in Spin magazine."Template:Sfn
In 1994, Korn released their self-titled debut album, which is widely considered the first nu metal album.<ref name="RollingStoneKorn">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Sfn Korn had experienced underground popularity at this time; their debut album peaked at number 72 on the Billboard 200.<ref name=KornALBUMS /> In 1995, the band Sugar Ray released its debut studio album Lemonade and Brownies, an album described as both funk metal and nu metal.<ref name="orig">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=PhoenixLopez>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1995, Deftones released their debut album Adrenaline. The album peaked at number 23 on the Heatseekers Albums chart on October 5, 1996.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Deftones also were temporarily controversial in 1996 when their vocalist Chino Moreno was blamed by TV news reports for a riot that occurred at the 1996 U-Fest festival on October 5, 1996.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Adrenaline was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the summer of 1999. It was also certified platinum by the RIAA in September 2008.Template:Certification Cite Ref
{{#invoke:Listen|main}} Sepultura's 1996 album Roots features nu metal elements that were considered influential to the genre,<ref name="Roorback" /><ref name="Juggalos">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> while Roots itself was influenced by Korn's self-titled debut album.<ref name="Roorback">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nu metal continued to rise in popularity when Korn's 1996 album Life Is Peachy peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200<ref name=KornALBUMS />Template:Sfn and sold 106,000 copies in its first week of release.Template:Sfn Attention through Ozzy Osbourne's 1996 introduction of Ozzfest was integral to boosting the careers of many nu metal bands, including Limp Bizkit.Template:Sfn
1997–2001: Mainstream breakthroughEdit
Few artists were playing nu metal until 1997 when bands such as Sevendust,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Coal Chamber,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Limp Bizkit,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Papa Roach<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> all released their debut albums, in what Billboard writer William Goodman calls a "banner year" for the genre.<ref name="Banneryear">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Limp Bizkit released their debut Three Dollar Bill, Y'all in July 1997.<ref name="Banneryear"/> The album's popularity grew in 1999 as the band's mainstream profile began to increase; in March of that year, it went platinum in the United States, and eventually went double platinum in July 2001.Template:Certification Cite Ref Coal Chamber released its self-titled debut album in 1997, which was a minor hit, being certified gold in the United States in 1999.Template:Certification Cite Ref The album was frequently compared to Korn,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Coal Chamber's appearance on Ozzfest in 1996 gave the band attention. Coal Chamber appeared on Ozzfest during the next two years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Also in 1997, Sugar Ray released its second studio album Floored. The album achieved mainstream success quickly and was certified 2× platinum by the RIAA on February 20, 1998.Template:Certification Cite Ref Although Floored is a nu metal album,<ref name=DeathRattle>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the only song from the album that achieved chart success was the single "Fly",<ref name=SugarRayBio>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which is instead a reggae-oriented song.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Although Sugar Ray continued to be extremely popular,<ref name=SugarRayBio/> the band abandoned the nu metal genre and became a pop rock band with its 1999 studio album 14:59.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Deftones' second album Around the Fur, also released in 1997, peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200 on November 15, 1997.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the summer of 1999, and certified platinum by the RIAA in June 2011.Template:Certification Cite Ref
In 1998, nu metal's popularity fully coalesced into mainstream success. Billboard cited August 18, 1998, as the "Biggest Day in Nu-Metal History", which saw the release of Korn's third album Follow the Leader, Kid Rock's major label debut Devil Without a Cause and Orgy's debut album Candyass.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Follow the Leader peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200,<ref name="KornALBUMS">Template:Cite magazine</ref> was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA,Template:Certification Cite Ref and paved the way for the success of other nu metal bands.<ref name="guardian" /> At this point, many nu metal bands were signed to major record labels,<ref name=Allmusic /> and were using elements of heavy metal, hip hop, industrial, or grunge.<ref name="Allmusic" /> Hip hop artists Vanilla Ice<ref name="citypaper" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Cypress Hill,<ref name="Pitchfork">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> along with heavy metal bands Sepultura,<ref name="Roorback" /><ref name="Juggalos" /><ref name="citypaper" /> Primus,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Fear Factory,<ref name="citypaper">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Machine Head,<ref name=InsidetheMachine /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Slayer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> released albums that draw from the nu metal genre. In 1999, Korn's fourth studio album Issues peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200.<ref name="KornALBUMS" /><ref name="KornDreDion">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album was certified 3× platinum by the RIAA in one month.Template:Certification Cite Ref The album sold at least 573,000 copies in its first week of release.<ref name="KornDreDion" /> During the late 1990s and early 2000s, multiple nu metal bands such as Korn,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Limp Bizkit<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn and P.O.D.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> appeared repeatedly on Total Request Live. As nu metal became popular, it especially appealed to certain groups of young people. Although Limp Bizkit was particularly popular among "jocks" and fraternity men due to its hedonistic, hypermasculine lyrics,Template:Sfn many other nu metal bands, especially the bands with heavier music, instead appealed particularly to mall goths and outsiders who identified with the genre's typically angsty lyrics.<ref name=GenZ>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The Woodstock 1999 festival featured multiple nu metal artists and bands such as Korn, Limp Bizkit and Sevendust.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During and after Limp Bizkit's performance at the festival, violence occurred and people tore plywood from the walls during the performance of the band's song "Break Stuff".<ref name="LimpBizkitThrashBack">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Several sexual assaults were reported to have happened during the festival;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> a rape that was reported during Limp Bizkit's performance, and gang rape was reported to have occurred during Korn's set at the festival.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Despite the incidents at the festival, Limp Bizkit's popularity and the sales of their then-recent album Significant Other were not affected.<ref name="LimpBizkitThrashBack" /> The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 643,874 copies in its first week of release, topping over one million sold in two weeks,Template:Sfn and eventually being certified 7× platinum in 2001.Template:Certification Cite Ref Significant Other sold at least 7,237,123 copies in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1999, Slipknot emerged with an extremely heavy nu metal sound, releasing their self-titled album, which was certified platinum in 2000 and 2× platinum in 2005.Template:Certification Cite Ref In a review of the band's self-titled album, Rick Anderson of AllMusic wrote about Slipknot, "You thought Limp Bizkit was hard? They're the Osmonds. These guys are something else entirely." Anderson noted the death metal influence on the album.<ref name=slipknotreview>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, noted by Anderson for his death metal-influenced drumming,<ref name=slipknotreview/> said of Slipknot's music: "The roots are death metal, thrash, speed metal, and I could go on and on about all those bands."Template:Sfn
In 1999, Staind's second album Dysfunction was released; the track "Mudshovel" peaked at number 10 on the Mainstream Rock chart.<ref name="StaindAwards">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dysfunction was certified platinum by the RIAA in 2000 and 2× platinum in 2004.Template:Certification Cite Ref In 2000, Limp Bizkit's third studio album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water set a record for highest week-one sales of a rock album, selling over 1,000,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release—400,000 of which sold on its first day of release, making it the fastest-selling rock album ever and breaking the world record held for seven years by Pearl Jam's Vs.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit was certified 6× platinum by the RIAA.Template:Certification Cite Ref That same year, both Papa Roach's second studio album Infest<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Disturbed's debut studio album The Sickness<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> were released. Both albums became multi-platinum hits.Template:Certification Cite RefTemplate:Certification Cite Ref In 2000, P.O.D.'s album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown went platinum in the United StatesTemplate:Certification Cite Ref and was the 143rd best-selling album of 2000.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> During the late 1990s and early 2000s, many nu metal bands performed at Ozzfest, including Kittie, Disturbed, Mudvayne, Linkin Park, Slipknot, Papa Roach, Otep, Static-X, Methods of Mayhem, Taproot and Drowning Pool.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=ozzfest1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ozzfest was successful, with Ozzfest 2000, for example, selling out and having 19,000 audience members.<ref name=ozzfest1/> During that same year, nu metal bands like Papa Roach and Limp Bizkit joined rappers like Eminem and Xzibit on Eminem's Anger Management Tour, which had sold-out concerts.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Late in 2000, Linkin Park released their debut album Hybrid Theory, which was the best-selling debut album by any artist of any genre in the 21st century and nu metal's popularity peak.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album was also the best-selling album of 2001.<ref name="RockNY">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="LinkinParkShaggyNSYNC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Linkin Park earned a Grammy Award for their second single "Crawling".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their fourth single, "In the End", was released late in 2001 and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 2002.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="LinkinParkSongs">Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 2001, Linkin Park's album Hybrid Theory sold 4,800,000 copies in the United States, making it the highest-selling album of the year.<ref name="RockNY" /><ref name="LinkinParkShaggyNSYNC" /> Linkin Park's album Hybrid Theory was certified 12× platinum by the RIAATemplate:Certification Cite Ref and sold at least 10,222,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Crazy Town's debut album The Gift of Game peaked at number 9 on the Billboard 200,<ref name="CrazyAMG">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> went platinum in February 2001,Template:Certification Cite Ref and sold at least 1,500,000 copies in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Worldwide, the album sold at least 2,500,000 copies.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Staind's 2001 album Break the Cycle debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200<ref name="StaindAwards" /> with at least 716,000 copies sold in its first week of release.Template:Sfn<ref name="BreaktheCycle">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Break the Cycle by Staind was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA,Template:Certification Cite Ref with 4,240,000 copies sold in 2001 in the United States.<ref name="LinkinParkShaggyNSYNC" /> Although the album featured nu metal tracks, a lot of the album showed Staind moving to a softer sound.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Noting Staind's change in style to a softer sound, Tommy Udo of Brave Nu World wrote: "It's often said that nobody over the age of 24 could possibly like Limp Bizkit or Korn, but Staind are a more mainstream band and their songs are likely to appeal to a much bigger fanbase."Template:Sfn
In August 2001, Slipknot released their album Iowa, which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and went platinum in October 2001.Template:Certification Cite Ref Critic John Mulvey called the album the "absolute triumph of nu metal".<ref name="Yahoo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> P.O.D.'s 2001 album Satellite went Template:Nowrap and peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200.<ref name="P.O.D. Billboard Albums Chart">Template:Cite magazine</ref> P.O.D.'s popularity continued in the year 2002.<ref name="DAngeloMTV2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On June 5, 2001,Template:Certification Cite Ref Drowning Pool released a nu metal album<ref name="Drowning Pool">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> titled Sinner, which features the song "Bodies".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The album went platinum on August 23, 2001Template:Certification Cite Ref and its song "Bodies" became one of the most frequently played videos on MTV for new bands.<ref name=DrowningPoolBio>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> "Bodies" went to number 6 on the Mainstream Rock chart.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 2001, System of a Down's album Toxicity peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The album was certified 6× platinum in the United States.Template:Certification Cite Ref System of a Down blended nu metal with occasional influences of Middle Eastern music, Greek music, Armenian music, and jazz music,<ref name=Wiederhorn>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and the band featured political lyrics.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2001–2004: Continued success and early signs of declineEdit
In 2003, MTV wrote that nu metal's mainstream popularity was declining in 2002, citing that Korn's fifth album Untouchables and Papa Roach's third album Lovehatetragedy both sold less than the bands' previous releases.<ref name=DAngeloMTV /> Korn's lead vocalist Jonathan Davis believed music piracy was the reason for the lower amount of sales of Untouchables compared to Follow the Leader and Issues because Untouchables had been leaked to the Internet more than four months before its official release date.<ref name="Leaked">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> MTV also wrote that nu metal bands were played less frequently on radio stations and MTV began focusing on other musical genres.<ref name=Utsandiego /><ref name=DAngeloMTV>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> MTV wrote that Papa Roach's third album Lovehatetragedy has less hip hop elements than the band's previous album Infest<ref name=DAngeloMTV /> and also said that Saliva's 2002 album Back into Your System has less Template:Nowrap elements than the band's 2001 album Every Six Seconds.<ref name=DAngeloMTV3 /> MTV also wrote that Crazy Town's second album Darkhorse had no hit singles and sold less than the band's previous album The Gift of Game.<ref name=DAngeloMTV3>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> MTV wrote that although Kid Rock's album Cocky had characteristics of the musician's 1998 album Devil Without a Cause, CockyTemplate:'s song "Forever", which featured the style of Kid Rock's Template:Nowrap song "Bawitdaba", was not as popular as CockyTemplate:'s country song "Picture".<ref name=DAngeloMTV3 /> MTV also wrote, "Another cause for nü-metal and rap-rock's slip from the spotlight could be a diluted talent pool caused by so many similar-sounding bands. American Head Charge, Primer 55, Adema, Cold, the Union Underground, Dope, Apartment 26, Hed (Planet Earth) and Skrape—all of whom released albums between 2000 and 2001—left more of a collective impression than individual ones".<ref name=DAngeloMTV3 />
Despite what MTV wrote, the RIAA certified Korn's album Untouchables platinum in July 2002,Template:Certification Cite Ref and one of the album's singles, "Here to Stay", received a lot of radio play<ref name=DAngeloMTV /> and peaked at number one on MTV's Total Request Live twice.<ref name="ATRL">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Untouchables sold at least 434,000 copies in first week of release and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, Untouchables still did not sell as many copies as Korn's most commercially successful album, Follow the Leader.<ref name="Decibel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=DAngeloMTV /> Linkin Park's remix album Reanimation was released in July 2002<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and sold more than a million copies that year, which MTV described as "impressive for a remix album".<ref name="DAngeloMTV2" /> Additionally, P.O.D.'s popularity continued into 2002 with its 2001 album Satellite.
In 2003, Linkin Park's album Meteora peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and sold at least 810,000 copies in its first week of being released.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Meteora by Linkin Park was certified multi-platinum in the United StatesTemplate:Certification Cite Ref and sold at least 6,100,000 copies in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Limp Bizkit's 2003 album Results May Vary, which features a change in sound with many alternative rock songs<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> alongside nu metal songs,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200,<ref name=ResultsMayVaryAwards>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with sales of at least 325,000 copies in its first week of being released. In 2004, Blabbermouth.net reported that, according to Nielsen SoundScan, Results May Vary sold 1,337,356 copies in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, the album garnered very poor critical reception<ref name=RMV-Metacritic>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and consequently performed much weaker than previous Limp Bizkit albums such as Significant Other and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water.<ref name="NYDailyNews">Template:Cite news</ref> Korn's 2003 album Take a Look in the Mirror sold less than previous Korn albums like Issues and Untouchables.<ref name="NYDailyNews" /> Despite the ongoing decline of the genre, several international bands began to experience success with nu metal, such as Three Days Grace from Canada, and Lostprophets from Wales. Three Days Grace managed to land a hit single in April 2003 with the song "I Hate Everything About You",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> while Lostprophets managed a hit single in December 2003 with the song "Last Train Home",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> becoming the highest-charting single from a UK-based rock band that year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Lostprophets' 2004 album Start Something was successful,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> peaking at number 4 on the UK Album Charts<ref name="Zobbel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and number 33 on the U.S. Billboard 200.<ref name="Billboard">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2004–2010: Further decline and new directionsEdit
Although nu metal's popularity survived into 2002 and 2003, much of it had dropped significantly by 2004.<ref name=Decibel /><ref name="NYDailyNews"/><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>The 10 Best Metalcore Albums of 2004, Loudwire</ref><ref>20 Year View: How In Flames Embraced Their Evolution on 'Soundtrack to Your Escape', Knotfest</ref><ref>Perfect Sound Forever: Nu-Metal</ref> By this point in time, indie and garage rock revival bands such as the Strokes,<ref name=g1000>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The White Stripes,<ref>10 Years After the White Stripes 'Saved' It, Rock Is Again in Crisis</ref> and Jet<ref name="NYDailyNews" /> were achieving mainstream success as nu metal's popularity started to decline, and by the mid-late 2000s, the popularity of emo exceeded that of nu metal.<ref name=KahnHarris /> Also during this time, metalcore, a fusion of extreme metal and hardcore punk, became one of the most popular genres in the new wave of American heavy metal, with the success of bands like Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, God Forbid, Unearth, Trivium, and Bullet for My Valentine. Groove metal band Lamb of God also became successful in the heavy metal genre. Stephen Hill of Louder Sound called the rise of metalcore after the decline of nu metal "the metalcore revolution".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
By 2004, several nu metal bands had begun to experiment with other genres to adapt to the changes in trends. Linkin Park's third studio album Minutes to Midnight, released in 2007, was noted for its near-complete departure from the band's nu metal sound.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Describing the album's style, singer Chester Bennington stated, "We've really moved away from anything that sounds like nu-metal."<ref name="Blabbermouth2007">Template:Cite news</ref> Nu metal bands such as Disturbed,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Soulfly, Drowning Pool,<ref name="Drowning Pool"/> and Slipknot<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> had begun to utilize heavier elements of groove metal, death metal and thrash metal into their music.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} (September 30, 2010)</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} (August 25, 2008)</ref> Similarly to Limp Bizkit; Staind and Papa Roach had also begun experimenting with Alternative Rock into their sound.<ref name="StaindAbout">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Staind's 2003 album 14 Shades of Grey was significantly less heavy than previous albums<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} (March 10, 2003)</ref> and shows the band's departure from nu metal and a movement towards a lighter sound.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Papa Roach abandoned the nu metal genre entirely with their 2004 album Getting Away with Murder,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> moving to a hard rock style.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> System of a Down released two albums in 2005, Mezmerize and Hypnotize. Both did well commercially and critically, but the band took a more alternative metal approach to the two albums compared to their past three efforts.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2005, Limp Bizkit released an EP called The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) which had little promotion and advertising.<ref name=Harris>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album was not very popular;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> its sales fell 67% during its second week of release.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2006, Limp Bizkit went on hiatus.<ref name=Harris /> In 2012, vocalist Fred Durst said:
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2010–2020: Underground revivalEdit
During the mid-2010s, there was a discussion within media of a possible nu metal revival because of bands fusing nu metal with other genres.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} (February 25, 2014)</ref> Despite the lack of radio play and popularity, some nu metal bands recaptured some of their former popularity as they released albums in a nu metal style. Many metalcore and deathcore groups<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> gained moderate popularity in the 2010s and used elements from nu metal. This fusion is nu metalcore.<ref name="Thrash Hits - Nu metalcore2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Suicide Silence's 2011 album The Black Crown, which features elements of nu metal and deathcore,<ref name="MetalSucksNuDethcore2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 2014, Issues' self-titled debut album peaked at number 9 on the same chart.<ref>Template:Cite magazine (February 26, 2014)</ref> The album features elements of metalcore, nu metal, pop and R&B.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Of Mice & Men's 2014 album Restoring Force, which features elements of nu metal,<ref name="Megusta2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200.<ref>Template:Cite news (February 5, 2014)</ref> Bring Me the Horizon, often described as a metalcore band, released their fifth album That's the Spirit, which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200, in 2015.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The album draws from multiple genres including nu metal<ref name="theguardian2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and would experiment further with nu metal on their 2020 album Post Human: Survival Horror. The band's keyboardist has described them as a nu metal band.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Motionless In White in Graveyard Shift and Disguise features elements of industrial, gothic, metalcore and nu metal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Some media outlets viewed a nu metal revival as beginning in the 2010s with groups like Blood Youth, Cane Hill,<ref name="Stewart 20212">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Stray From The Path, Sworn In, DangerKids, Islander,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Blind Channel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Within this movement, nu metalcore became increasingly prominent through the popularity of groups like Vein.fm, Loathe and Code Orange. According to PopMatters writer Ethan Stewart, Code Orange's 2017 album Forever led to nu metalcore becoming "one of the most prominent flavors of contemporary metal".<ref name="Stewart 20212" />
2020–present: Mainstream revival and influence on other genresEdit
While some media outlets believed these 2010s artists marked the start of a nu metal revival, Metal Hammer writer Dannii Leivers cited the aforementioned groups as simply hinting towards a revival, instead claiming a revival began in 2021, "a crop of young revivalists... looking to put a brand-new spin on the music of their formative years", namely Tetrarch.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Other notable acts in this wave include Tallah, Orthodox, Vended, and Wargasm.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Electronic and art pop singer-songwriters incorporated nu metal into their sound in the late 2010s and early 2020s.<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Poppy has incorporated nu metal on her albums Am I a Girl?<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and I Disagree,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Grimes on album Miss Anthropocene<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Rina Sawayama on Sawayama.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The songs "We Appreciate Power" and "Play Destroy" were pioneering examples.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Poppy has described this fusion as "nu-Poppy" or "Poppymetal".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> I Disagree received critical acclaim for this fusion, with single "Bloodmoney" nominated for the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, making her the first female solo artist to be nominated for the award in its history.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dorian Electra incorporated nu metal influences on their album My Agenda,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as did Ashnikko on Demidevil, particularly on single "Cry".<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Guardian noted that these mostly female artists have revived nu metal, a mostly male genre, and successfully adapted it to showcase a female perspective. Rina Sawayama said "metal itself lends itself to toxic masculine tropes, but it's also almost taking the piss out of a very masculine expression of emotion".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Smaller bands have also rose to the scene in the early 2020s with the genre, including London-based Wargasm, who have been "validated by the nu-metal daddies," after Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis described them as "his new favourite band."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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In the early 2020s, several media outlets noted that nu metal has undergone a resurgence in interest among Generation Z listeners.<ref>Nu-metal is cool now</ref><ref>It’s official: we are living through a nu metal renaissance</ref><ref>What’s driving Gen Z’s love of nu metal?</ref><ref>Has Korn somehow breathed new life into nu metal music with 'Requiem'?</ref> In 2023, Google Searches for the term "nu metal" were reported as being at their highest in "nearly 20 years".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Deftones and Slipknot began gaining popularity among Generation Z in the early 2020s when their music was featured in videos on the app TikTok.<ref name=GenZ/> Also, several nu metal bands returned and released new music after decades like Staind,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Adema,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Alien Ant Farm<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Kittie.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Late 2024 saw the surprise revival of Linkin Park after a seven-year hiatus following the death of frontman Chester Bennington in 2017. With new singer Emily Armstrong of the rock band Dead Sara and new drummer Colin Brittain, the band released their eighth studio album From Zero on November 15. Several songs on the album, such as lead single "The Emptiness Machine", "Heavy Is the Crown", and "Two Faced" call back to their earlier nu metal sound prominently featured on Hybrid Theory and Meteora.
LegacyEdit
ReceptionEdit
Despite its popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s, nu metal has often been criticized by many fans of heavy metal music,<ref name=guardian /><ref name=VH1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> often being labelled with derogatory terms such as "mallcore" and "whinecore".Template:Sfn Gregory Heaney of AllMusic called nu metal "one of metal's more unfortunate pushes into the mainstream".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web
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In response to reports that Fred Durst, lead singer of Limp Bizkit, is a big fan of Tool, the latter's vocalist Maynard James Keenan said, "If the lunch-lady in high school hits on you, you appreciate the compliment, but you're not really gonna start dating the lunch-lady, are ya?"<ref name="Rockdirt">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> While Durst has cited Rage Against the Machine as a major influence,<ref name="TimSpin" /><ref name="Commerford" /> Rage Against the Machine's bassist Tim Commerford is open about his hatred of Limp Bizkit, describing them as "one of the dumbest bands in the history of music".<ref name="CommerfordLoudwire" /> At the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, Limp Bizkit won the Best Rock Video category for their song "Break Stuff", beating Rage Against the Machine's "Sleep Now in the Fire".<ref name="Commerford">Template:Cite magazine</ref> When Limp Bizkit accepted their award, Commerford went on stage and climbed Template:Convert up a backdrop, rocking back and forth.<ref name="Commerford" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After the incident, Commerford was arrested and spent a night in jail.<ref name="Commerford" /><ref name="CommerfordLoudwire">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Commerford said in 2015, "I do apologize for Limp Bizkit. I really do. I feel really bad that we inspired such bullshit ... They're gone, though. That's the beautiful thing."<ref name="TimSpin">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="Commerford" />
Template:Quote box Jody MacGregor of FasterLouder called nu metal "music's most hated genre"; conversely, he also wrote that nu metal is "not as bad as people think", praising several examples of the genre.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Although multiple nu metal musicians rejected the nu metal label, Limp Bizkit's vocalist Fred Durst defended it, saying "Nu metal let people open up and it meant something to people. It really did."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} (June 23, 2014)</ref> Slipknot's vocalist Corey Taylor also defended nu metal, saying "I'd like to think that that whole nu-metal wave was so important to that next wave of American heavy metal, to be honest."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Coal Chamber's vocalist Dez Fafara also defended nu metal. He said he is proud to be associated with the subgenre<ref name=Dez>Template:Cite news</ref> and that nu metal bands "broke new musical ground" saying, "I think 'hair metal' was cheesy. [But] I think 'nu metal' was different. I think what's beautiful about 'nu metal' is it's different. And you've got so many different influences."<ref name="blabbermouth.net">Template:Cite news (April 19, 2015)</ref> The Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan praised nu metal, saying "I think it's fantastic. I think the more people are cross-pollinating between different musical styles… it not only has musical implications but it has cultural ones as well."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Sevendust vocalist Lajon Witherspoon, when asked about the 2020s resurgence of the genre, also spoke highly: "It's funny. I don't mind being in that category because I feel it's awesome that music is resurging and we're not letting a movement get away from us and get so far away that we don't even like it or listen to it anymore."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Rejection of nu metal label by nu metal musiciansEdit
Some nu metal musicians have rejected the label nu metal and have tried to distance themselves from it. Slipknot prefer to distance themselves from other nu metal groups, describing their music as "metal metal" and equating their link to nu metal as a coincidence of their time of emergence.Template:Sfn
Jonathan Davis had originally rejected the nu metal label, saying "We're not 'rap rock,' we're not 'nu-metal' ... We might have invented a new genre of heavy music or rock, but I believe the term 'nu-metal' was made up for all the bands that followed us. Those guys to me are nu-metal. And we're just Korn."<ref name=Utsandiego>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2014, Davis spoke about the nu metal label, saying:
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I've always rejected [Korn's pigeonholing] into some kind of genre that we helped create. It seems like when a band comes out and we do something new and something different, that's all great. When a whole bunch of bands jump on the bandwagon and start copying what that one band did, then it gets called something and those bands are cheap knockoffs of what the original thing was. So, to me, that's why I never liked the 'nu metal' term.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>{{#if:|{{#if:|}}
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Davis has since become more accepting of the term. In a 2019 interview, he remarked, "If we invented nu-metal then fuck yeah, cool. It's pretty cool to say we helped invent some kind of movement, that's pretty insane."<ref name="DavisMovementKerrang">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Expressing positive views of the genre's return to popularity in a 2020 interview, he endorsed Wargasm as a personal favourite.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Staind's vocalist Aaron Lewis rejected the nu metal label, saying, "If we get called a 'nu metal' band one more time, I don't even know what I'm going to do!"<ref name=StaindArtistDirect>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2003, Chino Moreno, vocalist of Deftones, rejected the nu metal label saying "We told motherfuckers not to lump us in with nu metal because when those bands go down we aren't going to be with them".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> As Deftones abandoned the nu metal sound of their early work, Moreno tried to distance himself from nu metal bands and began to criticize the bands and their albums, including Korn's 2002 album Untouchables; he said, "As Korn go on, it's the same things—bad childhoods and mean moms. It gets too old after a while. How old is Jonathan [Davis]? Thirty? How long has it been since he lived with his parents?"<ref name="Chino">Template:Cite news (May 29, 2003)</ref><ref name="ChinoKorn">Template:Cite news</ref> Davis responded saying, "Obviously, Chino hasn't listened to the words on the rest of my albums because they're nothing about my parents or my childhood."<ref name="ChinoKorn"/> Moreno also said, "A big problem for me was opening for Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park, two bands that wouldn't exist if it weren't for me, straight up!".<ref name="Chino" /> Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park spoke about the nu metal label in an interview with NME, saying "We never held the flag for nu-metal—it was associated with frat rock. Arrogant, misogynistic, and full of testosterone; we were reacting against that."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit said that he "never liked or condoned" the term "nu metal" in any way, and said he does not understand "how so many bands that sound nothing alike can be put into" the nu metal genre.<ref>Template:Cite news (May 9, 2002)</ref> Mike Wengren of Disturbed said that he doesn't think Disturbed "were ever a nu-metal band to begin with".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Chester Bennington of Linkin Park initially disliked the band being labeled as nu metal, saying in 2007, "I know that we kind of helped create, I guess, the sound of that genre, but I hate that genre. I'm not going to speak for everyone, but I can personally tell you that I am not a big fan of almost everybody in that category. There are a few bands that I don't really believe belong in there, and we're one of those bands."<ref name="Blabbermouth2007"/> However, by 2012 Bennington said he accepted the nu metal label:
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Association with heavy metalEdit
In addition to criticizing nu metal, many heavy metal musicians have rejected nu metal as a legitimate subgenre of heavy metal, saying it is not "true heavy metal".<ref name=MikeSmithMetalUnderground>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Some nu metal musicians have tried to distance themselves from being heavy metal at all. For example, Korn's Jonathan Davis rejected the "heavy metal" label.<ref name="KornMetal" /><ref name="NoiseyVice">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> When talking with Vice, Davis spoke about Korn being called a heavy metal band, saying, "I never thought of us to be metal to begin with. Yeah, we're heavy and downtuned, but metal, to me, is like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. That's metal, man. I always thought of us as a funk band. That funky, groovy shit."<ref name="NoiseyVice" /> Godsmack's vocalist Sully Erna also rejected the "heavy metal" label and said he views Godsmack as a hard rock band.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Linkin Park's vocalist Chester Bennington, though eventually accepting of the nu metal label,<ref name="numetalok-lp" /> had expressed some disagreement with his band being labeled a heavy metal or nu metal group because he felt the term limited the scope of the band's actual style, particularly on their later albums. He elaborated:
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[We] wanted to make clear from the very beginning when we were kind of tagged as a 'nu metal' band. Not that we have anything against metal ... [w]e aren't just one thing. So there are elements of the band that are metal, there are elements of the band that are pop, there are elements that are electronic, and hip-hop as well. And we've kind of always felt like we weren't bound to just one genre. So after we made Hybrid Theory and Meteora, we really wanted to take risks beyond what we had already done on those first two records, creatively, and show the world that we can do a lot more than just make nu-metal songs.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>{{#if:|{{#if:|}}
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- They Did It All for the Nookie: Decibel Explores the Rise and Fall of Nu-Metal – Decibel
- Heavy Metal Classifications: A History of Nu Metal – Metal Descent
- The anatomy of a scene: Charting the rise, dominance and fall of nü metal – Firstpost
- Vintage Korn: Life Is Peachy At 20 – MTV
- `Numetal' Blends Hip-hop, Rock Template:Webarchive – Sun Sentinel
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