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'''Nu metal''' (also known as '''nü-metal''' and '''{{nowrap|aggro-metal}}''') is a form of {{nowrap|[[alternative metal]]}} that combines elements of {{nowrap|[[heavy metal music]]}} with elements of other music genres such as [[hip hop music|hip hop]], [[alternative rock]], [[funk]] and [[grunge]]. Nu metal bands have drawn elements and influences from a variety of musical styles, including multiple [[Heavy metal subgenres|genres of heavy metal]]. {{nowrap|Nu metal}} rarely features [[guitar solo]]s; the genre is heavily [[Syncopation|syncopated]] and based on [[electric guitar|guitar]] [[riff]]s. Many nu metal guitarists use {{nowrap|[[seven-string guitar]]s}} that are [[guitar tunings|down-tuned]] to play a heavier sound. [[Turntablism|DJs]] are occasionally featured in nu metal to provide instrumentation such as [[Sampling (music)|sampling]], turntable [[scratching]] and [[electronic musical instrument|electronic]] backgrounds. Vocal styles in {{nowrap|nu metal}} include [[singing]], [[rapping]], [[screaming (music)|screaming]] and [[death growl|growl]]ing. Nu metal is one of the key genres of the [[New Wave of American Heavy Metal]].
'''Nu metal''' (also known as '''nü-metal''' and '''{{nowrap|aggro-metal}}''') is a form of {{nowrap|[[alternative metal]]}} that combines elements of {{nowrap|[[heavy metal music]]}} with elements of other music genres such as [[hip hop music|hip hop]], [[alternative rock]], [[funk]] and [[grunge]]. Nu metal bands have drawn elements and influences from a variety of musical styles, including multiple [[Heavy metal subgenres|genres of heavy metal]]. {{nowrap|Nu metal}} rarely features [[guitar solo]]s; the genre is heavily [[Syncopation|syncopated]] and based on [[electric guitar|guitar]] [[riff]]s. Many nu metal guitarists use {{nowrap|[[seven-string guitar]]s}} that are [[guitar tunings|down-tuned]] to play a heavier sound. [[Turntablism|DJs]] are occasionally featured in nu metal to provide instrumentation such as [[Sampling (music)|sampling]], turntable [[scratching]] and [[electronic musical instrument|electronic]] backgrounds. Vocal styles in {{nowrap|nu metal}} include [[singing]], [[rapping]], [[screaming (music)|screaming]] and [[death growl|growl]]ing. Nu metal is one of the key genres of the [[New Wave of American Heavy Metal]].
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Nu metal became popular in the late 1990s with bands and artists such as [[Korn]], [[Limp Bizkit]], and [[Kid Rock]] all releasing albums that sold millions of copies. Nu metal's popularity continued during the early 2000s, with bands such as [[Papa Roach]], [[Staind]], and [[P.O.D.]] all selling multi-platinum albums, and came to a peak with [[Linkin Park]]'s diamond-selling album ''[[Hybrid Theory]]''. However, by the {{nowrap|mid-2000s,}} the oversaturation of bands combined with the under-performance of a number of {{nowrap|high-profile}} releases led to nu metal's decline, leading to the rise of [[metalcore]] and many nu metal bands disbanding or abandoning their established sound in favor of other genres.

During the 2010s, there has been a slight [[nu metal revival]]; many bands that combine nu metal with other genres (for example, metalcore) emerged and some nu metal bands from the 1990s and early 2000s returned to the nu metal sound. Many heavy metal fans have criticized nu metal, and do not regard it as "true heavy metal". Many {{nowrap|nu metal}} musicians have rejected the nu metal label and also have rejected being labeled as heavy metal.

==Characteristics and fashion==
<!--Note that none of the information below is meant to describe all nu metal songs or meant to be the defining characteristics of the genre. These are generalizations.-->
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===Terminology and origins===
Nu metal is also known as nü-metal<ref name=DAngeloMTV3 /><ref name="daddy">{{cite journal |last1=Pieslak |first1=Jonathan |year=2008 |title=Sound, text and identity in Korn's 'Hey Daddy' |journal=''Popular Music'' |volume=27 |pages=35–52 |url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=1584104&jid=&volumeId=&issueId=01&aid=1584100&bodyId=&membershipNumber=&societyETOCSession= |doi=10.1017/S0261143008001451 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> and aggro-metal.<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/alternative-metal-ma0000012328 |title=Alternative Metal |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=May 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.amazon.com/Rock-Stars-God-Artists-Speak/dp/0972927697 |last1=Pelt |first1=Doug Van |last2=Sweet |first2=Michael |title=Rock Stars on God: 20 Artists Speak Their Mind about Faith |year=2004 |publisher=Relevant Media Group |isbn=0-9729276-9-7 |page=180 |chapter=Static X |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> It is a subgenre of [[alternative metal]].<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="mollylambert">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2945625/vintage-korn-life-is-peachy-at-20/ |title=Vintage Korn: Life Is Peachy At 20 |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=Lambert |first=Molly |date=October 20, 2016 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</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]]'' has similarly claimed that nu metal was a "weird outgrowth of the [[Lollapalooza]]-era alt-metal scene".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1834903/adrenaline-turns-20/franchises/the-anniversary/|title=Adrenaline Turns 20|date=October 2, 2015|publisher=|accessdate=January 18, 2017}}</ref> Nu metal merges elements of heavy metal music<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="horror">{{cite journal |title=What's the Deal with Soundtrack Albums? Metal Music and the Customized Aesthetics of Contemporary Horror |last=Tompkins |first=Joseph |journal=''Cinema Journal'' |year=2009 |volume=49 |number=1 |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/cinema_journal/v049/49.1.tompkins.html |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref name="descent">{{cite web |url=http://metaldescent.com/thrash-metal/ |title=Heavy Metal Classifications: A History of Thrash Metal |publisher=Metal Descent |accessdate=April 11, 2013}}</ref> with elements of other music genres such as [[grunge]],<ref name="Allmusic"/> [[hip hop music|hip hop]],<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="Chad Bowar">{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/heavymetal101/a/101_history_2.htm |last=Bowar |first=Chad |title=Heavy Metal: More Metal Genres |publisher=[[About.com]] |accessdate=April 28, 2010 |quote="Combining heavy metal riffs with hip-hop influences and rapped lyrics, this genre became very popular in the late '90s through the early 2000s and then fell from favor."}}</ref> and alternative rock.<ref name=Dez>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/coal-chambers-dez-fafara-nu-metal-has-never-left/ |title=Coal Chamber's Dez Fafara: Nu Metal Has 'Never Left' |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=July 7, 2015 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref>

Nu metal bands have been influenced by and have used elements of a variety of musical genres, including [[electronic music]], funk, [[gothic rock]], [[hardcore punk]], [[punk rock]], [[dance music]], [[new wave music|new wave]], [[jazz]], [[post-punk]], [[symphonic rock]] and [[synth-pop]].<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="horror"/>{{sfn|McIver|2002|pp=12–13}}<ref name=Citron>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=7DZMAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Songwriting:+A+Complete+Guide+to+the+Craft&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAzaXQkuXRAhWr6YMKHYaHDAcQ6AEINTAA#v=onepage&q=Songwriting%3A%20A%20Complete%20Guide%20to%20the%20Craft&f=false |title=Songwriting: A Complete Guide to the Craft |publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation]] |year=2008 |last=Citron |first=Stephen |page=281 |isbn=978-0-87910-357-6 |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref><ref name="KahnHarris">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=wwgd9y-Ww5UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Introduction:+From+heavy+metal+to+extreme+metal&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUjKqMleXRAhUBxYMKHTtLASIQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=Introduction%3A%20From%20heavy%20metal%20to%20extreme%20metal&f=false |last=Kahn-Harris |first=Keith |title=Extreme metal: music and culture on the edge |year=2007 |publisher=[[Berg Publishers]] |isbn=1-84520-399-2 |page=1 |chapter=Introduction: From heavy metal to extreme metal |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref>{{sfn|Iannini|2003|p=12}} Nu metal bands also are influenced by and use elements of genres of heavy metal music such as death metal, [[rap metal]], [[groove metal]], [[funk metal]], and [[thrash metal]].<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="horror"/>{{sfn|McIver|2002|pp=12–13}}{{sfn|Udo|2002|p=16}} Some nu metal bands, such as [[Static-X]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/wayne-static-widow-tera-wray-remembers-late-husband/ |title=Wayne Static's Widow Tera Wray Remembers Her Late Husband |publisher=''[[Loudwire]]'' |last=Hartmann |first=Graham "Gruhamed" |date=November 4, 2014 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> and [[Dope (band)|Dope]],<ref name="NoRegrets">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-regrets-mw0000810419 |title=No Regrets - Dope |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |last=Sullivan |first=Patrick |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</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]].{{sfn|Udo|2002|p=16}}<ref name="Oxford" /><ref>Buts, Jeroen. [http://lib.ugent.be/fulltxt/RUG01/001/414/985/RUG01-001414985_2010_0001_AC.pdf "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 which was much more traditional and akin to Pop music (e.g. intro-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus-outro)."</ref>

===Musical characteristics ===

====Instrumentation====

[[File:ReginaldArvizu.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Korn bassist [[Fieldy]] (''pictured'') cites bassists such as [[Flea (musician)|Flea]] of [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] and [[Les Claypool]] of [[Primus (band)|Primus]] as influences.<ref name="mollylambert" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2013/10/korns-fieldy-music-outside-of-the-box/ |title=Korn's Fieldy: Music Outside Of The Box |work=[[Bass Musician]] |last=Risser |first=Tim |date=October 1, 2013 |accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref>]]

Nu metal is heavily [[syncopated]] and is based mostly on [[electric guitar|guitar]] [[riff]]s.<ref name="daddy"/> Mid-song bridges and a general lack of [[guitar solo]]s contrasts it with other genres of heavy metal.<ref name="daddy"/><ref name=Sam /> Kory Grow of ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'' wrote, "...&nbsp;[i]n its efforts to tune down and simplify riffs, {{nowrap|nu-metal}} effectively drove a stake through the heart of the guitar solo".<ref name="FinalSix">{{cite web |url=http://www.revolvermag.com/lists-2/final-six-the-six-best-worst-things-to-come-out-of-nu-metal.html |title=Final Six: The Six Best/Worst Things to Come out of Nu-Metal |last=Grow |first=Kory |publisher=''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'' |date=February 26, 2010 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> Another contrast with other [[heavy metal subgenres|heavy metal genres]] is nu metal's emphasis on rhythm, rather than on complexity or mood, often its rhythm sounds like that of groove metal.<ref name="horror"/> The [[wah pedal]] is occasionally featured in nu metal music.<ref name="FinalSix" /> Nu metal guitar riffs occasionally are similar to those of death metal.{{sfn|Udo|2002|p=16}}

Nu metal bassists and drummers are often influenced by funk and hip hop, respectively, adding to nu metal's rhythmic nature.<ref name="crhythm">{{cite web |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Rock_File_British_Christian_NuMetal/7793/p1/ |title=Rock File: British Christian Nu-Metal |date=June 23, 2003 |publisher=[[Cross Rhythms]] |accessdate=January 30, 2014}}</ref><ref name="McIver2008">{{cite book |authorlink=Joel McIver |last=McIver |first=Joel |title=The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tFDPx8IDKsoC&pg=PA42 |year=2008 |publisher=Jawbone Press |isbn=978-1-906002-20-6 |page=42 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> [[Blast beat]]s, which are common in heavy metal subgenres such as [[black metal]] and death metal, are extremely rare in nu metal.<ref name="Oxford">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=cXQRDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA730&dq=The+Oxford+Handbook+of+Sound+and+Image+in+Digital+Media&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibkeG7leXRAhUp0oMKHfOqBhcQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Oxford%20Handbook%20of%20Sound%20and%20Image%20in%20Digital%20Media&f=false |title=The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Image in Digital Media |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |last1=Vernallis |first1=Carol |last2=Herzog |first2=Amy |last3=Richardson |first3=John |year=2013 |page=315 |isbn=978-0-19-975764-0 |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> Nu metal's similarities with many heavy metal subgenres include its use of [[common time]], [[distortion (music)|distorted]] guitars, [[power chord]]s and note structures primarily revolving around [[Dorian mode|Dorian]], [[Aeolian mode|Aeolian]] or [[Phrygian mode|Phrygian]] [[musical mode|modes]].<ref name="daddy"/> While loud and heavily [[distortion (music)|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 guitar]]s<ref name="MichiganDaily" /> that are generally [[guitar tunings|down-tuned]],<ref name="Oxford" /><ref name="ozzfest">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lang_de&id=e_r67h7Z-cYC&oi=fnd&pg=PA4&dq=%22nu+metal%22+subgenre&ots=AXzU4gK-bm&sig=7Ky95ibRKLW1obvEdKhKnIXvD8c#v=onepage&q=nu%20metal&f=false |title=Ozzfest |last=Robinson |first=Greg |page=10 |publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group |isbn=1-4042-1756-8 |year=2008 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> rather than traditional {{nowrap|[[six-string guitar]]s.{{sfn|McIver|2002|pp=12–13}}}} Likewise, some [[bass guitar]]ists use [[extended-range bass|five-string and six-string]] instruments.{{sfn|McIver|2002|pp=12–13}}<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=hQhEAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Popular+Music:+Topics,+Trends+%26+Trajectories&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiT84OSluXRAhWo3YMKHbYvBrkQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=Popular%20Music%3A%20Topics%2C%20Trends%20%26%20Trajectories&f=false |title=Popular Music: Topics, Trends & Trajectories |publisher=[[Sage Publications|SAGE]] |year=2011 |last=Brabazon |first=Tara |isbn=978-1-84787-436-8 |page=162 |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> {{nowrap|Bass guitar-playing}} in nu metal often features an emphasis on funk elements.<ref name="MichiganDaily" /> In nu metal music, [[Turntablism|DJs]] are sometimes featured to provide instrumentation such as [[sampling (music)|sampling]], turntable [[scratching]] and [[electronic musical instrument|electronic]] backgrounds.{{sfn|McIver|2002|pp=12–13}} {{nowrap|Nu metal}} tends to have hip hop grooves and rhythms.<ref name="Sam">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/sep/03/features.review87 |title=America's 'nu metal' bands have the world at their feet |publisher=''[[The Observer]]'' |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=September 2, 2000 |accessdate=September 22, 2015}}</ref>{{sfn|Udo|2002|p=16}}<ref name="MichiganDaily">{{cite web |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/content/bside/nu-metal-shouldnt-be-forgotten |title=Nu-metal's lasting legacy |last=Porter |first=Jack |publisher=''[[The Michigan Daily]]'' |date=October 21, 2008 |accessdate=October 25, 2015}}</ref>

====Vocals====
[[File:Fred Durst.jpg|thumb|175px|right|Fred Durst of nu metal band Limp Bizkit]]

Vocal styles used in nu metal music include [[singing]],{{sfn|Udo|2002|p=16}} [[rapping]],<ref name="Sam" /><ref name="RockNAmerica" /> [[screaming (music)|screaming]]<ref name="Oxford" /><ref name="RockNAmerica" /> and [[death growl|growl]]ing.<ref name=RockNAmerica>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=-8WnBgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Rock%27n+America:+A+Social+and+Cultural+History&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjeoreRl-XRAhWC8oMKHeWwDlwQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=Nu-metal%20and%20grunge%20shared%20similar%20lyrical%20themes&f=false |title=Rock'n America: A Social and Cultural History |last=Weinstein |first=Deena |publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-4426-0015-7 |quote="Nu-metal and grunge shared similar lyrical themes, focusing on negative emotions of personal hurt, alienation, and anger. It's angst-ridden aggression was underscored by vocalists who rapped, screamed, or growled." |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> Vocals in nu metal are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop.<ref name=Utsandiego /> Although some nu metal bands, such as [[Limp Bizkit]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/2013/05/limp-bizkit-fred-durst-new-album-interview-2013/ |title=Fred Durst Answers for Limp Bizkit's Legacy |work=[[Spin (magazine)|SPIN]] |last=Herzog |first=Kenny |date=May 29, 2013 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> and [[Linkin Park]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/feb/01/entertainment/ca-19532 |title=Linkin Park's Rap 'n' Rock |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |last=LeCaro |first=Lina |authorlink=Lina Lecaro |date=February 1, 2001 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/04/interview-mike-shinoda-talks-new-linkin-park-album-and-ranks-his-top-5-rappers |title=Interview: Mike Shinoda Talks New Linkin Park Album And Ranks His Top 5 Rappers |work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |date=April 30, 2012 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> have rapping in their music, some nu metal bands, such as [[Godsmack]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=20010922&id=UoIyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zuYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6413,694032&hl=en |title=Energetic Godsmack takes rock music to a hard place |work=[[Lawrence Journal-World]] |last=Stout |first=Alan K. |date=September 22, 2001 |page=6D |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> and [[Staind]],<ref name="StaindArtistDirect" /> do not feature rapping.

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 [[Family Values Tour 1998|1998 Family Values Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/502143/korn-ice-cube-blur-line-between-rap-and-rock/ |title=Korn, Ice Cube Blur Line Between Rap And Rock |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=McLeod |first=Kembrew |date=September 28, 1998 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/ice_cube-neighbour_with_attitude |title=Ice Cube Neighbour With Attitude |work=[[Exclaim!]] |last=Fox |first=Luke |date=June 9, 2014 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</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>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1480173/korn-land-nas-for-mirror-ask-fans-to-direct-new-video/ |title=Korn Land Nas For Mirror, Ask Fans To Direct New Video |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=November 4, 2003 |accessdate=September 27, 2015}}</ref> Limp Bizkit has recorded with multiple hip hop musicians including [[Method Man]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/517983/limp-bizkit-method-man-redman-continue-touring/ |title=Limp Bizkit, Method Man, Redman Continue Touring |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=October 5, 1999 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> [[Lil Wayne]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1554417/limp-bizkit-is-ready-to-go-with-lil-wayne-on-new-single-listen |title=Limp Bizkit Is 'Ready To Go' with Lil Wayne On New Single |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=March 25, 2013 |accessdate=September 25, 2015}}</ref> [[Xzibit]],<ref name="Chocolate">{{cite journal |title=Personal Bizness |work=[[Spin (magazine)|SPIN]] |author=[[Robert Christgau|Christgau, Robert]] |year=2001 |volume=17 |number=1 |ISSN=0886-3032 |pages=111–112 <!--|accessdate=January 25, 2017-->}}</ref> [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]],<ref name="Chocolate" /> [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1450894/dmx-fred-durst-to-record-together-again/ |title=DMX, Fred Durst To Record Together Again |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=Reid |first=Shaheem |date=November 21, 2001 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> and [[Snoop Dogg]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://observer.theguardian.com/omm/reviews/story/0,,1045834,00.html |title=Limp Bizkit, Results May Vary: 1 star |publisher=''[[The Observer]]'' |date=September 21, 2003 |accessdate=September 25, 2015}}</ref> [[Linkin Park]] collaborated with hip hop musician [[Jay Z]] on their 2004 extended play ''[[Collision Course (album)|Collision Course]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/name/7551 |title=Jay-Z/Linkin Park: Collision Course |author=Long, Pat |work=[[NME]] |date=December 11, 2004 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> [[Kid Rock]] has recorded with hip hop musicians [[Eminem]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=jogCmD7sRkwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Eminem:+Crossing+the+Line&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs-eOLneXRAhUq5YMKHfGDCJQQ6AEILTAA#v=onepage&q=Em%20also%20contributed%20a%20raucous%20verse%20to%20the%20metallic&f=false |title=Eminem: Crossing the Line |last=Huxley |first=Martin |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]] |isbn=978-1-4299-7574-2 |year=2000 |page=86 |quote="Em also contributed a raucous verse to the metallic "Fuck Off" on Kid Rock's breakthrough album ''Devil Without a Cause''" |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> and Snoop Dogg.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1450180/american-bad-asses-wanted-for-kid-rock-video/ |title=American Bad Asses Wanted For Kid Rock Video |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=D'Angelo |first=Joe |date=October 19, 2001 |accessdate=September 25, 2015}}</ref> Trevor Baker of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote, "Bands such as Linkin Park, Korn and even the much reviled Limp Bizkit&nbsp;... 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">{{cite web|last=Baker |first=Trevor |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/feb/06/whyitsworthcelebratingnume |title=Why it's worth celebrating nu-metal's anniversary &#124; Music |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=February 6, 2008 |accessdate=June 27, 2014}}</ref>

====Lyrics====

Lyrics in nu metal songs are often angry or nihilistic;{{sfn|Udo|2002|p=16}}<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">{{cite web |last=Pradhan |first=Karan |title=The anatomy of a scene: Charting the rise, dominance and fall of nü metal |url=http://www.firstpost.com/living/the-anatomy-of-a-scene-charting-the-rise-dominance-and-fall-of-nu-metal-2578612.html |work=[[Firstpost]] |date=January 11, 2016 |accessdate=February 3, 2016}}</ref><ref name="KahnHarris"/><ref name=RockNAmerica /><ref name=slayer>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=UffkZCMjXzoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Bloody+Reign+of+Slayer&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX16mgmOXRAhVM44MKHVihCOoQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Bloody%20Reign%20of%20Slayer&f=false |last=McIver |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel McIver |title=The Bloody Reign of Slayer |year=2008 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=1-84938-386-3 |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> A lot of nu metal lyrics that are about these topics tend to be in a very direct tone.<ref name="MichiganDaily" /> However, some {{nowrap|nu metal}} songs have lyrics that are about other topics. [[P.O.D.]] have used positive lyrics about promise and hope.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/satellite-mw0000010193 |title=Satellite - P.O.D. |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |last=Birchmeier |first=Jason |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> The nu metal<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kerrang.com/25257/ultimate-nu-metal-mixtape/ |title=The Ultimate Nu Metal Mixtape |work=[[Kerrang!]] |date=November 10, 2014 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> song "[[Bodies (Drowning Pool song)|Bodies]]" by [[Drowning Pool]] is about [[moshing]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Drowning Pool respond to Arizona shooting link with their song 'Bodies{{'-}} |url=http://www.nme.com/news/drowning-pool/54507 |work=[[NME]] |last=Bychawski |first=Adam |date=January 11, 2011 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> Wayne Swinny of the nu metal band [[Saliva (band)|Saliva]] said that the band's song "[[Badass (Saliva song)|Badass]]" was "meant to be one of those 'sports anthem kind of songs'{{sp}}".<ref name="Songfacts">{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/wayne_swinny_of_saliva/ |title=Wayne Swinny of Saliva |publisher=Songfacts |date=June 12, 2014 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</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 also have been described as "misogynistic".{{sfn|Devenish|2000|pp=67–68}} [[Dope (band)|Dope]]'s lyrics are usually about sex, drugs, parties, women, violence and relationships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/29833/Dope-No-Regrets/ |title=Review: Dope - No Regrets |publisher=[[Sputnikmusic]] |last=Altküla |first=Magnus |date=March 11, 2009 |accessdate=October 28, 2015}}</ref> According to Josh Chesler of the ''[[Phoenix New Times]]'', the lyrics of [[Deftones]], who were once a nu metal band, "tend to have complex allusions and leave the songs open to many different interpretations."<ref name="JoshChesler" />

===Fashion===
Nu metal clothing typically consists of baggy pants,<ref name=FinalSix /><ref name=VH1 /><ref name="metalsux" /><ref name=vice>{{cite web |url=http://www.vice.com/read/what-i-learned-from-growing-up-nu-metal-in-british-suburbia-666 |title=What I Learned from Growing Up Nu Metal in British Suburbia |publisher=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |last=Hutchinson |first=Kate |date=February 12, 2015 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> shirts, and shorts,<ref name="Sam" /><ref name=NM-gurus>{{cite web|last1=Mulholland|first1=Gary|title=Nu-metal gurus|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/nu-metal-gurus-5359956.html|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=February 4, 2016|date=October 3, 2002}}</ref> [[JNCO]] jeans,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalinjection.net/finally/jncos-are-coming-back |title=JNCOS Are Coming Back |work=Metal Injection |date=February 19, 2015 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref name=Decibel /> [[Adidas]] tracksuits,<ref name=Decibel /> sports jerseys,<ref name=28bands>{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/photos/30-nu-metal-bands-you-d-forgotten/321759 |title=28 Nu-Metal Era Bands You Probably Forgot All About |work=[[NME]] |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> baseball caps,<ref name="Lucy" /> baggy [[hoodie]]s,<ref name=vice /> [[cargo pants]], and [[sweatpants]].<ref name=houston /> Nu metal hairstyles and facial hairstyles include [[dreadlocks]],<ref name=houston>{{cite web|last=Marmaduke |first=Lauren |url=http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/08/top_10_nu-metal_fashion_violat.php |title=Top 10 Nu-Metal Fashion Violations |work=[[Houston Press]] |date=August 17, 2011 |accessdate=June 27, 2014}}</ref> spiky hair,<ref name=VH1 /><ref name="28bands" /> chin beards,<ref name=metalsux>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2010/09/29/what-is-ur-favorite-classic-nu-metal-band/ |title=What is UR Favorite Classic Nu-Metal Band?? |publisher=[[MetalSucks]] |date=September 29, 2010 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref name="houston" /> bald heads,<ref name="houston" /><ref name="fashion-guide" /> [[goatee]]s,<ref name="houston" /> [[frosted tips]],<ref name=vice /> and [[hair coloring|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>{{cite web |url=http://www.fuse.tv/galleries/2015/02/nu-metal-fashion |title=The Complete Guide to Nu-Metal Fashion |publisher=[[Fuse (TV channel)|Fuse]] |last1=Sherman |first1=Maria |last2=Nuñez |first2=Jatnna |date=February 18, 2015 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</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 [[Hollywood Undead]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hollywood-undead-mn0000334216/biography |title=Hollywood Undead {{!}} Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |last=Apar |first=Corey |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> [[Motograter]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.red-mag.com/RED/jun26/reviews.html |title=RED reviews |work=Red |last1=Vargas |first1=Luciano Marzulli |last2=Koelsch |first2=Peter |date=June 26, 2003 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> [[Mushroomhead]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mushroomhead-mn0000618589/biography |title=Mushroomhead {{!}} Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |last=Henderson |first=Alex |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> [[Mudvayne]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mudvayne-mn0000509156 |title=Mudvayne |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Hay">{{cite journal |last1=Hay |first1=Carla |title=No Name's Mudvayne 'Digs' into the Billboard 200 |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]] |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=113 |number=17 |pages=17; 81 |issn=0006-2510 |date=April 28, 2001 <!--|accessdate=January 25, 2017-->}}</ref> and [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]<ref name="fashion-guide" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/slipknot-mn0000750742/biography |title=Slipknot {{!}} Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |last=Huey |first=Steve |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> wear masks, jumpsuits, costumes, face paint, [[corpse paint]] or [[body paint]]. A few nu metal bands, such as [[Coal Chamber]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/apr/16/entertainment/ca-20036 |title=Coal Chamber: They've Lived a Little |date=April 16, 2000 |accessdate=May 2, 2017 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |last=Waserman |first=Kastle}}</ref> [[Evanescence]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/evanescence/biography |title=Evanescence |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref> and [[Kittie]],<ref name=RS>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kittie/albums/album/302361/review/6067655/spit |title=Kittie: Spit |work=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]] |date=March 30, 2000 |accessdate=November 10, 2012 |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211222250/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kittie/albums/album/302361/review/6067655/spit |archivedate=February 11, 2007 |last=Berger |first=Arion}}</ref> are known for having [[Goth fashion|gothic]] appearances.

==History==
===1980s–1993: Predecessors and influences===
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[[File:Primus copenhagen 1998.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Primus, a common influence to nu metal bands, uses elements of diverse genres such as [[speed metal]], thrash metal, [[punk rock]] and funk.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/primus-mn0000359326 |title=Primus |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref>]]

Many heavy metal, alternative metal, [[industrial music|industrial]], funk metal, [[alt<!--- Thrash metal is talked about LATER in this part of the article. --->ernative rock]], rap metal, and industrial metal artists and bands of the 1980s and early 1990s have been credited with laying groundwork for the development of nu metal by combining heavy guitar riffs with pop music structures and drawing influences from subgenres of heavy metal and other music genres; [[Faith No More]],<ref name=Quietus>{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/01277-why-the-world-doesn-t-need-new-nu-metal |title=Opinion &#124; Black Sky Thinking &#124; Why The World Doesn't Need New Nu Metal |work=[[The Quietus]] |last=Patterson |first=Dayal |date=March 11, 2009 |accessdate=December 30, 2012}}</ref><ref name="mtv"/> Primus,<ref name=Quietus /><ref>''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' (7/02, p. 98) - "...&nbsp;These reissues benefit from keen remastering, making it even more obvious that Primus' crunch has influenced legions of nu-metal soldiers&nbsp;..."</ref> [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Prato |first=Greg |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/monochrome-mw0000426555 |title=Monochrome - Helmet |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=February 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BURB&p_multi=LBCB&p_theme=burb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10D0A8E9C34C8738&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Nu metal pioneer Helmet returns|first=Ed|last=Condran|work=Courier Times|accessdate=2012-10-17}}</ref> [[Godflesh]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-twenty-heaviest-metal-records-of-all-time-772116 |title=The Twenty Heaviest (Metal) Records Of All Time |work=[[NME]] |date=May 4, 2011 |accessdate=April 30, 2017}}</ref> [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]],<ref name=Quietus /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2002/jun/28/artsfeatures.popandrock |title=Red Hot Chili Peppers, London Arena |work=[[The Guardian]] |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=June 28, 2008 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> [[Nine Inch Nails]],<ref name=mciver-zombie>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=4ZDqCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT96&dq=Sinister+Urge:+The+Life+and+Times+of+Rob+Zombie&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRgo-tnuXRAhXE3YMKHekFBxYQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=I'm%20not%20saying%20that%20White%20Zombie%20were%20a%20nu-metal%20band&f=false |title=Sinister Urge: The Life and Times of Rob Zombie |publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation]] |authorlink=Joel McIver |last=McIver |first=Joel |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-61713-646-7 |quote="I'm not saying that White Zombie were a nu-metal band, because they clearly weren't. But like Fear Factory, Nine Inch Nails, and Marilyn Manson, they infused all sorts of influences into their own brand of metal—from industrial to electronic to plain weird—that made them excellent running mates for the nu-metal bands whose rose alongside them." |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/45366164.html?dids=45366164:45366164&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+03%2C+1999&author=Isaac+Guzmn.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=ON+THE+RECORD+%2F+A+Fine+Dose+of+Self-Loathing&pqatl=google|title=ON THE RECORD / A Fine Dose of Self-Loathing|first=Isaac|last=Guzmn|work=Newsday |location=[[Long Island, New York]]|accessdate=October 17, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215221140/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/45366164.html?dids=45366164:45366164&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+03%2C+1999&author=Isaac+Guzmn.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=ON+THE+RECORD+%2F+A+Fine+Dose+of+Self-Loathing&pqatl=google |archivedate=February 15, 2013|date=October 3, 1999}}</ref> [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]],<ref name=mciver-zombie /> [[Mr. Bungle]],<ref name=Quietus /> [[Prong (band)|Prong]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/k/korn/news_feature_may_02/index.jhtml |title=Korn: The Untouchables |publisher=[[MTV]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020607151657/http://www.mtv.com/bands/k/korn/news_feature_may_02/index.jhtml |date=May 2, 2002 |archivedate=June 7, 2002 |last1=Wiederhorn |first1=Jon |last2=Napoli |first2=Antonia |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> [[Rage Against the Machine]],<ref name=Quietus /> and [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/psalm-69-the-way-to-succeed-amp-the-way-to-suck-eggs-mw0000083434 |title=Ministry - Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed & The Way to Suck Eggs |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=April 20, 2013 |author=Raggett, Ned}}</ref> all have been highlighted as examples of this.

[[Groove metal]] and [[thrash metal]] bands of the same period such as [[Sepultura]],<ref name="mtv">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal/greatest_metal_bands/071406/index12.jhtml |title=The Greatest Metal Bands Of All Time |publisher=[[MTV]] |accessdate=October 31, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021140613/http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal/greatest_metal_bands/071406/index12.jhtml |archivedate=October 21, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Roorback" /> [[Metallica]],<ref name="descent"/><ref name=HarvardCrimson /> [[Pantera]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/54927/why-heavy-metal-should-expand-boundaries/ |title=Why Metal Needs To Expand Its Boundaries |publisher=[[VH1]] |date=March 5, 2015 |accessdate=October 17, 2015}}</ref> [[Slayer]],<ref name=HarvardCrimson /> and [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]<ref name=HarvardCrimson>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2001/11/9/heavy-metal-the-pledge-of-allegiance/ |title=Heavy Metal |work=[[The Harvard Crimson]] |last=Packard |first=Michael T. |date=November 9, 2001}}</ref> all have been cited as influential to nu metal as well. For example, Anthrax pioneered the rap metal genre by combining hip hop and rap with heavy metal on their 1987 EP ''[[I'm the Man (EP)|I'm the Man]]'',<ref>{{cite web |first=Thane |last=Peterson |title=How Corrosive Is Heavy Metal? |url=http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/sep2000/nf20000926_614.htm |work=[[BusinessWeek]] |date=September 26, 2000 |accessdate=January 8, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001017185126/http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/sep2000/nf20000926_614.htm |archivedate=October 17, 2000}}</ref> which laid groundwork for {{nowrap|nu metal's}} development.<ref name=Lucy /> 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>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/remembering-dimebag-darrell-jonathan-davis-korn/ |title=Remembering Dimebag Darrell: Korn's Jonathan Davis |work=[[Loudwire]] |last=Childers |first=Chad |date=December 3, 2014 |accessdate=October 11, 2015}}</ref> [[Tool (band)|Tool]], a [[progressive metal]] band cited as influential to nu metal,<ref name="Grierson Alt-Metal" /> influenced the {{nowrap|nu metal}} bands Mudvayne,<ref name="KAOS">{{cite web |url=http://www.kaos2000.net/interviews/mudvayne/ |title=KAOS2000 Magazine interview with Spag / Matt McDonough of MudVayne |work=KAOS2000 |date=June 2001 |accessdate=October 5, 2015}}</ref> Limp Bizkit,<ref name="Rockdirt" /> and [[Otep]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allaccessmagazine.com/vol4/issue15/otep_int.html |title=Otep Interview |work=All Access |last=Swick |first=Rob |date=November 16, 2006 |accessdate=October 4, 2015}}</ref>

[[File:RickRubinSept09.jpg|thumb|right|170px|Producer [[Rick Rubin]] helped create [[rap rock]] in the 1980s with hip hop groups such as the Beastie Boys and Run-D.M.C.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/licensed-to-ill-mw0000649870 |title=Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |accessdate=April 30, 2017}}</ref>]]

In the 1990s, bands described as "neo-metal" by the author Garry Sharpe-Young emerged; these bands include Pantera, [[Strapping Young Lad]], [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]], [[Biohazard (band)|Biohazard]] and [[Fear Factory]]. Sharpe-Young wrote that these bands "had chosen to strip metal down to its raw, primal element" and that "neo-metal paved the way for nu-metal".<ref name="DefinitiveGuide" />

Nu metal is often influenced by hip hop.<ref name="Chad Bowar" /> hip hop musicians [[Dr. Dre]] and Ice Cube have been a big influence on nu metal pioneers Korn;<ref name="RollingStoneKorn">{{cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/korns-1994-debut-lp-the-oral-history-of-the-most-important-metal-record-of-the-last-20-years-20141211 |title=Korn's 1994 Debut LP: The Oral History of the Most Important Metal Record of the Last 20 Years |work=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]] |last=Weingarten |first=Christopher R. |date=December 11, 2014 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Skinny" /> guitarist [[Munky]] said the band were trying to emulate the samples of Dr. Dre's 1992 album ''[[The Chronic]]''.<ref name="Skinny">{{cite web |url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/opinion/under-the-influence-korns-james-munky-shaffer |title=Under the Influence: Korn's James "Munky" Shaffer |work=[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]] |date=January 6, 2015 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> Munky and fellow Korn guitarist [[Brian Welch|Head]] also said they tried to emulate samples by the hip hop group [[Cypress Hill]].<ref name="RollingStoneKorn" /><ref name="UG">{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/korns_james_munky_shaffer_talks_to_ug_readers.html |title=Korn's James 'Munky' Shaffer Talks to UG Readers |publisher=[[Ultimate-Guitar.com]] |date=September 30, 2013 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> Both the [[Geto Boys]] and [[N.W.A.]] also have been a major influence on Korn.<ref name="UG" /> [[Fred Durst]] of Limp Bizkit has cited the hip hop group [[The Fat Boys]] as a major influence on him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/05/fred-durst-details-his-hip-hop-history-lil-wayne-i-bonded-over-skateboarding/2/ |title=Fred Durst Details His Hip-Hop History, 'Lil Wayne & I Bonded Over Skateboarding'|work=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |date=May 29, 2013 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> The nu metal band [[Papa Roach]] cited rapper [[Nas]] and hip hop groups {{nowrap|[[Wu-Tang Clan]]}} and [[Fugees]] as influences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/tobin_esperance_of_papa_roach/ |title=Tobin Esperance of Papa Roach |publisher=Songfacts |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/papa-roach-infest-anniversary/ |title=15 Years Ago: Papa Roach Break Out With 'Infest' |work=[[Loudwire]] |last=Childers |first=Chad |date=April 25, 2015 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> [[Shifty Shellshock]] of the nu metal band [[Crazy Town]] cited [[Run–D.M.C.]] and [[Beastie Boys]] as influences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://magazine.100percentrock.com/interviews/201503/105749 |title=INTERVIEW: SHIFTY SHELLSHOCK/SETH BINZER of Crazytown – March 2015 |work=100% ROCK |last=Jolicoeur |first=Todd |date=March 4, 2015 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> [[Josey Scott]] of the nu metal band Saliva cited {{nowrap|Run–D.M.C.,}} [[LL Cool J]], Beastie Boys, [[Public Enemy (music group)|Public Enemy]], N.W.A., [[Chuck D]], [[Doug E. Fresh]], and [[Whodini]] as influences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=105562&page=1 |title=Now Hear This: Saliva |publisher=[[ABC News]] |author=Graff |first=Gary |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> [[Sonny Sandoval]] of the nu metal band P.O.D. cited hip hop groups [[Boogie Down Productions]] and Run–D.M.C. as influences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thehypemagazine.com/2015/01/01/the-hype-magazine-interviews-sonny-sandoval-of-p-o-d-payable-on-death-heart-soul-music/ |title=The Hype Magazine interviews Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D. [Payable on Death]: Heart & Soul Music |work=The Hype |last=Jay |first=Just |date=January 1, 2015 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> Linkin Park member [[Mike Shinoda]]'s hip hop influences include Boogie Down Productions, Public Enemy, N.W.A., and the [[Juice Crew]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesituation.co.uk/us_interviews/05/mike_shinoda/mike_shinoda.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051127003439/http://www.thesituation.co.uk/us_interviews/05/mike_shinoda/mike_shinoda.html |title=Mike Shinoda |work=Thesituation.co.uk |last=Tang |first=Melisa |archivedate=November 27, 2005 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> [[Chester Bennington]], another member of Linkin Park, cited [[A Tribe Called Quest]], [[KRS-One]], Run–D.M.C., Public Enemy, N.W.A., Beastie Boys, and [[Rob Base]] as influences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.altwire.net/2015/03/12/altwire-interview-chester-bennington/ |title=[AltWire Interview] Chester Bennington – 'We'll Be Playing Some Songs That We Haven't Played Before&nbsp;...' |work=AltWire |last=Oswald |first=Derek |date=March 12, 2015 |accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> More rock-oriented hip hop acts such as Rage Against the Machine, Beastie Boys, and Red Hot Chili Peppers were also identified as inspirational to the genre by [[Stereogum]] writer Chris DeVille.<ref name="Stereogum">{{cite web |url=http://www.stereogum.com/1834903/adrenaline-turns-20/franchises/the-anniversary/ |title=Adrenaline Turns 20 |publisher=[[Stereogum]] |last=DeVille |first=Chris |date=October 2, 2015 |accessdate=October 8, 2015}}</ref> Hip hop group Run–DMC was one of the first groups to combine rap with rock,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/31/obit.jam.master.jay/ |title=Run-DMC star, 27, was hip-hop pioneer |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=October 31, 2002 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/jan/25/artsfeatures1 |title=Arts: The rise of 'nu metal' |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=January 24, 2001 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> paving the way for nu metal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-01-08/entertainment/9901060464_1_bands-blends-hip-hop-rock-music |title='Numetal' Blends Hip-hop, Rock |work=[[Sun Sentinel]] |last=Asch |first=Andrew |date=January 8, 1999 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref>

===1993–1998: Early development and rise===
[[Joel McIver]] acknowledged Korn as the band that pioneered the nu metal genre with its demo ''[[Neidermayer's Mind]]'', which was released in 1993.{{sfn|McIver|2002|pp=10; 12}}{{sfn|Small|1998|p=16}} McIver also acknowledged Korn as the band that started the [[New Wave of American Heavy Metal]],{{sfn|McIver|2002|pp=10; 12}} which is a [[heavy metal music]] movement that started in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |title='New Wave Of American Heavy Metal' Book Documents Over 600 Bands |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/new-wave-of-american-heavy-metal-book-documents-over-600-bands/ |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=November 30, 2005 |accessdate=October 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=uIIf03bGyAAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=New+Wave+of+American+Heavy+Metal&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjYj_n5nuXRAhVk64MKHSvFAh8Q6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=New%20Wave%20of%20American%20Heavy%20Metal&f=false |title=New Wave of American Heavy Metal |publisher=Zonda Books Limited |year=2005 |last=Sharpe-Young |first=Garry |isbn=978-0-9582684-0-0 |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</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".{{sfn|McIver|2002|pp=16–23}} Robinson has produced for nu metal bands such as Korn,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/life-is-peachy-mw0000079144/credits |title=Life Is Peachy - Korn &#124; Credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/korn-mw0000121939/credits |title=Korn - Korn &#124; Credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=March 20, 2013}}</ref> Limp Bizkit<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/three-dollar-bill-yall-mw0000051532/credits |title=Three Dollar Bill Y'all - Limp Bizkit {{!}} Credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> and Slipknot.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/slipknot-mw0000241229/credits |title=Slipknot - Slipknot {{!}} Credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/iowa-mw0000589672/credits |title=Iowa - Slipknot {{!}} Credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> Many of the first nu metal bands, such as Korn<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Rough+Guide+to+Rock&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7vrm_n-XRAhUo7YMKHa_xCfoQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Rough%20Guide%20to%20Rock&f=false |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |publisher=[[Rough Guides]] |last=Buckley |first=Peter |year=2003 |isbn= 978-1-84353-105-0 |page=565 |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> and [[Deftones]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/deftones-mn0000813946/biography |title=Deftones {{!}} Biography & History |last=Prato |first=Greg |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=November 3, 2014}}</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">{{cite web |url=http://rock.about.com/od/rockmusic101/a/AlternativeMetal.htm |title=Alternative Metal |publisher=[[About.com]] |last=Grierson |first=Tim |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> Staind from [[Massachusetts]],{{sfn|Kitts|Tolinski|2002|p=11}} and Slipknot from [[Iowa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/slipknot-mn0000750742/biography |title=Slipknot &#124; Biography & History |last=Huey |first=Steve |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=November 3, 2014}}</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 <!--- Do NOT italicize Spin magazine! Spin magazine was NOT italicized in the book ''Brave Nu World''. --->[[Spin magazine]]."{{sfn|Udo|2002|p=197}}

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In 1994, Korn released [[Korn (album)|their self-titled debut album]], which is widely considered the first nu metal album.<ref name="RollingStoneKorn" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/korn-members-look-back-on-writing-faget-video/ |title=Korn Members Look Back On Writing 'Faget' (Video) |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=August 19, 2015 |accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref>{{sfn|McIver|2002|p=23}} Korn had experienced underground popularity at this time; their debut album peaked at number 72 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name=KornALBUMS /> In the same year, P.O.D.'s album ''[[Snuff the Punk]]'' was also released, which was later recognized as another early example of nu metal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2015/07/09/rap-rock-pioneers-pod-put-an-emphasis-on-performing-live |title=Rap-Rock Pioneers P.O.D. Emphasize the Live Performance |work=[[Cleveland Scene]] |last=Niesel |first=Jeff |date=July 9, 2015 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> Sepultura's 1996 album ''[[Roots (Sepultura album)|Roots]]'' features nu metal elements that were considered influential to the genre,<ref name="Roorback" /><ref name="Juggalos">{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/soulfly-sevendust-2013-gathering-of-the-juggalos/ |title=Soulfly and Sevendust Confirmed for the 2013 Gathering of the Juggalos |work=[[Loudwire]] |last=DiVita |first=Joe |date=July 15, 2013 |accessdate=September 28, 2015}}</ref> while ''Roots'' itself was influenced by Korn's self-titled debut album.<ref name="Roorback">{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/sepultura-roorback/ |title=Sepultura: Roorback |first=Adrien |last=Begrand |work=[[PopMatters]] |date=November 11, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Roots |titlelink=Roots (Sepultura album) |others=[[Sepultura]] |year=2005 |chapter=Closing Thoughts on Roots |first=Steffan |last=Chirazi |page=22 |type=CD booklet |publisher=[[Roadrunner Records]] |location=[[New York City]], New York <!--|accessdate=January 26, 2017-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.revolvermag.com/news/10-nu-metal-albums-you-need-to-own.html |title=10 Nu-Metal Albums You Needs to Own |work=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |last=Burgess |first=Aaron |date=September 9, 2014 |accessdate=September 21, 2015}}</ref> Few bands were playing nu metal until 1997 when bands such as Coal Chamber,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0001958518 |title=Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber |last=Huey |first=Steve |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=November 3, 2014}}</ref> Limp Bizkit,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000051532 |title=Three Dollar Bill Y'All - Limp Bizkit |author=[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine|Erlewine, Stephen Thomas]] |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=November 3, 2014}}</ref> and Papa Roach<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000982769 |title=Old Friends from Young Years - Papa Roach |first=Jason D. |last=Taylor |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=November 3, 2014}}</ref> all released their debut albums. Attention through [[MTV]] and [[Ozzy Osbourne]]'s 1995 introduction of [[Ozzfest]] was integral to the launching of the careers of many nu metal bands, including Limp Bizkit in 1998.{{sfn|Christe|2004|p=326}}

===1998–2003: Mainstream popularity===
[[File:Korn-musical-group.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Korn]] (''pictured'') helped launch {{nowrap|nu metal}} into the mainstream.]]
Nu metal began to rise in popularity when Korn's 1996 album ''[[Life Is Peachy]]'' peaked at number 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200<ref name=KornALBUMS />{{sfn|Small|1998|p=30}} and sold 106,000 copies in its first week of release.{{sfn|Arvizu|2009|p=79}} In 1998, Korn's third album ''[[Follow the Leader (Korn album)|Follow the Leader]]'' peaked at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200,<ref name="KornALBUMS">{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=korn|chart=Billboard 200}} |title=Korn – Chart history (''Billboard'' 200) |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=January 26, 2013}}</ref> was certified 5× platinum,{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Follow the Leader|artist=Korn}} and paved the way for 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 playing combinations of heavy metal, hip hop, industrial, grunge and hardcore punk styles.<ref name="Allmusic" /> Hip hop artists [[Vanilla Ice]]<ref name="citypaper" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/2002/01/03/ice_3/ |title=Ice capades |work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]] |first=Andrew |last=Vontz |date=January 3, 2002 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> and Cypress Hill,<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5497-dust/ |title=Muggs: Dust |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |last=Martelli |first=Mark |date=March 24, 2003 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> along with heavy metal bands Sepultura,<ref name="Roorback" /><ref name="Juggalos" /><ref name="citypaper" /> Primus,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/primus-green-naugahyde-prawn-songato|title=Primus, 'Green Naugahyde'|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|accessdate=October 23, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/primus-emgreen-naugahydeem|title=CD Review: PRIMUS Green Naugahyde|first=Jeremy|last=Uley|work=Metal Injection|date=September 28, 2011|accessdate=October 23, 2012}}</ref> Fear Factory,<ref name="citypaper">{{cite web|url=http://www2.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=7475 |title=Baltimore City Paper: Nothingface / An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity &#124; Record Review |work=[[Baltimore City Paper]] |date=December 2, 1998 |accessdate=June 27, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002103145/http://www2.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=7475 |archivedate=October 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-2034_fear_factory_digimortal.aspx |title=Fear Factory – Digimortal: Review |work=[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]] |first=Quentin |last=Kalis |date=December 8, 2001 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> Machine Head,<ref name=InsidetheMachine /><ref>{{cite web |title=Machine Head – Where to Start with – Kerrang|url=http://www.kerrang.com/wheretostartwith/artists/machine_head|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144438/http://www.kerrang.com/wheretostartwith/artists/machine_head|archivedate=July 13, 2011|work=[[Kerrang!]] |accessdate=May 16, 2010}}</ref> and Slayer<ref>{{cite web |title=Slayer: Soundtrack to the Apocalypse |first=Adrien |last=Begrand |work=[[PopMatters]] |date=January 23, 2004 |url=http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/slayer-soundtrack.shtml |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040413011154/http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/slayer-soundtrack.shtml |archivedate=April 13, 2004 |accessdate=May 29, 2007}}</ref> released albums that draw from the nu metal genre.

In 1999, Korn's fourth studio album ''[[Issues (Korn album)|Issues]]'' peaked at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="KornALBUMS" /><ref name="KornDreDion">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1428109/19991124/dion_celine.jhtml |title=Korn Tops Dre, Celine, Will Smith on Album Chart |date=November 24, 1999 |accessdate=October 3, 2007 |publisher=[[MTV]] |author=Mancini, Robert}}</ref> The album was certified 3× platinum in one month.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Issues|artist=Korn}} The album sold at least 573,000 copies in its first week of release<ref name="KornDreDion" /> and its first single "[[Falling Away From Me]]" peaked at number 8 on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart.<ref name="US-Bubbling-Under-Hot-100-singles-Korn">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?page=2&f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3AKorn&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A344&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Korn |title=Chart Search (Korn) |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> A little before the album was released, Korn appeared on an episode of ''[[South Park]]'' titled "[[Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery]]", in which "Falling Away from Me" was premiered.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430968/19991011/korn.jhtml |title=Korn To Premiere New Track During "South Park" Special |date=October 11, 1999 |publisher=[[MTV]] |author=Basham, David |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1430962/19991105/korn.jhtml |title=Korn Headed to The Apollo to Unveil 'Issues' |publisher=[[MTV]] |author=Mancini, Robert |date=November 5, 1999 |accessdate=September 29, 2015}}</ref> During the late 1990s and early 2000s, multiple nu metal bands such as Korn,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/where-are-they-now-1999s-biggest-pop-acts-20120702/korn-0738425|title=Korn|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|accessdate=November 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/korn-guitarist-munky-kicking-boy-bands-to-curb-trl/ |title=Korn Guitarist Munky Reflects on Kicking Boy Bands to the Curb on 'TRL' |work=[[Loudwire]] |first=Graham 'Gruhamed' |last=Hartmann |date=February 1, 2012 |accessdate=November 3, 2014}}</ref> Limp Bizkit<ref>{{cite web |url=http://atrl.net/trlarchive/?s=recap&y=1999&m=08 |title=The TRL Archive – Recap: August 1999 |publisher=ATRL |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref>{{Sfn|Devenish|2000}} and P.O.D.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://atrl.net/trlarchive/?s=recap&y=2001&m=09 |title=The TRL Archive – Recap: September 2001 |publisher=ATRL |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://onlineathens.com/stories/020202/ent_0202020002.shtml#.Vgsk7uxViko |title=P.O.D.'s mixture of rock and faith propel band to platinum success |work=Online Athens |first=Nekesa Mumbi |last=Moody |date=February 2, 2002 |accessdate=September 29, 2015}}</ref> appeared repeatedly on MTV's ''[[Total Request Live]]''.

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The [[Woodstock 1999]] festival featured multiple nu metal artists and bands such as Korn, Kid Rock, [[Godsmack]], Limp Bizkit and Sevendust.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 23, 2014 |publisher=MTV |first=Gil |last=Kaufman |title=Check Out This Report From The Woodstock '99 Riot |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1875553/woodstock-99-riot-report-anniversary/ |accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=July 29, 1999 |publisher=MTV |first=Teri |last=vanHorn |accessdate=September 6, 2014 |title=Creed, Oleander, Sevendust Blame Riot On Woodstock's Crowded, Poor Conditions |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/516297/creed-oleander-sevendust-blame-riot-on-woodstocks-crowded-poor-conditions/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/godsmack/biography/ |title=Godsmack Bio |publisher=[[MTV]] |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</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">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/516403/limp-bizkit-thrash-back-to-1-after-woodstock-performance/ |title=Limp Bizkit Thrash Back To #1 After Woodstock Performance |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=O'Connor |first=Christopher |date=August 4, 1999 |accessdate=November 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/516201/woodstock-99-report-39-hundreds-suffer-trauma-at-raucous-limp-bizkit-show/ |title=Woodstock '99 Report #39: Hundreds Suffer Trauma At Raucous Limp Bizkit Show |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=July 25, 1999 |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> Several sexual assaults were reported to have happened during the festival;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/july99/woodstock29.htm |title=Police Investigate Reports of Rapes at Woodstock |work=[[The Washington Post]] |last=Wartofsky |first=Alona |date=July 29, 1999 |accessdate=November 7, 2015}}</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>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/516319/two-woodstock-fans-allegedly-raped-in-mosh-pits/ |title=Two Woodstock Fans Allegedly Raped In Mosh Pits |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=vanHorn |first=Teri |date=July 30, 1999 |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</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,{{sfn|Devenish|2000|pp=95–113}} and eventually being certified 7x platinum in 2001.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Significant Other|artist=Limp Bizkit}} ''Significant Other'' sold at least 7,237,123 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blabbermouth.net/news/metal-hard-rock-album-sales-in-the-us-as-reported-by-soundscan/ |title=Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By SoundScan |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=April 30, 2002 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Slipknot.jpg|thumb|right|The nu metal band Slipknot performing in [[Buenos Aires]] in 2005.]]

[[Orgy (band)|Orgy]] became popular in the late 1990s with their album ''[[Candyass]]'', which was certified platinum by the RIAA in July 1999.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Candyass|artist=Orgy}} The band's [[Blue Monday (New Order song)#Orgy version|cover of "Blue Monday"]] by [[New Order (band)|New Order]] peaked at number 56 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=orgy|chart=Hot 100}} |title=Orgy – Chart history (The Hot 100) |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=January 30, 2013}}</ref> Godsmack's {{nowrap|[[Godsmack (album)|self-titled debut album]]}} was released in 1998 and was certified 4× platinum in December 2001.{{certification Cite Ref|title=Godsmack |artist=Godsmack |type=album| region=United States}} In April 1999, Kid Rock's album ''[[Devil Without a Cause]]'' was certified by gold by the RIAA.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Devil without a Cause|artist=Kid Rock}} The following month, ''Devil Without a Cause'', as Kid Rock predicted, went platinum.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Devil without a Cause|artist=Kid Rock}} The album sold at least 9,300,000 copies in the United States<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chart-watch-britney-slow-start-164249866.html |title=A Britney Spears Bummer: New Album Fizzles |first=Paul |last=Grein |publisher=[[Yahoo Music]] |date=December 11, 2013 |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> and was certified 11x platinum.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Devil without a Cause|artist=Kid Rock}} In 1999, Slipknot emerged with an extremely heavy nu metal sound, releasing their [[Slipknot (album)|self-titled album]], which was certified platinum in 2000 and 2x platinum in 2005.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Slipknot|artist=Slipknot}} 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."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/slipknot-mw0000241229 |title=Slipknot – Slipknot |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |last=Anderson |first=Rick |accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Disturbed live 2005.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Disturbed performing in 2005]]

In 1999, Staind's second album ''[[Dysfunction (album)|Dysfunction]]'' was released; the track "[[Mudshovel]]" peaked at number 10 on the [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock chart]].<ref name="StaindAwards">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118181857/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/staind-mn0000178799/awards |archivedate=November 18, 2015 |accessdate=January 27, 2017 |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/staind-mn0000178799/awards |title=Staind {{!}} Awards |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> ''Dysfunction'' was certified 2x platinum by the RIAA.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Dysfunction|artist=Staind}} 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. (Pearl Jam album)|Vs.]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Reese |first=Lori |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,85663,00.html |title=Bizkit in Gravy &#124; Music |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=October 24, 2000 |accessdate=July 29, 2010}}</ref> ''Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water'' by Limp Bizkit was certified 6x platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water|artist=Limp Bizkit|region=United States|type=album}} and sold at least 8,000,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/2011/12/limp-bizkit-now-100-percent-interscope-free/ |title=Limp Bizkit: Now 100 Percent Interscope-Free |work=[[Spin Magazine|Spin]] |first=Marc |last=Hogan |date=December 2, 2011 |accessdate=January 27, 2017}}</ref> That same year, both Papa Roach's second studio album ''[[Infest (album)|Infest]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/infest-mw0000061496 |title=Infest - Papa Roach |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |accessdate=January 27, 2017}}</ref> and [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]]'s debut studio album ''[[The Sickness]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sickness-mw0000055972 |title=The Sickness - Disturbed |publisher=AllMusic |last=Huey |first=Steve |accessdate=January 27, 2017}}</ref> were released. The RIAA certified ''The Sickness'' 4× platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=The Sickness|artist=Disturbed}} and ''Infest'' 3× platinum.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Infest|artist=Papa Roach}} Disturbed's song "[[Down with the Sickness]]" was certified platinum by the RIAA.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Down with the Sickness|artist=Disturbed|type=single|region=United States}} Papa Roach's song "[[Last Resort (song)|Last Resort]]" peaked at number 57 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and at number 1 on the [[Modern Rock Tracks chart]].<ref name="PapaRoachAwards">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/papa-roach-mn0000007731/awards |archivedate=October 1, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001174910/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/papa-roach-mn0000007731/awards |title=Papa Roach {{!}} Awards |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> In 2000, P.O.D.'s album ''[[The Fundamental Elements of Southtown]]'' went platinum in the United States{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=The Fundamental Elements of Southtown|artist=P.O.D.}} and was the 143rd best-selling album of 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Billboard 200 Albums Year End 2000|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/top-billboard-200-albums |accessdate=January 27, 2017}}</ref> The album's song "[[Rock the Party (Off the Hook)]]" went to number 1 on MTV's ''Total Request Live''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hmmagazine.com/blog/feature/hm-exclusive-the-ghost-inside-pod-southtown-punk-goes-90s/ |title=The Ghost Inside with POD |work=[[HM (magazine)|HM]] |last=Stagg |first=David |date=April 3, 2014 |accessdate=September 29, 2015}}</ref> In 2000, the hip hop group Cypress Hill released their fifth studio album ''[[Skull & Bones (album)|Skull & Bones]]'', which features a {{nowrap|nu metal}} and rap metal style.<ref name=Lucy /><ref name=Pitchfork /> The album went platinum in the United States in two months.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Skull and Bones|artist=Cypress Hill}} During the early 2000s, the nu metal band [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-11-02/entertainment/0111020045_1_incubus-morning-view-brandon-boyd |title=Incubus: Good grooming to nu-metal |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |first=Allison |last=Stuart |date=November 2, 2001 |accessdate=October 26, 2015}}</ref>{{sfn|Udo|2002|pp=169–172, 243}}<ref>{{cite web |author=Soghomonian, Talia |title=Incubus: Paris Le Bataclan |date=September 12, 2005 |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/incubus/5358 |work=[[NME]] |accessdate=April 4, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Simpson, Dave |title=Incubus, Manchester Apollo |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2002/jan/19/artsfeatures2 |work=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=April 4, 2010 |location=London |date=April 26, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620101225/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/incubus/biography |archivedate=June 20, 2008 |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/incubus/biography |title=Incubus: Biography |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |accessdate=April 8, 2010}}</ref><ref name="maui">{{cite web |title=Sole survivors of the Nu Metal apocalypse descend on Maui |first=David Van |last=Nostrand |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329022745/http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-i-2008-03-20-175945.112113_Incubus.html |archivedate=March 29, 2008 |url=http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-i-2008-03-20-175945.112113_Incubus.html |work=[[Maui Time Weekly]] |date=March 20, 2008 |accessdate=January 27, 2017}}</ref> was very popular and made the albums ''[[Make Yourself]]'' and ''[[Morning View]]'', which both were certified 2x platinum by the RIAA.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Make Yourself|artist=Incubus}}{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Morning View|artist=Incubus}}

[[File:Linkin Park - Summer Sonic 2006.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Linkin Park in 2006.]]

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/8981/Linkin-Park-Hybrid-Theory |title=Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory (staff review) |publisher=[[Sputnikmusic]] |date=2006-09-02 |accessdate=2012-08-27}}</ref> The album was also the best-selling album of 2001,<ref name="RockNY">{{cite news|last=Sanneh|first=Kelefa|title=MUSIC; New Ideas From the Top of the Charts|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/arts/music-new-ideas-from-the-top-of-the-charts.html|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=March 31, 2002}}</ref> selling more than albums such as ''[[Celebrity (album)|Celebrity]]'' by [[NSYNC]] and ''[[Hot Shot (album)|Hot Shot]]'' by [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]].<ref name="LinkinParkShaggyNSYNC">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1451664/got-charts-linkin-park-shaggy-nsync-are-2001s-top-sellers/ |title=Got Charts? Linkin Park, Shaggy, 'NSYNC Are 2001's Top-Sellers |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=Basham |first=David |date=January 4, 2002 |accessdate=January 27, 2017}}</ref> Linkin Park earned a [[Grammy Award]] for their second single "[[Crawling (song)|Crawling]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/04/entertainment/main323197.shtml |title=Complete List Of Grammy Nominees |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=January 4, 2002 |accessdate=August 27, 2012}}</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>{{cite journal |title=Billboard (Vol. 116, No. 25) |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media]] |date=June 19, 2004 |page=60 |issn=0006-2510 |volume=116 |number=25 <!--|accessdate=October 15, 2015-->}}</ref><ref name="LinkinParkSongs">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/307438/linkin-park/chart?page=1&f=379 |title=Linkin Park – Chart history |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</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 diamond by the RIAA{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Hybrid Theory|artist=Linkin Park}} and sold at least 10,222,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.yahoo.com/photos/top-new-acts-since-2000-1403561474-slideshow/| title=USA: Top 20 New Acts Since 2000 |publisher=Yahoo! Music |last=Grein|first=Paul |date=June 23, 2014 |accessdate=September 27, 2015}}</ref> In 2000, Godsmack released their second studio album ''[[Awake (Godsmack album)|Awake]]'', which was certified 2x platinum in March 2002.{{certification Cite Ref|title=Awake |artist=Godsmack |type=album|region=United States}} The album's [[Awake (Godsmack song)|title track]] peaked at number 1 on the Mainstream Rock chart.<ref name=GodsmackCharts>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/godsmack-mn0000665860/awards |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925155756/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/godsmack-mn0000665860/awards |archivedate=September 25, 2015 |title=Godsmack {{!}} Awards |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Both the album's title track and the song "[[Sick of Life]]" have been featured on the United States Navy's television commercials.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rockdirt.com/sully-erna-visits-showbiz-tonight/18209/ |title=Sully Erna Visits Showbiz Tonight |publisher=Rockdirt.com |date=May 13, 2006 |accessdate=January 27, 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Staind Lewis.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[Aaron Lewis]], the vocalist of Staind, performing in August 2001.]]

[[Crazy Town]]'s debut album ''[[The Gift of Game]]'' peaked at number 9 on the ''Billboard'' 200,<ref name="CrazyAMG">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925221647/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-gift-of-game-mw0000252817/awards |archivedate=September 25, 2015 |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-gift-of-game-mw0000252817/awards |title=The Gift of Game – Crazy Town {{!}} Awards |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> went platinum in February 2001,{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=The Gift of Game|artist=Crazy Town}} and sold at least 1,500,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77197/billboard-bits-crazy-town-nelly-ny-metropolis-fest |title=Billboard Bits: Crazy Town, Nelly, NY Metropolis Fest |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |first=Barry A. |last=Jeckell |date=January 10, 2002 |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> Worldwide, the album sold at least 2,500,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melodic.net/reviewsOne.asp?revnr=1686 |title=Crazytown – Darkhorse |publisher=Melodic.net |first=Johan |last=Wippsson |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</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,{{sfn|Kitts|Tolinski|2002|p=11}}<ref name="BreaktheCycle">{{cite web|first=Andrew |last=Dansby |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/staind-break-in-at-no-one-20010530 |title=Staind Break in at No. One &#124; Music News |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=May 30, 2001 |accessdate=June 27, 2014}}</ref> selling more than albums such as ''[[Survivor (Destiny's Child album)|Survivor]]'' by [[Destiny's Child]], ''[[Lateralus]]'' by Tool and ''[[Miss E... So Addictive]]'' by [[Missy Elliott]].<ref name="BreaktheCycle" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/421814263.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun%2007,%202001&author=ROBERT%20HILBURN&pub=Los%20Angeles%20Times&edition=&startpage=&desc=Pop%20Albums;%20A%20Prolonged%20Spin%20%27Cycle%27%20for%20Staind |title=Pop Albums; A Prolonged Spin 'Cycle' for Staind |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |date=June 7, 2001 |accessdate=October 13, 2015}}</ref> ''Break the Cycle'' by Staind was certified 5x platinum by the RIAA in 2003.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Break the Cycle|artist=Staind}} In March 2001, [[Saliva (band)|Saliva]] released their second album ''[[Every Six Seconds]]'' and the album was certified platinum.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Every Six Seconds|artist=Saliva}} The album's song "[[Click Click Boom]]" was used as the theme song for [[WWE]]'s [[No Mercy (2001)|No Mercy event of 2001]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Kara |last=Medalis|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/wwemusic/vol8/exclusives/salivaecw |title=Saliva goes Extreme |publisher=[[WWE]]|date=February 27, 2008|accessdate=February 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=33553 |title=Click Click Boom by Saliva |publisher=Songfacts |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Complete WWF Video Guide Volume V, Volume 5 |publisher=[[Lulu (company)|Lulu Press, Inc.]] |last1=Dixon |first1=James |last2=Furious |first2=Arnold |last3=Maughan |first3=Lee |last4=Dahlstrom |first4=Bob |last5=Ashley |first5=Rick |date=April 3, 2014 |isbn=978-1-291-81693-8 |pages=236–238 <!--|accessdate=January 28, 2017-->}}</ref> "Click Click Boom" also has been played during football games.<ref name=Songfacts /> Saliva's song "Your Disease" peaked at number 7 on ''Billboard''{{'s}} Modern Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number 3 on ''Billboard''{{'s}} Mainstream Rock chart.<ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004034401/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/saliva-mn0000242211/awards |archivedate=October 4, 2015 |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/saliva-mn0000242211/awards |title=Saliva {{!}} Awards |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref>

In August 2001, Slipknot released their album ''[[Iowa (album)|Iowa]]'', which peaked at number 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/279598/slipknot/chart |title=Slipknot – Chart history |work=Billboard |date= |accessdate=June 27, 2014}}</ref> and went platinum in October 2001.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Iowa|artist=Slipknot}} Critic John Mulvey called the album the "absolute triumph of nu metal".<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite web|last=Mulvey|first=John|title=Slipknot – Iowa |publisher=[[Yahoo.com]]|date=August 23, 2001|url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/21574.html|accessdate=March 21, 2008}}</ref> P.O.D.'s 2001 album ''[[Satellite (P.O.D. album)|Satellite]]'' went {{nowrap|triple-platinum<ref name="Satellite is certified triple-platinum">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/74154/eminem-nelly-lavigne-notch-new-platinum-marks |title=Eminem, Nelly, Lavigne Notch New Platinum Marks |accessdate=December 31, 2007 |author=Jeckell, Barry A. |date=September 19, 2002 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |quote=The triple-platinum milestone was recently reached by hard rock act P.O.D.'s year-old "Satellite" (Atlantic)}}</ref>}} and peaked at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="P.O.D. Billboard Albums Chart">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=p.o.d.|chart=all}}|title=P.O.D. Billboard Albums Chart|work=Billboard}}</ref> P.O.D.'s popularity continued in the year 2002.<ref name="DAngeloMTV2">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal_meltdown/news_feature_030124/index2.jhtml |title=Nu Metal Meltdown (Part 2) |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=D'Angelo |first=Joe |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030201093855/http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal_meltdown/news_feature_030124/index2.jhtml |archivedate=February 1, 2003 |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> On June 5, 2001,{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Sinner|artist=Drowning Pool}} Drowning Pool released a nu metal album<ref name="Drowning Pool">{{cite web |url=http://rock.about.com/od/drowningpool/p/DrowningPool.htm |title=Drowning Pool |first=Tim |last=Grierson |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> titled ''[[Sinner (Drowning Pool album)|Sinner]]'', which features the song "[[Bodies (Drowning Pool song)|Bodies]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/drowning-pools-sinner-album-to-be-reissued-as-two-disc-13th-anniversary-edition-with-bonus-tracks/ |title=Drowning Pool's 'Sinner' Album To Be Reissued As Two Disc 13th Anniversary Edition With Bonus Tracks |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=September 11, 2014 |accessdate=October 17, 2015}}</ref> The album went platinum on August 23, 2001{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Sinner|artist=Drowning Pool}} and its song "Bodies" became one of the most frequently played videos on MTV for new bands.<ref name=DrowningPoolBio>{{cite web|first=Craig |last=Harris |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/drowning-pool-mn0000167762/biography |title=Drowning Pool &#124; Biography & History |publisher=AllMusic |date=2002-08-03 |accessdate=June 27, 2014}}</ref> "Bodies" went to number 6 on the Mainstream Rock chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/301334/drowning-pool/chart?f=376 |title=Drowning Pool - Chart history (Mainstream Rock Songs) |work=Billboard |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> and was used by [[Boston Red Sox]] closer Jonathan Papelbon as his theme song.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2006/04/17/papelbon_has_heater_stays_cool/ |title=Papelbon has heater, stays cool |publisher=[[Boston.com]] |last=Shaughnessy |first=Dan |date=April 17, 2006 |accessdate=October 17, 2015}}</ref>

[[File:2015 RiP Godsmack by 2eight - DSC4659.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Nu metal band Godsmack has been compared to the grunge/heavy metal band Alice in Chains.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/godsmack-mn0000665860 |title=Godsmack |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref>]]

[[Alien Ant Farm]]'s album ''[[Anthology (Alien Ant Farm album)|Anthology]]'', which was released in 2001,<ref name="Ant" /> sold at least 1,900,000 copies in the United States<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/70444/alien-ant-farm-ready-road-return |title=Alien Ant Farm Ready Road Return |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=June 24, 2003 |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> and was certified platinum by the RIAA the same year.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Anthology|artist=Alien Ant Farm}} Alien Ant Farm's cover of [[Michael Jackson]]'s song [[Smooth Criminal#Alien Ant Farm cover|"Smooth Criminal"]]<ref name="Ant">{{cite web|last=Borges|first=Mario Mesquita |title=Anthology – Alien Ant Farm|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/anthology-r523120|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=28 July 2011}}</ref> peaked at number 23 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="AntAwards">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/anthology-mw0000116917/awards |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160310083056/http://www.allmusic.com/album/anthology-mw0000116917/awards |archivedate=March 10, 2016 |title=Anthology – Alien Ant Farm {{!}} Awards |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> In 2001, [[System of a Down]]'s album ''[[Toxicity (album)|Toxicity]]'' peaked at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=305 |title=System of a Down – Chart history (''Billboard'' 200) |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> In November 2002, ''Toxicity'' was certified 3x platinum by the RIAA.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Toxicity|artist=System of a Down}} In 2002, the [[The Scorpion King#Soundtrack|soundtrack album for the film ''The Scorpion King'']] was released and peaked at number 1 on the [[Top Soundtracks]] chart;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-scorpion-king-soundtrack-mw0000658346/awards |title=The Scorpion King [Soundtrack] – Original Soundtrack {{!}} Awards |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=November 8, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117063336/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-scorpion-king-soundtrack-mw0000658346/awards |archivedate=November 17, 2015}}</ref> it features multiple nu metal bands such as Drowning Pool, Coal Chamber, Lifer, Sevendust, [[Flaw (band)|Flaw]] and Godsmack.<ref name=Scorpion>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77127/new-creed-pod-tracks-on-scorpion-king |title=New Creed, P.O.D. Tracks On 'Scorpion King' |work=Billboard |date=January 16, 2002 |accessdate=November 9, 2015}}</ref> Godsmack's track "[[I Stand Alone (Godsmack song)|I Stand Alone]]" was the most played [[active rock]] song in 2002 for fourteen consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/godsmack/biography/ |publisher=[[MTV]] |title=Godsmack Bio {{!}} Godsmack Career |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> "I Stand Alone" also peaked at number 1 on the Mainstream Rock chart.<ref name=GodsmackCharts />

In 2003, MTV wrote that nu metal's mainstream popularity was declining, citing that Korn's fifth album ''[[Untouchables (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 blamed [[music piracy]] for the amount of sales of ''Untouchables'' because the album had been leaked to the Internet more than four months before its official release date.<ref name="Leaked">{{cite journal |title=Billboard (Vol. 115, No. 46) |page=19 |volume=115 |number=46 |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media]] |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |issn=0006-2510 |date=November 15, 2003 <!--|accessdate=October 19, 2015-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/korn-frontman-blames-piracy-for-last-album-s-disappointing-sales/ |title=Korn Frontman Blames Piracy For Last Album's Disappointing Sales |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=March 15, 2003 |accessdate=October 19, 2015}}</ref> MTV also wrote that nu metal bands were played less frequently on radio stations and MTV began focusing other musical genres.<ref name=Utsandiego /><ref name=DAngeloMTV>{{Cite web |first=Joe |last=D'Angelo |title=Nu Metal Meltdown (Part 1) |publisher=[[MTV]] |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal_meltdown/news_feature_030124/ |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5wV6uSAqb |archivedate=February 14, 2011 |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</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 {{nowrap|hip hop}} 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>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal_meltdown/news_feature_030124/index3.jhtml |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030201100950/http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal_meltdown/news_feature_030124/index3.jhtml |archivedate=February 1, 2003 |title=Nu Metal Meltdown (Page 3) |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=D'Angelo |first=Joe |accessdate=September 28, 2015}}</ref> MTV wrote that although Kid Rock's album ''[[Cocky (album)|Cocky]]'' had characteristics of the musician's 1998 album ''Devil Without a Cause'', ''Cocky''{{'s}} song "[[Forever (Kid Rock song)|Forever]]", which featured the style of Kid Rock's {{nowrap|nu metal<ref name=JoshChesler>{{cite web |url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/10-nu-metal-songs-that-actually-dont-suck-7339562 |title=10 Nu-Metal Songs That Actually Don't Suck |work=[[Phoenix New Times]] |first=Josh |last=Chesler |date=May 18, 2015 |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref>}} song "[[Bawitdaba]]", was not as popular as ''Cocky''{{'s}} [[country music|country]] song "[[Picture (Kid Rock 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 (band)|Cold]], [[the Union Underground]], Dope, [[Apartment 26]], [[Hed PE|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,{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Untouchables|artist=Korn}} and one of the album's singles, "[[Here to Stay (Korn song)|Here to Stay]]", peaked at number 72 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100,<ref name="Korn-singles">{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105000820/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/korn-mn0000112789/awards|archivedate=January 5, 2016|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/korn-mn0000112789/awards |title=Korn &#124; Awards |publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> won a Grammy, had a lot of radio play,<ref name=DAngeloMTV /> and peaked at number one on MTV's ''Total Request Live'' twice.<ref name="ATRL">{{cite web |url=http://atrl.net/trlarchive/?s=recap&y=2002&m=05 |title=The TRL Archive – Recap: May 2002 |publisher=ATRL |accessdate=September 15, 2015}}</ref> ''Untouchables'' sold at least 434,000 copies in first week of release and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/75358/korn-cant-stop-eminems-show-at-no-1 |title=Korn Can't Stop Eminem's 'Show' At No. 1 |work=Billboard |date=June 20, 2002 |accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=D'Angelo|first=Joe|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1455302/20020619/korn.jhtml|title=Korn Can't Kick Eminem From Top Of Billboard Chart|date=June 19, 2002|accessdate=January 28, 2017|publisher=[[MTV]]}}</ref> "[[Thoughtless (Korn song)|Thoughtless]]", another single from Korn's album ''Untouchables'', also was successful; the single reached number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 6 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock chart.<ref name="Korn-singles" /> However, ''Untouchables'' still did not sell as many copies as Korn's most commercially successful album, ''Follow the Leader''.<ref name="Decibel">{{cite web |url=http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2015/8/13/they-did-it-all-for-the-nookie-decibel-explores-the-rise-and-fall-of-nu-metal |title=They Did It All for the Nookie: Decibel Explores the Rise and Fall of Nu-Metal |work=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]] |date=August 13, 2015 |accessdate=September 15, 2015}}</ref><ref name=DAngeloMTV /> Papa Roach's song "[[She Loves Me Not (song)|She Loves Me Not]]", which is from the band's 2002 album ''Lovehatetragedy'', peaked at number 76 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="PapaRoachAwards" />

[[File:Evanescence 2003 barcelona.jpg|thumb|Evanescence is known for combining nu metal with elements of gothic rock.<ref name=FallenAllMusic />]]

Despite the MTV report that nu metal was declining, nu metal remained extremely popular with bands such as Linkin Park, Godsmack, [[Trapt]], and Evanescence. Linkin Park's remix album ''[[Reanimation (Linkin Park album)|Reanimation]]'' was released in July 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/reanimation-mw0000221252|title=Reanimation – Linkin Park |author=[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]]|publisher=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref> and sold more than a million copies that year, which MTV described as "impressive for a remix album".<ref name="DAngeloMTV2" /> Trapt's 2002 song "[[Headstrong (Trapt song)|Headstrong]]" launched the band into the mainstream; the song peaked at number 16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100,<ref name="TraptSongs">{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=trapt|chart=Hot 100}} |title=Trapt – Chart History: Hot 100 |publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''}}</ref> number 4 on the [[Mainstream Top 40]] chart<ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=trapt|chart=Pop Songs B}} |title=Trapt – Chart History: Pop Songs |publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''}}</ref> and number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.<ref>{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=trapt|chart=Mainstream Rock Tracks}} |title=Trapt – Chart History: Mainstream Rock Songs |publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''}}</ref> Trapt's song "[[Still Frame]]" peaked at number 69 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="TraptSongs" /> The band's [[Trapt (album)|self-titled album]] was certified platinum by the RIAA in 2003.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Trapt|artist=Trapt}} Evanescence's debut album ''[[Fallen (Evanescence album)|Fallen]]'' was released in March 2003. Johnny Loftus of [[AllMusic]] noted the nu metal sound of the album.<ref name=FallenAllMusic>{{cite web|last=Loftus |first=Johnny |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/fallen-mw0000020727 |title=Fallen – Evanescence |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=2012-08-27}}</ref> ''Fallen''{{'s}} Grammy Award-winning<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/09/entertainment/main598787.shtml |title=Beyonce Shines At Grammys |publisher=CBS News |date=February 18, 2009 |accessdate=2012-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=James Sullivan |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beyonce-outkast-top-grammys-20040209 |title=Beyonce, OutKast Top Grammys |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 9, 2004 |accessdate=2012-08-27}}</ref> lead single "[[Bring Me to Life]]" peaked at number 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart<ref name=EvanescenceCharts /> and number 1 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/301942/evanescence/chart?f=381 |title=Evanescence – Chart history (Pop Songs) |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> In 2003, Linkin Park's album ''[[Meteora (album)|Meteora]]'' peaked at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/71722/linkin-parks-meteora-crashes-chart-at-no-1 |title=Linkin Park's 'Meteora' Crashes Chart At No. 1 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=April 2, 2003}}</ref> and sold at least 810,000 copies in its first week of being released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1470920/linkin-park-make-meteoric-debut-on-billboard-chart/ |title=Linkin Park Make Meteoric Debut On ''Billboard'' Chart |publisher=[[MTV]] |first=Joe |last=D'Angelo |date=April 2, 2003}}</ref> ''Meteora'' by Linkin Park and ''Fallen'' by Evanescence ranked third and fourth respectively on the best-selling albums of 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0921962.html |title=Private Tutor |publisher=Infoplease.com |accessdate=2012-08-27}}</ref> Both Linkin Park and Evanescence released high-charting singles throughout 2003 to {{nowrap|mid-2004.<ref name=LinkinParkSongs /><ref name=EvanescenceCharts>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/301942/evanescence/chart?f=379 |title=Evanescence – Chart history |work=Billboard}}</ref>}} ''Fallen'' by Evanescence sold at least 7,600,000 copies in the United States<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/466046/evanescence-five-finger-death-punch-eyeing-top-of-billboard-200 |title=Evanescence & Five Finger Death Punch Eyeing Top Of Billboard 200 Chart |work=Billboard |author=Keith Caulfield |date=October 12, 2011}}</ref> and ''Meteora'' by Linkin Park sold at least 6,100,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6128793/ask-billboard-with-nico-vinz-norway-continues-us-chart-invasion?page=0%2C2 |title=Ask Billboard: With Nico & Vinz, Norway Continues U.S. Chart Invasion |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |author=Gary Trust |date=June 24, 2014}}</ref> In 2003, Korn released a song called "[[Did My Time]]", which peaked at number 38 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name=Korn-singles /> That same year, Godsmack released their third studio album ''[[Faceless]]'', which peaked at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/71510/godsmack-takes-faceless-straight-to-no-1 |title=Godsmack Takes 'Faceless' Straight To No. 1 |publisher=''Billboard''|date=April 16, 2003|access-date = November 8, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Faceless>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/godsmack-s-faceless-certified-platinum/ |title=Godsmack's 'Faceless' Certified Platinum! |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=May 17, 2003 |accessdate=November 8, 2015}}</ref> and was certified platinum by the RIAA in its first five weeks of being released.<ref name=Faceless />

===2003–2009: Decline===
Most of nu metal's mainstream popularity sharply declined in 2003 and 2004.<ref name=Decibel /><ref name="NYDailyNews"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-korn-the-serenity-of-suffering-w445696 |title=Review: Korn's 'The Serenity of Suffering' Is Ridiculously Heavy |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |last=Weingarten |first=Christopher R.}}</ref> After a period of mainstream success with bands such as Godsmack, Trapt, Linkin Park and Evanescence, nu metal declined in popularity. Limp Bizkit's 2003 album ''[[Results May Vary]]'', which features elements of alternative rock<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,492382,00.html |title=Results May Vary Review |last=Browne |first=David |publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''|date=October 10, 2003|access-date = October 14, 2015}}</ref> and {{nowrap|nu metal}},<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/limp-bizkit-results-may-vary |title=Limp Bizkit - Results May Vary |publisher=[[MusicOMH]] |last=Day |first=Tom|date=September 22, 2003|access-date = October 14, 2015}}</ref> peaked at number 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name=ResultsMayVaryAwards>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/results-may-vary-mw0000028670/awards |title=Results May Vary - Limp Bizkit <nowiki>|</nowiki> Awards |publisher=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref> However, ''Results May Vary'' had a very poor critical reception<ref name=RMV-Metacritic>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/results-may-vary |title=Results May Vary Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=July 21, 2011}}</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">{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/165032p-144558c.html |title=Metal bands rocked by slump |publisher=''[[New York Daily News]]'' |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040218235442/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/165032p-144558c.html |archivedate=February 18, 2004 |date=February 17, 2004}}</ref> Although Korn's album ''[[Take a Look in the Mirror]]''{{'s}} song "Did My Time" peaked at number 38 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the album sold less than previous Korn albums ''Issues'' and ''Untouchables''.<ref name="NYDailyNews" /> In 2004, [[post-punk revival]] bands such as Jet and [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]] were achieving mainstream success as the popularity of nu metal declined.<ref name="NYDailyNews" /> During the mid-2000s, the popularity of [[emo]] exceeded the declining popularity of nu metal.<ref name=KahnHarris /> Also, during the mid-2000s, [[metalcore]], a fusion of [[extreme metal]] and hardcore punk, became one of the most popular genres in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal.<ref name="Bushman">{{cite web| url=http://modernfix.com/issue-54/interview-lamb-of-god|title=Interview:Lamb of God|first=Michael|last=Bushman|date=January 2, 2012|publisher=modernfix.com|accessdate=January 15, 2012}}</ref>

{{quote box |quote="We've really moved away from anything that sounds like nu-metal. 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." |source=[[Chester Bennington]] of Linkin Park on the style of ''Minutes to Midnight''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/linkin-park-singer-chester-bennington-i-hate-nu-metal/ |title=Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington: I Hate Nu Metal |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=April 8, 2007}}</ref> |width=200px |align=left}}

In the mid-to-late 2000s, many nu metal bands experimented with other genres and sounds. Linkin Park's third studio album ''[[Minutes to Midnight (album)|Minutes to Midnight]]'', released in 2007, was noted for its complete departure from the band's nu metal sound.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/05/15/linkin-park-minutes-to-midnight |title=Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight |publisher=[[IGN]] |author=Spence D. |date=May 15, 2007 |accessdate=August 27, 2012}}</ref> Nu metal bands such as Disturbed<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,350620,00.html |title=Music Review Believe (2002) Disturbed |publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |first=Josh |last=Tyrangiel |date=September 20, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1382607|pure_url=yes}} |title=Indestructible - Disturbed |author=James Christopher Monger |publisher=[[Allmusic]]|access-date = October 1, 2015}}</ref> and Drowning Pool<ref name="Drowning Pool"/> moved to a [[hard rock]] or standard heavy metal sound. Slipknot also departed from their nu metal sound<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/08/26/slipknot-all-hope-is-gone-review |title=Slipknot - All hope Is Gone Review |publisher=[[IGN]] |author=Jim Kaz |date=August 26, 2008 |accessdate=June 27, 2014}}</ref> and included elements of [[groove metal]], [[death metal]] and [[thrash metal]] into their music.<ref>{{cite web |last=Loeffler |first=Shawn |title=Slipknot: 'All Hope Is Gone' & 'Psychosocial' |url=http://www.yellmagazine.com/slipknot-all-hope-is-gone/150/ |publisher=''Yell!'' |quote=Fans will also be happy to see that Slipknot has made good on their promise of putting out an album that ranks among their heaviest, and one that expands on their thrash metal guitar work and vocal melodies.}} (September 30, 2010)</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2008/08/25/slipknots-all-hope-is-gone-another-step-in-a-new-direction/ |title=Slipknot's All Hope Is Gone - Another Step In a New Direction |publisher=[[MetalSucks]]}} (August 25, 2008)</ref> Staind and Papa Roach moved to lighter sounds.{{vague|date=January 2017}}<ref name="StaindAbout">{{cite web |url=http://rock.about.com/od/staind/p/staind.htm |title=Staind - Career Biography and Discography |publisher=[[About.com]] |last=Grierson |first=Tim|access-date = September 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/papa-roach-mn0000007731 |title=Papa Roach &#124; Music Biography, Credits and Discography |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=June 27, 2014}}</ref> Staind's 2003 album ''[[14 Shades Of Grey]]'' does not express as much anger as the band's previous albums<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1470447/new-staind-lp-marked-by-grey-matters/ |title=New Staind LP Marked By Grey Matters |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=D'Angelo |first=Joe}} (March 10, 2003)</ref> and shows the band's departure from heavy metal elements and a movement towards a lighter sound.{{vague|date=January 2017}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/14-shades-of-grey-mw0000031439 |title=14 Shades of Grey - Staind |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |author=[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]]|access-date = November 1, 2015}}</ref> Papa Roach abandoned the nu metal genre with their 2004 album ''[[Getting Away with Murder (album)|Getting Away with Murder]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/1128/Papa-Roach-Getting-Away-with-Murder/ |title=Papa Roach - Getting Away with Murder (album review 3) |publisher=[[Sputnikmusic]] |author=Damrod|date=January 16, 2005|access-date = November 1, 2015}}</ref> moving to a hard rock style.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/6438852/paparoach?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple1 |title=CD Review - Papa Roach - Getting Away With Murder |publisher=''[[Rolling Stone]]'' |author=Christian Hoard |date=September 16, 2004 |accessdate=November 1, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040928231428/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/6438852/paparoach?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple1 |archivedate=September 28, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/06/arts/music/songs-that-vote-early-and-often.html?_r=0 |title=Songs That Vote Early and Often |publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' |last=Pareles |first=Jon|date=September 6, 2004|access-date = November 1, 2015}}</ref>

{{quote box |quote="Here's the deal: say in 2000, there were 35 million people who connected to this band. Twelve years later, lots of those people have moved on. We were a moment in time and it's over." |source=Limp Bizkit vocalist [[Fred Durst]] on his band's decline in popularity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/limp-bizkit-frontman-fred-durst-band-moment-time-article-1.1138873 |title=Durst: Limp Bizkit 'was a moment in time and it's over' |work=[[New York Daily News]] |last=Sacks |first=Ethan |date=August 17, 2012}}</ref> |width=200px |align=right}}

[[Soulfly]] moved away from the nu metal style<ref name="Juggalo">{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/soulfly-sevendust-2013-gathering-of-the-juggalos/ |title=Soulfly and Sevendust Confirmed for the 2013 Gathering of the Juggalos |publisher=''[[Loudwire]]'' |last=DiVita |first=Joe}} (July 15, 2013)</ref><ref name="Archangel">{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fl/Soulfly-Archangel-Review.htm |title=Soulfly - Archangel Review |publisher=[[About.com]] |last=Hinch |first=Matt|access-date = September 27, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Omen">{{cite web|last=Heaney |first=Gregory |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1791748 |title=Omen - Soulfly |publisher=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref> and moved to styles such as death metal<ref name="Archangel" /> and thrash metal.<ref name="Juggalo" /><ref name="Omen" /> Kittie abandoned the {{nowrap|nu metal}} style and started making music with elements of genres such as [[black metal]] and death metal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalunderground.com/reviews/details.cfm?releaseid=2267 |publisher=Metal Underground |title=Kittie - "In The Black" CD Review |date=August 18, 2009 |accessdate=September 27, 2015}}</ref> Korn and Mudvayne maintained their popularity during the mid-2000s, although they did not completely abandon the nu metal style. Korn combined their earlier sound with influences from other genres, such as [[industrial music|industrial]]. Korn's songs "[[Coming Undone]]" and "[[Twisted Transistor]]", which both are on their 2005 album ''[[See You on the Other Side (Korn album)|See You on the Other Side]]'', reached the ''Billboard'' Hot 100;<ref name=Korn-singles /> [[Pop music]] producers [[The Matrix (production team)|The Matrix]] helped produce the album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/2005/12/06/reviewed_13/ |title=Reviewed: Lohan gets raw, Eminem gets nostalgic and Korn gets over losing a band member to Jesus |publisher=''[[Salon.com]]'' |author=Matt Glazebrook |date=December 6, 2005 |accessdate=November 3, 2014}}</ref> Mudvayne's 2005 album ''[[Lost and Found (Mudvayne album)|Lost and Found]]'' was seen as gravitating towards a more accessible sound.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/mudvayne-lostandfound|title=Mudvayne: Lost and Found|publisher=''[[PopMatters]]''|first=Adrien|last=Begrand|date=2005-07-14|accessdate=April 17, 2012}}</ref> The album's song "[[Happy? (Mudvayne song)|Happy?]]" peaked at number 89 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and at number 91 on ''Billboard''{{'s}} [[Pop 100]] chart.<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=mudvayne|chart=all}} Artist Chart History - Mudvayne - Singles]. ''Billboard''</ref> In 2005, Limp Bizkit released a record called ''[[The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)]]'' without promoting and advertising the record.<ref name=Harris>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1526158/bye-bye-bizkit-wes-borland-says-limp-are-pretty-much-done/ |title=Bye Bye Bizkit? Wes Borland Says Limp Are Pretty Much Done |last1=Harris |first1=Chris |publisher=[[MTV]]|date=March 17, 2006|access-date = September 19, 2015}}</ref> The album was not very popular;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/l/limp_bizkit/news_feature_052305/index.jhtml |title=Limp Bizkit: What Happened? |publisher=[[MTV]] |author=Corey Moss |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413041411/http://www.mtv.com/bands/l/limp_bizkit/news_feature_052305/index.jhtml |archivedate=April 13, 2015}}</ref> its sales fell 67% during its second week of release.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/l/limp_bizkit/news_feature_052305/index2.jhtml |title=Limp Bizkit: What Happened? (Part 2) |publisher=[[MTV]] |author=Corey Moss |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412054547/http://www.mtv.com/bands/l/limp_bizkit/news_feature_052305/index2.jhtml |archivedate=April 12, 2015}}</ref> In 2006, Limp Bizkit went on hiatus.<ref name=Harris />

===2010–present: Minor revival===
{{see also|Nu metalcore}}
During the 2010s, there was a discussion within media of a possible nu metal revival because of bands fusing nu metal with other genres, the return of nu metal bands, extant bands going back to the nu metal genre and nu metal bands forming.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/music/nonpoint-and-the-return-of-nu-metal-6404188 |title=Nonpoint and The Return of Nu-Metal |publisher=''[[Broward-Palm Beach New Times]]'' |author=Daniel J. Stout|date=September 29, 2014|access-date = October 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalinsider.net/were-getting-the-band-back-together/coal-chamber-to-gas-up-the-big-truck-once-again |title=Coal Chamber to gas up the big truck once again |publisher=Metal Insider |last=Teitelman |first=Bram|date=August 12, 2014|access-date = October 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/470366/fred-durst-on-limp-bizkits-comeback-weve-got-to-own-who-we-are |title=Fred Durst on Limp Bizkit's Comeback: 'We've Got to Own Who We Are' |publisher=''Billboard'' |author=Gary Graff |date=June 20, 2011 |accessdate=November 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2014/02/25/nu-metal-revival-apocalypse/ |title=The Nu-Metal Revival Apocalypse Is Here!!! |publisher=[[MetalSucks]] |last=Neilstein |first=Vince}} (February 25, 2014)</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalinjection.net/av/heres-coal-chambers-new-track-i-o-u-nothing-kickstarting-the-90s-nu-metal-revival |title=Here's COAL CHAMBER's New Track, "I.O.U. Nothing" – Kickstarting the 90s Nü-Metal Revival |publisher=''Metal Injection'' |last=Pasbani |first=Robert|date=March 2, 2015|access-date = October 15, 2015}}</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. Korn's 2010 studio album ''[[Korn III: Remember Who You Are]]'' sold 63,000 copies during its first week of release and peaked at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957271/eminems-recovery-tops-billboard-200-for-a-fourth-week |title=Eminem's 'Recovery' Tops Billboard 200 for a Fourth Week |publisher=''Billboard'' |date=2009-09-14 |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}</ref> As of December 6, 2011, the album had sold at least 185,000 units in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/arts/music/korn-and-dubstep-not-so-unlikely-marriage.html|title=Korn and Dubstep, Not-So-Unlikely Marriage|author=David Peisner|date=2011-12-09 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=January 16, 2012}}</ref> Korn's vocalist Jonathan Davis said with their new album the band "want to go back to that old-school vibe".<ref name=KornThree>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/korn-in-recording-mode/ |title=Korn In Recording Mode |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=August 9, 2009 |accessdate=November 9, 2015}}</ref> He also said "It's gonna be very raw, it's gonna be old school like the first Korn records".<ref name=KornThree />

In 2011, Limp Bizkit's sixth studio album ''[[Gold Cobra]]'' was released; it sold 27,000 copies during its first week in the United States and peaked at number 16 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allmusic.com/artist/limp-bizkit-p213327/charts-awards |title=Limp Bizkit - Charts & Awards |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=December 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=166717 |title=Limp Bizkit Parts Ways With Interscope |author= |date=December 1, 2011 |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |accessdate=30 December 2011}}</ref> That same year, Staind's [[Staind (album)|self-titled album]] was released; it shows the band returning to their heavier nu metal style.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/album-review-staind-staind/ |title=Staind – Staind |publisher=''[[Consequence of Sound]]'' |author=Alex Young |date=September 14, 2011}}</ref> The album debuted at number 5 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 47,000 copies in its first week of release, making it the band's fifth consecutive top-five album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467358/lady-antebellum-own-the-billboard-200-with-second-no-1-album |title=Lady Antebellum 'Own' the Billboard 200 With Second No. 1 Album |publisher=''Billboard'' |last=Caulfield |first=Keith}} (September 21, 2011)</ref> In October 2011, Evanescence's [[Evanescence (Evanescence album)|self-titled album]] debuted at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and other United States charts and sold over 127,000 copies in the first week.<ref>{{cite web |title = Evanescence Nets Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart |publisher = ''Billboard'' |author = Keith Caulfield |url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/465638/evanescence-nets-second-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart |date=19 October 2011|accessdate = September 4, 2014}}</ref> In December that year,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-path-of-totality-mw0002235657 |title=The Path of Totality - Korn |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |author=[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]]}}</ref> Korn released their album ''[[The Path of Totality]]'', which sold 55,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/korn-s-the-path-of-totality-cracks-u-s-top/ |title=Korn's 'The Path of Totality' Cracks U.S. Top 10 |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=December 14, 2011|access-date = September 29, 2015}}</ref> The album combines nu metal with [[dubstep]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worcestermag.com/2013/09/26/korn-back-tear-worcester/14659 |title=Korn Back to tear up Worcester |publisher=''[[Worcester Magazine|Worcester]]'' |last=Lyford |first=Josh|date=September 26, 2013|access-date = September 29, 2015}}</ref> Both the ''[[Phoenix New Times]]'' and the ''[[LA Weekly]]'' cited ''The Path of Totality'' as a new direction for nu metal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/is-dubstep-the-new-nu-metal-6603527 |title=Is Dubstep the New Nu-Metal? |publisher=''[[Phoenix New Times]]'' |last=Wise |first=Lauren|date=June 18, 2012|access-date = September 29, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/wait-now-korn-invented-dubstep-here-are-five-other-nu-metal-groups-who-could-also-make-dubstep-comebacks-2412327 |title=Wait, Now Korn Invented Dubstep?! Here Are Five Other Nu-Metal Who Could Also Make Dubstep Comebacks |publisher=''[[LA Weekly]]'' |last=Lecaro |first=Lina|date=December 6, 2011|access-date = September 29, 2015}}</ref> The album won a Revolver Golden God award for "Album of the Year".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/korn-win-album-of-the-year-at-2012-revolver-golden-gods-awards/|title=Korn Win 'Album of the Year' at 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards|work=Loudwire|author=Tree Riddle|date=April 12, 2012|accessdate=November 3, 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Of Mice & Men November 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Of Mice & Men (band)|Of Mice & Men]] is one of several [[metalcore]] bands which added elements of nu metal to later albums.]]

In 2014, Linkin Park returned to their nu-metal roots with their sixth studio album ''[[The Hunting Party (album)|The Hunting Party]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screamermagazine.com/reviews/done-linkin-park-hunting-party/ |title=Linkin Park – The Hunting Party |publisher=''[[Screamer Magazine|Screamer]]'' |author=Gary Clarke |date=June 30, 2014}}</ref> The album peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200, with first-week sales of 110,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/6133900/lana-del-rey-lands-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-200 |title=Lana Del Rey Lands First No. 1 Album On Billboard 200 |publisher=''Billboard'' |date=June 25, 2014 |accessdate=June 25, 2014}}</ref> In 2014, Slipknot released its fifth studio album ''[[.5: The Gray Chapter]]''. With ''.5: The Gray Chapter'', Slipknot returned to the nu metal genre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/beatstreet-slipknot-5-the-gray-chapter/article6611504.ece |title=Slipknot - .5: The Gray Chapter |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=November 18, 2014 |last=Tagat |first=Anurag}}</ref> ''.5: The Gray Chapter'' peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6296950/slipknot-scores-second-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart |title=Slipknot Scores Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=October 29, 2014}}</ref>

Many [[metalcore]] and [[deathcore]] groups<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lloyd|first1=Gavin|title=Nu Metalcore is definitely happening. Why?|url=http://www.thrashhits.com/2013/09/nu-metalcore-is-definitely-happening-why/|website=Thrash Hits|accessdate=March 14, 2017|date=September 19, 2013}}</ref> such as [[Emmure]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/eternal-enemies-mw0002621415 |title=Eternal Enemies - Emmure |publisher=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalinsider.net/guest-blog/guest-insider-mike-gitter-reviews-emmures-felony |title=Guest Insider: Mike Gitter Reviews Emmure's 'Felony' |publisher=Metal Insider |date=2009-09-10 |accessdate=June 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.decoymusic.com/reviews/emmure-slave-to-the-game |title=Emmure - Slave to the Game Review |publisher=DecoyMusic.com |date= |accessdate=June 27, 2014}}</ref> [[Of Mice & Men (band)|Of Mice & Men]],<ref name="Cryptic">{{cite web |url=http://crypticrock.com/of-mice-men-restoring-force-album-review/ |title=Of Mice & Men - Restoring Force (Album review) |publisher=Crypticrock.com}}</ref><ref name="Megusta">{{cite web |url=http://www.megustareviews.com/2014/01/of-mice-men-restoring-force-2014.html |title=Of Mice & Men - Restoring Force (2014) |publisher=Megusta Reviews}}</ref><ref name="Monolith">{{cite web |url=http://www.themonolith.com/music/review-mice-men-restoring-force/ |title=Review: Of Mice & Men - Restoring Force |publisher=The Monolith}}</ref> [[Suicide Silence]],<ref name=MetalSucksNuDethcore>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2011/10/24/is-nu-dethcore-the-next-big-thing-bouncewitme/ |title=Is Nu-Dethcore The Next Big Thing???? #Bouncewitme |publisher=MetalSucks |date= |accessdate=June 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.live-metal.net/interviews_suicide-silence.html |title=Interviews: Suicide Silence - Alex Lopez |publisher=Live-Metal.Net |date= |accessdate=June 27, 2014}}</ref> and [[Issues (band)|Issues]],<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2013/04/17/issues-the-band-that-finally-gets-nu-metal-right/ |title=Issues: The Band That (Finally) Gets Nu-Metal Right |publisher=MetalSucks |date= |accessdate=June 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/editorials/are-issues-ushering-in-a-new-wave-of-nu-metal |title=Are Issues Ushering In A New Wave of Nü-Metal? |publisher=''Metal Injection'' |date= |accessdate=June 27, 2014}}</ref> all gained moderate popularity in the 2010s for drawing influence from nu metal. This fusion has often been referred to as [[nu metalcore]].<ref name="Thrash Hits - Nu metalcore">{{cite web|title=Thrash Hits - Nu metalcore|url=http://www.thrashhits.com/2013/09/nu-metalcore-is-definitely-happening-why/}}</ref> Suicide Silence's 2011 album ''[[The Black Crown]]'', which features elements of nu metal and deathcore,<ref name=MetalSucksNuDethcore /> peaked at number 28 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-black-crown-mw0002165230/awards |title=The Black Crown - Suicide Silence <nowiki>|</nowiki> Awards |publisher=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/280951/suicide-silence/chart |publisher=''Billboard'' |title=Suicide Silence - Chart history}}</ref> In 2014, Issues' [[Issues (Issues album)|self-titled debut album]] peaked at number 9 on the same chart.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |title='Frozen' Earns Most Weeks At No. 1 For A Soundtrack Since 'Titanic' |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5915773/frozen-earns-most-weeks-at-no-1-for-a-soundtrack-since-titanic |publisher=''Billboard''}} (February 26, 2014)</ref> The album features elements of metalcore, nu metal, pop and [[R&B]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Heaney |first=Gregory |title=Issues - Issues |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/issues-mw0002585187 |publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> Of Mice & Men's 2014 album ''[[Restoring Force (album)|Restoring Force]]'', which features elements of nu metal,<ref name=Megusta /> peaked at number 4 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/of-mice-mens-restoring-force-cracks-u-s-top-5/ |title=Of Mice & Men's 'Restoring Force' Cracks U.S. Top 5 |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}} (February 5, 2014)</ref> [[Bring Me the Horizon]], previously known for a much heavier style of music, released their fifth album ''[[That's the Spirit]]'', which peaked at number 2 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bring-me-the-horizons-thats-the-spirit-lands-at-no-2-on-the-billboard-200-chart/#comments |title=Bring Me The Horizon's 'That's The Spirit' Lands At No. 2 On The Billboard 200 Chart |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=September 20, 2015|access-date = October 11, 2015}}</ref> The album draws from multiple genres, including nu metal; however, the band completely abandoned their metalcore style.<ref name="theguardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/10/bring-me-the-horizon-thats-the-spirit-review|title=Bring Me the Horizon: That's the Spirit review – nu-metal reanimators|author=Lanre Bakare|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=September 10, 2015|access-date = October 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |title=Bring Me the Horizon on Ditching Metalcore for Poppy, Positive New LP |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bring-me-the-horizon-on-ditching-metalcore-for-poppy-positive-new-lp-20150723 |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=July 23, 2015}}</ref>

==Criticism and controversy==
In spite of both its popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s and the fact that it is widely considered to be a genre of heavy metal music, nu metal has often been criticized by many fans of heavy metal music,<ref name=guardian /><ref name=VH1>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/205488/underrated-nu-metal-albums/ |title=The 12 Most Underrated Nu Metal Albums |publisher=[[VH1]]|date=September 15, 2015|access-date = September 18, 2015}}</ref> often being labelled with derogatory terms such as "mallcore" and "whinecore".{{sfn|Udo|2002|p=16}} Gregory Heaney of [[AllMusic]] called nu metal "one of metal's more unfortunate pushes into the mainstream".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/koi-no-yokan-mw0002426695|title=Deftones - Koi No Yokan|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|author=Heaney, Gregory|accessdate=April 29, 2013}}</ref> Lucy Jones of ''[[NME]]'' called nu metal "the worst genre of all time".<ref name=Lucy>{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-reasons-why-nu-metal-was-the-worst-genre-of-all-time?recache=1&t=1231314 |title=10 Reasons Why Nu-Metal Was The Worst Genre Of All Time |publisher=''[[NME]]'' |last=Jones |first=Lucy|date=September 20, 2013|access-date = October 25, 2015}}</ref> In ''Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death&nbsp;...'', Garry Sharpe-Young described {{nowrap|nu metal}} as "a dumbed-down and—thankfully short[-]lived exercise".<ref name=DefinitiveGuide>{{cite book |title=Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death&nbsp;... |publisher=Jawbone Press |year=2007 |author=Garry Sharpe-Young |page=446 |isbn=978-1-906002-01-5}}</ref> When [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] moved to the nu metal genre with their album ''[[The Burning Red]]'' and their vocalist [[Robb Flynn]] spiked his hair in the fashion of many nu metal musicians, the band were accused of "[[selling out]]" and many fans criticized their change of appearance and musical style.<ref name=InsidetheMachine>{{cite book |title=Machine Head: Inside The Machine |last=McIver |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel McIver |publisher=[[Music Sales Group]] |date=October 15, 2012 |isbn=978-1-78038-551-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Wiederorn, Jon |date=May 2007 |title=Machine Head: Through the Ashes |publisher=''[[Revolver Magazine|Revolver]]''}}</ref> Machine Head's drummer [[Dave McClain (drummer)|Dave McClain]] said, "Pissing people off isn't a bad thing, you know? For people to be narrow-minded is bad&nbsp;... [i]t doesn't bother us at all, we know we're going to piss people off with this record, but some people hopefully will actually sit down and listen to the whole record".<ref name=InsidetheMachine /> Robb Flynn, Machine Head's vocalist, said {{quote|"There's a minute and a half of rapping on that album. The other 53 minutes of the record are like a giant scar being ripped open while I projectile-vomit through it. If all that people got out of [''The Burning Red''] was rap-metal, then they didn't fucking listen to it".<ref name=InsidetheMachine />}}

Jonathan Davis, the vocalist of Korn, spoke about the criticism of nu metal from heavy metal fans, saying {{quote|"There's a lot of closed-minded metal purists that would hate something because it's not true to metal or whatever, but Korn has never been a metal band, dude. We're not a metal band. We've always been looked at as what they called the nu-metal thing. But we've always been the black sheep and we never fitted into that kind of thing so&nbsp;... We're always ever evolving, and we always piss fans off and we're gaining other fans and it is how it is."<ref name="KornMetal">{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/korn-jonathan-davis-were-not-a-metal-band/|title= Korn's Jonathan Davis: 'We're Not a Metal Band'|publisher=''[[Loudwire]]''|accessdate=December 8, 2012}}</ref>}} [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]]'s vocalist [[Randy Blythe]] criticized the nu metal genre and spoke about its loss of popularity in 2004, saying, "Nu-metal sucks, so that's why that's dying off. And I think&nbsp;... &nbsp;... people are ready for angrier music. I think people are ready for something that's real, not, you know, '[[Nookie (song)|I did it all for the nookie]].'"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/lamb-of-god-singer-people-are-ready-for-angrier-music/ |title=Lamb Of God Singer: 'People Are Ready For Angrier Music' |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=September 9, 2004|access-date = September 26, 2015}}</ref> [[Dave Mustaine]] of the heavy metal band [[Megadeth]] said he would "rather have his eyelids pulled out" than listen to nu metal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/dave-mustaine-in-the-firing-line-so-many-people-misinterpret-what-i-say/835547 |title=Dave Mustaine In The Firing Line: 'So many people misinterpret what I say' |publisher=[[FasterLouder]] |last=Swan |first=David|date=January 23, 2014|access-date = September 26, 2015}}</ref> [[Gary Holt (musician)|Gary Holt]], a member of the thrash metal bands [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]] and Slayer, said that he "was so glad about" the decline of {{nowrap|nu metal}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/exodus-guitarist-emo-bands-have-taken-all-the-testosterone-out-of-heavy-metal/ |title=Exodus Guitarist: 'Emo' Bands Have Taken All The Testosterone Out Of Heavy Metal |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=June 29, 2006}}</ref> Despite the large amount of criticism that the genre received, Jack Porter of ''[[The Michigan Daily]]'' defended {{nowrap|nu metal}}, writing {{quote|"Unfortunately, some barriers prevent listeners from understanding nu-metal bands apart from the identity that genre label has given them—picture a bone-headed suburban white kid sporting a backwards baseball cap. What used to be a descriptor for a specific strain of alternative metal turned into a ghetto for every band that a) plays extremely heavy yet radio-friendly music and b) sucks. Because the genre came to be defined by its lack of quality, many 'serious' music fans have missed out on what it has to offer."<ref name=MichiganDaily />}} Additionally, Jody Macgregor of [[FasterLouder]] called nu metal "music's most hated genre" and wrote that nu metal is "not as bad as people think".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/41992/9-things-about-nu-metal-that-didnt-suck |title=9 things about nu metal that didn't suck |publisher=FasterLouder |last=Macgregor |first=Jody |date=February 22, 2015 |accessdate=September 20, 2015}}</ref>

{{Quote box |quote = "Nu-metal makes my stomach turn. Don't blame that poo poo on us, blame it on their mothers! Do you think I listen to any of that stuff at all? No, it's for 13-year-old morons! Believe me, we'll all be laughing about nu-metal in a couple of years. Heck, I'm actually laughing at it now!" |source = [[Mike Patton]] criticizing nu metal in 2002.<ref name=Quietus /> |width = 30%|align = right}}

Some musicians who influenced nu metal have tried to distance themselves from the subgenre and its bands. [[Mike Patton]], the vocalist of [[Faith No More]] and [[Mr. Bungle]], tried to distance himself from the subgenre and criticized it, even though he is featured on the song "Lookaway" on heavy metal band [[Sepultura]]'s album ''[[Roots (Sepultura album)|Roots]]'', which also features Jonathan Davis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/korn-joined-by-sepultura-members-for-roots-bloody-roots-performance-behind-the-scenes-footage/ |title=Korn Joined By Sepultura Members For 'Roots Bloody Roots' Performance: Behind-The-Scenes Footage |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=May 8, 2014|access-date = November 9, 2015}}</ref> Patton said of his music's influence on nu metal, "I feel no responsibility for that, it's their mothers' fault, not mine".<ref name="Weatherford">{{Cite news |last=Weatherford |first=Mike | title = Mr. Bungle serving up pop music from Mars | newspaper =[[The Las Vegas Review-Journal]]| page =32J | date=October 15, 1999| url=}}</ref> [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] member [[Page Hamilton]] said, "It's frustrating that people write [us] off because we're affiliated with or credited with or discredited with creating {{nowrap|nu-metal}} and rap metal&nbsp;... which we sound nothing like".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/helmet-mainman-we-re-better-than-99-9-of-the-other-bands-out-there-rock-or-any-other-genre/ |title=Helmet Mainman: We're Better Than 99.9% Of The Other Bands Out There, Rock Or Any Other Genre |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=June 11, 2011 |accessdate=October 1, 2015}}</ref> However, Page Hamilton appeared on the song "[[All for Nothing (Linkin Park song)|All for Nothing]]" on Linkin Park's album ''The Hunting Party'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6121623/linkin-park-the-hunting-party-track-by-track-review-mike-shinoda |title=Linkin Park's 'The Hunting Party': Track-by-Track Review |publisher=''Billboard'' |last=Partridge |first=Kenneth|date=June 18, 2014|access-date = October 1, 2015}}</ref>

While [[Trent Reznor]] of [[Nine Inch Nails]] has said he knows some Korn members and that he thinks they are "cool guys",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/n/ninfeature99_1.jhtml |title=Trent Reznor- A Conversation with Kurt Loder |publisher=[[MTV]] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929154000/http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/n/ninfeature99_1.jhtml |archivedate=September 29, 2015 |accessdate=September 18, 2015}}</ref> he also criticized nu metal, saying:
{{quote|"When I'm asked what do I think of a lot of the nu-metal bands that are out there, my response is that it seems really insincere to me. 'I've had a really shitty childhood and I'm really upset and I'm really ugly and I've put a lot of make-up on and I'm harder and faster and my voice sounds more like the [[cookie monster]]'s than yours does'. To me it all comes across as being comical, as being a parody of itself."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=1145 |title=Trent Reznor Slams "Nu-Metal"! |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=29 January 2002 |accessdate=March 8, 2013}}</ref>}}

In response to reports that [[Fred Durst]], lead singer of Limp Bizkit, is a big fan of [[Tool (band)|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">{{cite web|url=http://rockdirt.com/maynard-not-impressed-with-durst-compliment/164/ |title=Maynard Not Impressed With Durst Compliment |publisher=rockdirt.com |date=2001-09-29 |accessdate=February 26, 2013}}</ref> While Durst has cited [[Rage Against the Machine]] as a major influence,<ref name="TimSpin" /><ref name="Commerford" /> [[Tim Commerford]] of Rage Against the Machine is open about hating Limp Bizkit's music. 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">{{cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rage-against-the-machine-bassist-i-apologize-for-limp-bizkit-20150929 |title=Rage Against the Machine: 'I Apologize for Limp Bizkit' |publisher=''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' |author1=Jason Newman |author2=Brittany Spanos|date=September 29, 2015|access-date = October 1, 2015}}</ref> When Limp Bizkit accepted their award, Commerford went on stage and climbed {{Convert|20|feet|m|abbr=on}} up a backdrop, rocking back and forth.<ref name="Commerford" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1431245/rage-bassist-crashes-limp-bizkits-vma-party/ |title=Rage Bassist Crashes Limp Bizkit's VMA Party |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=Mancini |first=Rob|date=September 7, 2000|access-date = October 1, 2015}}</ref> After the incident, Commerford was arrested and spent a night in jail.<ref name="Commerford" /><ref name="CommerfordLoudwire">{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/rage-against-the-machine-tim-commerford-outrageous-mtv-video-music-awards-protest/ |title=Tim Commerford Recalls Outrageous MTV VMA Protest |publisher=''[[Loudwire]]'' |last=Bowar |first=Chad|date=February 11, 2015|access-date = October 1, 2015}}</ref> Years later, Tim Commerford called Limp Bizkit "one of the dumbest bands in the history of music".<ref name="CommerfordLoudwire" /> Years later, Commerford also said, "I do apologize for Limp Bizkit. I really do. I feel really bad that we inspired such bullshit&nbsp;... They're gone, though. That's the beautiful thing."<ref name="TimSpin">{{cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/09/rage-against-the-machine-limp-bizkit-apology-interview/ |title=Rage Against the Machine's Tim Commerford Apologizes for Inspiring Limp Bizkit |publisher=''[[Spin Magazine|SPIN]]'' |last=Carley |first=Brennan|date=September 29, 2015|access-date = October 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Commerford" />

===Rejection of nu metal label===
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 own music as "metal metal" and equate their link to nu metal as a coincidence of their time of emergence.{{sfn|Porter|2003|p=117}}

Jonathan Davis has rejected the nu metal label, saying "We're not '[[rap rock]],' we're not 'nu-metal&nbsp;... 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>{{cite web |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040902/news_lz1w2korn.html |title=The face in the 'mirror' |last=Nixon |first=Chris |work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|date=September 2, 2004|access-date = September 20, 2015}}</ref> In 2014, Davis spoke about the nu metal label, saying:

{{quote|"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>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/korn-to-perform-entire-debut-album-to-celebrate-20th-anniversary/ |title=Korn To Perform Entire Debut Album To Celebrate 20th Anniversary |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=September 21, 2014|access-date = September 20, 2015}}</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>{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,4759101,00.html |title=Interview: Staind (Aaron Lewis) |last=Florino |first=Rick |publisher=[[Artistdirect]]|date=August 26, 2008|access-date = September 20, 2015}}</ref> [[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>{{cite news |date= May 2003 |title= Deftones [interview] |magazine= [[Kerrang!]]}}</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 (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">{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/deftones-singer-slams-linkin-park-limp-bizkit-metallica-and-korn/ |title=Deftones Singer Slams Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Metallica And Korn |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}} (May 29, 2003)</ref><ref name="ChinoKorn">{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=13039 |title=Korn's Jonathan Davis: 'Chino Moreno Is Bitter And Pissed Off' |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=June 24, 2003 |accessdate=April 11, 2013}}</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>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/linkin-parks-mike-shinoda-says-band-never-identified-with-nu-metal/ |title=Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda Says Band Never Identified With 'Nu Metal' |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=September 10, 2015|access-date = October 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/linkin_park_never_held_the_flag_for_nu_metal_says_mike_shinoda |title=Linkin Park "never held the flag for nu-metal," says Mike Shinoda |publisher=''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' |last=Sharp |first=Tyler|date=September 9, 2015|access-date = October 4, 2015}}</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>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/wes-borland-i-hate-the-term-nu-metal/ |title=Wes Borland: I Hate The Term 'Nu Metal' |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}} (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>{{cite web |url=http://www.westword.com/music/disturbed-not-down-with-the-altitude-sickness-8345023 |title=Disturbed Not Down With the (Altitude) Sickness |work=[[Westword]] |last=Callwood |first=Brett |date=September 27, 2016}}</ref>

Despite the fact that 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>{{cite web |url=http://newmetal4u.com/en/archive/2014/06/23/limp-bizkitfred-durst-believes-nu-metal-revival/ |title=Limp Bizkit:Fred Durst Believes On A Nu Metal Revival |publisher=Newmetal4u}} (June 23, 2014)</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 /> and that nu metal bands "broke new musical ground" saying, "I think '[[glam metal|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">{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/coal-chambers-dez-fafara-says-nu-metal-bands-broke-new-musical-ground/ |title=Coal Chamber's Dez Fafara Says 'Nu Metal' Bands Broke New Musical Ground |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}} (April 19, 2015)</ref> [[Chester Bennington]] of Linkin Park said he accepts the nu metal label, saying: {{quote|"I think for the first time in our history, we're actually OK with being recognized as a nu metal band, especially for what we did early in our careers, because the truth is that when we were first doing it, nobody else really was, especially in terms of the [[hip hop music|hip-hop]] thing."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/linkin-park-chester-bennington-ok-nu-metal-label/ |title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington 'OK' With Nu Metal Label |publisher=''[[Loudwire]]'' |last=Childers |first=Chad|date=August 19, 2012|access-date = October 4, 2015}}</ref>}}

===Controversy over nu metal's association with heavy metal===

{{Quote box |quote = "After Korn's 'Follow the Leader' blew the whole movement into orbit in 1998, nu-metal produced some ridiculous bands, to be sure. And to be fair, plenty of them dwelled in the realms of corny rap-rock and dull alternative radio rock with the occasional heavy riff or tendency to scream, making their designation as 'metal' quite dubious indeed&nbsp;... [b]ut the movement also produced plenty of heavier bands with primarily metal influences". |source = Metal Underground writer Mike Smith on nu metal's association with heavy metal.<ref name="MikeSmithMetalUnderground" /> |width = 20%|align = right}}

In addition to criticizing nu metal, many heavy metal musicians and fans of heavy metal music have rejected nu metal as a legitimate subgenre of heavy metal, saying it is not "true heavy metal".<ref name=MikeSmithMetalUnderground>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=98982 |title='That's Not Metal!' Diagnosing A Nasty Strain Of Heavy Metal Elitism |publisher=Metal Underground |last=Smith |first=Mike|date=January 8, 2014|access-date = November 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westword.com/music/the-ten-biggest-arguments-in-metal-5680052 |title=The ten biggest arguments in metal |work=[[Westword]] |last=Steininger |first=Adam|date=July 17, 2013|access-date = November 4, 2015}}</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">{{cite web |url=http://noisey.vice.com/blog/rank-your-records-korn |title=Rank Your Records: Korn's Jonathan Davis the Band's 11 Albums |publisher=''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' |last=Hill |first=John|date=March 26, 2015|access-date = November 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westword.com/music/korns-jonathan-davis-on-debut-albums-legacy-and-a-country-side-project-7229136 |title=Korn's Jonathan Davis on Debut Album's Legacy and a Country Side Project |publisher=''[[Westword]]'' |author=Michael Roberts|date=October 23, 2015|access-date = November 4, 2015}}</ref> When talking with ''[[Vice (magazine)|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>{{cite web |url=http://www.revolvermag.com/news/interview-godsmacks-sully-erna-talks-new-album-near-breakups-and-not-giving-up.html |title=Interview: Godsmack's Sully Erna Talks New Album, Near Breakups, and Not Being Nu-Metal |publisher=''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'' |last=Bienstock |first=Richard |date=July 15, 2014 |accessdate=November 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Godsmack's Erna Digs Deep Into His Pain |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media]] |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=118 |number=17 |page=38 |issn=0006-2510 |date=April 29, 2006 <!--|accessdate=November 4, 2015-->}}</ref> In an interview, Linkin Park's vocalist Chester Bennington said "I don't think we're a metal band" and also said:
{{quote|"[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&nbsp;... [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>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/linkin-parks-chester-bennington-were-not-a-metal-band/ |title=Linkin Park's Chester Bennington: We're Not A Metal Band |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=June 16, 2014 |accessdate=November 4, 2015}}</ref>}}

==See also==
* [[Alternative metal]]
* [[Funk metal]]
* [[Groove metal]]
* [[List of nu metal bands]]
* [[New Wave of American Heavy Metal]]
* [[Rap metal]]

==References==
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==Further reading==

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* {{cite book |last=Arnopp |first=Jason |title=Slipknot: Inside the Sickness, Behind the Masks With an Intro by Ozzy Osbourne and Afterword by Gene Simmons |year=2011 |publisher=[[Random House]] |ref=harv |isbn=978-0-09-187933-4}}
* {{cite book |title=Got the Life: My Journey of Addiction, Faith, Recovery, and Korn |last=Arvizu |first=Reginald |authorlink=Reginald Arvizu |year=2009 |publisher=William Morrow |location= |isbn=0-06-166249-6 |ref=harv |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}
* {{cite book |authorlink=Ian Christe |last=Christe |first=Ian |title=Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal |publisher=[[Harper (publisher)|Harper]] |year=2004 |ref=harv |isbn=0-380-81127-8}}
* {{cite book |last=Devenish |first=Colin |title=Limp Bizkit |year=2000 |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |ref=harv |isbn=0-312-26349-X}}
* {{cite book |title=Korn: Life in the Pit |last=Furman |first=Leah |authorlink= |year=2000 |publisher=[[St. Martin's Griffin]] |location= |isbn=0-312-25396-6 |ref=harv |url= |accessdate=}}
* {{cite book |last=Iannini |first=Tommaso |title=Nu Metal |publisher=[[Giunti]] |year=2003 |ref=harv |isbn=88-09-03051-6}}
* {{cite book |last1=Kitts |first1=Jeff |last2=Tolinski |first2=Brad |work=[[Guitar World]] |publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation]] |title=Guitar World Presents Nu-metal |ref=harv |year=2002 |isbn=0-634-03287-9}}
* {{cite book |last=McIver |first=Joel |title=Nu-metal: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk |year=2002 |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |ref=harv |isbn=0-7119-9209-6}}
* {{cite book |last=Porter |first=Dick |title=Rapcore: The Nu-Metal Rap Fusion |publisher=Plexus Publishing |year=2003 |ref=harv |isbn=0-85965-321-8}}
* {{cite book |title=Korn |last=Small |first=Doug |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1998 |publisher=Omnibus Press |location= |isbn=0-8256-1688-3 |ref=harv |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}
* {{cite book |last=Udo |first=Tommy |title=Brave Nu World |publisher=Sanctuary Publishing |year=2002 |isbn=1-86074-415-X|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book |title=The New Metal Masters |last1=Newquist |first1=Harvey P. |authorlink1=HP Newquist |last2=Maloof |first2=Rich |publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation]] |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-87930-804-9 |ref=harv}}

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==External links==
* [http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2015/8/13/they-did-it-all-for-the-nookie-decibel-explores-the-rise-and-fall-of-nu-metal They Did It All for the Nookie: Decibel Explores the Rise and Fall of Nu-Metal] - ''[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]]''
* [http://metaldescent.com/nu-metal/ Heavy Metal Classifications: A History of Nu Metal] - Metal Descent
* [http://www.firstpost.com/living/the-anatomy-of-a-scene-charting-the-rise-dominance-and-fall-of-nu-metal-2578612.html The anatomy of a scene: Charting the rise, dominance and fall of nü metal] - ''[[Firstpost]]''
* [http://www.mtv.com/news/2945625/vintage-korn-life-is-peachy-at-20/ Vintage Korn: Life Is Peachy At 20] - [[MTV]]
* [http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-01-08/entertainment/9901060464_1_bands-blends-hip-hop-rock-music `Numetal' Blends Hip-hop, Rock] - ''[[Sun Sentinel]]''


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For the alloy, see mu-metal. For "new metal" music, see Heavy metal music § Recent styles: mid–late 2000s and 2010s.
Nu metal
Other names
  • Nü-metal
  • aggro-metal
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsEarly to mid-1990s, California, U.S.
Typical instruments
Fusion genres
Nu metalcore
Regional scenes
Other topics

Nu metal (also known as nü-metal and aggro-metal) is a form of alternative metal that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, alternative rock, funk and grunge. Nu metal bands have drawn elements and influences from a variety of musical styles, including multiple genres of heavy metal. Nu metal rarely features guitar solos; the genre is heavily syncopated and based on guitar riffs. Many nu metal guitarists use seven-string guitars that are down-tuned to play a heavier sound. DJs are occasionally featured in nu metal to provide instrumentation such as sampling, turntable scratching and electronic backgrounds. Vocal styles in nu metal include singing, rapping, screaming and growling. Nu metal is one of the key genres of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal.

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